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BILIOUSNESS.

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, MAY 12TH, ✅ 1917

There are many causes of this complaint, but they all spring from „disordered liver which does not properly fulfil its functions, especially in a warm climate, when it becomes sluggish in its action. The bile is turned from its proper chapnel, and enters the blood, and the person so affected is deatoralised throughout his entire system. P

The presence of biliary poison in the blood upsets the entire digestive system, and is the chief cause of sick headaches. It also causes dull pains sand- uncasiness in the right side and shoulder blade, a bitter taste in the mouth, sudden dizziness un rising, spots floating before the eyes, furred tongue, bad breath, bowels loose one day and constipated the next, All or any of these symptonis may accompany the bilious condition, and while so affected life is scarcely worth living

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CHINA ASSOCIATION. ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING AT SHANGHAI.

CHINA'S SILK INDUSTRY.

EXPORT MIGHT EASILY BE

DOUBLED.

CHINA'S COTTON INDUSTRY UTLER PALMER & CO'S

HEING KILLED BY TAXATION" The Imperial Maritime Customs Re- The annual meeting of the China The Statistical Secretary of the port for 1916 states: Association was held at the Shanghai Chinese Maritime Customs, in his report" In the report written last year atten- Club on May 3rd, when Mr. A. Gon China's trade during 1916, says tion was called to the number of cotton of Another staple, the export of which spinning and weaving mills already es Stephen presided over an

The Chairman announced that thero might be easily doubled, is silk. For tablished, and to the practical certainly many years the Chinese have been urged membership during the past year, the to adopt scientific but simple measures extensive expansion. The Japanese are figure now standing at 333 as against for eradicating the disease that in many fully aware of what must come and in-

districts a very large of the worms before they reach the spin mills in China, from which important

93 members.

ral mesting. He proceeded

In consequence of rumours of Sir Jolin ning stage and also affects the weight results are likely to follow. The only

and quality of cocoons.

large majority of the

reason that Japan, a country where. develop a huge industry, with which her difference between the fiscal system of the cotton is not, grown has been able to ottor producing neighbour has been unable to compete, is to be found in the couragement is given to this important two countries. In Japan, every en trade, which is carefully fostered by Government: raw cotton is admitted duty free, and there are no duties on cotton goods protect the local industries. ports, while import duties. on yarn and against foreign competition. In Ching

Jordan's retirement a telegram was recently despatched to London making Committee have been informed that jos establishment of flatares run on Euro- inquiries as to this and in reply your It is a disappointing fact that the sibly Sir John Jordan will be back in pen lines and the consequent increase Peking in May or June. I think I shall in the demand for cocoons, leading to be expressing the feeling of members in competitive buying between the filatures, his well-earned holiday Sir John will rapid deterioration in the quality saying that it is to be hoped that after has during leto years brought about a return to the scene of his recent arduous the cocoons produced. The farmer having

found that it is no longer necessary labour with renewed vigour.

spin silk, because his cocoons are cogerly bought up by the filatures, where the All there is to be suid on this subject, pape ca be stifled and the cocoons at the present time so far as the Associ tion is concerned apricars in the report reeled off as convenient, poor cocoons the policy is to derive what revenue can

SUBSIDIARY UDINAGE. A

and the correspondence therein set out.

One result has been achieved oving to Your Committee's action

hope vis, the licensing of exchange shops, and whilst this does not, of course, go to the matter it is a step in the right root of the matter Committee are

of direction opinion that it would be quite feasible to establish a Municipal Currency, and although there undoubtedly would be before to be overcome

in consequence of competition fetching as good prices as healthy ones, has turned his attention to quantity at the expense of quality and neglected the ancient safe guards against disease. Less care is now taken in selecting healthy cocoons for breeding purposes, the worms to reduce expense are given an insufficient supply of mulberry leaves, and sickly worms are allowed to survive among healthier com- panions in the hope that they may spin make up weight.

Jevied and to abstain from all other

interference.

dificuld be got running smoothly. some sort of a cocoon that will go to cotton), shipping the manufactured yarn.

matters

18 can be the difficulties as far foreseen are not insurmountable and the general benefit to the Community would undoubtedly be very great. However, unless the Municipal Council are willing to take the matter up, and give every assistance it would seem that the matter must remain in abeyanes, though I hope that during the coming year further steps will be taken by the incoming Cam mittee.

