The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-12-31
China'S Jinrikisha Gives Way To Motor
Mand arins in Smartest Models of Automobiles Now Pass
 Ancient Equipages

Automobiles are no longer an un- familiar sight in China On the roads where one formerly met the wealthy mandarin in handsome carriage be- hind a pair of large Australian horses one now sees the same mandarin in the latest model of American, English or German car.''
 This is the observation of M A. Greenfield, one of the largest import CTS of China, who is now in KalaIna- zoo arranging to establish distrib- uting agency for the Mighty Michigan cars for the Chinese Republic, with headquarters at Shanghai.
 You would be somewhat astonish- ed," said Mir. Greenfield, "at the num- Der of automobiles you would see on the drive between the Shanghai bund and the Bubbling We'll Road, and on to Zi-Ca-Wei. On any plea sant day you would meet mandarins and mer- chants, with their families, behind their well-groomed chauffeurs, enjoy ing themselves exactly as a prosper ous American on this beautiful route You would mark the well tailored European or American clothes of lat est styles many of these same man chauffeurs in the sn1artest of chauffeur costumes, caps, goggles, puttees-ev- erything. Brown is the preferred color.
 ''T3ut you would not have to leap to the side of the road for your life. The Chinese are adverse to speeding. It IS @ rare 0Xc0pCIOn to see a naCh1ne exceeding 20 miles an hour.
 There were few automobiles in the whole of China, until about two years ago. The advent of the Republic has quickened progress along all lines, and, of course, the automobile is one of the most distinguishing marks of pro- gress.
 '"The introduction of the automobile gular picture. The age-old methods of transportation have not been su- on the same road, you may see the latest and Snartest models of automo- piles with the jinrikisf1a and the wheelbarrow' the latter a one-whee1 balanced on each side, pushed by the husky captain of the outfit. The passengers pay a fare equal to about one cent each for a practically unlim- tied trip
 There are four hundred and twenty millions of people in China This is the estimate of those who have lived in China a long time, for there is no means of getting anything like an ac- cI1rate census. You would not doubt that there are at least that many, country for day. But it is scarcely necessary to say that there is not yet one automobile to every no people in China, as there is in America. So far, the automobile is confined to the wealthy.
 The rich Chinese is a liberal spend CT. He does not haggIe over the price of an article, once he is convinced that it is what he wants. I have seen a mandarin pay g, 800 for a pair of Australian horses within five minutes after he laid his eyes on them
 Selling an autom obfle to a. Chinese however, is not so easy a matter as this might lead you to suppose The have picked the customer for your car, you must cali on him two or three times before you close the deal. You must spend hours with him, and som etimes days. You will discuss politics. progress, business, clothes, i family every thing except the auto mobile. You will drink his tea and scrupulously exchange all the courte- sies with him.
 ''If you attempt to rush matters, he will think you are trying to perpetrate some sort of swindle, otherwise you lzuol1ld not be in such a. hurry to get