Cleveland County herald., 1920-11-18
CnIIiA TALES ]
 WALNUT (,.'0.I,Ic
Its Cultivation and Sale the Main Support of Hunoreus of
 Villages.
S1.667,491 VVOnTH SENT HERE
George E. Young of Shanghai Says the Chinese Will Soon Be Com petitors in TextiIes-Take In-
 terest in Their Lands.

New York.-Following the importa- tion of walnuts to China by the early missionaries the Chinese developed this industry so carefully that it has now reached tremendous proportions, according to George E.. Young of Shanghai, China, who has been in the Orient ten years. Mir. Young said that the Chinese are growing more and more interested in their lands and con- siderable development will be seen dur ing the next few years.
 '"The cultivation and sale of the walnut, which was first brought to China by the American missionaries, now supports hundreds of Chinese villages, said MT Young. "The methods Of preparing the nuts for mar ket are most primitive, but as labor is cheap they are able to send them to this country and compete favor ably with the domestic market. For the American market they use only the highest grade nuts. They select the bright colored and shiny nuts and they are bleached, sorted and packed according to grade. Those of specked and inferior shells are cracked and the meat is packed for confectionery purposes. This cracking is now done by hand because the only walnut cracking machine Is owned and oper- ated with greatest secrecy by walnut growers in this country.
 Chinese Waste Nothing.
 'The economical bent of the Chinese Is given full play in the walnut grow. ing industry. They utilize every par ticle of the product. When the crop is gathered the htsks are beaten off the nuts and are buried in wet earth to rot for fertilizer. The nuts are delivered to the ports through yari- ous agencies, the original grower get ting an insignificant part of the price realized for them.
 "The M6nchurian walnut has hard CT shell than the product of this coun- try. The shells of the inferior ap- bearing walnuts, which are cracked be fore shipment, are used for fuel, and on account of the large proportion of oil they contain they make an eX cellent fuel. The Manchurian wal nut commands special advantage in the confectionery making trade be cause of superior flavor ana texture of the meat.
 "Ths spring the price quoted to American importers for delivery at San Francisco was as high as 29 to 32 cents, including cost, insurance and freight. with the transp&cific shipping rate at $1750 per ton. The quota tions are now around p cents. The whole nuts are shipped in 100 pound bags of burlap which are made in India The walnut meat is very care fully wrapped in paper and packed in wooden boxes to keep out moisture, which is likely to produce mold. In the United States the walnuts are placed in cold storage, which preserves their freshness, preventing drying, and the crop which we ship the last of June does not get on the market here until some months later"
 Handicapped by Superstition.
 MT. Young pointed out that accord ing to the last issued bulletin of the Department of Commerce for May 1920, 10,121 ,SS1 pounds of walnuts came to the United States from China in the II months ended with May, and their value was SISSY, ,491. He says that the Chinese are still greatly handicapped by their old superstitions. fha of haUinn all streets and passages irregular so that the evil spirits cannot find their way, they are laying out their farms in patchwork order, making the roads rather difficult for anyone not famil- lar with the locality
 "There is a large and growing mar ket in China for every kind of ma chnery," said Mir. Young. This is particularly true of machinery used in the textile industry. The Chinese are going to be competitors of the whole world in textiles. When Chinaman figures out anything and decides to adopt it in his business he is not con tent to stop there. He is buying ma chinery now fer every process in which he has learned it's advantages.
 '"rhe Chinese have no feeling againsl the Americans, but, of course, their hatred for the Japanese grows worse Americans in business in China are disappointed with the class of men from this country who have rushed into the oriental field in the belief that great postwar profits lie there. They are the cheapest sort of traders and they are not even intelligent in business"
 Chiid's Tunnel of Death.