Missionary Visitor, The (1912) . d to givethis money for the work so close to was sent as the representative of themission to confer with those who hadthe work in charge. This man asked that some member of our mission ac-company him and assist in the distri-bution of the funds, as he felt that bythus doing we could give a direct re-port of the work that had been last Wednesday Mr. Ewing, of theCongregational Mission, and myself,started by train to Ching Hai Hsien. Our first work here was to see thecity official, as it had been decided todo the relief work in cooperation withhim. H
Missionary Visitor, The (1912) . d to givethis money for the work so close to was sent as the representative of themission to confer with those who hadthe work in charge. This man asked that some member of our mission ac-company him and assist in the distri-bution of the funds, as he felt that bythus doing we could give a direct re-port of the work that had been last Wednesday Mr. Ewing, of theCongregational Mission, and myself,started by train to Ching Hai Hsien. Our first work here was to see thecity official, as it had been decided todo the relief work in cooperation withhim. He had also promised to help tothe extent of $100 (Mex.). We hadtalked over making out a work is a plan like they have in thelarger district in the South, where eachable-bodied man or boy is expected towork on the dikes in order that futurefloods may be avoided. In using thisplan no money is given out, but themen are paid in food. It was to talkthis over with the official that we went July1912 The Missionary Visitor 229. The Pag-oda and Temple in Ping- Ting* Chou. to see him. He was expecting us andhad a good dinner ready prepared, sowhile we ate together we discussed theplan to be used. He had instructed the constables inthe three different districts in the city toinvestigate the homes and make a listof those that needed help, and this theyhad done. Then the constables led usfrom home to home, while Mr. Ewingand I looked into every jar, box, orbasket for food. Our investigation wason this wise: Mr. Ewing kept trackof the names, and if we found a homethat was in real need I gave them aticket entitling them to a certainamount of grain to be distributed thenext day at noon. If, in our investiga-tion, we found wheat flour or other ex-pensive food in even small quantities,we took it as evidence that they werenot really suffering, so passed on tomore needy ones. If, on the otherhand, we found their only food to beweeds and weed seed or millet hulls,corn hulls, or kao liang
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