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The sun., 1919-09-24
vERMILION IMPORTS GROW.
Hong-KOng Manufacturer Report
Revival in Trade.

After about three very lean years,
due to the difficulties OF getting sup
plies Of mercury as well as of disposing
of their product abroad. Hongkong man.
ufacturers of vermiVon report revival
of their trade, including fair inquiries
from the United States, according to a
report from U. S. Consul General George
T. Anderson at Hong Kong, China.
Since the beginning of the war. so far
as the United States is concerned, trade
in mercury in this direction and in YER
million in the direction of the United
States has practically ceased.
Mercury was imported into Hong
Kong in 1918 to the value of $715,547
gold, of which all but about $4,000
came from the Yangtze Valley Yer
million was exported last year to the
value of $665,310 gold, the great bulk
of which went back to China, whence
the raw materials came, India and the
Straits Settlements taking small lots.
The trade so far this year has been
almost entirely with the same countries
which took the supply last year. Prices
at the present time are considered very
low. the color being quoted at Sl65 local
currency per case of 900 packages, each
containing 0.SS OF a Chinese tael-a case
thus containing 900 packages of about
IA ounces each valued at s135 gold a
case of 1O5 pounds, or about 1920 gold
a pound
The sun., 1919-09-24
ARTICLES SELLING
IN CHINESE MARKET
List Furnishes Hint to Amer
lean Manufacturers.

The maritime customs statistics offer
very good index to the more estab-
lished and stable demands of Chinese
markets, but like all foreign markets
the tendency to branch out into new
lines of trade is largely dependent upon
initiative on the part of the foreign pro-
Queer in creating a demand and in ele-
waiting the taste of his customers.
Before the war German and Austrian
manufacturers were very successful in
such introductory work, and as the
source of supply was cut -ff japanese
manufacturers began to build up theh
trade along similar lines. These lines
consisted generally of textiles, house
furnishings, haberdashery, notions, toilet
articles and a miscellaneous assortment
of goods in which cheapness seems tc
be the main factor.
A detailed list of these goods under
their headings is as follows:
Cotton Goods-Cotton sheeting, towels
| cotton singlets and underwear, cottor
socks, Isle thread socks, white cottor
handkerchiefs, white cotton hemstitchet
handkerchiefs, printed handkerchief
and canvas.
| Woollen Goods - Woollen blankets
mixed wool and cotton blankets, woo
| stockings, wool gloves, wool shirts, WOO
singlets and underwear. woollen muffiers
knitting woods and woollen yarn.
Silk Goods-SillS half hose, silk tabl,
covers, table covers, silk mixed will
wool, silk handkerchiefs, art silk hand
kerchiefs, artificial silk hemstitchet
handkerchief. silk trimming and sill
laces.
The sun., 1919-09-24
MAORI MAID FIRST
USED WATER WINGS
Swan Four Miles With Them
to Keep Tryst With Herr
Sweetheart.

Water wings, like the League of Ma
lions, are nothing new. The ancients
had both. There is nothing at hand to
Indicate that their leagues were bowling
successes, but in the old Maori legend
of Tutanekai and Hine-Moa we have
very definite proof that the first water
wings were thoroughly practical.
The Maoris, by the way, are one OF
the oldest and finest of the Polynesian
races and are the natives OF New yea
land. .One of their striking character
istics is keen appreciation of fair play.
During the war in which the English
subjugated the Maoris battle was
fought in which the English ran out of
ammunition. Naturally the fighting
stopped So the Maoris sent over COM
mittee to the English lines to inquire
why the fighting had ceased. Learning
the plight of their adversaries the
Maoris Immediately supplied them from
their own store, so that the battle could
90 on, for of many things which the
Maoris enjoy fighting is that sport SUI
preme. 1t was hundreds or years De-
fore this battle, however, that the Maorls
invented water wings. 1t happened this
way:
Tutanekars mother was the beautiful
Rangi-uru wife of Whakane-kaipapa,
the great chief of the Ngati-whakane
tribe, but his father was home wrecker'
| the soft spoken, glib tongued Tu-whare-
| toa, who CHANGED along one day and,
attracted by Rangl-urus wonderful
beauty, hung around until she finally
yielded to his entreaties TO run away
with him. Even In those days the path
way of affinities was made hard by the
thorns of their own strewing. so. with
her infant son, the prosecuted mother
ran away from her lover and returned
| to her home. The big hearted Whakane-
| kaipapa welcomed her back and took the
Youthful Tutanekai into the family as his
own son. To escape the gossip of the
neighbors the family moved to another
| district.
| In this district Tutanekai grew into an
| Apollo of manhood and a regular Solo
mon in wisdom, but the stigma of his
| birth followed him everywhere. So.
when he fell in love with the most beau
\ tiful Hine- Moa, and asked to marry
her, Hine-Moa's father, the great chief,
! Umu-karia, said nothing doing - and
said it very emphatically. But Hine-
| Moa was Just as desperately in love
| with Tutanekai as he was with her. SO
| as the months went by and her father
| remained obdurate, Hne-Moa planned
| many ways to get to her sweetheart
| Finally in desperation, she decided to
| make the long four mile swim out to
| his island from Rotorua.
Though a strong swimmer, Hine- Moa
| hesitated to make the attempt without
some assurance of safey Looking about
her in the failing twilight, she spied some
gourds. These she dashed together with
| strands of fax, put the lashings UNI
der her chest with gourd behind each
arm and started for the island. Tired and
cold she reached her goal after many
hours weary work to be seized by the
| overjoyed Tutanekai and carried OF "a
, the wonderfully carved house he had
! built for her. They lived happily ever
after. and their descendants are among
the Maoris which travellers see at Ro-
torua to-day.
The sun., 1919-09-24
BIG TIN ORE OUTPUT
IN SIAMESE MALAYA
Heavier Working of Mines in
Prospect.

