Show BY wheelbarrow IN CHINA I 1 I 1 two Page engers gera go 20 miles a day for ten cents each probably more freight and moro mor ii passengers aro are transported in china by the wheelbarrow than by any other land method the wheelbarrow used in china differs from that used in america in the fact that the wheel Is set in the center and thus supports practically the entire load the handles aro are supported in part by a strap or rope over the shoulders of the man who operates it As a result the coolie in china will transport nearly halt half a ton on his wheel wheelbarrows are much used in the country where the roads aril aro but little developed and I 1 have heard thai passengers sometimes make the entire trip from Shan shanghai to peking a distance of miles by barrow A two passenger barrow will make about 20 miles a day and tho the coolie Is content with a pay of about 20 cents a day or an average of about half balf a cent a milo mile for each passenger on the tha level well vel kept streets of the foreign quarters of such ci cities tiesa as s hongtong Hong kong shanghai and pelting peking the wheelbarrow c coolie will struggle along with a load of six or even eight people wa washington sh ington herald |