GENERAL NEWS
The Hankow Salt-tax.
Tho salt-fax of. Hankow now brings Tis: 300,000 per month, and the monthly likin amounts to abon: Tls. 100,000. This shows, Bays the "Peking Daily News", that, although the trade of Hoo kow has not quito rogained its formior position, the number of the people in the city is not much smaller than formerly.
An Interesting Button.
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, MONDAY, SEPTEMBEI 16, 1912.
THE CHINESE “ SYSTEM." grasslands of Mongolia at the rate
"Credit as Currency."
of 10 miles a year along a frontier several hundred miles in length. This colouising movement is t The following in the concludmoremont which has never ceased ing portion of an article by Mr. sbroughout the centuries; for it Patnam Weals that appears in the must be remembered that it has "Daily Telegraph." The writer Blaics
token di loast 4,000 years and perhaps six-for this mysterious How do the members of the nation which once upon a time ideal co-operative associations, tramped to the Far East from the which cover the land in count West, to spread all over the 18 less numbers, subsist for in-provinces, and to exterminate or stance, the common workman assimilate the autoothonous races. bofore any division of profits takes. The Family System. plave? By a very simple system.
In Szechuan, in Yunnan, and Scratched up by a hen in The workman is fed and housed, in remoto corners of Manoliuria. Bangkok compound the other day was a button of the old matter of course, from the remnants of savage peoples still common fund; at stated intervalslinger in over-dwindling numbers. he can expend the sums which Tho Chinaman, all-conquering have been credited him by a use and unconquerable, like Johu of his credit-for instance, in the Brown's soul, goos marching on, purchase of clothing, for which satisfied that what he has im ho pays in what are commonly self evolved is priceless and called cash shop notes, but which permanent. Stripped of the right are really credit uotes for small of suzerain by the rudo shock of amounts issued by merchant s-war in such lands as Korea, Fine Fire-fighting Record.
sociations. The only money-that tochin-Chinn, Siam, Barmul, ho Bupt, Wheeler, the chief of the is, tokon money: in the entire still sends emigrants thither to Ipwich Fire Brigade, who has country that has boors in really win iparvellous economic victories, just resigned that position, has common use in the past is coppar; based on co-operation. There aro a plendid record of 55 years used for potty disbursements, millions of Chinese on the main service-ton in the Navy, eight Tho sumall crolit-notes of which land and in the islands of Southern
British rogiment of Royal Bap pers and Minors. As the Royal Sappers and Miners were merged into the Royal Engineora na long: ago as 1858, it would be interest ing, says the "Bangkok Daily Mail, to know its history and how it got into Bium.
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KOBE HARBOUR REGULA- TIONS.
in the London Fire Brigade, and we have just spoken are calculated Asis; those numbers are growing 37 as Superintendent of the Ipin the terms of this money, not in annually over greater; and it wich Brigade. During the latter forms of silver, and are thus cannot be doubted that, stimulat- period there hayo boon 933 fire easily interchangeable. They are ed by the now-born nationalism in Ipwich, and these have all simply orders for multiples of of the day, so fir from drifting besa ortinguished without the small coins, and are generally away, those communities will now loss of a single lifo.
sashed as rapidly as the average drift nearer the mother-country, Mr. Ramsay Macdonald's Tour. Bank of England uote. But even and by an doing open new and Mr. Ramsay Macdonald's forth-] those copper coins and small yet stranger chapters in the
The Kobe Harbour Office has coming or in India has already credit-note sare only the accidents, economic history of the race.
