The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-07-07

thought, for one Of our Chinese drivers
has an idea, in the deep dim shadowy
recesses of his oriental mind, where we
are going. Of course, it is useless to
question, him. It is impossible to get
direct answer from any Of the Chinese.
You say, Glow far He replies, after
haps more Saw Ma awentT Ten TSen per r.
will pause and his face will brighten
and he will say, "Anyway, not over
thirty, at least t think It may be about
that or perhaps less.'' - 3
~ You try him on time: You say. to
how many hours he think talkee go
loose in wonderful flow of cultural
savvy. If roads be lone good may
takee ten hours. FLAPS can gettee
tomorrow night. - HsWel,V You. say,
trying to be calm and to control your
chow long will it take as roads are
todayq" Tansan again becomes fluent.
This time there is a long and labored
argument. Repartee seems to play a
part. At last Tansan says: If road
all same as this side FLAPS. tonight.
Chinaman no savvy what fashion roads
after leave next village: Th i gan gan
swallow few times and then say in
effect that you will start at once and
ask no more questions.
So at last you are off and with q
snap Of his long whip the blue-coated
Chinaman. wakes up the leaders and
starts. Nikazawa climbs on one load
and promptly falls asleep, while Tan
san, who has suddenly unearthed a
beautiful new Fedora hat from heaven
knows where, climbs onto the next. Te-
chiea walks beside, and all is well.
Soil of Country Is Rich.
It is, impossible to give. the line of
eliminated as to directions and armies.
Suffice it to say that for hour after
hour we rumbled along in . certain =
direction thru this wonderful country
been over these glorious plains can
form any conception Of what this coun,
be- some day. Well watered, rich II
soil and plentifully sprinkled with lit
tie groves Of timber, it should be agri
cultu!rallly little inferior to any coun
back to the Red river valley. Of ou1
own Dakotas or of some Of the Iows
farming lands. Dozens, aye hundred
Of Chinese villages are scattered broad
cast over the plain. Not the atrocious
~ dirty pigpens Of villages that on
is SO familiar with in south China, bu
/ wholesome, neat and comparatively
clean settlements of the self-respectin!
/ Manchu.
Nearly every village has it's mu
4 wall built as squarely, with its ram
parts trimmed as neatly, as the wall
4 Of any old European town. In tn
i fields on every side one sees the big
J. almost clean Cinnamon blowing, hal
rowing or putting in the seed for tn
coming crop. Here is a country. Q
millions of acres in all particular
equal to our best. Here is labor, prot
ably the cheapest in the world. We
there are dreamers in America VIII
assert that one day America will SUI
ply China with flour! Once the pei
pie Of this broad zone, or Of the entir
east for that matter, are educated t
the taste Of white bread and a deman
for flour and wheat is created, an
this demand will be readily filled with
in their own country. With mills q
: Hardin, Telling or any other railroa
ii town, flour can be made and sold cheal
{ er than it can in any part of tn
i United States, and it is a dream
imagine that we can ever gain pei