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

can, with good eye to the main chance,
would come here. he would find many
things to invest in in the way of manu-
featuring for the Chinese. There are
scores of articles in common use now
made by hand which could be turned out
in quantities by American machinery and
shipped here so as to be sold at q great
profit.
Take razors, for instance. There Is a
big opening for them. The Chinese shave
their heads, as well as their faces. and
every man and boy has to have his head
shaved. The shaving must be done sew
eral times a week, and some men are
shaved every day. There are tens of
thousands OF BARRIERS in China. There is
a BARRIERS union, which covers the whole
empire, and there are thousands of men
who do nothing but make razors by
hand. Many of the raZors are pounded
out Of old horseshoes, the horseshoes be-
| ing brought by the shipload from Eu-
rope for this purpose. The razors are
small, and they could be made by ma
chinery at a low price. Germany Is al
ready manufacturing them, end is quietly
| introducing them into different parts of
I the country.
/ The Germans have built up big bust
ness in analine dyes. They have the mo-
lnopoly of such sales all over China. Five
great factories in Germany are kept busy
supplying the trade according to the
sent IN from mere Dy the Germans.
! They have studied the colors which are
most used in each locality, and they give
the people just what they want
There is a Big opening here for Ameri-
lean patent medicines. The Chinese have
a great respect for foreign medical skill.
They are lovers of drugs, and our medi-
Icines, properly advertised, would have a
large sale. In chatting with one of the
doctors who IS now connected with the
university at Picking, he told me he
thought he could make a fortune If he
cared to go about the country selling
drugs, especially # he had lot of PIC
lures labeled Before and After TAX
ling" adapted to the Chinese
IwHEELBARRows AND BICYCLES.
I am surprised that some American has
not thought of making wheelbarrows for
the Chinese trade. The wheelbarrow is
the farm wagon, the freight wagon and
the passenger train for the greater part
of China 1t is used by the hundreds of
thousands in every Chinese State. You
! find it near the Chinese wall, and YOU
have TO step aside for 1t in the crowded
streets of Canton. You meet long lines
of wheelbarrows pushed by men, carry
ing freight from town to town Wheel
barrows are the drays of every Chinese
lefty. The streets are too narrow for
carts, and the same is true of most of
1.-THE roads throughout the country There
are 5000 licensed wheelbarrows IN Shang-
hal, and almost every town has its wheel
barrow union. These barrows are all
made by hand. They are heavy and
lclumsy. They cannot be oiled, and they
Iscreech as they move. far better
lwheelbarrow could be made by machi-
merry. and if sent in pieces, knocked down.
the freight would be comparatively low.
1 am told big demand might be cro-
ated for cheap bicycles. There are
American bicycles used in nearly all the
ports, but they are very high-priced. You
find Chinese now and then riding them.
They use ladies' bicycles. because they
tare better adapted to their stiff petticoats
and full pantaloons. What should be
sent here is wheel that could be sold
for $25. 1t should be strong. ON need
not have ali the modern improvements
such as pneumatic tires or an easy
saddle.
CHINESE TRADE WITH THE. PHIL
IPPINES.
know several Americans who expect to
work the Chinese markets from the Phil-
ippine Islands. They are going to tt.y ur
some of the hard wood forests ana sup.
ply lumber for the Chinese RAILROADS
ana especially for Chinese undartai,ers
One of the big markets for lumber ir
China is the coffin market. rhera Is
nothing for which the people woult