While the cessation Of the war seTi-
ously affected the output Of tungsten
in Siamese Malaga there has, on tho
other hand. been no dminution In the
production OF tin ore. The estimated
monthly output of this ore is about l,Vv9
tons, but this amount is likely to %
largely exceeded within the next few
years owing to the fact that a numper
of foreign firms are now actively inVes'
tigating the mineral bearing areas
throughout the entire peninsula and are
arranging for workings according
modern methods. At present about 30 per
cent. of the ore is produced in Chinese
owned mines and by Chinese methods
According to S<ficial statistics the me-
tallic tin production for the fiscal ye'i
ended March 81, 1918, tgtaigd lo5''S'
piculs C9,l536 long tous), whlsa Is q
record figure, and of this amount JI,o%
piculs (S,056,l long tons) Were opta.ue.
by dredging and lO2. 1879 ii-u.s l1'v'''
long tons) by other methods. as con-,
pared with a total Of 1922 picus
(S,765.3 long tons) in 1917 and l1tI"
piculs (S.99S,4 long tons) i'm 1915 AOo.'
twenty dredges are now Ia operation ~,
the peninsula. one working on iNe cas-
coast and the others on the Yves, .o"s.
The principal buyers of Siamasr %" Va
are the Straits Trading Company '"-
the Eastern Smelling Company, .''
smelling works being located IN 9"5"'
pore and Penang.
The Siamese Government cu.el.s
royalty on tin and tin ore amounting y
about % per cent. Of the marhr. II"
OF metallic tin in Singapore. the hl1.l
ations in value at the latter place penn
adjusted and the rate reckanet ac'o'u.
ing TO royalty scale" published 10 'u'
Siamese Government Gazette from INV
to time.
II is believed that there are yer sTs9'
possibilities for mining developments Il"
Siam. Hitherto because Of lack ot au'
quate facilities for transportation IL 10, pa
been the mineral bearing areas situa''s
near the centres of population that INV,
mainly been exploited, while the We W.,
mountain ranges and slopes on Wv
Burma-Siam frontiers have been NO
lected.
The sun., 1919-09-24
.CHINA'S RICH SOIL
BROUGHT BY WINDS
Noted Geologist Describes
Source of Fertile Lands.

Raphael Pumpelly recently published
his memoirs. Pumpely divides with
Rithoven the honor of ranking first as
scientific authority upon Chinese and
Japanese geology and kindred matters of
the Orient.
Loess. says Pumpelly, Is a soil of al
most microscopical fine texture. 1t Is
brought by the winds and rests In the
grasses 1t in turn nourlshes the
grasses and by centuries OF accumula-
ton has covered over much of northern
China to a depth of hundr eds of feet
The loess is firm enough for whole
communities to carve out in 1t the apart
ments in which they live comfortably.
Cliffs of loess retain permanently YER
teal face, though the loess composing
them can be powdered in the hands.
Mountains 5000 feet above sea level
ave covered over with loess, which is
traced back by scientists~to its origin
from rock crumbling under temperature
changes and then by wind erosion.
Loess Pumpelly says. is the funda-
mental environment factor of the civii-
cation of China,-because of the self
sufficiency of its fertility and its vasi
extent over the northern half OF China.
The sun., 1919-09-24
JAPAN GAINS IN JAVA.
Residents Discuss Means of Check
ing PenetrntIon.

