Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-11-11

them, that there Is another solution Of
the ques ion, that there should De
some educational test by which the
coolie labor Of all countries could be
brought Under the new proposition AS
for myself l think the coolie labor
of Japan is quite as Objectionable as
that of China or other eastern coun-
tries.
II saw nothing about China during
my shor: residence there that would
attract any human being there for a
permanent home. I don't see how any
person could care to go to China and
live in any city, outside Of perhaps one
or two places
Mails Would Bar Report.
I'm most of the cities conditions
are unbcarable. If were to report
things t. the United States govern
ment exactly as / saw them, the re-
port would not go thru the mails.
"Thinl. OF street 80 narrow that
you could stand In the center and
touch the walls either side with your
hands. Imagine this street teeming
with people while the thermometer
was ITO in the shade and 95 at mid
night. Add to this the foul, reeking od-
ors OF the filth which Is allowed to be
deposited there, and you can imagine
why there was so much cholera in
China t1is summer.
Hogs, NANCY dogs which were bare
ly alive and with three fourths OF the
hair off by disease. chickens, ETC., ran
the streets along with the people, and
this on some Of the thoroughfares OF
the largest cities. Lepers at large, too.
I tell you the condition there Is sim
ply beyond comprehension unless you
see II.
"Chinese dropped dead by hundreds
OF sunstroke on the streets of Hang
Chow this summer. I saw them carried
out by the dozens. / have seen five
collins 60 by within twenty minutes. l
do not see how any Of the Chinese ex-
list under the conditions which prevail
there.
II found Mr.. ConGer universally Tx
ed There are few grafters who are
opposed to him, but their opposition IS
very evident.
Il do not know what my future plans
will pc. I have nothing In mind as
yet. For the present. propose to de-
vote my time to regaining my health.
have nothing to say about polltics'
one why or the other. just now"
Mrs. Dobson Is as vehement as ner
husband in denouneing the unsani-
tary surroundings and disagreeanie
conditions which exist In China,
eve didn't like It at ALL" she said.
"Many of the conditions are too filthy
to talk about Some of the natives
there are more like cattle or monkeys
than human beings with brains to rea-
son with A great many OF them, Lno
not all, have no nnodesty Whatever. Inc
poor men wear pants and nothing else
ON their waists or upper part OF the
body, and some OF the women also,
not raany; and there are plenty OF
children there that never have rass
on them in summer.
"w,. had to boil every bit Of water
we used and could not eat any I'M
cooked vegetables for fear of cholera.
which was very bad there. The ma
tives died by the hundreds this sum :
mer lnd they had what was called "a
dead house. where they. were stored
in coffins for a convenient season TO
bury them. One Of these houses was
not more than five minutes walk out
side theN wall which surrounded our
quar- ,ers.
"About the same distance from W.
was a leper hospital, and these poor
creatures were running at large. we
walked down past them one day and
they were dreadfully repulsive sight.
One old man was blind with his nose
eaten away. Another had his fingers
nearly all gone; another his toes, the
remnants OF which We're bleeding.
There were many other sights quite as
revolving.
eve heard Of summer resort In
the mountain thru missionaries, after
we had suffered terrfftcally from the
heat at Hang Chow, so went there. It
is called Mokanshan and is a delight
full place $500 feet above sea level.
After we got there we were more COM
Portable. We could look out across
altiful West Lake, which, was at
one time the resort of eanperors and
all nobility Of China and is yet quite
resort.