The Latest Enterprise in Canton: Some Criticism the people's capacity' will atkeivise meet that level.
"According to some expert observa-3 ie bor Aum Bam tions, 90 per cent. of the people of To those who believe In the eft-'Kiangsi live for bare subsistence. In dency. and effectiveness of rivals the year of sburdance (good harvest), Enterprise the instation of the Gav the price of paddy is low and the Stnment Textile Factory in eenton farmers find It difficult to make their wil appear to be-a step fa thilwront ends meet. In a year of poor harvest, direction, Te is. possible, however, farmers hardly can raise enough that the" specier "conditions which crops fp satisfy their needs. Within prevail in China may make not only 3 year poor farmers labour for sub-Feasonabie but desirable a. develop sistence and live, as usually is the rent which under other conditions ease, on loans, obtained through heavy Interest, which binds them as ght be condemned. thas been my. privilege to visit 'The cotise of this. conditions is Ingpeet and consider the telson dire of this "Government. factory" and 1 chiefly aliributed, by economic obwould straightaway slate why in my servers, to four' points: frst, the lodgment the. establishment. of" this ackwardness of productive techni-factory is amply justified and, Indeed, que; second, oppression of the former to be commended. "At the' present militarists; third, the harassment of rinement China. has established her landlords and high-interest money-one of the great Cation manic lenders; and fourth, the adverse effect. facturing counties of the world; but of the dumping of foreign goods in vith reference to Wool and the elver Chinese markets in towns as. well Yegotable fibre, ud even more az in rural cities. Hence, the Kiang Derliculariy with reference to "the }s1 economic. restoration " programme enufacture of Bayou, 'China has emphasizes the positive Improvement fof the economic life of the masses Hardly mate 'a starl.'And_ if one Considers the Cotton fabrics produced, So that the power of consumption Sithough these, ferly' and" squarely may be increased' so as to stimulate meet the. Bastern demand, they bY healthy expansion of native agricul-the means fall for that echaleal sll (ural and industrial. production. which can be developed only by. the The economic reconstruction insifition of an eight, and, a" halt fangs will henceforth direct ils hour anda onessbitt day. It wes my attention to devising ways and means Privilege to report upon manutactur-Of Increasing the total productive capacity as well as improving con: Ing conditions tu Mala some ite time ago. and 1'thore found. indian pacify and, in the mean~ firms endeavouring fo produce the favourable balance of total increased production over {otal in-fine Wool fabrics of Yorkshire. with creased consumption eapaeitles should Tedian conditions of labour. be always maintained. La this way, this attempt was a miserable failure. Kiangsi will be able to fulfil its The fact is that, whether one mission of.entaneing the people's dealing with Cation or Wool capacity of saving—ws.c.
China Grass or Flax, it is quite easy to, produce "the common ordinary Cooking is done in earthenware pols goods by means. of standard Buro-open replace and I did "not Dean or American machinery; but hear of any other method of prepar-When it, becomes necessary to use ug food except by boiling it, 'Indeed, this machinery skilfully—when eratts~ the whole diet is extremely simple, men rather than hands' are called and except at festivals when there for—then it becomes an utter immay be pig, goat or chicken, the possibility to obtain the required fnnaily sits-down three times a day polled tubers and fish boiled EMlelency under the usual Eastern 2 quantity of wale. Fish soup {s conditions of labour. This lesson ut Served at every meal and is the only rink except water. Alcoholic bever-an ages. are unknown and there is no been just the fear. that China" may Substitute for tobacco. Of fruits not appreciate this point and there are bananas & coconuts, and wild Attempt "the impossible with berries: and It i probable that the trous result: for failure at, this ern quantity of seaweed eaten helps to time might throw China back a gen: maintain health. ration. When "the Condenser Card 'Possibly the" description sounds twas introduced into Yorkshire about drab. Tt Is certainly' the picture of the middle: of the last century cereal 8 hardworking people, but it is also the picture, though a very incomplete one, of a happy people. Their dislike of strife is not apathy, or the inertia seems to me to be an admirable move caused by overwork. Their folklore which has been made in Canton and erick, Imaginative and sophisticated.
