The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-09-08
BANF OF China IS
TOO MANY PEOPLE
PROF. ROSS, BACK FROM THE Or
TENT, ASSERTS THE EN-
PRE- is IN GRAVE
DANGER.

| NHtuNdupuds ~ L. sept. - Onlnd
is trembling i'm the balance. She is in
trouble. The government is by the
Manchens. a foreign dynasty. who are
too intent upon keeping up their own
graft and who show too little appreci-
alton of the needs of the nation. The
Question is whether she will emerge
from their trouble or whether they will
be n civil rebellion against the Mon
chens. A man is wanted. The prince
Iregent is not big enough for the job,
as he is too easily swayed by the
cliques of his own imperial clan. Graft
is rampant Never were the needs of
a nation more pressing"
Thus Prof. T.. A. Ross of the Uni
versity of Wisconsin, who has just re-
turned from six months tour of in
lvestigation Of the Orient and who is.
therefore. supplied with first-hand in
formation on the situation there, sum-
narizes the political condition of the
Chinese empire.
Professor Ross has been at Chautau-
qua, delivering a series of lectures on
China, the results of his tour. He is a
sociologist of note. having been on the
faculties of Indiana. Cornell, Leland
Stanford and Nebraska universities be-
fore assuming his present position at
the University of Wisconsin.
Are Haunted by Poverty.
The economic and social condition I'm
China is even more acute than the po-
lltical one, he says He describes the
Chinese as people hanging on to their
country by their teeth i'm desperate
effort To maintain existence The pow
crty of the land and people is the most
striking and haunting thing which i'm
presses the traveller.
Maddened by the fear OF starving
men spend themselves recklessly for
the sake of wage. In many of the oc-
Equations men are literally killing
themselves by their exertions. Neces-
sity makes the wits fertile In devising
new ways OF earning a living Cases
are heard of where people keep them
selves alive by hiring themselves to in
cubate hens eggs by their bodily
warmth.
| The reason is the dense population
of the country. More than one physi-
clan indorses the remark of medical
missionary, that for a doctor to get the
mothers together and teach them how
to save their bodies. which die at
well-night incredible rate. would be as
suming very grave responsibility.
Is Against immigration.
1 to
the United States as humane nation
to throw open her doors to help relieve
the populated country. Professor
Ross replied emphatically that he was
against immigration to the United
States. 1T would not help" he said.
"The United States should aid China
in China. but it is not our duty to give
up the heritage of our children to
them"
THE Canchus are looked upon by the
Chinese as aliens" he said "They are
inferior to the Chinese in ability. II
was their proficiency in war which en-
abled them to win the country and TO
establish Manchu dynasty. The
brains and administrative ability in the
government are Chinese. but large
part Of the revenues find their way into
the pockets of the ruling family.
THE lack of food is really the thing
that stops the Chinese from establish
ing a government to their liking.
There is but one general cause for this
grinding, mass poverty which cannot
he matched in the Occident that is,
the crowding of population upon the
means of subsistence.
Child Marriage Cause.
"In order for the economic situation
to change in China the marriage sys-
tenn must change. The population in
creases too rapidly. AS long as the
present system of child marriage con-
tinues II is practically useless to talk
of adjusting the economic troubles sat
isfactorily by either emigration or
scientific agriculture. Emigration has
made change. however. and scientific
agriculture may help matters.
Although China is under intense
cultivation and every available spot of
ground is religiously planted there are
three things lacking I'm agricultural
lines. First, they know nothing OF a
scientific war on pests, by spraying,
ETC. Instead, they turn each leaf over
and pick the bugs or insects Off one by
one. Second. they do not plow deeply. |
but are content to merely scratch the
surface of the soil. Third. they know
nothing OF the scientific breeding of |
plants
"The Chinese must adopt western
civilization If they are To avoid meet |
Ing the same fate as India. Our civil |
lization is the best in every detail and |
China will have TO become scientific
after the fashion OF the West II II is
to continue as nation"