SAN Francisco, Sept. al C. C. De
Jaeger. a sugar planter from Batavia,
who arrived in San Francisco yester-
day on the steamer Marking, said that
the residents Of Java and the other
islands are discussing measures which
will have for their object the proven
ton of the commercial penetration OF
the Japanese and their purchase of land
and other property in to islands
De Jaeger, said: During the last few
years the japanese have been coming
to the islands In great numbers and
buying many of the large sugar planta-
tions. They have not been able to pur-
chase those belonging to the white resi-
dents. but they have succeeded, by Of
fering exceedingly high prices, in buy,
ing those belonging to the Chinese.
"In Batavia they also have bought uT
much OF the high class residence prop
erty and now most Of the best houses
in the city are In their hands"
The sun., 1919-09-24
CHINA A LAND OF CANALS.
Total Length of These Inland
Waterways 100000 Miles,

The late F. H. King visited China for
the United States Department of Agrl-
culture. Of which he was then chief Of
the division of, soil management Dr.
King said 100000 miles in total length
was conservative estimate of China's
canals.
In one OF his houseboat trips he made
an actual count OF siXty-two miles be-
tween Shanghai and Hanchow. He
counted 1874 canals on the west side OF
his route and 1870 canals on the coast, or
east side. Each canal. he found. av-
eraged 22 to 10 feet wide, was 6 to s
feet deep. and during April and Nay was
from TO ~ feet lower than the adjacent
fields.
China's surface, DIR. King says, is so
level that thousand miles up the
Yangste River the elevation above sea
level Is only 100 feet. The ocean tide is
felt 375 miles from the coast
The sun., 1919-09-24

The natural pursuits of the people OF
French Indo-China are agriculture, en-
broidery and gold and silver working.
The French have added to the usefulness
of the people through establishing rice
mills, alcohol distilleries mating fac
tories. lumber mills, match factories.
b:.quette facories zinc and tin rehneries,
brick kilns lime kilns, cement factories.
salt refineries and cotton spinning fac
tories. The natives are naturally mdo-
lent, but have responded to French
Government surprisingly well. SO that
their condition has shown steady i'm.
Droyement
The sun., 1919-09-24

The X. p. NJ operates a fleet of some
100 vessels, most of which are on inter-
island runs. Those sailing between
Singa pore and Batavia leave every Fri
day afternoon and arrive at Tandjong
Prick Batavia's port, early Sunday
morning. The ''Old Town" of Batavia is
about five miles from the port and is the
headquarters of most of the big business
organizations Of the Netherlands East
Indies.
Three lines OF railroads connect Batavia
with the interior of the island. and two
of these Join some distance east to
make the trunk line which extends the
full length of the island. Trains do not
run at night, so 1t is necessary for pas
sengers TO break their journey in travel
ling to Soerabaya or Samarang, the
second and third most important cities
of the colony.
The sun., 1919-09-24

Builders I'm Java have the choice OF
two kinds of brick-heathen brick and
Christian brick Until a few years ago
the only brick available were the mud
and straw sun baked kind compare bic
TO those of Biblical times. but n for
eigner taught the natives how to manu-
sacture kiln brick, to which they prompt
ly gave the esignation--Christian
The sun., 1919-09-24

The New South Wales Government
geoiogist recently visited the Ardlethan
tin field and inspected the principal
mines. including the Carpathia, White
Crystal, New Venture and Big and Lit
tie Bygoo. He expressed himself as i'm
pressed with the potential wealth of the
field. In his opinion the time is not far
distant when the ore deposits in these
mines will be extracted in bulk and
sent to the batteries as much OF the
country contains payable tin which is
lost or overlooked by the present method
OF working only tho richer shoots.
The sun., 1919-09-24
Arrivals From the Far East.

The following persons from the Far
East are registered at the Hotel Bel
mont: F. c. Bantam, Shanghai; Mr..
and Mrs Freedman, Shanghai; r. NJ.
and ID. Gates, Melbourne; II. Goodwin.
New Zealand l.. S. Steinberg, Shanghai.
At the Hotel McAlpin Capt. Bristio
and Mrs. Bristio of Hongkong are reg
lstercd
The sun., 1919-09-24
Acid Affects Loading Tackle.

