Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-07-31

| selling between American drummcrs
ana natives. since no direct relation
snip would be possible without a
knowlcdg. Of The language TN. Gus
tom o! squeeze" or graft has .lways
held "a potent part IN Eastern nSaucc
What ie termed as "pidgin English"
even is OF little Avail when unc-lcavcs
The sea ports and gets away TO osher
cities like Picking, whrr. chimes. is
! stlll III" universal language dcgpitc
the jarGons Df RUSSIA. Japanese and
the maeistrom OF traders from every
where that seem Il v"r!tablc Babel OF
yonfus!onS in sounds
China imports 100000 500 worth of
cotton goods alone. but exports about
- per cent OF the worlds SILK The
loOuutry's resources are uu!imi,ablc in
beef, Monaghan mutton, poultry and
eggs. In shanghai are huge cotton
mills for weaving and spinning.
Shanghai. also has a government
vocational school. while a normal
school exists at EanhiiIg but III. In
uer workings Of China as to modern
education, must be gagged By the facts
that the Test universities Of America
Yearly enroll Chinese students who
larry back TO the East our most
modern methods methods which II
/ 'Hp'hNtltdb!c ~ the present. yet, a.
the little lcavcn. viii work potentially
and eventually towards the future
! For instance Chon. Fang Lin. a
graduate from Hong Kong University.
class OF 1916. has just obtained his
1 degree in hygiene and Public health
! at JOhns-l iopk ms. and as doctor OF
public health has returned TO TuKien.
/ 'hina. When American civilization
teaches better medicine. letter meth
! DDS or agriculture, and better health
! then. ana then only will Chiua's cen
iuri"s al conservatism go down be-
\ fore Western civilization like the
walls of Jericho.
! China has always been the ncstor
! Of newspapers hut the change ~of
script and the work OF libraries are
adding greatly 10 the spread OF
blearning everywhere. despite the fact
| OF the terrible food famine There ~
/ a saving that: where tn. Germans
/ go. they leave an arsenal: where the
| French 20, they leave railroad:
whore the English go. they leave a
custom house; but where Americans
go. they leave a schoolhouse" This
leaves a debt % gratitude in the Chi.
nesc heart towards the people OF the
| United states
| china's leading department stores
are housed in modern concrete build
! !nIs, equipped with elevators and
Nr. escapes for the comfort and safe
/ " OF customers. In Honkong,
Shaghai. and Canton. tho sales force
ranges respectively about 400 to 500
people. Their display windows or
look sec" exhibits attract great
crowds, hut advertisement is Of lit
tie use, save with a certain sort OF
street paroles where three or four
youngsters. in gaudy garb. with ban
hcFS in the day ana lanterns at night.
go forth with tom-toms or drums TO
attract crowds by their clamor. Then
great sales follow. The delivery de-
partment OF these stores, due TO the
cheap labor. is conducted with truly
oriental method and also popularity.
since bundles are carried on bamboo
poles with that abundance OF weight
and patience characteristic of the Far
East. Sunday is not observed. but
cvcrythin> goes on just as during the
week. The Sincere Company. Ltd. of
shanghai is onc-price store, six
lstories tall. fronting on Nanking
Road. and isNmanaged and CONTROL ell
by Ma Wing Bew. Mr.. Ma. Uor the
surname comes first in the EasD is
the Wannamakcr OF China The Wing
on Company, Ltd. has not only a
store in Shanghai. but branches in
Canton and HonkonG. and through
| them has been organized the Lee Man
King krook Knitting Co, in Hon
kong. which supplies cotton hosiery
| for local consumption. China is mod
crniZing her business methods. with
directors boards for banks, and one
OF her best known bankers is S. G.
| Yang. who studied for three years IN
| the University of Illinois. then took
a postgraduate course in finance for
| five years in Japan.
| II is interesting to America to
| knew that the head OF the depart
| mcnt Of agriculture in the Norma
College at Marking, China. is a grad
| uatc of Cornell University. China S
| cotton mills, soap factories and ma ten