The Archive · 1938

No Acute Refugee Problem

The refugee problem in Kiangpeh Is not yet acute, according to reports just received. One must remember: that the area is rich in all kinds of farm produce, which means that people have food, the crops have Been abundant, and that some ready. cash is on hand. The extra help Reeded to carry the heavy freight at Tiensengang demands many thousands of hands which a few mon! ago were without work. Farm w The Pig "Trek" Begins Fattened to the proper weight the cruelty begins, In other parts of China two men may be hired to carry tone pig, but in Kiangpeh one man carries two pigs on his wheelbarrow. Tied securely with ropes the squealing pigs are carried upside-down for miles ona wheelbarrow in the scorching heat of summer as well as. the cold blasts of winter, for the Chinese markets need pigs li the year round. Without "refrigerator

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