The great river ; the story of a voyage on the Yangtze Kiang . e river and it is from there that the iron orefor the Hanyang works is obtained. The latter worksare not in a favourable economic position, as they areplaced between their sources of supply rather than atone end or the other, which latter position would cut thecost of the shipment of cargo in half. As it is, coke isbrought from Pinghsiang in Kiangsi province, throughHunan to Hanyang. The Hunan Government extortsa ridiculous revenue in return for the right to carrythe coke inside the boundaries of its state. The ore, then, comes fro
The great river ; the story of a voyage on the Yangtze Kiang . e river and it is from there that the iron orefor the Hanyang works is obtained. The latter worksare not in a favourable economic position, as they areplaced between their sources of supply rather than atone end or the other, which latter position would cut thecost of the shipment of cargo in half. As it is, coke isbrought from Pinghsiang in Kiangsi province, throughHunan to Hanyang. The Hunan Government extortsa ridiculous revenue in return for the right to carrythe coke inside the boundaries of its state. The ore, then, comes from Taj^eh and aftermanufacture, goes down the river again—a doubletrip ! The Tayeh works, which are planned to bethe equal of any in the world, will find many of theseobstacles eliminated—but not the Japanese obstacle. Years ago, the Chinese Government secureda loan from Japan and used the Hanyang IronWorks as security. They then made a contract tosupply pig iron to Japan at a certain low rate inde-finitely. Since the Great War the price of iron has risen. Hanyang Iron Works
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