El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-05-04

I be worked out on an immense scale A
/ great part of that country at the pres
ent time is $50 thielSly populated that
fapines, in which millions de are
7 not infreQuenL But suppose that We
Z learn how, in the growing OF plants
Z TO utilize 10 percent or 20 percent OF
I the solar energy, instead OF less than
: IL perGert. Tt is obvious that tire Chit
Z nese viii be able to multiply their
! output for a given area OF food and
/ ClOthipg-boJh Of which come directly
/ or indirectly from the soil II Is IN
I this direction that we ourselves are
bound to develop. and as we make the
requisite inventions. China. which has
been an agricultural nation for 40 cen
| turtles. viii acquire and. utilize the
J knowledge.
] while speaking on this point It viii
] be appropriate to say that coal IRON
/ and other natural resources which we
I now regard as indispensable are des-
/ tined before long to become far less
{ important. We are already finding
{ satisfactory substitutes for irOn-no-
! tably concrete. But for concrete lun-
der which head 7 include such building
: materials as composition brlcksl the
! consumption Of iron in the Cnlted
! States at the present time would be 90
/ percent greater than IT IS Railroad
! and other bridges nowadays are being
| constructed Of concrete, and not OF
/ steel As for coal, fl viii diminish in
{ a source OF mechanical power. g can
grow fuel when we need it.
Almost a Distinct Race.
Every schoolboy knows that the
/ MOngOlian. or yellow, race is one OF
the five great races Of mankind but
we should realize that the Chinese are
much more distinctly one race tnan
any other people. What we call the
/ Caucasian race is made up Of many
diverse types or subraces. On the otn-
Z er hand, all Cinnamon are remarkably
alike in their physical makeup, haolIs
I Of thought, and other characteristics
For this very reason il is easier for
/ them than for any other people to be
come a demOcracy-that is to say. 70
/ pass to- social organization which
recognizes equality as its base
ut is a big step. A recent writer,
T Edwin Markham, has written, China
I is the European Middle Ages made
visible. All the cities are walled In
/ the towns there is no common supply
/ OF water and there is no public light
T ing For lack Of good iuuminant.
F most of the people go TO bed with the
fowls and get up with the sun. In the
T absence OF good roads and draft ami
mails, utmost use has been made Of the
. countless waterways, and there are
probably as many boats I'm China as
q in all the rest of the world. The rivers
are alive with junks propelled by row
ers, who occupy the forward deck ana
stand as they ply the oar. In the south
population is crowded from the land
on TO the water. and myriads pass their
lives in households In good Wea ther
these poor families. living, as IL were.
[ in a single small floating room with
porch al either end, seem as happy as
. people anywhere
[ Floating Islands on the Yangtsze.
a picturesque feature Of the Yang
tsZe, or Great river. is the enormous
timber rats. originating in tributary
streams that fall in on both sides near
+ ly every mile along the course Of the
mighty stream. These are literally
/ floating islands bearing small villages
/ Of huts.
What the Chinese are capable of ac-
complishing is wei illustrated by at
least two of thelr national WOrkS-the
great wall and the grand canal The
] former is described as the 'grandeSt
and most impressive work Of man The
brick and stone in every so miles Of II
would rear q pyramid higher than that
I OF CheOps and it is at least 1900 miles
{ long. The Grand canal is a magnifi-
L cent artificial river over 1000 miles In
length, extending from Hang-Chow TO
Ilents1n. In parts its sides are raced
with cut stone and II is spanned by
many fine stone bridges Several rIV-
ers enter IL and the Hoang-Ho cuts
across it. The most ancient portion Of
it is stated on the authority OF Con
fucius. 10 have been built in the fifth
century before Christ
In what I have been saying, the
idea 7 have tried to convey Is that
we have in the Chinese a gigantic hui
energized. All that is required for the
purpose is ideas which we are in a
position 10 furnish China. in a word,
is from our point of view like an enor-
nous factory filled with capable and
I Industrious operatives and only await
ing machinery in order TO yield vast
output.
VIII Teach Them.
we VIII give them the machinery,
and viii teach them how to use it. As
time goes ON we shall show them how
to accomplish progress along lines that
viii lead them to a commanding posi-
ton in the worlds affairs. Their nat
ural resources, especially water power,
being developed, they VIII become pro-
ducers on a vast scale OF food supplies
and other things which all the world
needs.
Nothing could be more natural than
that the great republic of the East
should join hands with the great re-
public Of the West for the promotion
of the highest civilization Let such a
thing come to pass. and together, as I
have said, China and the United States
VIII hold the balance OF power in the
world.
Rene Bache."