Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-02-01

continent, IL Is the INDUS
trial center Of this side Of the
globe, aud the day may come
when II will surpass any city
Of the world IN size. London
Ww has almost reached It's maxi
num- New York Is IN It's prime, but
Canton, which is older than either
seems to be at as very beginning, for
4 has been born again Throughout
the ages II has grown into city OF
two and one-half millions through
business Of wheelbarrows, boats ana
manual work. II 10 now TO have steam
electricity and all labor-savlng inyen-
lions. tits to be the end Of the great
'tiunkllnO originated by the late Calvin
ig Brloo and other Americans which
,ehall cross China from pekln TO Han
'kow and thence come here, tapping the
industries Of hundreds Of millions.
The Canton OF today has not q rail-
road OF any kind. in the future II VIII
have as many tracks az Chicago, ana
the cars viii shoot out from here TO
Tonking, Yunnan, Burmah and all
parts Of the Chinese empire. II has
thousands Of little factories now. In
the future Il viii have more steam
mills than Philadelphia. More foundrles
than Pittsburg and more cotton mills
than Massachusetts,
A CELESTIAL BEEHIVE.
have spent many weeks In Canton
during my several visits 10 Asia. The
immensely Of the city grows upon me-
1t Is vast hive IN which every hui
man bee Is at work. Chicago covers |
about the whole Of Cook county Can
ton proper Is surrounded by walls only |
six miles IN circumference. The walls |
nre thirty feet high and are battered |
and worn. They now embrace only the |
older parts of the city. Modern Canton |
has long since overlooked them, and
II now extends for miles up and down
the Pearl river II covers the banks
and II has oven gone out and butt
houses on the water itself.
CHINESE WATER RATS.
The boat population here Is enormous.
There are more people living on the
water at Canton than at any single
place In the world. You could take the
floating population OF Venice and lose
II In the floating population OF this city
China has more boats than all the rest
Of the world put together, and Canton
has more than any other part OF China.
There are hundreds OF thousands OF
people here who are born, live and die
upon boats. There are thousands OF
babies who are always within six Inches
Of drowning. | have visited many OF
the boat homes soulllng along from one
little floating house TO another, Great
ing CONSERVATION among both parents
and children by pointing my camera at
them On some Of the boats babies
were playing, on some they were squall-
Ing and on some taking meal from
their mothers Many OF the small
children had barrels or floats Of wood
tied to their backs.
These are life preseryers TO keep them
from sinking when they fall In the
water Other little ones were tied by
ropes to the boats, but as q rule the
children sprawed about free, They
lodged this way and that as my boat
moved toward them, diving down into
the hold or hiding behind sail or mast
10 keep out OF the way Of the camera.
This morning pointed the instrument
at four little boys playing on the
wharf Each had barrel on his back.
l was about to press the button when
ono OF them epled me and gave a yell
whereupon the quartet scampeTed away
crying their barrels flying out behind
them as they ran.
/ find the Chinese here decidedly OBJ
ject to being photographed When
Hubbard 7, Smith was In charge OF our
consulate he offered his chair bearers
20 cents apiece II they would hold him
UP In the consular chair while he had
photograph taken. They Indignantly
refused, one of them asking Hub Smith
whether he thought him such fool as
10 stand In that picture all the rest Of
his life lifting UP the American consul
for 20 cents. had similar photo
graph made the other day. II cost me
g.
CANTON VS. CHICAGO,
From the wharves went on into the
city. ! moved slowly, for the streets
were crowded with Acknowledged hui
mainly, and ] was jostled at every step.
Now and then | stopped In store to
rest, and as ] did so made notes Of my
surroundings that might give you an
Idea OF q pure Chinese city shall
try 10 do Il by comparing Canton with
Chicago.
Canton Is bigger than our great city
on Lake Michigan. and II could not
be more different II Il were situated IN
the planet OF Mars The town Is made
up of one and two-story houses built
along streets no narrow that you can
often stand In the center and reach
both walls by stretching out your
hands. They are so narrow that two
wheelbarrows can hardly pass and no