| Show K y i II r T I L E HAN H A N YANG yNG y NG IRON IR ON WORKS ALL PLANT CHINESE ABOUT ou SE IN EMPIRE E Er TIME THE THE TIME NEW HEART BIG BI OF STEEL STEELL THE TIME TIMEy i iII nn z Ol J f J sYLY Sif r I d boo L 7 e f IS I L S IL n r rl l lI lI l Jt 4 itt it 7 I t I f t k I 1 s 1 r r re eflee W 2 kt cZ e f mh 7 C Ir t ItS I I n rite rile of or the hII H g blunt i in nt lit on min the main maini I i i I i it t lamu Iu In the flee fleer thein r r rI t Iro H in miles Men smith nuth of oe I P Pk l i m mItY I r II a t I or of f tin till tl fir I v t I 1 nf of r the th Atlantic ItY It Its 1 sit n II t I of or th i lri P pal I ty Y II i n tu to tui U r i 1 IOu and At nt att I t 1 u i ili d 1 III evi t m tt On t tt 01 I hI i at II I ago The Thu Ther IT T r r rt per i ald 81 1 to carry A rr one onrI I p I 1 tr I fl t Il Of Thins himl IMUl It I an af uner can canI 11 s l r Jo durin during hr tI fie I ye e t it k at atI I t I T I d 01 I T rent I in HUT 1111 i nil n lion 11 Mull l t 1 ran rail fy wale fyr v mill lit I of or th Ih 1 i mil 11 Iti Ity It ItT T r u IS sent li I 1 w wit tn t I til Hi tilT Hip F p T rr r i n the h U 11 I t d do I t thi th I r h i i i s i on 0 Nut Hui n 11 ih San i 11 nut Ilau Ilan me lIll al III alt ML t s 1 II lute ue lit of or to toa toft Fu ft a u tic I are a projected J tu tv Nau rQn d Hi 1 OF u AA A AI A ii n I tin the t I v 3 it Ir u d I el r l be lx the f C I I I ii i heni a as nett II The Tb lb III 16 f r t f t Ial lea Ita sire are al alf 1 f 1 ui nl 1 1 u tl liar hai hll all the tho thoa th w I a great Industrial CI 14 i j lIha coal i Lt IT O i r i and dep its nf rf f lual I t tt i i Ml nt n t 1 e In its It husk buck Lu uld al alt tit titI t t I h ll II till Ild Ht star I I t plant r n U S l III from J II a H t J it t 60 ee ooh mil I r HI i any n In hl hay Hum sum f 1 sirs nil of n non II II UP lP UPi det l t I i arc 11 hillh hill W fi fret U Ui t 11 i I that inn in re than t I y dl I 11 I 1 in Inu InI lh I i 1 I r iI n u h li IH ii I n nr nun m mover over live liO O Oa a tI Tl It u I lur pr Pi r It i put Iu ui i 1 iI It t i I ii lit rat I Itt It II I v l ta taI ran an ani esp i ore tire and 1 iI lct l s I 1 linn hun h u e nf If r s 1 N s d i n II fit 0 Heel airs slant flint Un UM Uce i III t 1 I ii Ia I ot 6 ii I awl it Ii up rep rY H J g mi HUB i a aU L Lr I I I L U I III 4 1 r It makes ex exu u N repent coVe coke and there are no about aboul owens owen on lire tire at the mine mates The nt coal output In la I about aboul 1500 1100 ions Ion dully dull dUI and with a II mile little U machin machinery ery cry this can be lows sid to LOGO 1040 toni tone Beth Ileth lI th the cowl coal and all Iron Iran deposits be belon belong long lon Ion to the teel company n although the Iron mines mina have been mortgaged to toJan Japan Jan by a long longtime contract contract which furnishes to a much ore one per par year efI at a alow alow alow low price Inice per pel ton ten CITY CIT I let jt ma me tell you about the alai l el JI nit and louse two thriving Indus Industrial trial tria stale bOth IlM lIan Tang extends Mr up the tit above three awes tw t combined Ci exceeding Chicago IW In lit It diP rite M alt plant lant lien I 11 all ati a II strut trill of f bw 10 Und laud at th the Junction of the Han llau mid and tho 1110 Vp UI to 10 a f r Us w y yens ir two ants o the tho ground on It wua m 14 a 1 but the Ilse I Ihal II s ig Chi Tunic Tung hating decided d that China ought to tu build bland It II its own railroad and take IU Itt own onn 0 steel this as jOl the place HP lie was ws WI viceroy ra of or the th HU provinces at the tint these and his ate capital city was waa u which lion lies In ln sight across savea ael M tha th Y lie Ile II tint raised embankments to keep out the water weter tn Mitt then that filled up Ui Ute the several hundred acres 1111 of or swamp until be he had raised NIl the tho whole area 14 feet ft In this work the dirt and other material were re reI I carried le Ita by y coolies coolie In ht