The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-09-10

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Hong Kong is on an island which
belongs to Great Britain. 1t is one of
the largest, If not the largest, tran
shipment port In the world. No GUS
toms are collected in Hong Kong; all
goods. going through destined for
China. pay duty at the Chinese port of
arrival
This rs great trade advantage. 1t
would be a great thing for America If
Manila were made a free port in the
same way. It would then become
great storehouse of merchandise for
all oyer Asia and would be in direct
competition with Hong Kong.
sAIl the trade to and from South
China passes through Hong Kong. Its
harbor 10 deep enough to accommo-
date the largest ocean-gofng steamers
in contrast to most of the South China
ports which only allow the entrance
OF boats up to 1000 tons. Before the
war Hong Kong was the second larg-
est port in the world for tonnage
Here all the vast quantity of goods
coming out of and going into South
China are trans-shfpped Hong Kong
has a population of some 100000. of
which perhaps 5000 are Europeans
and Americans These men are all
of an exceptionally high type, being
almost without exception college men,
graduates of such colleges in England
as Cambridge and oxford and from
all the best known American colleges.
This forms an exclusive colony super
imposed on the Chinese population
and having the Principal management
of affairs
Most of the clerical work is per-
formed by Eurasians. who are half
castles and live in a colony by them
selves AS stenographers, tyepwriters
and accountants they compare favsra-
bly, with Americans.
"A stranger going to Hong Kong or
Shanghai is amazed at the public and
business buildings and great public
works and wonders how they ever
came to be in China
"China's wealth in natural resources
is great and her products varied She
has great quantities of iron and five
per- cent OF all the tin in the world
SheNhas produced much as 100000
tons4&of coal in a year. She is the
largest producer of anthony and in
addition has copper, gold, silver,
quicksilver. orvpdment- petroleum and
other minerals in lesser quantities She
grows and produces rice, tea, silk, cot
ton, wheat hemp, indigo, sugar, fruits,
beans. cereals, medicines, WOOL furs,
nuts and oil etc, and her exports
cover over 300 specifications
TT would be impossible in article
like this to tell of all Cfina's imports.
They are very great and include al
most everything. One of the principal
things is cotton goods, of which a
great variety are used by the Chinese
China will import less and less cotton
goods as time goes on for cotton mills
1N,f 1r7S1f f11nT yr-71f in ir11c
will supply large part of the trade.
China will one day grow a large part
Of her cotton also An interesting
fact IN connection with Chinese cotton
is that while the Chinese are trying to
introduce the growth of long fibered
American cotton into China to take
the place of short fibe red Chimes.
American firms are importing from
China the short fibered to put into
wool blankets and shoddy mixtures.
What America is up against with
her cotton goods trade in China is
illustrated by the following figures of
the imports OF cotton drills:
1918 1913
.Amerfca 81 500 900 .......-..
-Janan- s46oooo0 $4,000, 900
I'm 1913 China imported 100000. 900
pounds of -four but in 1918 only 6o6,O00
pounds. This flour trade will never be
picked up again as China has begun
to build mills and grind her own flour.
Among other imports into China
which total several millions each a
year are clothing. coal, raw cotton,
dyes, colors and paints, electrical man
ufactures- leather, machinery, oil, pa
per- medicines, matches. furniture,
candles, casks, cement, building mate
RAILS and many others beside multi
tude Of lesser items"
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