Tam the more disposed to think. s They have. an excellent sense of atler a careful Inspection of wi rhythm, which is evidenced io the has already been accomplished un dances of the young girls—men and Dr, Lo Ting-Vu. 'There are four caroled women who have children deal eMelencies at stake in' this not dance. They sing a great move, viz, with reference to. ma:
ind the simplicity of their song. chinery, 10 effective installation, 10 themes Is reminiscent of Chinese em cient organization of -tabour and poetry. Here is a sample about the with reference to the development grass from which Yami hats are fof the right spirit of industrial enterprise among both staff and workers, hose four points were, continually in my mind while T was making my visit of inspection. Before. "making bby the Yara for further reference tomy visit a° brief for on cod-she). 1 sold description of what is to °be found this factory, or rather factories—for there are really five factories—Ben a eying ake and T'would called for. There is her Tot mind ifthe waves' were factory for Cotton of the standard Chinese type; a factory for Woollen Keep my mind on my work." manufacturing such as China may well hope to use to advantage; a factory "for Worsted manufacturing 'The Yami make bowls and pots of which might well 1 clay. some of them graceful and beautiful in design. 'They also make Tittle figurines of clay. 'These, we were told, had no religious signif fof dealing with the "stem' cance but were purely a fumbling for bros of which China Grass and Flax frilstic expression. f would like to and Hemp ate representative ex-have discovered more" about their amples. work with clay, but like everything "Too Great a Scope" ise in. the Yami calendar there sot time for this work and T was The fist thing which strikes one of there at the right time. One on meeting with such an array of figurine that I saw, of an ape-like factories and processes 1 that. the gute in whose immovable clasp a scope Is almost too great to be thus miniature reproduction strained is covered. There Is a great deal to be feeble strength, right have been an said for the comparative method in Epstein interpretation of the conflict Textile manufacturing and 1 could between youth and age. well Imagine such a series of factories "The expedition during which the as this (0 score a great success under above sbvervations were made. was Tight conditions of management, And conducted by Dr. Hilton R. Stewart, cone of these conditions would be one who was formerly a Psychological Overseer such as Dr, Lo. Ting-yn Research Fellow. at the Peiping undoubtedly is, backed up by a first Union Medial College, Other mem= rate manager for each of the sections enumerated above, But to expect one 'W. T. Trevor, man to develop the efficiency which Programme of psycho-ethnographic should be the raison d'étre of such an work arranged by Dr. Stewart includ establishment is to expect the imthe giving Of mental tests and passible and is illustrative of one of the collection of dots that would! the fundamental lessons which the throw light on mental processes. The industelalists of China have to learn. mental tests revealed aa intelligence make normal Woollen and Worsted quotient on the part of the Yami goods well within the limits of the Comparable with that of the Ameri-Cquipment installed is one thing: 10 can children on whom the tests had use the excellent equipment installed been standardized. A report on the to' get out the last 10 per cent. of expedition, which lasted from the the possible -eMficiency—is quite an-fend of December unt?) March 19; Other thingt But: in my judgment uring which time the festival that this Iatler ideal is well within the the keystone of Yami culture was powers of Dr. Lo Ting-yn if the eld, is in course of preparation. conditions under which the attempt 18 made are rightly designed, And China has how so' many. returned students who could admirably help that It Isto be: hoped the attempt may be made in view of the fact {hat to expect one man ta take both ike entire supervision and the divi-tonal. responsibilities ig asking. for the Impossible and for trouble To-cut'a long story short then mi 1 definitely state that on being con-dueted round these factories by De.
Ting-yn Twas delighted' with what I saw, First-rate machinery, Sxcellently installed, well organized Working staffs and a body of hands which It should be possible ultimately model into as fine a sot of Textile Workers as the. Bast has ever seen.
the interests "of: the Chinese Textile Industries 1¢ will be a. thousand pities if the tremendous. poten-{cites of this wonderful movement fare lost And lost. they" willie unless those tu control realize that they fre up against the fundamental dim-fully of China. which "Ht'ls their Driviiege fo fight for. "And the way thes Aght is most evident—the nding" of! the right men as-leaders dnd the @nancing under the only possible conditions, which; can ead success After spending several hours tu these factories. 1 was Invited. to address the workers assembled the umber of about two thousand outside the factory. T reminded them the deals which " these factories enshrined and of their own respon= Siollities as" Textile. workers. who Should" be. model to. the Textile workers of the whole of China and {upon whom devolved the responsibil~
nine hour day. Trean only add th proving the sight nese ofthe never addressed a more respons! audience and we all came away from the meeting feeling that if in the highest conted. the eight spilt pre valled these factories and these wor ra might set an example in. Chine Which would wonderfully. Kelp developing the Textile industries China Into their rightful position, 'Mentoens, of the Ching Inland Mission' in Shansi hi the passing recently of a greatly valu ed colleague, the Rov. J, E. A. Koster. Mr. Koster came from U, fe China in 1984,, and after a term 1M, language school was to Lucheng district, Feeling unwell, he entered the C. 1. M, Hospital in Luan about the middle of March, but an operation falled to stay the. course of his trouble and hho led there on March 23, and was Interred at Lucheng on March 25. that, this month, a mission will leave Germany for China with the object of bringing about an understanding between Ger-
Russia, China,.and Japan, followed by closer ce-operation between. those four countries. The lision, it is said, is to be headed by Gen, von Relchenau, who Is llalion
ind the Army, and who tween the German Gover chief of staff to Ficldvon Blomberg. Gen. von Relchenau recently returned from a ued with what Is described as a long-range polley involving the cooperation of the "afore-mentioned countries.
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