little lit tIe shovel bovel Ilk baskets burket slung to the ends end of or take poles po poon on min their tiM shoulders Basket by b basket they Ibe laid the foundation and now BOW o no 00 noone noone one would In that the ground md std ever been anything but t solid It IF is I cov coy crO red rf lIh great factories tI and nil foundries and there t ore Ure u r smokestacks test feet t high u upon on It Indeed H Un Ilin n Y Tang ng reminds remind me of ot iu lU mighty chimneys vom vomiting stand Maud out the sky and It n huge hilI foundries and blast fur furl Ilse l tin Iu III be tie wen sag for or miles mile up ul and down Uw U Yan tM river Aver Altogether c the work works rover cover shout about acres acre and arid In III InI I lulling luding the mines which supply um y them theta Mapley a II force of or laMe hI hert HIO uro 10 about COM held hand In the tile steel leel and nd tarn more m min inan in armory anal tasking making rift art Iy and alai 1141 emeil amU m Jl ami connect ed ell with It Then Hun Ulin Yang All lm lea M a li leow w H wd r factory flu lory a large huge elec lac n rev rt n v r d a i T f t s t te l e I r 1 Nate ar YUM fN 1 II C LEUTZE t e I ra hi rt i rt f fI I tri trin 01 k and u It a i ail ad m mv hk has ha 1 1000 OCo It t tuk Illk n about three hour t I ady walking to togo toIrO tog go IrO g through the various parlous establishments plant It lies Ike I on oa the north hint bin it tIC the In the Ute city etty It or nr i Han Ilan Yang lust just west t of or h lv ins Ing MI asp slated from frono It by b the Han nan titer liter II H There tere tereAn are An three great cities III B at lit th the point where wi I Am ant writing haw has a population of over a million It I Ie tho thu present terminus of or he the th railroad it la Is the t hi chief city Ity of oC China end and Is 1 a great industrial l center It Is III an n often hull 1101 t awl and ha 1 la several foreign f concessions Inhabited by b On tan the tb opposite bank of oC oCI I lb be CIRs whisk hlll to i bur mini l ll wide l Is If great ibl Ilse I e city This is I about lx it half as a big blK as HOlon and cover a much spare It Is t the ilk o vice Ile Icu regal of AND BY RY All 11 those Iho works work ait aC owned and anil run runby runby by Chinese c Of the M MiA ea in III inthe the th steel teel plant and mines mille III Ire ire tro only SO e 9 l Hii and nd Ild they net act merely as a foremen and advisory directors A AI AI I 1 leave have said the work were originated by b Chang Chi Tung and that a as a gov guv government IN enterprise That famous vice viceroy viceroy roy ro had hall memorialised the throne that It should hould nut not be dependent 1 upon for foreigner eigner but bul should build Its Itt own nun 0 II rail rali railroads railroads roads and make Its It own rails rU The Into hale III t temor emperor emor sad and the Kraut great reat dowager consented to Iu this and directed Chang Chall Chi Tung Tun to 10 go 10 ahead and carry carryout carryout out hi ht his Ideas idea t He ne did so w but buIll It was ww wasat at nt a great treal expense and ud enormous lost loa lie sank millions and aim was wal UM up to hi his ee lIi in d debt bt when the tho works were ere I turned over to heng Kung I ung lo lao Chi Chinas Chinas nas bought them of t the i government and d although he has hR nominally given them theta over to lu toa lua toa a stock company In with a capital of oC U l or so te he Is still practically their owner Cung Pao Jo lives Ilves at but he linn tutt tibia able assistants hers her II In ht the tho Ih persons of Y V K It 1 lea V Y t T r Yang anti ami a Ink Ilok mUll nil ail U business Chine Chines WK who nav have II bait I brought up nit I In the tha works Mr L Ls LM the tM 1 I is a na tia native tive of oC Suchow lie w vent nt abroad to w study tudy the Iron a area na 8 steel teel plAnt plants of ot and and Iwi from then there brought tack back k the plans plane upon upun which the plant was 11 reorganised Mr 11 Veen comes com from He began