The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1901-07-05
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Ola rs CHEAP IN CHIN,


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awe ape, s'ass i, in every eirh, I ian iHls makes IKE
s Mnsfe :. nearly everyone s"u'a Chin. China
'nere is scarcely a Chimes s"ns slaves.
A Aeans Inn in Nankio' Canton, i Maras Of
s Sn.' ,,s Slave Lave boys are less s'V "em Slave
and and i in .1 E,r,s are found in every ryI s',s,,
Girls bring from $40 ,o .,oo
s ~a ,nn IN IS South China. They e,1y a sso ~. ~,
Commonly at ! and s. The 'r nr., most
of MARRIAGE 0 ueslrable as in case
=, marriage or sale the will h ease
more more to the family which buys , s','s
most OF the slave girls are bon, tas :
:, WORK about the house. It is s'c csa,,s TO
70 ouy a servant than to hire o oos'p pei
!, III! you take a girl of 5 you can v't h, lo'
"er services until she is Il, oa, lave
elsht years Of work for nothi ss'' sn'
ner BOARD and clothes and thss s Wv
ler FOR perhaps ten times yo sus1 n, seI
nal price. 'ouf oflgt
Theoretically there are no ,,,,.,
10 Hong Kong as it is British , ,'..s
cory but in reality the CITY Is mn 'a {,
them. They are the maid ,s,n,, ~
ana nurses of the Chinese. y,s,
small'looted lady needs slaves to Ss,
her about and in the houses ., thy
ilcn' where there are many daughters rs
~ NV o"couimon to find from 9Oto
So slaves in a single family.
Female slaves are often presents
from one man to another and not IN.
frequently they form a part Of tho
bridal outfit. They are commonly
bought as secondary wives and often
as teachers.
There are localities in China where
the girls are noted for their beauty.
The cities of Yang.Chau and Su.Cbau
are as famous for rearing handsome
girls as is Georgia in the Caucasus,
from where rich Turks SO often oh.
tain their wives. There are persons
In these cities who make a practice Of
raising slave girls.
They search the country about for
promising young girls and put them
through Il regular course OF training.
They have farms W here the slaves are
taught to sing, play upon musical in.
struments and to acquire other &C.
complishments, which, added to her
beauty, will cause them to sell for
high prices to the rich mandarins.
These girls are chiefly the daughters
OF poor people or the daughters Of
slaves.
1t is common for a man to purchase
his wife. Indeed, there are more
wives acquired 10 this way than in
in any other. Every man in China
has a right to as many wives as he
can maintain and IA secondary wife Is
cheaper than a hired servant. The
first wife is the legal one but the
Others have their rights although
they are practically slaves.
The man who is addicted TO the
opium habit will sell his children and
not lnfrequently his wife to supply
his appetite. Wives are sometimes
sold by gambling husbands, being put
on the turn of a card or the raSeout
of the cash at fan-fan.
There are slave brokers in all vie
large Chinese cities. Their business
increases at times of famine and tne
starvation which lately prevailed III
North China caused many parents"
sell their children. With some IL way
a question OF allowing them to Start
or selling them. The result IS tna'
girl babies are a drug 10 the MARKET
Think of buying a baby lor asnn,
ling! This is the price which one Of
the infant asylums of Shanghai
said to nav for them. This Is pull
anthropic institution and the ca'lu'sa
are bought as a matter Of charity an'
religion. They are reared surrouuOT
by Christian influences, are taueOt@
sorts of domestic duties, ana WIG"
tney arrive at the proper age theya"
given respectable husbands ,,,
The brokers as a rule do not IVY
babies. The cost Of rearing tueu r "ma
the risk Of death are too great im.
prefer to have girls and boys oil e's''
years and upward.