Inter-Mountain Farmer | 1902-09-02 | Page 5 | Local News

The Inevitable his happened In China; Chi-na; the ofllclals arc plundering the people for their own enrichment, under un-der the guise of the collection of money to pay tho war Indemnity. The edict from the throne Ini olng that lev j was accoinpinled by a command that collections col-lections should be made ns easy as possible on the -people, and th.it the offlclils must not use the occasion to obtnln money for themselves, Hut the Oriental Is so grounded In pllhge, nnd i-o Incapable of acting otherwise thin from selfish motives, that tie old rule of centuries cannot be broken. The only hope for China Is to put the ml-lection ml-lection of nil taxes In the hinds of white men of proved cnpiclty and Integrity In-tegrity Hut that Is no doubt Impracticable, Imprac-ticable, and the old empire will go down, sunk by tho corruption ot her own ofllclals