The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-07-06
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America Fourth
Barges play an important role in
all river traffic in the YangtEe a.
In every other. So I asked for the
tug statistics with the tonnage OF
their tpws. Here Is what the port
ofticlals gave me:
/ Chinesetow craft 247s, tonnage
in tow, 1886 tons. British, 1861
craft towing 2al,es4 toms; japanese
us craft towing 114,k03 tons, and
90 American craft towing 52si tons.
II will be SO enthat Great Britain
really occupies first place in this
category Of river shipping because
while the Chinese have consider.
ably more towing vessels on the riv
er they are much smaller than the
British, whose lowed tonnage dou-
blsd that Of the Chinese.
The Hankow clearance figures
show America to be IN fourth place
in grand total tonnage, Great Brit
ain being first, Japan second, Chi
ma thru.
Inland Sailors.
The total tonnage figures follow:
Great Britain 2.s69,172 tons; Japan
1,es2,3S2; China, !, 677,ss4; America
260,52s.
The Chinese, handicapped as they
are, and with but fe wvessels other
than 1unks and launches thus got
away with q fair share OF the gross
shipping. They had s141 vessels Of
one sort or another to clear Han
kow during 1920 as against 4O64
British vessels Of all categorles, a.
220 Japanese and GA American.
Inland water steamers-prlncIpal
~ canal and lake vessels-are main
~ In the hands OF the Chinese them
selves. The japanese make no effort
to compete with anybody In this
field and such craft Of this kind as
are under their flag are for their
own private uses. The Chinese OPP
crate IL, 166 touching at Hankow, as
against 1853 British. 116 American
and s Japanese
intanu EmpnA
szechuan Province up the rive
from Hankow, Is called the "Inlant
Empire" because Of its vast popu
lation and the richness of its natu
raj resources. This province alone
has almost as many Inhabitants as
the United States and the popula-
tion OF the whole territory contigu-
out TO the Yangtze has been estima
ted as pretty close to two hundred
million.
The Japanese end British are
fighting for import trade in this part
Of China. l looked into this too, at
the customs In Hankow and found
American business suffering.
Cotton goods-'piece goods they
call them over here rank first
among China's imports and will
probably continue first for a long
time to come. All the natives wear
cotton clothes, some Of them TO the
exclusion OF all other kind.
Z U. s. Behind Again
Enormous quantities OF cotton
goods must be imported by China
until cotton mills In China are in
operation and It would seem that q
great cotton producing country like
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