The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-08-26
ADVANCE OF THE CHINESE.
How the CELESTIAL. Are Succeeding in f:us-
mess Competition with Foreigners

mess Competition with Foreigners
[Cor. New York Trbune.I
There are in Hong Kong a few linea
of business 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 a fair assortment. All that
will come with the proper study of med
icine As an offset to this deficiency,
there is a young Chinaman who. having
worked seven years with an American
dentist, has displayed his shingle and i
practicing dentistry i'll all its branches,
with tOicrablc success. ] have seen
specimens Of his work, and | may say /
have seen worse in America. There l.
10 lack Of Chinese photographers either
i'll Hong Kong or Canton, their work in
Guiding portraits of all sizes and views
of Chinese scenes, which are well cXecu-
ted and meet with ready sale 10 tour
lists In landscape painting the Chi
nese have done little, though they are
making progress III perspectives, and
some of their cOloring of photographs is
eX uiSIte.
Of their embroidery. their carving in
wood and ivory, their skill in the max
ing Of pottery and the weaving ofsilk,
though these arts may eventually be
carried into foreign countries and have
their influence III Il competitive way,
il is not necessary now to speak. The
Chinese build the houses in which the
foreigners live, furnish and decorate
them, and they clothe feed and serve
the occupants themselves. The pleas
ure of being waited on by Il reti-
nue. of Chinese servants, the dolce far
niente of life i'll Il summer land, the
servile homage offered by an apparently
subject race, create an atmosphere of
self satisfaction, kind of glamour
which render sin-visiblc the tyranny of
the real rulers and the industrial sub
lection OF the white race, which is in
evtable an not distant.
The initiative quality of the Chinese
extends even to counterfCiting European
and American labels and trade marks
the knowledge of certain small articles
Of foreign make has created desire for
them in China, and an effort to initiate
them. So We fin at the small shops
{ hines mae clocks and Watches and
at the stands OF the street vender,
combs, tooth brushes, shoe horns,
pocket cutlery and tn 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
The knives and raZOrS often bear very
distinctly the brands of Sheffield firms
whose names are household wOrls
wherever the English language is
spoken. These knives are sold for > or
6 cents each, while the TT Ors, Sheffield
brand and all, can b. bought for >
cents. The last implements are roughly
made, and to the thin skinned man
torture to look at, hut with the other
articles enumerated they show to what
an extent Chinese manufactures can
be carried and at what rates denying
competition they can be furnished to
the consumer
10 hasten their discontinue, the Eng
llSh cO!nniStS are educating the Chinese
in their public schools. and fitting them
to hold the positions OF Jerks, look
keepers, and other places that require
intelligence and certain amount of
cdUcat on. Tie rs.Ilt will be that.
sIsc.:.T.g J:.9!i:A i.u@ntiy Ind easily ac-
luirIn.s the uecc, -ary amount of com
4crci.d knowledge, they viii soon fl!
the counting rooms Of Tong Kong, US
their untaught countrymcn have hIlcI
the workshops. city trades, and retail
avenues Of city business.