Wu. He reports that she employs seven men at the rate of $24 (Mexican) for five months work. which is the time devoted to the rice crop. furnishing their meals. and he states: The cash outlay for the seven men was equivalent to $14.45 of our currency per month. So that we are informed by Doctor King. whose figures are not challenged and whose reputation is well established in this country. that tjie rice farmer may employ coolie labor at the rate of $2.06 per month if labor is only wanted for a period to grow. and harvest one rice crop. while if it is desired to employ coolie labor per year. the cost is $8.60. Doctor King states that some of the farms in China produce two rice crops per year. but in China. Korea. and Japan all other rice lands produce each year one other staple crop beside rice.