The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-07-02
TIE YANKEES OF THE ORIENT.
japan ExceIlins China in the Display Of Tia.
full Articles,


PHILADELPHIA, July 1.-The Cbinss.
and japanese products In the Main Building A..
OF such character az Justly to entitie tb,us
people TO be called The Yankees Of Asia. The
space occupied by the Chinese II 17S fcct an.
way and 30 feet the other. making nearly nan ~
acre. The objects are partly as follows: Broux.
vases held up By storks. bronze Jars and other
vessels bronze horses that look much like tapirs
tables inlaid with shells and bright metal Iares
| bronze tubs supported by woodan legs, price
GOV; little picture screens, with men going up
ana Gown az jacob saw the angels papier m achk
servers, efgsnt boxes. bronze storks crooEerv
storks, more vases and Jars then come littls
wooden boxes, hundreds OF them, and wooden
cupboards with little drawers, and DRAGONS on
the sh>ives. price tt5; small cooking vessels Of
iron, large screens with paintings of scor<s.
more Jars, some holding two quarts, some haIf
barrel ivory balls within balls, price $500; ivory
junks, $500; paeodss, 5000 q metal Knife, forh.
and spoon on cushion. roughly made. SIT; q
horfd crockery priest, tn; moro boxes ana
storks, more vases; fancy bedsteads with carved
demons around the edges more Jars and storks.
pair OF them 500; then more boxes, &c, thou
sands aud thousands OF them, and more storks.
me useful Articles are silk goods In the piece.
figured sk dress goods. and that Il all / asksd
the Rentiemanly interpreter n they had any
nenS No %ny sboes on no; ANY wSIllen or
mechanics. tooisi No. Any agricultural impis-
mentsY No. Any products OF ehopsf No.
japan seems to have little more realizing
sense OF things. In the rear, where will noe
De likeiy TO venture, are great many m strs-
matical and engineering Instruments such 20
probably we're In In Europe 800 years ago,
and shading are entirely disrerarded, geoIoe-
i n specimens Including lead and iron ore. .
American made bottles m nos, and charts granite.
sandstone, black and white marble, Ignite coal
eaeh AND to be y an as ons
as u they were made In Chicago, but the rest OF
tns work was pative. .,
Der than in the Chinese Department, and the
crockery Is of little better qu ,lity. The China
French and German work. There are eiass
gems and beaus really brilliant, pocketbooks
that look as u they had been wet and dried BY
the fire, morocco cases and boxes which are en-
cellentlY well made, second-rate satchels, pearl
insruments, one Of three, one Of four, and one
OF thirteen strings, from which infer they do
NOT strike the Intervals, but they may. The
show OF fighting tools, swords spears, and
gauntlets. Fancy chairs compare to our second
elaborate bedStead is down for IN 90 wi nS
the beading, Judge, for the silk spre d Is ttok-
traps. such as children might make In cold
weather, held at stih prices.
There are samples Of paper which IL as thin
az our MANILA. aud leather as thin as our paper.
There are grand SAMPLES OF silk goods and e.
pscaliy OF white and crimson Grape which dax-
zle all women's eyes, and there are no nicer
goods In the whole Exhibition. Other goods are
striped checked and barred, and there Is .
big lot OF Competing comparable TO rugs-
japan occupies with these goods a space 176 feet
one way, By lS5 feet another we'll toward two
thirds of an acre. Ii Is not dificult to talk with
tue attendants. for they young men VINO
have been TO school In this country, and they
are tolerauly human. Besides this the Japs
have large store at no great distance where
they are selling all kinds OF little traps at an
average, say, OF IS a pound. and worth perhaps
two cents. Rural visitors bite and buy with
When It is conside cred that the people of these
two nations are annually receiving millions OF
dollars from us for tea which IL good for little
when II starts, and which IL made still worse on
Its arrival by al Iteration, not because they can
not produce good tea, but because with
lug to buy the Door, we ought not to blame them
for trying 70 sell US more trash.