Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-08-19

WEST VIRGINIA.
HILLTOP HOUSE,
ana, HaFger's ! F ioys1 " Va.
The LoGkwoop AND .ANNEx. HAKP1K 5
court; table and service e1cciient a. p. DAN
TEL. Proprietor. myi7-tf
AURORA HOUSE, sSEEX $50
In the Beautiful Alleghanies
Unsurpassed for he ,Ith and comfort Excellent
table. Music. Rates, IS, $40 and $12 per week.
Or address J. H. sHAFFER. Prop. Aurora. W.Vs.
jy1j-tf.S
MISCELLANEOUS.
HEkIMHAN'S s saIHl HSUs sEAch
Foot nth st. NV. Live bal: on hand. Open night
an. day all the year. je16-00f. 4 .xselj
FULL Of SIGNIFICANCE
PROPOSED PORCELAIN FACTORY
IN CHINA.
Beginning Movement to Introduce
Manufactures-Japan Methods
to Be Followed.
FULL Of SIGNIFICANCE
PROPOSED PORCELAIN FACTORY
IN CHINA.

An interesting report Is made by Consul
Anderson OF Annoy to the Department OF
Commerce and Labor regarding d move
ment to establish in Annoy a factory for
the manufacture of porcelain and china
ware. The erection of a plant is to be
started as soon as arrangements for buil1-
ing can be completed There has been soma
difficulty and consequent delay in securing
the necessary capital for the enterprise. .he
sum needed being $4,000 gold. This move
ment Is not only significant in connection
with what may be reasonably expected Of
the Chinese in the way of industrial de-
velopment. but 1t is especially Interesting
to note that the Japanese have eagerly en-
tered upon the work of promoting their
trade with the Chinese empire What Con-
sui Anderson says about the ,tivity of the
Japanese in studying conditions In China
will be particularly interesting to our own
manufacturers at this time, ii, view of the
efforts that are being made to promote
American trade In the orient. Consul An
derson writes under date OF June %:
To Follow Japanese Methods.
THE erection of a plant fer a porcelain
factory in Annoy is to be commenced In a
very short time, according TO statements of
the Chinese promoters Of the enterprise.
The promoters are young Chinese of the
Japan. They propose to employ a Japa-
nese porcelain expert at The commend e.
ment of the work. and to send young Chi
nese to Japan to study porcelain making in
that country. The plant Is to be located
upon Quemoy Island, a large island sepa-
rating Annoy harbOr from the ocean. The
proposal is to make Chinese wares at first
until the workmen and plant are brought to
a proper degree of effciency to compete
with the Japanese and other foreigners in
the manufacture Of forelgn-style dishes.
This factory enterprise has been greatly
favored by the board Of commerce d: Pc
king and seems to have all the enthusiasm
and cooperation necessary 20 maks 1t q
success.
Raw Material Abundant.
There Is no question of the need of such
an enterprise In this portion OF China. The
raw material Is to be had in abundance and
cheaply. and, on the other hand, the fin
ished chinaware brought here Is costly and
comparatively of poor quality Much of
the foreign-style chinaware row sold In
China comes from Europe, some from the
United States and considerable from Japan.
The Japanese, following their usual policy
of ascertatnlng what Is wanted and then
making 1t to suit the customer, have al
ready commenced to import and sell in
China. In competition with the old-sty!e
SHiHeSe LottelieS, the particular style OF
dishes used by the Chinese. Rice bowls of
japanese make may almost be said to con-
troll the market in some of the open ports.
THE demand for foreign-styl4 dishes ex-
lists not only among the constantly increas-
Ing foreign population in the open ports
but among the well-tO-do Chinese as well,
to many of whom foreign ways Of serving
meals are appealing in no slight degree
They also are purchasing foreign-sty le
dishes for entertaining foreign visitors. The
average official residence among the Chi
table cutlery and chnaware, and the de-
mand for such goods to supply this need
alone Is considerable.
China Imported Into China
Last year there was imported 10 China
chinaware, fine and coarse, to the value Of
DOS, 534 haikwan taels, or sos. 973, az COM
pared with 800. 96S taels. or s2I4 1T, In
growing in popularity, because for the same
money the Japanese seem to be able to lay
down In China better and more artistic
grade Of goods than their European COM
petitors. The Chinese of the better classes
are connoiSseurs In the chinaware line as
the centuries of Chinese art in certain por-
celain lines naturally fit them to be- and 1t
may be said safely that, in general. where
there is any attempt to meet artistic re-
qurements at all in chinaware, the Chi
nese will prefer artistic rather than strong
ware. Those in position to do SO VIII pay
fair price for goods which are both
strong and artistic, and the average Chi
neSe user of porcelain will pay more pro-
portionately for his chinawarc than the
average of many other countries"