New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-06-18
THE PASSING THRONG.

Compressed air will undoubtedly be the future
motive-power and believe that 1t will eventually
be used for light and heat" said Henry ID. Cooke
at the Fifth Avenue Hotel yester-
FUTURE OF day Mr.. Cooke Is the vice-pres-
COMPRESSED dent Of the Compressed Air Motor
AIR Company. Of Chicago. and mas
been interested in compassionate
enterprises for more than ten years r'
Compared wiz norse-pOxer" he cont continued ,Ssn
electricity. This is something which the public
doesn't realize because electrical appliances are
always more conspicuous than those wh'gh sre
at work on sixty-foot passenger coach for she
Chicago. Milwaukee and St Paul Railroad win a
designed to the car for thirty miles al me
cssrr OF Of oly II viii also pull trailer without
diminishing the speed the distance. .
its absolute safety In all the years tina, have
been in the business have never heard Of one
compre ssed-a machine OF any kind am hrmy
convinced that electricity viii soon be driven frS rom
which are more appropriate Tor H.
L. Judell native OF Germany who has spent
twenty-three years in South China. where he has
the agency for several steamship companies to en-
gage Chinese lsborers for Singapore
WORTH OF and Siam. IL staying at the Fifth
CHINESE Avenue Hotel He is on his way
LABORERs home TO Germany TO make short
visit TO his relatives Mr. Judell
told a Tribune reporter yesterday that the Chinese
are infinitely superior 10 the japanese as laborers'
and that In his opinion they excelled the aborers or
any other country for cheapness. diligence honesty
and efficiency.
L ship about eighty thousand coolies year from
Annoy, Swallow Hollow and Hanan Island ne
said and | think know the characteristics Of
Chinese laborer about as wei as ANYBODY. You
in the Hawaiian Islands and they have never given
satisfaction. The Cinnamon whom we have ex-
ported have invariably been highly spoken OF by
their employers. AS a race they conten,ed
people-thrlfty. quiet and easily satisfied They
then they come home and live with their families
When their funds are exhausted they go back
again"
Julian Jaquet a resident OF the Province OF Ton
quin. in the nominal kingdom OF AMMAN. a French
possession south Of China. Is at the Fifth Avenue
Hotel Mr. Jaquet is merchant.
NER- and deals largely In snseseed oil. a
CHANT connection peculiar TO China and
FROM AMMAN. which is used in the manu-
AMMAN facture Of ncorice. perfumery and
various kinds Of drugs. He says
that the proposed new railroad for the construc-
ton OF which the French Government recently
negotiated a loan for 100000. would greatly
benefit Annam's trade with China. especially with
the provinces OF kwang-si and Yunnan the latter
being the largest opium producing province IN
China.
6 Charles a representative for several Ameri-
can drygoods firms. was In the city yesterday hav-
ing Just returned from business trip TO Japan.
II spent two months there" said
DOES NOT Mr. Charles, studying the bust
LIKE ness conditions and endeavoring 10
Japan ascertain whether or not there is
an opening In japan for any line OF
goods After carefully going over the fed. de-
cided that there not. Wages are too cheap
there and prices are too low to permit American
competition. / think that the japanese are very
much overestimated people. They are restless and
dissatisfied. dishonest and untruthful Their WORD
cannot be relied upon IN business transaction aud
they cheat outrageously They won't even trust
each other. because they are 80 well acqua inted
with themselves Nearly all OF the employees OF the
European banks in Japan are Cinnamon, ana most
OF the places OF trust In the japanese banks are
held by Cinnamon. Japan Is place for a for
eigner and when the treaty revision goes into ef-
fect on Iuly ! II will be worse than over.