Evening star., 1924-11-01
HOME OF SOY BEAN
IS |NVADED.BY WAR
Production of Chow I.?e;n and
Chop Suey Affected by
Civil Strife.

Americans who like to eat at
Chinese cafes have a personal inter
est in the most rensnt phase of
Chna's evil strife--tht- fighting in
Manchuria.
"Manrhuria ma jor crop $ the soy
hean-and 1t is SOY bean sauce which
lends favor to chow men. chop suey.
yakamin and Other American YER
sions of Chinese conlliug" s@ys Il bull
ietin from the Washington head
quarters of the N.itiona. Geographic
Soc ETY.
The soy beams rise from obsrur-
fty. only - years ago. to It's present
Importance is Il wonder of modern
commerce. Today It's products. manu-
factured by the wholesale at Muk-
den. center of Manchurian hostilit,es.
are shipped all over the world
Cheese. Candy and Fertilizer.
Not only does the soy bean provide
a sauce which is the Worces sters hire
OF China. but it also maSuuerades as
cheese. candy. fertilizer, -four oil for
lighting and lubricatins and il does
further duty in waterproofin2 UNI
brellas and Goth.
The japanese use il widely as the
basis of confectionery. In this form
it is highly palatable and the Japa-
nese consider their candies and pas
tries more wholesome than ours--in-
deed. they are appalled, ny the guam
tity of sugar which Americans con-
sumo.
''Darton. just north Of Port Arthur.
on the Liaotung Peninsula, exported
III one year nearly l50.0a6 tons of
hean oil, ard most OF this came. direct
10 the United States. Many Of the
ultimate consumers thereof proba bly,
J,Df 4
was the basis OF delicious mayon-
haiSe dressing than that hair sea
OIL was an Important ingredient OF
the bonbons they ate after dinner
Not All Us-d in EdibI~..
only fraction of the bean oil
that comes to this country is used in
edibles. Much of it is utilized in max
ing soaps, paint, lubricants and
toilet powders. After oil is extracted
from beans the residue is made into
bean cakes. These are manufactured
extensively i'll Mukden. They are re-
tanned in the East. and serve as fer
tiliZer and cattle feed. both in China
and Japan.
Aware of its enormous soy bean
crop and it's heavy yield of sorghum
And millet. the visitor expects to see
great farms of these products The
ManChurians, like most Chinese, are
gardeners rather than farmers The
vast aggregate of these grains and
vegetables come from patches of ar
acre or SO. Tens of thousands OF
farmers, with tens of thousands OF
primitive plows shaped like crude
Shovels. turn up millions of ridges
and drop seeds into the loose earth
Then they run a roller over theil
patches and wait until it is time tc
spread their beans or their grain or
clay floors. They thresh the grain
with fails or with oxen to ira ample it
Southern Manchuria has the bes
railroads in China, some of the bus
lest cities. such as Mukden, Harbin
kirin and Port Arthur, and its gen.
eral prosperity is high.
Escape Taint Of Modernism.
1.-TWO utilities escape any taint OF
modernism-the firefghting of the
cities and IT, roads of the country.
side. In Mukden the Chinese Cham
Der of Commerce has a fire brigade
which has the hand pump, hose cart
and bucket equipment like that found
in New England towns as precious
relics of colonial days. If volunteers
are not at hand, or if the fire is toe
far from Well, as frequently is the
case, this provision is not effective
''Outside the cities Manchuria roads
are cart tracks. The heavier the traf
ffc the worse the road Hard use
engenders no good roads campaigns
There is famous cart road from
Tiehling to kirin where carts rol
south from October to February at 9
grain, beans. fuel, skin and produce