Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1885-06-21
ADVANCE OF THE CHINESE.
How the Cele,tials Are Succeeding In Bus.
iness Competition with Foreigners
ItfDr Nav Xarh Tribune


iness Composition with Foreigners
ltor New York Tribune.
There are in Eong Kong a few lines
Of bus ness which the Chinese have not
yet invaded. have already mentioned
some 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 u fair assortment. All that
will come with the proper study of med
icine As an offset TO this deficiency,
there is Young Chlnaman who having
worked seven years with an American
dentist, has displayed his shingle and is
practicing dentistry in all its branches,
with tolerabe success. have seen
specimens of his work, and may say
have seen worse in America. There is
no lack of Chinese photographers either
in Hong I ong or Canton, their work in
Guiding portraits of all sizes and views
of Chinese scenes, which are well eXecu-
ted and meet with ready sale to tour
lists. In landscape painting the Chi
nese have done little, though they are
making progress in persWrtveS, ana
some of their coloring OF photographs is
exquisite
If their emil robbery, their carving in
wood and ivory, their skill in he max
ing Of pottery and the weayn g Of silk,
though these arts may @ cuIl ally be
carried into foreign countries aud have
their influence in a competitive way,
IL is not necessary now to speak The
Chinese built the houses in which the
foreigners live, furnish and decorate
them, an they clOthe. fegd and serve
the occupants themselves The pleas
ure of being waited on v r,ti-
nue. Of Chinese ser ants, the dolce far
niente of life in summer land, the
Seryile homage erel by an apparently
subject race. ,r ate an atmosphere Of
dissatisfaction. kind of glamour
which render invisible the tyranny Of
the real rl!crS and the Industrial sub.
5ectioH OF tie write race. which is in
eyitaL!e an hot distant.
The initiative qualify of the Chinese
extends even to cOunterfeiting European
aud American labels and Trademarks.
The knowledge OF certain small articles
of foreign make has rcated desire for
them in Lima, aud an eioTt 10 initiate
them. 20 We fin at the small shops
hinese- ma clocks and watches, and
at the stands of the street vender,
combs, tooth-br shes, shoe horns,
pocket cutlery and IA OrS. which are
vastly inferior to the foreign zoo Is, but,
as the price is as low rs the uality il
poor, no one can reasOna ~ complain
The knives AMI "a OrS often bear very
distinct y the Lranls of lie eld firms
whose names ale household worls
wherever the lng,ish language is
spo On. Tn sc kni eS ART sold for or
D cents each, while the IA ors, Sheffield
brand and all, can b. bought for L.
cents. The last implements are roughly
made, and to the thin skinned man "a
torture to LOOK at, hut with the other
articles enumerated they show To what
an extent hinese manufactures can
be carried and at what rates, Cefying
competition they can lie furnished &c
| the consumer.
10 hasten their discontinue, the Eng
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,
speaking English huently and easily ac-
quiring the necessary amount Of com
mercial knowledge, they will soon ill
the contingencies of Hong Kong, as
their untaught countrymen have filled
the workshops, city trades, and retail
avenues OF city business.