The International Development of ChinaSun, Yat-sen
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The International Development of China
Sun, Yat-sen
China -- Economic conditions -- 1912-1949; Railroads -- China
The building materials are bricks, tiles, timber, skeleton iron, stone,
cement and mortar. Each of these materials must be manufactured or
cut out from raw materials. So kilns for the manufacture of tiles and
bricks must be put up. Mills for timbers must be established, also
factories for skeleton irons. Quarries must be opened and factories for
cement and mortar must be started. All these establishments must be
put up at suitable districts where materials and markets are near one
another. All should be under one central control so as to regulate the
output of each of these materials in proportion to the demand. After
the materials are ready they must be transported to the places where
they are wanted by special bottoms on waterways, and by special cars on
railways so as to reduce the cost as low as possible. For this purpose
special boats and cars must be built by the shipbuilding department and
the car factory.
b. The Construction of Houses
The houses to be built in China will comprise public buildings and
private residences. As the public buildings are to be built with public
funds for public uses which will not be a profitable undertaking, a
special Government Department should therefore be created to take
charge. The houses that are to be built under this International
Development Scheme will be private residences only with the object to
provide cheap houses for the people, as well as to make profit for this
International concern. The houses will be built on standardized types.
In cities and towns the houses should be constructed on two lines: the
single family and the group family houses. The former should again be
sub-divided into eight-roomed, ten-roomed and twelve-roomed houses, and
the latter into ten-family, hundred-family and thousand-family houses,
with four or six rooms for each family. In the country districts the
houses should be classified according to the occupation of the people,
and special annexes such as barns and dairies should be provided for
the farmers. All houses should be designed and built according to the
needs and comfort of man; so a special architectural department should
be established to study the habits, occupations and needs of different
people and make improvements from time to time. The construction should
be performed as much as possible by labor-saving machinery so as to
accelerate work and save expenses.
c. The Manufacturing of Furniture
As all houses in China should be remodelled all furniture should be
replaced by up-to-date ones, which are made for the comforts and needs
of man. Furniture of the following kinds should be manufactured: the
library, the parlor, the bedroom, the kitchen, the bathroom and the
toilet. Each kind should be manufactured in a special factory under the
management of the International Development Organization.
d. The Supply of Household Utilities
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