The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1909-10-28

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But, IL you will not git mad. I'll tell
you somethin' else. AZ / remarked
to the Car ov Russia few months
ago. you need to loosen up your laws
or make new ones. You needn't en-
courage foreigners to come here on
less you want them an need them.
Your country hez many mountains
ulation liz rapidly takin' the substance
from the soil. You must diversity
| build factories, railroads. ships
great ships that will carry your man
ufactured products to other countries
That will take thousands. even mil
lions, away from the farms an then
the lands will not be forced to pro-
duce more than natures laws allow.
Land, like human bein's, must hev
rest, change. recreation. or hit win
| fail to produce. China liz an old coun-
| try, an with such a vast population.
most ov them getting a Twin from
| the soil. there IL danger ov great
crop failures, great famines. The
world IL rich but hit cannot feed the
people Of China In case your land
fails to produce. for you hev nearly
one-third ov the worlds stomachs to
fill rite here in China. An IL the
| worst comes to the worst your neigh
Dor, India. will be rite in the same
boat with her three hundred millions
ov human beins. Then China an In
dia, with seven hundred millions ov
human beins-half the population ov
the earth-will both become depend
ent upon the charity ov the world for
at least a part ov their subsistence.
The world cannot stand such bur-
| den. Hence the absolute Importance
ov change here in CHINA change
/ that can only be brought about grad
ually through diversified industries"
Your suggestions are good ones"
sed the Emperor. "and I thank you
| for them. We hope in time to find
an outlet for our great population,
though the world seems to be against
us now"
THAT IL a fact" SEE I. But why?
I'll tell you. Hit IL not because your
people air not Industrious. for they
are. The world wants workers. But
your people air selfish. That IL why
| America and other countries hev
practically closed their gates to you.
America hez room for a few good
people. But your people do not care
to become citizens ov the United
States. When they land on our
shores they either go into mines,
railroad buildin'. or else they open a
laundry or a store. If a store, they
usually sell nothing but goods manu-
featured in China. In either case
they do not become citizens in the
work awhile an send their money
back here az fast az made; or, per-
haps, come back an bring hit. That
IL unfair to the working men in the
United State, unfair to the business
men. The American pocketbook IL
one ov the most sensitive animals we
hev an when you strike hit a blow
they IL going to be serious trouble
rite erway. Your people hurts our
pocketbooks more than they injure
our pride or other established insti-
tutions."
hope my little sermon did the
emperor guide. He thanked me an,
sed that he hoped I'd visit China
often, after which took my leave.
motifs that good sidewalks air be-
ing put down in Pekin-concrete be-
ing used. This liz encouragln'. Good
streets an good roads air evidence ov
progress, ov civilization.
From reports China IL In bad way
financially. This IL nothin' new. But
the Boxer trouble an the big indem-
mites paid in connection, an the
Chinese-Japanese war, hev put China
In a box SO far az finances go.
The coin used in ordinary business
transactions In China IL on par with
some ov the other foolish things. In
stead ov copyin' after the United
States or England, an gettin' a SEN
sible circulatin' medium, China still
holds to the old junk style ov money.
Small brass coins air the only money
| she has. an hit IL called "cash" in
stead ov money, though that does not
matter. The chief trouble IL that hit
takes about one thousand pieces ov
these Chinese coins to equal one dol
lar ov American money. If you
should start out to purchase suit
, ov clothes in China hit would take a
wagon load ov this "cash" to pay for
good suit. supposin' that suit
should cost say $40 or $25, for hit
would mean probably fully two hun
, dred pounds ov "cash" for $25 pur-
chase. Such money IL an absurdity.
But, az hev limited, China IL full ov
absurdities.
But China Is on the mend. Some
excellent schools hev bin established.
I am told that college buildin' wu2
put up at Shanghai only year OF
8 two ergo which cost a sum about
;, equal to two hundred and ten thous-
= and dollars. When a country puts
l up school buildin's ov that character
8 hit means that some good seed hev
Y fallen in hit China will yet come tc
= the front Hit may be fifty years
q hence or hit may be fifty thousand