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Show China China's Chinas ' s Farmers FCTmers Fcrmers Lazy LazySays , Says Gen . Ho ChenchunPelpmg ChenchunPeiping Chenchun ChenchunPeipmg Peipmg Pelpmg Peiping - = * ' Laziness Lazmess and careJess careless careJessncss carelessness carelessness ncss ness have taken the place of mdus Indus mdustnousness Industriousness industnousness tnousness triousness among our farmers farmers"Gen farmersGen , " Gen Ho Chenchun pacificatIon pacificatIoncommISSIOner pacificationcommissioner pacificationcommissioner commISSIOner of Hankow , chargesThe chargesThe charges chargesThe The general paints pamts a gloomy PIC- PIC PICture pic pie picture - . ture of what he sav/ sav sa\ sa sate savon saon \ ! / on an inspec mspec- mspec inspec- mspecbon inspection inspection - - tion bon trip into illto Hupch Hupeh province provmce * ' In former day days , " he said , "thesefarmers thesefarmers "these these "theseflrmers "thesefarmers " flrmers farmers : " were "ere ere the most mdustrIOus industrious mdustrIOuspeople industriouspeople industriouspeople people in China Clunl : , , and even in m the thelClsure theleisure theleisure lClsure leisure season of the year , the men menlearned menlearned menlearned learned to cut wood while wluJe the wom worn wom- women women . - en used to spin Spill cotton into mto thrpad thread thrpadand threadand thrpadand and WCl wear weave : ' e a the thread into mto cJoth cloth cJothNow clothNow clothNow Now all aU this has changed , they not notonly notonly notonly only have relaxed rela"ced relaced " their attention m in mproducmg inproducing inproducing producmg producing by products but also alsohave alsohave alsohave have taken a lazy llzy : attitude toward towardthell towardtheir towardtheir thell their " agricultural agncultural tasks Hence Henceunculhvlted Henceuncultivated Henceuncultivated unculhvlted uncultivated : land may be seen seene seenet seeneverywhere e\ e et eerywhere \ erywhere , , with no one willing willmg to totIll totill totill tIll it " General Ho attributed condItIons conditionsto to the lure of the Communist ban banwts bandits bandits wts dits , floods and ignorance |