The age-herald., 1902-05-05
AMERICAN GOODS
 LIKED IN CHINA Novelties of All Kinds Find a
 Ready Sale FLOURFROM U. s. PREFERRED Foreigners Who Go There to Manage Industrial Enterprises Encounter Serious Obstacles - Officials
 Have Too Many kinsmen.
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Washington, May 4-"American goods have an established reputation in China and ale preferred to all othe~ foreign ar- ticles" This stat 9ment appears In an interesting extract from commercial rela- ticns of the United States for 1901. The Japanese, it is stated. are fully alive to the situation with regard to American goods ana put many cheap and inferior limitations of our products on the market in China. Novelties of all kinds find ready sale in China the wealthy classes in par ticular taking pride in possessing the latest products of ingenuity. In their homes are found photographs, music boxes, magic lanterns and other articles , which appeal to their curiosity and work for their amusement. Watches and clocks are extensively sold. There Is an increase in the use of American flour. The quan- tity sold at Tien Tsin last year was coo per cent more than sold the previous two years, and though this was due in great past to the pr esence of the foreign troops, the better. class of Chinese are beginning to realize the superiority of the Ameri- can product a',d to use it in preference to the native flour.
 Pumps Not Used.
 The Chinese procure their water sup ply from wells by the primitive method of attaching a jar or bucket to the end of a long bamboo pole and dipping it out I lie substitution of pumps, not too expensive, it is said, would appeal to the practical sense of 1he Chinese Once introduced the field for them would be almrst unlimited. Cur piece goods have obtained a strong footiold in Manchuria and throughout China and 1t is said that fully three Afths of this trade goes to the United States with Japan and Eng land ccntio olling the itp, ainder.
 American capital Is being invested in various enterprises In China. An Ameri- can company has applied for permission to run a line of passenger and freight steamers between Canton, Heng Chow and Hong Kong. Concessions for mining gold, silver, copper and antislony ores have been granted by the board of mines to American, French and German parties Foreigners who go to China to manage industrial enterprises encounter serious obstacles, 1t is stated. According to a decree the Chinese retain controlling in terest in railway and other concessions They get beyond their depth, however, 1t is stated. when they attempt to man. age such enterprises and therefore secure foreign superintendents for their iron works, textile mills, agricultural colleges etc.
 Foreigners We'll Qualified.
 These foreigners who, as a rule. are well qualified for their positions, arrive at their posts with high hopes and full of energy. They are given to understand that every facility will be provided to make their work a success. They select their men and organize for the undertak- ing. but soon learn that many officials desire that their relations shall be placed on the pay roll. Results show that the sole function of these employees Is to be on the pay roll. Many factories have six to ten men to do work that one man could accomplish in the West.
 A number of foreigners, 1t Is stated. went to China to start an agricultural college, bringing along several thousand dollars worth of farming implements. They were given eight or tbn young Chi- namen to start the institutions along with eight laborers and two head and two as- sistant superintendents, four superin- tendents for eight men. The laborers worked only when the superintendents were present and after the projectors had waited for two years and half for prom ised land for their venture and their machinery had rusted into uselessness they left China disgusted. The foreign superintendent of a Chinese arsenal has stated that 1t costs twenty times as much to make rifle there as it would cost to buy one in Europe.