INCOME TAX

pamphlet in

"The results can be shown both in the case of the finer and the coarner counts of cotton yarn. As Chinese colton is of short staple and unsuitable for finer

or American cotton, which Japan im counts than 20s it is necessary, in order to spin finier counts, to import Indian ports duty free (as it also does Chinese free of export duty, while China charges Finally, a most important point, the an import duty of Hk Tls 0.60 per worms are given too short a time to spin picul on ray cotton and an excise of the full weight and are collected pre- Hk Tls. 1:70 per picul on the monu- maturely, so that the cocoons have only factured yarn. Allowing that 3.45 picula about 60 per cent of their proper quan of foreign cotton produce a apical bale tity of silk. Where the wilk is still of yarn, such a bale span in China has recled on the farms, greater care is taken beun taxed Hk Tls, 4.17, while a similar to keep the caterpillars healthy by the bale spun in Japan paya, on importa selection of the parent moths, to elimi- tion into China, an import duty of Hk. nate sickly worms, and to obtain theTis 0.88 per picul, or Hk. Tls. 280 per maximum quantity of silk from each bale. Thus the spinners in China pay For a long time past, as you are aware, cocoon by allowing the full six days for Hk Tla 1.32 more in taxation than Turning, now to coarser counts made there has been a lot of talk on the subject spinning. But the filatures domand more their Japanese competitors of taxing British subjects in China and and more cocoons, and the search for. numerous suggestions have been made and them goes farther afield with the result entirely from Chinese cotton, there are cotton, and if it comes from another port proposals put forward as to the most that the evils described above are spread likin and other charges to be paid by the effective and convenient method of carrying rapidly ing out the idea. The President of the In 1830 Mr. Kleinwaschter, at that through the Maritime Customs, it is sub- Association has had interviews with the time Commissioner of Customs inject to an export duty of Hk. Tis. 0.35 and a coast trade duty of Ek Ts. 0.175 oficials of the Foreign Office and gave Ningpo, published a the views held by the London Committee. Your Committee have on the invitation of Chinese, the fruit of careful study, per picul, or a total of Customs duties the Consul General put forward their pointing out the injury disease was caus- of Hk. Tis. 0.625; while it pays only ing to the trade, ext laining the the export duty of Bk. Tle 0.35 if views which, with some slight modifica Pasteur system of dealing with it, and shipped to Japan and has the further

of Tikin tions, are in substantial agreement with the terms proposed by the Consul General urging the establishment of Government privilege of paying transit dues instead and the Chief Judge, whose memorandum schools of sericulture for instruction and on the subject your Committee had the for distributing healthy eB68.

So that, so far as Customs taxation is impossible of Mr. Kleinwaechter's pamphlet has privilege of considering. It is

think ed over to the Association for Fostering obtain their raw cotton, at least 17 can- to prognosticate exactly what form the been recovered from obscurity and hand-in concerned the Japanese spinnars proposed taxation will take, but 1 It may fairly be assumed that it will be Wative Products, by whom 6,000 copies dureens cheaper than the Chinese mills on a basis of a sliding scale on individual has been immediately printed for die can du, unless they confine their pur incomes as outlined in the annual report tribation. As a stimulus to action, the chases to cotton grown in the immediate

It is striking contrast between the results ob- locality” “ and a fixed seale on most important widering the tained in Japan by careful furtherance details of a tax of this nature to bear in of the trade, and the results in Ching of mind the very great difference, there is in leaving everything to chance, has been

at home

presented to the same Association, the expense of living here and and your Committee have taken this In 1812 the export from Japan was carefully into their consideration in deal but little more than 17 ner cent of the

Some very interesting experiments in question of exemptions and ing with the

the Japanese had forged ahead, and in rebates as in indicated in the letter to the value of the Chinese exports, but by 1905 Consul-General published in the report. jam (the last year before the great war) cotton growing have been made in Shang 18 is desired to give full protection hardship to the small salaried married Chinese exports were worth only as put hai, and it is to be hoped the results mun, there are many people to whom cent of the Japanese trade. After the will be noted by Government. It has income tax will be no hardship, buk on passing of the Silkworm Diseases Act Inbeen shown that, although so far the the other hand there are many others on 1905 the Japanese exports more than climate appears unsuitable for American whom, if sufficiently careful provision is doubled in eight years. These results plants, which will not stand the moisture not made, a very serious hardship might were obtained by legislation and educa and are subject to the attacks of insect tion, and what Japan can do in the pests, improvement in cultivation and be worked.

matter of silk China can surpass. There careful selection of seeds from indigenous is no silk in the world equal, in quality plants can treble the crop without in As is stated in the annual report, at that produced in the Wusih districts, areasing the acreage under cultivation. lengthy joint report of sub-committees and the hardly constitution of the Whereas a plant grown in the tradi appointed by the Association and the Chinese worm has been proved by its surtional way by the Chinese farmers yields British Chamber of Commerce was drawn

