The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-10-28

,u0 by Frank @. Carpentsr.)
~ sHANGHAI. Sept. 10. 1909.
ur biggest cotton factory of the
no rhinese empire is here al
shsnehai. II belongs to Ii
uure Chang. sheng. the direc-
49, N railways, and other
wa.ithy Cinnamon. II has a
10a.oco taels, and II Is a mill
'-r.is be enormous In the United
~ bulieings cover sixty acres; It
workmen. and II Is now
ant LOO pieces OF cloth and 5000
n cotton yarn every twenty-four
49, factory runs day and night IL
sb,ss of workmen. each OF which
Law M and one-haif hours, so that
- tventy-three hours out OF every
I'm. The mill has fifty looms
~ spindles, and It's machinery Is
.sxJru and u~p-to-date as that Of any
S.rtorg OF Massachusetts, This
4 run entirely on Chinese capital.
~ on cotton grown In China. and
...ssses. men ana women. are. with
q NO exceptions, Chinese.
NH IN TIN first OF China's great
gscsor,es. II Is not the only
means. There are eight others
4 Shanghai There In one at Soo-
me at Hangchow and two at WI
~ miles up the Yangtse. There
s~obeY at Hongkorg and as soon as
~ Il over others Will start up in
Hsuat parts Of the empire. The Japan
40 bought some ground mere for a
-. the Germans own some OF the
Isujs already drumming and the proba-
4 that both foreigners and Chi
vfj now enter the ace to supply
cninese millions with cotton goods
~rHetured on their soil.
4 sres<nt there are In Central China
= than s1s.05 spindles running and
100 projected.
Butt BY an Are, can.
~ ersaf mill OF sheng and IA Hung
vas built by an American. Ii and
planned Il seventeen years age.
uas a long tim. before they could
~ machinery made and the mill In
rston. II was found that the short
y cotton would not work with the
~ American machinery. and mn
wy had TO be adapted especially to II.
- uas done by Mr.. w. Danforth. a
~ueehusefts man. who came out here
~ Instance of the company and was
~ bAck to the United States to test the
" natter. Mr.. Danforth r. still the
st1nlrAI foreign adviser OF the min. al
segh ne has nothing to DO with It's d.
kf,m. this being In the hands OF ShenR'j
hrAer.
/ M with Mr.. Danfcrth that went
|mf the mill. He tells me he is the only
connected with It and that In
II The eight cnttor mills OF Shanghai not
~ than a dozen foreigners are m
|zFsd, although they use something like
~ hands, sheng and Ii Hung Chang
bs another min I'm which there is but
n foreigner, two other Chinese mills
spreIgners ms consulting engineers
~ and In the factories run by foreign
nssai ther. are. as a rule not more
three o. fous foreign workmen.
q has beer. found that the Chinese are
y EQUALS OF any people OF the world as
kfsry hands, Mr. DanfortA tells me
h'y learn quickly 20 handle ma
'aefy and thai; many could take their
IN our mills and hold their own.
y foremen understand how 4 control
sksnds and the work is thoroughly o..
naej. About three-fourths Of the en-
are worssn and children. went
kzwh room after room filled with girls
ufing and Hpinrtrg. Some Of the wo-
i had hruut ht their babies with them.
nj remember hai latd her Acknowledged
IA one III a basket between her knees
NJ workes The baby was quiet and
theeks broke out inss dimples as |
tEsd Il.
~ factory girls work from 9 to 8. with
|aIt hour At noon for luncheon. They
10 tne mill on wheclbarrows. q halt
sitting on the same barrow. leaning
10 back against the wheel. which