The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-10-17

Washington, Oct. 17.-In place of the Chinese labor problem. which was set tied by the exclusion of coolies, a new problem now is presented by the ap- pearance of the products of such labor, made in China. seeking admission to the American markets.
 Coal, coke fire brick, cement and tiles produced under labor conditions existing in China are offered in San Francisco in competitor with American products. Success there means an in vasion of the entire coast from Seattle to San Diego.
 In an effort to establish a market, a Chinese mining company has landed in San Francisco a cargo of-coaI com | prising anthracite, 2.000 tons; lump 920 tonss slack 1.9ao tons and special coke, ] five tons. Ten casks of cement were sent along for testing purposes, by American users of that material.
 h;cb rePEesentative na of the eomgany and one of the strongest industrial i concerns in China. has been sent to this country to work up the trade. The :, concern, with others, has extended its 1 production beyond the home demand l in China and this the largest company in the business, looks to the United States to take it's surplus The ca pacity of its mines is 1,937, ,2oG tons year, or $500 tons a day. It has over 5000, 900 tons of coal in sight and its total resources are estimated at SO,- GOO GOO tons The output last year amounted to 1861, 7S0 tons. Five other companies in China produce S00,O0O Germans in Shantung and the Japan-1 csc in Manchuria are also developing coal deposits.
 United States Consul, Inabenshue, at Tfentsin, estimates that within 1oI years, if foreign, markets are found, China and Manchuria will be export ing 2.ooo.OOo tons of coal a year.
 The big coal company mentioned is interested also in the manufacture of cement, fire brick, fire clay and orna- mental tiles for which it is seeking en- tranca to the United States. Knaben- shue expressed the opinion that with the low cost of production in China and the cheap ocean freights they will be able to offer dangerous competition on the coast and in the Philippines.
 Evidence which shows China is pre- pairing to compete in the markets of in the present year, steel corpora tion on the Pacific Coast of the United Statets. contracted with the Ia Yen iron mines on the Yangtze to take an- nuany for fifteen years, 36, GOO tons of pig iron and 36,ooO tons of iron ore.
 Washington, Oct. 17-Feeding the ar my of Panama Canal builders is a matter of tremendous expense and, to keep tabs on the money, the govern ment makes a record of wonderful de- tail that shows the cost per meal per man. It is shown by the annual re- port of the Isthmian Canal Cornmis-
  tels, 19 European 1aborers' messeos, and 20 common laborers' Kitchens.
 The total number of meals served at Commission hotels was 2,176.461. The expense 6.23 cents meal, a. total of 8 little over 31 cents.
 The meals served in the European 1aborers' messes made a total of 1,092,- 487 which cost 3684 cents each for sup plies and expenses. The meals in the common Iaborers' kitchen totaled 781,- nd f- oI, 1o average daily attendance during June in the line hotels was 1915, in messes SITS and in kitchens 1,406.
 The average weight of the ration supplied each person daily in the la borers' kitchens was found to be apA proximate1y Al pounds, with value the net weight of the ration furnish ed the European 1aborere is exactly equal to the gross weight of the Unit ed States army garrison ration, and the net weight of the ration furnish ed the negro laborer is exactly%equa1 to the gross weight of the United States army field ration.
 The years operation showed a loss on hotels of $22, 16S, profit on the Flu ropean laborers' messes of $54, ,5O4 and a profit on the 1aborers' kitchen of
 Washington, Oct. 17-"Happy and prosperous" is the. cheerful report on comes to the Bureau of Insular af- fairs from Colonel CoIton, governor of the favored island There are about 1000, GOO people on the island and their total wealth equals about S2O0 per capita. A decided increase in the crop of agricultural products, the mainstay of the country, was one of the causes of their happiness. Prices were high. PineappIes were rated so high in the United States, that the undersized fruit which must ordinarily l be sold to canning concerns was ship l ped to the New York markets. There i was also large increase in the man. l ufacture of cigars, cigarettes and dis titled spirits.
 Fear that free trade with the Uni- l ted States would reduce custom re- ceipts below the expenses of govern 1 ment was happily dispe11ed. There | was a substantial gain in the surplus | of last year. The death rate was re- | duced to 9 per thousand of popula- |