River Left to Its Own Dealers' Trick to Increase Devices Size of Grain By Foo Tie Front Our Own Comesroxperr Tientsin, Oct. 7.
What I foreshadowed in my last Jarticle on the Haiho has now turned ut to be a fact. The Haiho is lett!
its own fate, and Heaven only Knows what will happen when the Spring freshets arrive. There is hope whatsoever, unless Dame ture herself comes to the rescue and scours the river free of mud and Sit something which seems to be Gntirely out of Use. question con-Sidering the immense quantity nud and silt already in the river. On October 2, E.'S. Mao and T. C. 'Shoung, Director and Ca-Director of the alo Technical Bureau,—sub-titted their joint resignation' to the Ministry of the Interior and the Chiblt' Provincial government owing to lack of funds. When the Haiho Improvement. Commission was ed down the end of December. ast by orders of Nanking, the Haiho Technical' Bureau" was formed Complete the work of the Haiho Tmprovement Commission, but in. order to complete this remaining work sum of $600,000 was required, Sutsien, Ku., Sept, 28.
I heard to-day of a wheat deal in Gwan Hu, N. Ku. men from. the south came up buying wheat from the large dealers.
The farmers sold to these dealers, and they before selling t9 the southern men wetted the wheat in the river, Of course, this made it seem bigger and better' grain, but one who could tell dry wheat' would have known it was damp.
When the boat lands of wheat reached their destination the, wheat was all mouldy and black: ind. the men for whom it was bought refused The poor deceived, cheated dealers their desperation jumped into the river.
The great aniount of com and beans, wheat is unusual for this ton, the cotton is very encouraging for the good living this coming winter, All roads are being improved and bus ines extended.
Efforts were made to raise this sum through the medium of local Chinese banks. but their efforts were lunsuecess{ul. In submitting their resignation to the Ministry of the Interior and the Chibli, Provincial Government, Mr. E. S. Mao and Mr. T, C. Shoung refer to the sabotage Of the farmers, and that the latter's Strong opposition against having, their land, flooded and crops destroyed. was not without good reason. But the navigability of the Haiho, they say, had very important bearing on the general economic condition of North China. More than $4,000,000 had already been spent by the former Haiho Improvement Commission for the purpose of upkeeping the navi bility. of the Hatho and the diver jon of freshets must be carried in order to Keep the port of Tientsi open for trade.
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