The whole question of using the as in a more effective manner was gone into by the Administration, but doubts were expressed" whether owing to the numberless outlets which now exist there was stil sul cient pressure to conduct it any' distance through pipelines. I have an idea, however, that the objections to making a full and proper use of this wasted energy are less'of a technical nature, than the fear of disturb ing. the vested interests of the well proprietors.
Quite apart from the hospitality of the foreign friends with whom stayed and at whose home in Tze-Yutsing—of all places in the world I heard the Coronation service and the cheering crowds in Whitehall—1 thoroughly enjoyed my visit to the salt wells. 'The coolies dancing on and off the - beam, the " buffaloes trotting round in the dark sheds, the buffalo turning the wheel in a tittle house $0 feet above the ground, the relays of treadmills, all were quite unusual sights, like' the faint echo of a world which has long. passed away. In this 20th century, with iis, turbines, dynamos, diesel engines and 30 forth, it is a refreshing change for the mere traveller to come. across such a beehive of industry. as Teeliutsing where modern machinery. seems to be held in complete contempt.
At the risk of offending that large section of China hands who take umbrage at criticism of anything that has been working' satisfactorily in China for 1,000 years or s0, never= theless it must be said' that, from a purely economic point a view, these. salt wells at Tzeliutsing are probably the most perfect example of antiquated Inefficiency to be found anywhere in the whole world,
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