Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-08-29
.'HOME GOODS FOR CHINA
| is LATEST TRADE SLOGAN
Represents Boycott Against Jap
enese Articles in Modi-
aS fed Form.
MOVEMENT OF WIDE EFFECT
t.Get Acquainted" Trips Organized by
Japanese Commercial Organizations
In Effort to Retain Large Part OF
Nelghboring Nations Trade.

Neighboring Nations Trade.
PEKING, August 2S.--Chinese goods
for China" is the latest slogan In the
new republic 1t represents the boy
colt against Japanese goods in modi-
fed form, form against which Japan
can offer little objection.
President Yuan Shi-Rafs decree
thai there should be no boycott against
Japan as result OF the Japanese de-
rnands upon China, has had no effect.
In fact boycotting has become more
marked 1t Is an affair wholly beyond
the control Of the Chinese government.
But the boycott has been given
new. twist BY the Shanghai Chamber
OF Commerce and other commercial or
Sanizations which have started tho
.homemade goods movement" The
campaign is ostensibly directed against
all wares not manufactured in China.
but the Chinese have shown greater
disposition to do without Japanese
goods than tho products of other ma
lions
Cheap cotton goods and cigarettes
have suffered more than other Japanese
products, perhaps, ms result or the
boycott. Japanese goods are sold In
China through Japanese selling agen-
have no trouble In avoiding the wares
of the country against which they feel
a. grievance The falling Off In tho
sale Of cheap Japanese cotton goods
has been SO marked that Japan Is
-eeking a market in India. A commits
sion recently visited that country md
another Japanese commission Is to go
later.
A delegation from the Osaka Cham
Der of Commerce visited Hong Kong.
Shanghai and other Chinese cities in
an effort to conciliate the Chinese
merchants 1t was announced that the
feeling against Japanese manufac-
1urers was due to misunderstanding
which could doubtless be removed by
closer personal relations. Similar
s'get acQua inted" movements have been
organized by other Japanese CONNER
cial associations. but apparently with
out ma rkcd success
japanese shipping has been especial
~ hard hit by the boycott. The ships
Of the Toyen Kieen Kaisha, which for
merly carried several hundred Chinese
in the steerage each trip, now seldom
carry single citizen OF the new re-
public Chinese freight has also been
diverted from the Japanese lines
whenever possible. Chinese coolies
and Chinese commercial concerns OF
large influence are lending hand
alike in the boycott.
One Of the features OF the home
made goods movement which may be
of great interest to tho United States
is the effort TO stimulate cotton man
ufacturing and cotton growing. Japan
formerly supplied largely quantities OF
coarse cotton goods TO China. The
Chinese now hope 10 supply this them
selves and are striving to interest cap
ital in the enlargement of spinning
works operating In Shanghai and
Hong Kong.
No reliable figures are available con-
corning the cotton manufactures OF
Japan. but II is estimated that the
number OF spindles In the republic
varies from 500. 600 TO 10000 900. Limi-
ted quantities Of coarse cloth are made
in nearly every province on hand
looms. Coarse twist OF foreign and
home manufacture has been used in
making cloth. Printed cloth. as we'll
as plain, has been made-this printing
having been done chiefly on second
hand presses purchased In japan. The
wooden looms used by the primitive
Chinese factories are mostly operated
by hand and the output OF ench loom
OF this character is about three yards
an hour. Machinery for ginning, spin
ming and weaving Is moASry very crude
and incapable OF supplying the finer
grades Of cloth now bought from Eng
land. the United States. France and
other European countries.
China imported about slo5.0oo 900
worth Of nlanufa ctured cotton In 1912
OF this amount about 100000 worth
was coarse fabrics and yarns OF a sort
which Chinese factories could produce
The same year II is estimated China
raised slightly more than 100000 tons
OF native cotton, only q small percen-
tage Of the amount required by Its
own factories
Cotton Is growing in eight OF the
southwestern provinces and In the
Yangtze province, but the cultivation
IS so clumsy that the yield per acre
is small. Definite figures are not
available. but The highest yield per
acre IS said TO hgve been l76 pounds
OF cleaned cotton. Poor seed md bad
cultivation are responsible FOR the
short crop. as much or the land IS said
TO be admirably adapted 10 cotton
growing.
II is estimated that tho amount OF
land in China available for cotton Gull
ture is 27.0o0,oOo acres with n poss,.
BILE increase Of 100000 acres through
Irrigation.
However. the successful extension of
cotton manufacturing In China would
necessitate a complete reorganization
OF IT'S economic system. Abou; half
OF the central governments income is
derived from the impor, duty on man
nfactured cotton.
With the abolition OF opium manu-
faeture. the government endeavored to
persuade poppy farmers 10 turn their
attention to cotton This movement
was not es successful AS officials de-
sired. but the Minister OF Agriculture
Is enceavor!ng. through experimental
farms. to popUlar!ze modern plows and
make cotton more profitable.
Since the presentation OF the jam