The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-02-21

pay so much as for collins They often
buy them long before death. and Keep
them in their houses as par.or ornaments.
The collins are MADE very thick. aud
those manufactured from hard wood
bring the highest prices. Today a great
part of the coffin wood comes from Flu
chau, between here and Shanghai Large
trees are needed and lumber of this kind
Is scarce.
The new railroads will create great
demand for ties and bridge-bu.iding ma
terials. II the mines are to be developed,
they viii have to be timbered, and it will
take forests to supply the wood needed.
Our cotton trade Is steadily increasing.
We are now selling more cotton goods
to north China than any other country,
and our Consuls think there is no reason
why should we not have the bulk of the
fine cottons which are sold by the Eng
lish and Germans throughout the Yang
tse valley and south China.
At present our trade is confined almost
to the north. Just before the war began
We Were selling more than half the cot
ton goods imported at Tien-Tsin, and
there Is q steady increase in the sale of
American drills and sheetlngs in Man
churia and other parts OF north China.
We are also selling great deal of cot
ton TO Corea, and the possible extension
OF the trade is Unlimited What our big
cotton factories need is TO have men here
studying the markets, and to keep the
factories at home posted on just what
the people want and how 1t should be
packed
PACKING GOODS.
One OF the great troubles with the
American products shipped to China is in
the packing. The steamers are now CO.
ing far into the interior. and the goods
should be shipped TO the nearest port
from where they can be transferred di-
rect to the people. a lGrz,l part of in
terror China is mountainous Thousands
of tons of goods are carried over the
country on wheelbarrows, on small boats
+! on pachmules and on the backs of men,
Men either push or haul the boats, men
! and donkeys propel the wheelbarrows,
and porters go bent over loaded with
goods. The best package is one of from
100 10 200 pounds weight, so put up that
1t will stand the weather and knocking
about.
AS to most articles. the method of
packing has much to do with the sales.
Things packed in tins are more desirable
because of the tin. There is a regular
business all over China in secondhand
tin Coal oil Is shipped in cans. These
are beaten out and sold as tin after the
coal oil is consumed. Every glass bottle
is kept, and you find shops in every vii
lage devoted to the secondhand bottle
trade. certain London firm controls
the biscuit trade of east Asia, because it
puts up its goods in neat tin boxes which
can be opened without cutting. All ar
ticles liable to be affected by moisture
should be sent in tins. The climate of
many parts of China is damp. and pho
tographic materials, drugs and food
products not properly protected are sure
{ to spoil. The English send all their
drugs in glass and Photographic mate
rails in tins.
FRAUDULENT TRADEMARKS.
The powers should demand protection
in China for foreign copyrights, patents
and trademarks. AT present anything
can be copied and all sorts OF goods imi-
tated. This is done by tie Germans as
well as by the Chinese The German s
WI buy quantities of parts of an Amer
lean article and make the rest of the ar
tfele at home and ship 1t out here for
sale as genuine American. The Chinese
viii initiate anything from a can to a
cannon. They buy up the old America n
oil cans and fill them with Dutch and
Russian Kerosene. which they can buy
at low rate. selling the product as
Amer can OIL. The most of the Florida
water sold here is made by the Chinese
and sold as American. Cigarettes of the
hest-known American brands are made of
Chinese tobacco and sold at two-thirds
the original price. The cigarette boxes