At the suggestion OF the National
Safety Council. an investigation has
been undertaken by the Bureau OF
Standards, Department of Commerce, to
determine the action of muriatic acid
on manila rope. The effect of this acid
or its fumes on rope of this kind is a
great menace, as the acid weakens the
rope seriously without any superficial
trace Of the action being noticeable to
the eye. When rope is exposed to this
acid. as, for instance. when 1t Is used
in blocks and falls of swinging staging
when washing down brickwork. &c,
many serious accidents lave resulted,
some of which have been fatal. owing
to the fact that the rope has been
weakened through contact with this acid
or its fumes.
The sun., 1919-09-24
APPEAL TO AUSTRALIANS.
Commission Seeks to Get I'm Touch
with Those Here.

its secretary, D. B. Edward, has issued
request to Australians resident in the
United States to forward to him their
names and addresses in order that the
commission be able to keep them in
formed OF movements for the further
ance of Commonwealth interests in this
country and communicate matters of i'm
portance to them.
1t is felt by the commission that its
work in the United States will be great
ly facilitated IL 1t is able to get Into
immediate touch with Australians here,
and will also prove more useful to resi-
dent Australians.
The sun., 1919-09-24
TO GUARD THE PACIFIC,
Australian Statesmen Watch For
eign Developments.

special caole Despatch TO THE Sun from the
London Times Service.
Copyright. 1919, all rights reserved
SYDNEY, Sept. 23.-The future of the
Pacific obviously dominates the ideas
Of most members of the Australian Par
Lament. They are disposed to measure
all projects concerning foreign affairs by
their effect upon the mastery Of the Pa
cifc.
a few labor leaders have made bit
Ter attacks on Japan, but the great
majority OF both parties have shown
broader spirit and confess that Japan
Is entitled to a place in the sun.
The sun., 1919-09-24
Sun Far East Section
Wins Wide Approval

w re greatly appreciate your kind
w effort for promoting most
friendly relations between the
United States of America and japan.
and earnestly hope the trade and
commerce will be stimulated accord
ingly.-KAwAsAKI DocKTARD COM
PANY, LTD.
In regard to the Far East Section
of THE SUN, may we take this OPP
portunity to express our appreciation
for the excellent work you are doing?
CHINA SOCIETY OF AMERICA.
We commend highly your efforts to
further promote the friendly relations
existing between the United States
and Japan, as we'll as to promote the
wonderful trade and commercial op-
portunities that exist to-day for the
business men of both countries.-THE
ABE KoBEI & Co., LTD.
view with great interest articles
on the Orient which appear in the
Wednesday issues of your paper
SHuH Tomb, Acting Consul @ enerdI
Of Japan.
am glad to note your special
news feature, and warmly wish you
the success II should deserve under
your guidance.-L. w. DE Wis
NORTON, The Kilauea Summer Camp.
Hawaii, H L
We fully appreciate the merit OF
your NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. YusEN
KAIsHA.
fully recognize the Importance of
your Far Eastern Section.-D. B.
EDWARDS, official Secretary, Com
nontUealth Of Australia.
The sun., 1919-09-24
Australian News.

