The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-11-15

will do at least one-third more work than
 the native Africans. Said he:
 We have increased our output that
 much with 10 per cent less men than
 when We worked negroes only. It is only | 2 few years since that we had 5000 native Africans. We have now 1000 Chinese to
 take their places and our product is one- third greater and the work more satis- factory. The Chinese are more easily
 handled and are more reliable"
 Speaking of the teachability of the l Chinese as We watched them drilling the
 holes for blasting and loading the ore MT. Seagrayes said:
 Those men came to us green. Their homes are not far from the Chinese wall, and they probably never heard of dyna- mite until they reached here. Notwith-
 standing that they were doing efficient work within two months after their ar ilval, and at the end of six months they were equal to our best white miners at home. To give you an idea of their reli- ability in comparison with our ordinary
 labor supply we had to have white over seers with every negro gang, and we have
 them still. The Chinese could get along by themselves. have something like 600 white men employed in these under ground workings, and I could if neces- sary, dismiss them all."
 North Chinese the Best. ''Is it not uncommon to get labor from I north China? l thought most of the em- igrlting cooles were from the south"
 "Yes, that is so as a rule, replied the mine manager. The Chinese of the United States come largely from Canton, while those of the Philippine are from
 about Annoy We tried the Cantonese, hut we find them hard to handle, and not so efficient these men from the north. Our Chinese are happy and con tented They do not smoke much opium, | and as a general thing they are orderly and law abiding Their chief vice is samblng. They will bet or anything, and they spend their holidays in playing san-tan. Now ano then we have a sui cide from q man who has played away al his savings. Sometimes the men hang 1 themselves and others take enough opium to cause death.N
 Do Not Like Native Miners. How will you get along without the Cninese?" 1 asked,
 T really do not know" was the reply. You sec, it takes some time to teach the native how to work, and he will not contract for more than few months. Half of his term is spent in learning
 ard as soon as wC have made him thor oughly efficient he wants to leave. The negroes here will not work more than one-third of the year, and we cannot be sure of more than three or four months from any of them. The Chinese works right along year in and year out. The native, when he bas four months wages
 ahead, like as not goes home and buys q
 wife, and we SC him no more. It would
 take 150,0O0 or 20q,000 negroes. supposing
 each man worked only four months, to
 >qual the steady work of the Chinese,
 who are now to be shipped back home."
 In the Chinese Compounds.
 During my visit to the various mines I have sone through many of the Chinese compounds and have watched the men both at work and at play. They are healthy looking fellows, taller and more muscular than the Chinese of the United
 States and as rule better citizens. terrd only through turnstiles, so that every man who comes in or goes out leaves a record. Each Chinaman has his number and this is taken when he comes in. He is paid by his number and by it he gets his food and supplies. In fact, the 4,OO0-odd celestials in the Simmer employers by name Each individual is only number He may have been Wun Lung before he came In but now he is
 that he gets his bed, his clothes. and,
 strange for Chinese, his bath.
 In the Bathrooms. I understand that many of these Celes- tials never had q bath until they were stripped naked and secured at Tien-Tsip