bagan n ki bl his Ute life here ker as a an en 0 ordinary clerk clark and lute lias I risen to be he the tM vies vice fIa white Mr Wang W the commercial director who NIu II ho comes come trout from kotI r has lea had bad a II similar These Iho three Chinese will rank Mk ae Q boat busi business 11 new ness n men with the managers ana of the is Uc works ut Id UM the II United l 01 Mats lister to Bach Gal peaks k a as aa reed raad r or er ir of ur this newspaper sad and understand i our hooks on OA I lead II lattan Ien of Introduction to th the na re Mr William Martin our consul at t and In III the pbs b a s ut Itt Mr I 1 IM mr ay saki aar was wu tak in to w Mr Dressed In a black MaU oui otsa a Wag lG silk ilk Uk gown less bevy vr cloth oth boots I I 1 found him Im tUr directions ii to tel a Hs leaked Ilk like a t to s al 1 Chins Chines professor r wad and 1111 I ws a Kr t d in I e After a chat t of ot a Ia afew afew few C MIe ii Us Ua took me ms oter 11 to the till tur Mr Ir HI I Isad sad and I him to tv show 1 MM ma the III A h IM did r hi taw brought lu Iu an ems 1 Important i ht a 1 i Mi II Tong Tsang Tn 1 sup HUI support ui p port ri this hi la Is u MM tIM PT KI Ii mn lain all tua guage ea hoU b II ws t lm h irn re lr wh s I 1 doubt not leas 11 can call cani i wk a aa a well w and Ad that thaI at l 1 though be b has lea 1 been Hoell lh the l it 11 1 Iu II Vl I ItI tI tat Lest lag the thI dam uI I 1 Ml weal w tl t 11 4 It n rl of ot the Ike steel plant Ih the I te hll 1 M Mi 1 ka tuen n her lIr fr fur 1 L ai fI ears Ila H He I Hui Yo II h hII tepid III 1 1 u r a II at Is II 1 IIIi 1411 to II el It oho ut mil sir II tit hIt t adust aai tr MI 5 mil app an or of r tit i t tahl h hm m mell oat t tI I shall h ll must n I t tt t I d th the N blast menses furnace the rolling n mills mill and d ft t 11 I They rhey are Jut like those of PItI Pit bug II 11 t i Chicago and other her atc 1 making the itin il They have the finast Hn fin Hnot ot ut and they throw th their old machine on the he I scrap ra heap hea when they become worn orn out or antedated For In Instance stance at t the start t rt a plant was xav I B put In a and i I moat mot of lIf th the na i t done dente Io b l that Hint prams Then Thelt It wu was isi that i 11 an anlou i too lou much In the ili h t coal ul to t art nod good and aud n Maltin M i tin 1111 fur rul nare II eN li tare ve J been th W to he be among tho l heat est tI of t the T J saw law lawt it w wetly tests teats t proved its It i These J tests were ere f nith cold steel One wan was mi ott the UI little halt plates which f fasten len the Meet rulla nil to ether Kether M a as they thay Ih lIP lie on ott the ties UN These Tt plates a III Hl Inch ch h thick S tl indie w wide Me e and andI 1 I foot root or more tn fC e tong long They were Yo nil put IU t in ina ina a machine by which they were doubled up III as 11 though they I he were ere India rubber robber HIM Imd that without the sign ign n of tit a crack This was done doue with the cold Old Iron I roll t I fass I saw ass cold railroad spike tw twisted tIed Isted around and around until they like Uka ropes and HI id sections section of cold steel teel rails mils weighing 10 00 9 pound to t the yard twisted tutu into gi gigantic gantic corkscrews without about a Ie crack or break bk anywhere showing I J toed stood upon a lilic I e of or one of these I rail rat about live feet lINt long beside myself and a workman and wI had Mr Ir II trap snap MI MIm ray my m camera eam to stow show bow bo Il It lucks look k ok A Arail Apall rail pall which can gets stand that kind of a Lust could not possibly break with Ith the th sold cold It 1 t Is as tough t a as wrought t Iron and can bo lie heat bent ent up like Uhl a rope without c IRON RAIL FOR I As A we went at throngs the works I saw ew 1 great aret t J ills of steel Mori at mils calls a U 11 pounds pound to the yard yeM which are see now making mald for tar the road Th y are being Wn turned tu out oat at 1 let tho rate ral