All this is a victory of the family issued a circular to the local created the situation in his party and not the oasentinle, of the which was to be expected. The Chinese system: the essential is system, of the credit-co-operative steamship agents, requesting moderates wish to re-elect him au credit, which is an actual cur-system. Foolish writers who, them to inform shipmasters that leader, with a locum touons to act reney. The Chinese may thus be in their real ignorance, have all steamers coming from or via in his absonoo. They ask why a pictured as saying:-"Gald an argued that China is simply a Indian porte, Singapore, Hong- comrado should suffor when ho in silver are not edible. If I pro- gigantic example of arrested de- kong, Bangkok, Java, Amoy and honoured by the Government with duce, if I work, I am worth some velopment because they have be Cauton, with the exception of bigla responsibility. On the other thing, and subsistence is found loved that the bus progressed notloss having certificatos from the hand, there is a strong minority for mo. The value of my work is farther than a etage through competent authorities showing which favours Mr. Snowdon. The enough. I pay in work, and in which the West once passed, do that operations for the destruction minority may not got its way, but turn am paid in credit. Mutu not begin to understand that of rats by means of, sulphur- it will make the majority suffer.honesty is tho sole-thing-nocos-supreme economic differences, fumes-or-gas-have-been-carried
Rangooh's Population.
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Hary. In their system, therefore, springing from certain instincts The "Rangoon Gazette is precious metals lavo no groat dominating the whole of Chinese
place.
payuhical life, oxist between the responsible for the following
European family system of de ligures of the population (ox When, however, wo came to parted days and the highly-devel-
Koba steamship agents_hove clusivo of natives) of Ringoon, the monsuring of commercial opet Chinese type which still also been informed that in future The paper says that the total transactions, silver-not coined remains triumphant. It is useless no quarantino inspection will bo Europonu palation, incluling silvor, but silver bullion, cast to argue with those who cannot carried out after 9 p.m., even on Jows, Armonians, and Parsees, in the form of shoes or syces of understand that white the whole mail steam re or other vessele according to the Causes of 1911, definito weight and fiuonos course of the development of which urgently require to pass consists of 13,172, of which 4,707 enters into consideration. It doos European national life has been quarantino. Further, quarantino are fomales, and the rost males. so, mark woli, simply bec use it political, the devolopment in inspection will not be carried out The latter are classifiad us fol- a convenient thing to have China has been purely economie. after sunset on vessels which lie lows: Europeans (British sub-
an easily transporte) commo lity. In a dense, China long ago outside the harbour limits. jests), 493; other Europeins, 4,037; which remains unaffected by the attained that high zenith! Americans, 75; Armeninas, 120;
of time, instantly avail- towards passago
which, under. tho!
Record Shipments of Manila" Auglo-Indians, 3,161; other races, able for settling large balancos. name of Socialism, with fierce out-
Cigars. 83; Parases, 110; Jowa, 372 Hero it is significant to note that bursts of anarchical syndicalism, Shipments of cigare to the African races, 5. Totul 8,485.
tho tael, or Chinese punco which the working world of Europe United States, according to figures UBTAINED Electrocuted Bodies on View is the measure of those shoes or appears to be progressing. The compiled at the Bureau of Internal
in New York.
eyeoe-is uniform only in com- theories of Karl Marx were not Revenue, have taken a big jump The bodies of five of the six paratively small district, the vast only instinctively understood ages in the last few months. The Italians who were electrocuted in Chinese commonwealth being ago in Chian, but actually carrie1 former record shipment of eigars! the Sing Sing Prison, New York, thus divided up for exchangé pur-into practice. Sit has happens to the United States was in June last month, were publicly oxhi pose into monetary zones much that the capitalistio system of the when 11,000,000 were exported. bited by an B-side firm of as the twenty odd countries of West, travelling round the globe, The average monthly shipments undertakers for advertising pur-Europe arc so-day still divided has found its last enemy in the bofore June have been between posos, an admission fee being against one another, Silvor sycoe, extreine East, and has sought to 6,000,000 and 7,000,000 bat oharged to view the bodies. The carefully horded in the guild-slay it. And here we reach the during July this year the figures exhibition was daily visited by houses, which are the real banks very point we have been striving show 13,000,000 and Mr. Mo- onger crowds, inclu ling thousands of the country, is employed for the struggle between the Kinzie, the cigar man of the of Italians, and became so great a for settling trade ' bilances | Chinese and the foreign economic bureau, states that from all ro scandal that the Unites States and remitting Government or erstems. That straggle has now ports to handl, the August ship- Health Department gave orders tribute; much as in Western reached a stage which is being ments will equal that of July.{ for the immediate burial of the countries gold coin and gold loudly advertised, through the Thess figures are compiled bodies.