A TRADE COMMISSIONER:

from

The

up and transmitted to London to thevival under conditions that would have effect that the appointment of a Trede killed off a less robust race. Commissioner was inadvisable. The whole Japanese silk is inferior în tensile question was very fully gone into by the strength and durability, and could not Sub-Committees who spared no compete on equal terms with healthy pains to deal with every point of view, Chinese silk. and our thanks are due to them for thea time and trouble expended by them,

P CONSOLAR SÁLAZIES,

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In a word the industry is being killed by taxation."

IMPROVEMENT EASILY POSSIBLE,

The report emphasizes the necessity of improving the quality of Chinese cotton to reduce import

was of superior quality.

grown in the course of the experiments locally an average of 5 bolls, the plants

Whatever

lways be a market for it, as the world's born 15 to 35 bolls, and the cotton quantity of cotton is produced there will demand has overtaken the supply,"

A form of adulteration that is re- than watering which can be tested for Barded by the mills as more harmful and guarded against, is throwing seed

of manufacture preliminary stage into the raw cotton. All that can be scutching-will climinate the greater done in this case is to trust that the

part, but there is a residue that becomes broken up and elinge to the yarn and depreciates the value. These two pric- tices should be suppressed by legisla

WAR NEWS.

TWO FAT STOCKINGS.

forward by your Committee were: (1) The question of consular salaries The surrender to the Allies of all enemy scomed to, the Committee to be one ending shipping interned in, neutral harbours for some action on ne part of the homuna (9) the denial to enemies for a num authorities, the extent to which consular ber of years of nooost to the London unicials have suffered in pocket since the money market. /- Outbreak of the war owing to the high VOLUNTEERS IN K.M. FORCES

appointed to deal The sub-committee rate of cachango is so exceptional (the

has with questions arising under this head actual percentage being approximately 42 per cent.) that a very great hardsmp has

have enlarged the scope of the duties, ing Deen suffered at a time when prices are the nudertaking of which they veretion.

greater higher and pressure of work Your Committee

took the matter constituted to fulfil; they are now actively entirely on their own initiative and engaged not only in assisting such men

made

their as desire to go home to join HM. Forces strong representations were request by the London Committee to the but also other units such as nurses whose Office, and I am glad to say that services may be valuable to the Govern Foreigu information has been received that the ment at the present time; they are also

keenly interested in obtaining

Bidered.

volunteers who may desire to return after being invalided through wounds or ill hes rendered invaluable service in keeping Your Committee are keeping in closeness. The London secretary, Mr. Wilcox, of Treasury notes found in public

touch with the Shanghai volunteers →→ touch with the University authorities with a view, to rendering any assistance and assisting them in every possible way THY WIFE LED THEE TO ERROR. I feel sure you will be in agreement with

An extraordinary letter from the the of

at he has done. what in North China. They consider that University may prove a most useful factor ACCOUNTS Grand Duke Nicholas Mihilovitch to the in promoting British interests in the Fargeneral account shows, I am sorry Tear, written in November, has been

It is matter for congratulation that the Shanghao Munioipal Public to io, deficit, ut Tls, 1,131.5 We published. In warning him of the in past year, started the present financial year with a triguers using his wife as an instrument, Schools have, during the adopted the University examination, this debit of Tis. 1,097.10 the receipts are he wrote Often didst thou tell me no doubt will materially assist in making slightly in excess of the previous year, I could put faith in none that were expenses slightly less. To turn to the deceived. This applies particularly to the University more widely known, and

Volunteers accounts, you will see that thy wife, who, in oving thee, yet led increasing the number of students who

is a credit balance of Tls 644.76, thes to the error of being surrounded by take the University course.

is sufficient for present purposes. evil minded intimates Minilovitch was Doubtless, if more money is required for exiled in December or telling the Tsar This very important matter has had this branch of the Association's work the the truth, and denouncing the monk the inges careful attention of the London same will readily be forthcoming... Rasputin. He has returned, and relates

question is already being favourably conployment for such of the Sha The Lost Property Office, at West minster, notifies the British public that it has in its possession two stockings full

HONGKONG UNIVERSITY,

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Later he wrote the memo, oxiling him. complete approval of the London Com H. G. Simms and A. G. Stephen. Of last slain and buried in your garden."? mittee The two main suggestions put year's Committee, Mr. Forrest did not The Taur only smiled and thanked him.

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