The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-02-08

MI MECHANIC
harder than President Taft and dis
patching his business almost as
IRON pity. He used the telegraph 70
rs business correspondence. TIE re-
Forts from his officials were sent in
y Wire and his went the
sa1ne way. He was daily receivin ,
dispatches from all over the globe.
ne news Of the Associated Press com
ing to n before it Want TO the news
papers. He worried 2t his correspon
aence with a s~tenographer, and had
rs trensla+ore Who ~aVe him extracts
from tie foreign papers in Chinese.
He be~an to work at I o'c1oe1.
the morning and seldom went to heG
hsfore midnight. He was particular
as to his eating. thoue'o he usel sim
ple fare. He ate breakfast at
luncheon at a'd dinner at u:ght-
fall. HIS cooking was done by a Pc
ing chef, aid h used chonsrcts
Ills wor. was thoroughly systema-
tized. and he had enough t:~oo
connection with it to carry on liter
ary Aoblies AMI to make archeolos-
cal Investigations.
Shortly before Tuan Fang wae :
~ointed v~icercy he roaae a tour aro--9
tilI VOL N3SttiiIS Icy III OIL liS way.
He studied the civilization Of the Nj
and drought hack tons of statutes
md a half dozen rnummies. Som
Of these / saw during my vies+
well as other curios and archaeological
oh ects relating TO China, npon which
he has spent more han half a mil
lion dollars.
A Warning to Grafters.
But let me tell you something
~ 1>r,t tlA~@ xJo ~ecn - aoan- r ~
been in many of them since l came
20 China. Every yiceroy has his off,
cia1 home which covers acres, and is
c'al home. which covers acres, and is
ings with gardens about them. In
these palaces are hundreds Of Off
cials and servants. There are soldiers
and clerks and all the machinery Of
government.
The palace here at Marking is en-
tered ly several gates, on the walls
near which is painted a warning to
grafters. This is in the shape Of a
''i7eors animal forty feet long. with
a body as big around as q hogshead
and q neck the size Of my wrist. The
head is like the body. normous. The
animal looks something like a hip
popotamus, with the neck of a snake.
According to the legend, this beast
once tried to swallow a great quantity
# silver. but it hurst its neck and
died in the act. It's picture is, there
| ore. placed AT the entrance 10 eselS
yicerega1 palace to warn the officers
within a~ainst Overextortion. 1t Is to
let the viceroy know that IT he takes
90 h:~ f~fhee or s1ueezes too much
he will probably bite off more thar
he can chew ana die IL the attempt.
China's New Constitution.
During my audience with Tuan
Fang / vas received in a LARGE
Tor furnished in Chinese style. His
excellency and myself sat side by
side at a big black table, upon which
were refreshments of various kinds
Tea was brought in as we talked to-
gethcr, and our audience was termi-
mated with a glass of champagne.
The first sub ect of conversation
was Tuan Fang's trip around the
world. He was sent abroad to study
modern politics and to plan q constr
trtional government for China. Upor
his return he wrote the memorial
which formed the basis Of the
this country. He was the author Of
the new constitution and might be
called the father Of the new China.
l asked him whether he Thought
that China would actually install a
modern government. He replied:
Undoubtedly it will. Our people
have come to appreciate that we
rrst adapt ourselves to modern con-
ditions and he ruled along modern
lines. We believe that our old meth
DDS are good. but we would t.
them the good that the western world
has discovered. We are stuving mod
ern p~clitcs, and within a short time
= ehaI1 have q constitution AMI IA
lament. According to our presnn+
program. that time will come within
eight years"
VIII not this make great change
IN China ?"
Eyes. Tt will maze US by far the
greatest people Of Asia. IT will hrin~
ABOUT the develcn-nont of our mate
rial resources. which arc unSu-Dasco@
in the world. We soil build roll
loads and onen our mines. We shaf'
start factories anil shall produce no
onlv for orr anorr1 ol1s home market
h,,t also for that of other countries