bullion flow daily from one centre arying need for large loans from from the amount of United States revenue stamps sold to the cigar The popularity of post office not enter into the daily life of arison, and the end is still far off. dealers for exporting cigars to the cheques in Gormany is strikingly the people at all. Credit is
United States. The cigar ship. shown in the annual report of the supreme. Silver, properly speak-
ments to the United States during British Consul-General for Weat-ing, is a commodity, and paly a
the last few months have so ex- phalia and the Rhonish Provinces. commodity. Because it has a It is reported in a despatch ceeded the amount anticipated by The use of bank cheques is on the fixed standard wihin osch stipu- from London to the Tokio the Bureau of Internal Revenue the degrease, owing to the stamp lated zone, and is anruinable, it |"Asabi” that, as a result of rumour that a rush order for United duty leviod, whoroas paymonta has proved the easiest ono to ship, having been circulated at Van-States internal stamps had to be by post office obeque are greatly and in which to calculate opera convor of a battle having taken out for to cover the demand. on the increase. The lattor tions of any magnitude. Gold is place in China, two Chinese These stamps, 1,100,000, wero. system has been in existence three purchased or sold in terms of this factions in the city attacked assh | rossived recently.
Thoy range years. At the end of its first year |silver; and the only standard other. Club and stones were in denominations from stamps. the number of accounts opened ever attempted is the so-called used freely and many Chinese for 25 cigara to stamps for 100 at the post office amounted to Peking gold-bar of 10 Chinese woro injured, 30,427, at present this number ounces, which has mostly flowed. hay more than doubled. The into the capital as tribute to the amount turned over in the first Imperial Throne. Gold has never year was £500,000,000, and in been i the whole history of the the third year £1,500,000,000. country anything but a
modity, Quotacting in value with the factuations of silver.
Post Office Cheques. to another; otherwise silver does Europe, which has suddenly
Death of a Korean Giant..
giant Korean, believed to be biggest man in Chosen, died
coin-
Colonists for 4,000 Years., of phthisis at his home at Syosok- The family system; from which myon, Hongohon District, Kang-is derived the peculiar orodit co- won-do, a few days ago. His operative, which is so essentially!
Chinese Faction Fight at Vancouver.
The
Fascination of the East
is brought home to you in theperfection to which Expuan Spiritus have bena brought by Messia, MAAPERO OF CAPES in their two brands
known #
oigars. Notice
name was Yi Sang-hak, aged 37, Chinese, has been so powerful Bouton Rouge
He was 7 foot in height, and his that in spite of a system of go sole, from toe to heel, measured vernment in which the doctrine exactly a foot. He wasn teetotaler, of laissez-faire has been carried to but very fond of rice cake and astounding lengths, China has boot. Ho ate 4.5 she of rice in a steadily extended her frontiers day, The Seoul Prosa" recalls and multiplied her population that i was one of the followers of century after century, until to-day the brigand Pak Chang-ko a few the superficies actually cultivated years ago and was imprisoned for is far greater than it has ever been
time in Seoul, but was set before,
free at theaninesty in August, ment, indeed
in connection with the briskly as
and Felucca Egyptian Cigarettes
Thy care with which thay are made, under, ideal cismatic -conßulans, starting from the selection of
· Khonylumfc tạ, thế tantahad, prožaru makes those branda a revelation ju the cigorosie conmotsúpur. Luxury to the Man o
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