Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-06-10

oN where nearly all oil
them are made being
turned out from great
establishments which employ thousands OF
men. boys and girls. The work people sit on
stools and deftly roll the paper cylinders, with
little powder and q fuse in each, after which
they are braided into packs and are conveyed
to pom where the packs are wrapped and
Aoeled before putting them in boxes for ex-
port. In China they cost only 10 cash, or one
cent, package. retail
Where will American small boys get their
'quibs for future Pourths of July? A few big
ones are made in the United States, but the
ordinary crackers cannot be manufactured
here for anything near the price Of the Chinese
product
Housewives are interested in the subject of
mating for floors All Of it comes from China,
and four-ffths Of the entire qusntity OF that
product exported from the rowery. land is sent
to the United States During the last year we
purchased 81 900 900 worth Of 1t. Nearly all OF
u comes from Canton. 1t is made OF species
OF grass that grows in water and attains height
of sia feet. Much of il is regularly cultivated.
IL Is split and woven in looms. Over there IL Ii
used for boat sails as well as for floor coverings
1t takes a good many palm leaf fans to be
worth $50, All; yet that number were brought
TO the United States from China last year. or
opium prepared for smoking quantity rep
product perhaps could well be spared. but
those who use it can get it from India just as
well Nearly 5000, 900 worth Of tea was i'm
ported in the same period from the middle
kingdom. Enough can be got from Japan to
supply this country, though q big rise in the
price will inevitably follow the international
rupture feared. China sends to this country
$500. 900 worth Of silk annually. the bulk Of 1t
raw. So that textile material may be expected
to go up likewise. and American ladies may
have TO pay more for their gowns
IMPORTS LAST YEAR
Our imports from China last year amounted
to $40. 4SS ,29l. while our exports only aggre-
gated s5,663.4 AL OF the latter the most i'm
portsnt is cotton goods This item was S3,-
sS3, 900. However, England sends TO the mid
Ole Kingdom as many yards OF cotton In week
we do in twelvemonth- We ship thither
81, go ,0co worth Of kerosene and other prepa-
rations of petroleum annually. Mineral oil has
been a great blessing to those heather. having
introduced q cheap and brilliant light to every
dwelling. in place Of the Old-time tallow dip or
water lamp Fortunately, they can get all the
petroleum they want from other sources, such
a. the oil wells near the Caspian sea. The pig
tailed orientals consumed nearly sS00, 900 worth
of American ginseng during the past year.
They utilize the root Of the plant for medicinal
purposes From California they obtain con-
siderable Quantities OF cuttlefshes and dried
abalone meats. They prize these delicacies
almost equally with sharks fins and stomachs,
their appetite for which has greatly aided in
clearing the eastern seas Of those ferocious
creatures as far south the Persian gulf
On the whole, the trade with China Is not
worth very much TO Uncle Sam. The great
American commercial houses located in that
country not many years ago have collapsed
Our fine ships. which brought rich cargoes
from far Cathsy, are no more OF teas the bulk
Is brought by Englishmen under English
credits, loaded in English vessels and sold in
New York by Englishmen for English account
Manufacturers in the United States have never
taken the trouble to find out what the people
Of the fowery land want. IL 10 fact worth
mentioning that China exports $500 900 walk
ing sticks annually bamboo.
China will be glad of an excuse for getting
rid of American missionaries. She considers
1t a great impertinence for the people from q
country only two hundred years old to come
over and force a strange faith upon her citizens,
who have had q religion Of their own for twenty
Ave centuries.
Hardly anything worth mentioning Is &C
ecmplished by the missionaries in China" said
Charles p. Lincoln, formerly United States con-
sui at Canton, to The STAR writer yester-
day. 81 once asked one Of them who had been
engaged in the work over there for years to
tell me frankly how many real converts to
Christianity he had made in that time He
counted them on his fingers and said i've 1t
is popularity supposed that these propasandists
sacrifice their lives for the benefit Of the
heather. As a matter Of fact they live great
deal better than they could in this country.
They dwell in fine houses. which are owned BY
the mission organizations, and have ~ many
servants As they want. More than half Of the
Americans in China are missionaries. The lat
ter are likely to suffer if the Geary Law Ia en-
forced, inasmuch a. popular disturbances are
sure to follow. Notwithstanding what one
hears Of oriental calm, these pagans are i'm
pulsive people, and a riot will start in Canton
as quickly as in Chicago"
FIRST TRADE RELATIONS.
The first trade relations with China were es-
tahlished by embassies from Roman emperors
and subsequently, from medieval popes bear
ing presents In the middle ages the fowery
land was the most civilized country on the
earth IL called itself the middle kingdom.
considering itself as occupying the central place
in tie world, surrounded by more or less bar
barous outlanders. The potentases who dis
patched diplomatic agents with gifts were re-
garded as delivering tribute. China has always
looked upon all other nations as inferior, and
for many years its demand that representatives
OF foreign powers should ko-tow before the son
OF heaven has obstructed international inter-
course The ko-tov is ACCOMPLISHED by kneel-
ing and touching the floor nine times with the
forehead.
The ferocity exhibited by European con-
querors IN indla and Java greatly increased
foreign peoples. This II could afford to do
comparatively well, inasmuch as the empire.
extending across manv degrees of latitude
yielded the products Of al climates There
was an immense trade between the PROVINCES
and nothing from abroad was supposed 10 he
required. But Chinese products were wsnted
by Europe and mercantile enterprise deter
mined to obtain them For a long time onIv
The port OF Canton was open to traders from,
outside and they we're restricted to their ..yac
tories or warehouses. where thew bought and
sold AnsOd BuriingaDe Was appointed min
ister 70 the middle Kingdom by President lin
colin IN 1861. He held the place until 1857. IL
was he who brought about The frst satisfactory
treaty with China
By the treaties ratified then and subse
quently between this country and China the
United States invited the Chinese TO come here
freely. When they accepted the invitation
their potion .as outrage and oppression In
Ia!fr-E.is the foreign n,iners' license Law forcsd
every rIg --stsei III " grant FOR twenty wears 10
"a frUr; 81 u s-o month Cor the privileges O,
vgrklES claims EhtCh Others had abaadoaad
! san Francisco ordinance. passed in 1876. pro-
vldet that all !aundries should pay license
tnxes-a laundry which employed a one-horse
vehicle. ~ quarter; one that employed two
horse wagon. "a. and one with no vehicle. els
In other words the heather was obliged to paw
$50 year for the privilege of carrying his
washing IN his hands. progressive poll tax
was levied on him; road tax added to his
burdens. and In the mines he IVES assessed for
water rent at 80 cents day Fer such Cypress