White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1932-06-16

Travellers seeing Tsinan afoot STUN
BILE upon beggars, dodge rickshaws in
the hands of careless noisy boys, and
overwhelmed by the accumulation OF
odors from shops, restaurants and
houses The cries of vendors, the
yelling and loud conversation of play
ing children and gossiping adults, all
amid a cloud Of dust is uninviting.
Dust is unnecessary in Tsinan, for wa
ter is no luxury. Springs perpetually
bubble at several places within the
walls and a lake four miles in circum
ference occupies about one-third of the
inner walled area.
Tsinan is one of the most important
Christian educational centers in China.
The Shantung Christian university and
numerous other mission schools are
situated there. Native schools also
dot the city, and there is museum
and library The museum displays
model of the capitol of the United
| States.
Chefoo, China, is a city made famous
| by "Fickle Fashion" The Germans
SluIltu llC SlIVlpo i1'N"''s' .
| on large scale, but the World war
| in Europe, and cheap hair and CHEAP
! labor in Asia, caused the industry to
migrate to Shantung with Chefoo as
headquarters
| Although American wOmen's none!
| paid the wages of thousands of women
| and girls In and near Chefoo, when
the hairnet industry was fourishns
| perhaps few of those American Womci
| could locate Chefoo on a map without
considerable searching. The city lies
| ON the north shore of the Cape Cod
| OF China, which extends into the Vel
| low sea from the main portion OF
SIantung province, toward the middle
section of Korea IF line were
drawn due west froh Cincinnati, ONO,
through Denver, Colo. and continued
across the Pacific, Chefoo would be
one of the first Chinese cities the line
would touch.
Chefoo Is Large and Busy.
Chefoo now ranks third among Shan
ung cities, with about 100000 inhab-
| IuIIS. "A large lOlSitiH GNltiSA'ANiA',
with modern hotels, consular Office
buildings and residences bordering
wide, electrically lighted streets, occu
pies a knob of land on the north. Th"
adjoining 1uarter is congestcd. Mar
row streets, winding through this por
ton of the town, are lined with squat
ty buildings, mostly Of tlimsy construr
ton, bH it is here that Chefoo br.stles
with business activity throughout the
day.
STOPPED shouldered coolies from
neighborhood farms and villages
trudge to the market place under loads
nearly as large as those atop mule"
and donkeys. Other coolies tug at the
handles Of loaded ShantIng wheelbar-
rows whose wheels are sometimes
three feet high There is little room
in the lanelke thoroughfarcs for any
thing else, nevertheless the rckshaw
bow draws his fares at high speed, Oft!
on forcing pedestrians to sidestep INTO
children-filled doorways for safety
Through the Chpfoo streets, all the
products for export from the Chefoo
neighborhood are carried to WAITING
cargo boats i'm the haibor. Apples,
sweet potatoes, peanuts, wheat, cotton
corn, tobacco, pongce silk and ha.rnet
are transported by vessels flying The
flags of many nations. Cargoes Tor
Chinese consumption are loaded or
coastWise boats that make Chefoo q
port of call Junks that lazily float
about in the harbor pick up short
shipping Pongee silk and peanuts are
among the more important Chefoo ex
ports.
Chefoo was classpd as one OF the
unwalled therefore unimportant, com
munifies of China before 1862 when
the port was opened to foreign ship
ping. Later a large portion Of Shan,
tung shipping passed through Chefoo
and tie city enjoyed a period of pros
perity until 1901 when the Shant'n"
railroad was completed and the port
was forced to share commerce with
ports the railroad touched.
China's Atlantic City.
Another shock came when the Tien
isin-Pukow railroad was completed in
1912. Tsingtao Il port on the south
ern coast of "Cape Cod" succeeded in
Getting railway connections, while Che
FOO got only a promise Of Il connection
AS result Tsingtao gradually out
grew it's northern competitor. The
nearest railway station to Chefoo now
Is 200 miles to the southwest, between
which buses frequently run over d
government-owned highway.
Tsingtao is the Atlantic City of tho
,'hina coast. It's climate is excellen;
is golf courses are well constructed
and it boasts modern hotels, miles q
The finest motor roads, and "le:
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