New-York tribune., 1907-08-11
CHIN.4'S RICE CROP SMALL.
Japanese Trade Methods Ndse
Enemies

eFron, a, occasional correspondent The Trbune)
Hankow China. July =
,rz .,.- ,-,icb has continued much too dry,
has been the cause of medium to small rice crop
accord,nr 10 the reports now coming in from many
parts of the country. There has bee. some ram Oh
late though not ordinary supply anu ''e '
try people are not hopeful OF suHcieit CioPS ~
supply demands. This condition. foiiowihg on lIo
foods of last year. is most unfortunate anu Il
conditions not better than have oeeh repoi'eu
there NAV be a shortage of food supply and mucn
trouble the coming winter.
The japanese are continuing 10 arrive IN Cilin@
in large numbers and some OF the Chinese ''nc1iiS
are becoming anxious about it. The Chinese gov
ernnaent and officials have come 10 looA upon 'lie
Jananese as other than desirable In such large
numbers In the city OF Hankow. Wnere TWO Seais
ago there were few japanese, there are aL pre
about fifteen hundred. and the nunloer is IdpiUi'
increasing In every community where there is
JaDanese population there is the daily
newspaper in their language The course %
Japanese merchants in the Far Eas' IN thelr a ln,
ods of trade is making for them fnahy ehctiAeS'
and tba Japanese law courts. by their recent de-
cisions have helped the diffculty IhucA-
oa..iv parrish companys the manufacturer OF
"Rack and White" whiskey found that a Jap
anese manufacturer was making whisKey ana
using the name BLACK and White. with iaDei
giving the impression that the gooas a,,I1Te-
eign manufacture. The japanese rnahuIactU.
was sued in the japanese court, out the couit
the statement of japanese expert 10 tIie ehsc'
that the quality of the japanese article was 80
possible for the public to be deceived, declded IN
favor OF the defendant. 49,,
A large German company, which has oeen dolns
a general export and import business IN the r az
East for over half century. and whose nrIn name
in China has always been Lee Wo, found tnat
Japanese firm was placing on the Chlnese m@Ihs.
brand of soap In imitation OF one which the Ger
mans had sold for many years, together WIN an
imitation Of the name, label and package On an
action against the Japanese company In the jap
anese court the court decided for the Japanese ON
tho ground that IL was not clear that the name Was
that Of the German company.
II has been for a long time stated that the Chi-
nese government is ready to enter into an dSree-
ment as TO trademarks and copyrights Win Ihe
foreign powers and that japanese influence a'
Pehing is responsible for the lack or posltlFe a.
ton and agreement II the Chinese were TO make
q satisfactory agreement, It would be dlfncult loi
the JaDanese to refuse also become party 10 It.
There are reports OF considerable and serious
friction between the alleged land owners anu tie
Chinese officials at Chih Kong San. IN northern
Hupeh This is the place where some fnfsslohafles
obtained title 20 a large property. ostensiOiy IOr
missionary use and then divided the properly sAd
sold If at large profits for summer resort IL Is
located in the hills. The action in seng the prop
ertv for other than missionary purposes ana 70
uersons who have no right TO hold properly IN tAs
interior is contrary 10 the law and the treatles'
md NAV lead to much trouble between the govern
roents involved The action of the missionaries was
clearly without right. Some OF the MISSIONARIES
were Americans and under American protection