The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1885-06-04
ADVANCE OF The CHINESE.
Tow the CeIestisls Are Succeeding In Bus
iness Competition with Foreigners

iness Competition with Foreigners
tCor New York Tribunel
There are in Hong Kong a few lines
Of business which the Chinese have not
yet invaded. have already mentioned
sone of them. There are no Chinese
apOtheCary shops in Hong Kong where
foreign drugs and medicines are sold,
though in Annoy, in the midst
of the Chinese city, have seen one
such having fair assortment. All that
will come with the proper study of med
icinc. As an offset to this deficiency,
there is young Chinaman who, having
worked seven years with an American
dentist, he's displayed his shing.e and is
practicllg dentistry in all its branches,
with tOlerablc success. ] have seen
specimens of his work, and ! may say
have seen worse in America. There is
no lack of hincse photographers either
in Hong Kong or Canton, their work in
Guiding portraits of "a sizes and views
of Chinese scenes, which are well eXccu-
tel and meet with ready sale to tour
lists. In landscape Pointing the Chi
ncsc have done little, though they are
making progress in pt trspeCtiveS, and
so;Ee Of their coioring OF photographs is
exquisite.
Of their cmf roidery. their carving in
wood and ivory, their skill in the max
ing of pottery and tho weaving of silk,
though these arts may rcntualiy be
carried into foreign countries and have
their influence i'll a competitive way,
il is not necessary now to speak. The
Lhinese build the houses in which the
foreigners live, furnish End decorate
them. an they clothe. feed AMI serve
the occupants themselves The pleas
ure of being waited on hy a rcti
nuC of Chinese servants, the dolce far
nlentC of life in a Summo: land, the
servile homage o cred 10y az apparently
subject race, cr, ate an atmosphere of
self-satistaction, kind of glamour
which render sin visible the tyranny of
the real rulers and the industrial sub.
iection Of the white race, which is in
cvitable an not distant.
The initiative quality of the Chinesa
extends even to cOuntrrfc,t.ng European
and American labe,s and trademarks.
The knowledge of certain small articles
Of foreign make has created a desire for
them in China, and an effort to initiate
them. 80 We fin at the small shops
hinrsc-ma e clocks and Watches and
at the stands OF the street veudcr,
combs, tooth-brushes. shoe horns,
pocket cutlery and TT ors. which are
vastly inferior to the foreign goods, but,
as the price is As low as the quality is
poor, no one can reasonably complain.
lhe knives ani raZors often bear very
distinctly the brands of She ield firms
whose names are household words
wherever the English language is
Spokcn. These knives are sold for or
. cents each, while the IA orS, sheffield
brand and all, can BE- bought tor /,
cents. The last implements are roughly
made, and to the thin skinned man a
torture to LOOK at. hut with the other
articles enumerated thcy show to what
an extent chinese manufactures can
be carried, and at what rates, defying
competition they can lie furnished to
the consumer.
10 hasten their discontinue, the Ing
lish cOlOniSts are educating the Chinese
in their public schools, and fitting them
TO hold the positions of Jerks, book
keepers, and other places that require
intelligence and certain amount OF
education. The result will be that,
speak ng English tuently and easily ac-
quiring the necessary amount OF com
mercial knowledge, they will soon I'll
the counting-rooms of Hong Kong, as
their untaught countrymen have Tiled
the workshops city trades, and retail
avenues OF city business.