of t several hundred per day Ir Bup Rup Buppert Ruppert pert J tells tell me mf that the most at or the Ibe rails rail for tor the tue M roads r of or Uw Use t will willbe willbo be bo nude mads II at urn IJan Yang lUll The In is granting Ung all its It taw new n concessions with wl h thu Iho proviso that the let rails must be he par pur purchased chased of this t factory tac HT unless unbar th the bids of 01 foreign Or me aw afro at least S p 1 r cent Int cheaper ehr the taw quality y beI g the ale sett IOUI ui r e 1 The Th Han Nan Yang YUle I works baa bu burUI be rUI all the Iron for tor the Uw n Il I Pekin trunk line U n Is le over 11 TM It miles lung lUll It U supplied the rails rath for to or the UN UNy rail reU railway way wey y from frotA to 0 sad aad it l la Is under unal contract to II furnish turn those for tor forthe tort forthe the t h road r now hOW building from r Kowloon K tin II h port purl I to Canton There Titres 1 I h Is no nu doubt but bat that Ib h t the tile Chinese I ILA on LA make al 8 their belr own malarial w n toad iid Mr Ruppert Huppert tells m me are arenow now new 0 making stoat steel ralto tittle all aU sorto esl of III tel sleet at 4 a ai t tI i f FUN 10 TUB AT i Inc walk ii tin the rolling lulling NIU I II mill III 1 I Ml HI t bu Iau bui I i Vt v i I e t C oJ J l I lu l ii t 1 i j jAll i the hi I All AIh i M n ne l I t II lie i I hh lul d Mi Mt Mort t i e nl u in Al it 1 l kd N t 1 1 i ii sent a Wo IHM Lev I alit nl mil IIII iu sulfa v k lo tiers liar bit pig pia pigi Ion i 11 II i b Nii n I I end n l In to Jup Jap J ii iiII od dt II I e hat lUV Ioa rut I one i U n lil Iu to Nl Nt SI H Hi I i i 1 nil I tie It II u ii a mil and Id it II Jui I v i v fall k i Ind tio tI d M ll slid Mild lid i II nn n In I n Le I n lilt Illi e IIII 1 II nII IId I I years ai lo to eunit wo Cs aN elu bu WI of U is the Ih d Mand He We hot It iii 1111 lii lu hand hUlid enough nou tu to tuI I kep tl I u us lu l Iua mini the II mid end lid vr of l lu and lid lidI I i i i 1 v int 1111 I 1 tIC tia In Iii InI IiiI I Id d I l I n II I ii I In Le I a Im Inn tun Iu IM Inn i t tua uH ua II i n Ii I it U I i i I It In Ii hI I i n to nl l 4 r l I h u Ii h nat i at 3 sal tt V d it t I u i I Inc bug lies II forests a a a as we as ran rail I I YIe our 4 a ip n tie U tL It h hir tr t I scheme i nf of aA l pi n r n hi he I I t In II 11 Beep UI ul t bury U a anO f r rIho ari r J ohen hen that pro Iho jear e r l t ii ale I II I done don n wr shall hall be he h turning nut out 1000 tone tont ton tonof of steel per pei WI da ia dal Even Eren then we WI i shall have ha more than we e can do lu to 10 supply our own wants What kinds of stool steel 1 are you mak We make sheets sheet plate pates angles Ie beam and bar steel teel as a well a as all 1 sort sorts of structural steel and stool steel eel rail AVe We make Ink frogs frosa tro ll spikes nuts nut anil and bolt and our rails rail II run from W 64 to 1 pounds pound to tu the tM yard ard AU U this tbt I t by the Biem Blem Klein process and that so well t made that It will stand the he test teas of the h British Bluish Lloyds t i sty stythe It the tb British Ont Art boars board of J Illus sic aloe as U goad oM stool steel ai me a ota CoiD be made anywhere M haM JUrA It A J s w Wf we walked through the plant and andI I saw II new machines being 11 Installed 1 I asked ached ked as to II whether much of tIC the Im hn Imports I ports poriA came Im front from America Not ot a great t deal said raid the tech technical technical director We Re t use Ulle your loco locomotive motive moth es In our yards and we WI have ha mine om American machine in our steel works olka but bul we Yoto find and that we lie can buy bot better hetter and cheaper hel In awl alMI Germany a and that the terms tarm they the otter offer are easier than thou those of the he United hates aisles A AIt As AsIt It I ii now we 1141 have bae three tin furnaces furnace In operation two to 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