The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-01-18

anG he usually had a poS -
), and fetch the types from os'iei
parts Of the room.
With the Bindery GIRLS.
NEXT went into the binding depart-
ment and spent some tThe ,l0lo
watching the girls. There were nun
dreds Of them, dressed III iohS plue
coat and wide trousers WIN n aio
If black silk e their Oily pldch
hair They sat at tables, with their
1ittla deformed feet just touching the
floor They worked so busIly that L
remarked upon it; w~hereupon the
who acted as our guide, SAID
" pay them by piecework, n
they have no time to waste.
asked as TO their wages. me man
replied:
"Oh. they are making much money,
for them. Some Of the best earn -
Mexican per week, or about - IN solo.
The average workman is paid about
$3.50"
These girls were stitching and sew
ing. foiding and pasting. and also feed
ing the presses. Their hours were
about twelve per day. n depart
ment contained much q macfb0-
cry, and the work Of binding was eco
n~oTuically done.
The Celestial Book Pirates.
nina has no copyright law. /
found the Commercial Press stealing
everything that it's managers think OF
value for the rev Chinese schools No
matter Via the copyrights are. for
eign uthor must be content with the
rope that their books may do good,
even though they DO not add to theI.
financial receipts. AS l looked over
the volumes printed by this company
for the new education [ found many
Well Known American text books
which have been translated into Chi
ncse. ] saw also stacks of my own
Geographical Readers publ shed on
cheap paper, with abOminable illus
trations. / was told the whole series
had been prepared for the press, and
that my books on North America and
Europe were already in use. The
matter has been translated by the
English-Chinese scholars, and, as far
as possible, verbatim, but how cor
rectly only those who can read the
Chinese tca-chest characters can
know.
AS l looked at my books the mana
ger of the company said they sold
Well and that he expected to get a
good revenue from Carpenters
Asia" which was then In the press.
He explained apoloGetically that they
had been forced to change some OF
the literary matter in the chapters on
fChina, as their people did not like to
be told that they had b~uttonhole eyes,
pig-tailed heads and deformed feet
He made no bones about taking my
books without pay, and even offered
to make a royalty contract with me
if I would write him a new reader or
50 especially adapted to the Chinese
market. I replied that l was very
busy, and he t~hereupon suggested
that the book could be written for
me in their office and that / could
revise it. But IN that case they could
expect to pay a much less royalty. /
toll him such u proposition was out
# the question but Notwithstanding
this he brought it up again and again,
and urged 1t upon me at q Chinese
dinner which he gave me thai night.
Among the other books in the
warehouse I saw plies of Chinese-Eng-
1ish They were in two
volumes, each as big as an ordinary
table Webster. They are practically
a translation OF the STANDARD Diction-
airy, which is so largely used in the
United States. They were edited by
DR.. Yam. who has been connected
with our legation in Washington. The
two volumes are widely distributed:
they sell for about six dollars in gold
Pocket dictionaries are also printed
and q native law dictionary is now In
press. This will be sent out to the
law schools. which are now being es-
tablished at all the provincial capi-
tails.
School Supplies.
After visiting the editors, I was ia
ken to another large building which
contains q curious branch Of the pub
llsninS mouse. 1t Is devoted to school
supplies, and makes everything from
desks TO blow-pipes for the chemical
laboratories. It manufactures pendu-
lums, globes. Indian clubs and dumb
pells. The dumbbeIls are cast from,
pig iron; they are made in great GUAM
ut1es' n It is intended they shall be
used In all public schools.
Every room Of this schooIbook fac
cory ~ ighted by electricity. and all
are connected by q svstarn
The machinery is ~up-to-date. and on
the whole 1t shows one something OF
what is going on In the nau Glna