Kansas City daily journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1892-1897, 1895-05-20
East will be the utilizing this labor for us.
Money in Japanese Knicknacks.

7 have already written of the japanese
candy can They haze one o6d Rrd ,dr made of rice
and which any child can eat without the
stomach ache. This could be imported and
sold sold iaa Ike the digestive Ghewing gum L. is
and with it on the table we could keep our
livers in order and still have the luxury of
buckwheat cakes in midsummer. The Japa-
nese make a very cheap black varnish
which might be imported at profit, and
they have the softest and most beautiful
papers known to the world. l know of one
bright American who made a fortune out
of little japanese boxes He bought these
by the hundreds of thousands, shipped them
TO the United States and filled them with
tacks. The tacks Were sold at the regular
price, and the women bought them in pref
erence to other brands in order to get this
boxes.
There are numerous other things of this
same nature that might be done. one thing
as we have from Germany and France,
made in porcelain. are very high priced.
much cheaper. and they could make carved
clock cases which would sell al high prices.
! mention these things merely as indica-
America in Japan. Remember. the Jap
anese can do anything that we can do, and
Under the sum he n ean IT. M 81 Is
as well as an imitator. From now on he
Will want more foreign clothes and more
foreign machinery, and America ought to
supply greater portion OF his needs,
The Chinese Market.
The settlement of the war will bring
about great change In China, and from
but steadily M opened. II The e making n Nanking img
a treaty port Will give a new foreign set
ttlement a. that point, 200 miles up, the
obliged to cede a certain amount of land
mere to the, foreigners, and little for
elsp city viii spring up at this point, such
as have already sprung up at every open
port. In Canton there is an island which
Is given up TO the foreigners. Al Hankow
least a square mile. and at Shanghai many
foreigners have made fortunes out of the
rise of the real estate IN the foreign conces-
Tlen Tsin, at Kiu Kiang and at Chin Kiang
and in these property Is worth much more
than in the Chinese cities themselves.
eisn consuls, and the Chinese like TO obtain
property within them If they can, as this
frees them from the exaetions OF the Chi
nese officials and puts them under for
eign law. These concessions are much like
foreign cities. They have modern houses.
heavy rollers, which are drawn by hundreds
men, and are by ali odds The most desira-
BILE places in China in which to live. The
city of Marking Is about five miles back
cities in China. It was for years the cap
ital OF China and y Is In the heart Of one
of Of the richest OF the Chinese pr9ynces.
er, or II may be on the edge of the city
Wherever II Is, the land is almost certain to
increase IN value, and an investment in 1t
ought to be good
China and Military Supplies.
Those best posted ON the Chinese char
acter say that this war will be followed by
Chinese empire. New gunworks will be at
once started, 4 new navy will be. con-
strueted, and there WIN be great de-
making of arms and the munitions OF war
There are now more than 1000 men at
number are probably employed in the gun
works at Tien Tsin, and the Foochow ship
paeity. The Chinese have seen their ne
cessity for RAILROADS. and their lack OF
ability TO move their troops without them.
The first road 10 be built will probably be
one from Tien Tsln to Hankow, and thence
to Canton. :. This has been planned for