New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-03-07
FRESH TRADE DEVELOPMENTS.

The American Co1su at Calcutta says that about
ooo ono tons OF ue ore raised I'm India every year.
chiefly IN the provinces Of Bengal and Assam Inc
quantity consumed in India In the production OF
gunny bags and burlaps is about 10000 tons ana
the raw lutte exported amounts to $1,000 tons or
moro BENGAL has thrty-thrce jutc mills employ
inc s. oo9 rers,ns Tho factories arc mostly owned
- nj otcratod hy foreigners. The average wages are
- ~, me Trifod states IS fully 80 per cent 0i tho
whole quantity sent ont OF India. ana the AMOUNT
sent 10 this country Ir 1888 was iWo ana na-l leS
-. Great ae i'm 1906 The growth Of the Gunny bag
ind1etry is largely due TO the increased use OF ma
chinery and the cheapness OF "a" Jute
# has been customary to regard the exports and
imports Of Hone-Kong purely British. But an
Investigation conducted by n French commission
and reported by the United States Consui-"eneral
a, Berlin. shows that of total trade between
Hong-Kong and China. amounting to $l2)oo0oo0 an
nuollv SI5 10000 belongs 10 The United safes
I-,.rce and GERMANY Chinese custom house Io-
norfs mt the Imports from the United states nj
only sci 0o 600 hut the French commission estimates
hen, AZ $50 GCdGb 10 * also believed by the com
mission that Great Britain has only about 80 or %
mr. cent Of the trade going In and out of Hong
t,o,q Tho Inference Is drawn that other countries
have a better market in China than has bcen sup
posed. it is n significant fact that after tho com.
lack to China 10 engage tn commercial enterprises
Tho cxoorlmont made in Bridgeport. Conn. with
f,,o, ras has boon attended with very satisfactory
results The gas is made by special process. bear
the name Of tho inventor. LOOMS. and H. sold In
large quantities at q cents a thousand feet Among
the manufacturers I'm Bridgeport who are using gas
for their engines or furnaces arc Wheeler & Wilson
tbo American Ordnance Company. Nilmot & Hobbs.
bicvcle makers and the American GlaphophOne
Companv There many households. too, In
which inc Toomis cas is burned for heating and
90 king Lights are also obtained by using the
Wolsharh burner. which does not depend upon tno
Illuminating power Of the gas. Tho business of the
Gas company IS growing steadily. and after two o"
throc wears OF service II has an output closely aN
preaching one million feet day.
Walter Kennedy. who went out 70 China as tn"
representative OF the late Calvin s. Brce and other
CAPITALISTS talked I'm Pittsburg (hi1 homo the other
evening about the task OF establishing iron mills i'm
China lie spoke Of the interference Of local Off
Gals who invade the factories and who have much
more to do with the employment and discharge Of
tho coolies than the superintendent Of TIA" mill Mr.
Kennedy had no less than sixteen titles appended
10 his name yet could not dismiss a worthless cm-
Move. Whenever a man was thus disposed OF he
Of the mill These officials exact toll from the cool
lcs in return for securing the appointment OF tho
latter and DO not hesitate 10 put a man out and
introduce another in his place II commission can
he extorted from the second man. There were soy
era other difficulties 10 contend with which Mr.
Kennedy described.