MELBOURNE, Sept. 17.--Australia has
received f113,425,4 ss from the British
Government for wool supplied by the
Commonwealth since the beginning of
the war. according to a statement made
by Acting Prime Minister Watt. This
figure does not include the estimated
E45. OO0, 900 believed to be the value of
the 1920 wool crop.
Great Britain has contracted to pur-
chase all Australian wool until June 80.
1920.
MELBOURNE, Sept. IA vigorous
white Australia" immigration policy.
an equitable sharing of the Common
wealth war debt by the States, and a
redivision of the national taxation sys-
| tenn were among the suggestions and
planks discussed and adopted by the
National party OF Australia at its recent
meeting here.
In reference to immigration, the party
| favors the extension OF the qualification
| period of naturalization. comprehen-
sive examination of applicants for nat
uralization, and the rigorous limitation
OF alien entrants into the Common
wealth.
| The Premier OF New South Wales Of
| fered the suggestion at the meeting that
| the Commonwealth should take the
| whole of the customs revenue and leave
land. property and probate taxes to the
States. Acting Prime Minister Watt ex-
pressed the opinion at the meeting that
the Individual States should help IN bear
ing part OF the Commonwealth war
debt by curtailing their own eXpendi-
lures wherever possible.
MELBOURNE, Sept 1.-THE sale by
Prime Minister w. NJ. Hughes of 1.00O,-
900 bushels of Australian wheat at 5s
Cd. per bushel has virtually solved the
question of disposing of the Common
wealth,s surplus wheat accruing during
the war years through lack of shipping
Through the four wheat pools instituted
by the Commonwealth during the war
469,551,000 bushels OF grain were
| handled.
MELBOURNE, Sept. 17.-The note issue
of the Commonwealth now totals f55,-
567423 los. against which the Treasury
holds a reserve of s24.273,622 los
representing 1865 per cent. Of the notes
in circulation.
SYDNEY, Sept. 1.-THE Australian
wool clip during the last four years
realized on an average of f42,OOO,OOO an.
nually. according to statement made
by officials at the twenty-fifth annua
Sheep Show here recently. A feature OF
the show was the sale of the shorthorr
J bull Tenor for 1000 guineas (approxi
mately $4,000.
MELBOURNE, Sept l7,-Opposition t.
) proposals of British immigration int
Australia is expressed in resolution
adopted by the Australian Labor party
The resolution reads in part:
This organization protests against tn,
attempt to transfer Englands unem
ployed problem to these shores, as in
Dictated by the decision to provide fire,
passages 10 all British emigrants de
sirous of coming to Australia, until on
own returned soldiers and unemploye,
problems have been satisfactorily deal
r with"
The sun., 1919-09-24
FAR EASTERN TRADE NOTES.

The Han-Yeh Ping Company ID erect
ing a modern Industrial city at Wan
shih-loang, on the Yangtze River, about
seventy-five miles below Hankow. to
provide for the expansion of the blast
furnaces and other work for twenty
years TO come. Sanitation, lighting, VEN
tilation, streets and sewers are all care
fully planned in a very creditable man
ner.
Orders have been placed by various
Chinese railways for large numbers OF
cars and considerable amounts OF loco
motive accessories.
A Dutch scientist has found that the
disastrous brown bast disease Of the rub
Der tree is caused by the present method
of tapping, and not by mould Infection
as had previously been thought
The Foochow branch of the American
Association of China was recently
formed. The new organization Will
largely care for American commercial
interests, which are rapidly expanding
In the Foochow consular district and
will take the place OF an American
chamber of commerce. the number OF
local Americans being too few to sup
port a chamber Of commerce.
The railways in the Federated Malay
States are owned and operated by the
Government, and the service is said
tn be very good. All the principal trains
are equipped with dining, restaurant and
sleeping cars, which are electrically
| lighted.
Recommendations have been made to
the Australian Government by various
scientific and Industrial organizations
| that there should be a central Common
| wealth organization to collaborate with
State and local authorities in promoting
| the construction Of good roads through
| out the Commonwealth.
It Is reported that the director of pub
| lie works of the Philippines will ask
| for an appropriation of $10,000,000 for
the carrying out of the 1920 programme.
| This, II is said, is the largest public
works budget in the history OF the
Philippine Islands.
The breeding Of thoroughbred fowls
| in the Philippines is growing In interest,
and the Philippine Poultry Association
of Manila is considering the importa-
| ton of a considerable number of such
| fowls from the United States.
The Canton Municipality was, accord
| ing to latest advice, asking for better
| offers for the proposed franchise Of the
| Canton tramway. previously referred to
| In Commerce Reports of August IL, 1913,
under Ear Eastern Trade Notes, File
No. 119907." The most advantageous
offer received by the municipality at
| that time was from a Canadian concern,
| which offered 100000 cash gratuity
| for the franchise and rendered loan to
| the municipality for an additional sum
| of $500, 900, which indicates that coun-
ter proposals were being entertained by
| the Municipality.
The sun., 1919-09-24

Chinese junks and sampans OF al
size still have eyes painted on the bow
for the native boatman argues: "No have
eyes, no can see. No can see how car
walker"
The sun., 1919-09-24
Australia ships wheat.

ADELAIDE, Australia, Sept. 23.-The
Former German steamship Weissenfels
has sailed with a record shipment of
wheat, totalling IL, 1854 tons.
The sun., 1919-09-24

Among the recent arrivals at the Ho-
tel Belmont from the far East are the
following S, NJ, Lowry, Honolulu; NJ.
S. Steinberg. Shanghai; James p.
Whine, Honolulu.