The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-10-17
Photo by Paul Thompson.
Bismarck avenue in Tsingtao.

this German railroad. For example.
the missionaries introduced the Irish
potato among the Chinese Christians.
who formerly were in extreme poverty.
with no sale for hat they did raise.
After the opening Of the railway they
hegan to ship potatoes and walnuts
and many other products ny carloads
to Tsingtao.
As one result of their first ship
mont some Christians Of a far western
district were so grateful that they
began TO 1.-THE and in addition as
q thanks offering bull, a church hu.ld-
ing. That was the beginning Of n
tith.rc system 10 which many Western
Christians are strangers. Even in the
winter of l9ll-i2. the worst DAYS Of
the revolution. when business all over
the country a conceded To- ne lead,
b peasants of our field around
Tsingtao shipped into that place for
tho world market 80. 900 tons of pea
NUS. the orig nal planting Of Which
was ono Of the many Interesting and
valuable h~y-products of a certain mis-
slouary's life.
Multitudcs OF people both in Europe
and America have for a series of wears
been wearing straw hats made from
braid woven by the peasants in the
remote villages Of S%hantung. because
or TINS railroad. And while this rail-
road was suggested to the Chinese by
: a missionary hundreds OF thousands Of
tons Of this material have rolled in
annually to Tsingtao-for the world
market just because Of this railroad.
shantung province, like each one Of
the eighteen Chinese provinces and Of
the four mammoth fringe dependencies.
is not only rich beyond the dreams Of
aNaricc in the possibilities Of agrlcul-
turc and tradca n overseas
but also in those ~ mining. But the
people Of Shantung had been afraid to
mine their rich stores of coal and iron,
BECAUSE forsooth to dig in the earth
would he To prick the Old Dragon and
u him to fury. causing him to visit
appalling calamities upon them
plaques and pestilence. Hood and
famine. So for fuel they have gath
cred cornstalks and raked grass off
the raw mounds and picked up stray
leaves and dug bean roots. which they
nave dried and burned against the
winters cold, while the riches of an
thracite We're beneath their feet,
enough in II province, Shansi, join
ing Shantung, Ito supply the world
for several thousand years. so a Ger
man geological commission reported.
The at enormous initial
expense opened the mines and forth
with coal began To be used in the
peasant villages and market towns
n cities all through the province. as
well as by q multitude OF ships. Now
the mines are ruined. flooded with
water, lest they profit the japanese;
II an army Of Chinese miners are
jobless. hungry and desperate-the
kind out of whom pirates. bandits and
sedition breeders tail, the curse of
China) are bred,
Not only has the development Of all
these industries and businesses meant
new n better employment for hun
drcds OF thousands of Chinese. but it
has meant Il steady increase in wages
and in the scale Of living. Even in
my field. when | first went to China
eight years ago, men We're employed
by Chinese, not by foreigners, so
chcaply as one and two cents a day.
Now, until the war blasted the Ger
nan colony, the vcriost cnOlie for UNI
skilled labor could get 20 cents MeXi-
can n day.
And not only has Tsingtao meant
the employment of vast numbers at
"a better a bu, also the develop
ment Of skilled labor. one Of the
educational institutions established by
the German Government was "A me-
chanical school located in a great
plant in the CROSSE hafen," near the
wharves, OF complete and modern
equipment. il was designed to train
men to he master workmcn rs
plumbers, electricians. workers in iron
and steel and brass and wood. Such
men earned relatively high wages.
even during their apprenticeship,
At the outbreak Of hostilities n thou
sand promising young fellows, many
from our Christian families, were TAX