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THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 6th, 1928.

Money and Markets

HONG KONG BUSINESS.

DEALINGS IN FOOD STUFFS.

TIENTSIN TEA TRADE.

IMPORTANT DISTRIBUTING

CENTRE.

THE UMBRELLA INDUSTRY the yearly import figure recorded

which

IN, SHANGHAI.

GROWING BUSINESS.

Twenty years ago only a few factories were engaged in manufac "Business done in Hong Kong onturing cloth umbrellas by hand. November and in rice, sugar, and Their products were poor and could other toodstuffs included the follow-not compare, with imported ones, ing transactions:--

were mostly from Great Red seal Tung Chan white Siam Britain, Japan, Italy and Germany,

valued at Ts. 1,000,000 a year, rice 30 bags at $7.47.

Chinese umbrellas were original ly made of piled paper with bamboo Fits, and handles, but not, being

Hung Sau white long rice bags at 87.40

302

Tatug Kook Siam cargo rico bags at $3.03.

480

Red seat white glutinous rice 410 bags at $7.51.

"Blue seal No. 5 white rice 279 bags

at $6.91.

Blue seal No. 1 broken white rice io bags at 26.10.

No. 21 coarse powdered candy 1,000 bags at $7.60.

No. El coarse powdered candy 400 bags at 87.00,

No. 24 course powdered candy: 600 bags at $7.39.

No. 24 coarse powdered candy 700 bags at 83,

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Mushroom 10 boxes at #18. Pearl-barley 40 bags at 829. Scarlet star aniseed 15 bags at $18.50.

Big dried persimmon 350 packages

at $10.50.

Tai Kai fungus 20 bags at 368. Business done in Hong Kong of November 5th in rice, sugar, and other fucdstuffs included the follow-

ing transactions:---

Tsin Li Ky white Siam rice 100 hags at 88.19.

Red scal Siam cargo ries 308 bage jat $7.13.

Flying engle white long rice 921

bags at $7.12.

Swift red horse white Siam rice 120 bags at 87.53.

Tsing Kook enrgo rice 3 bags at $5.98.

Broken cargo rice 550 bags at $5.50.

No 1 broken wäite rice 275 bags

at 88.28.

Green grape white rice 300 bags at 88.72.

Red seal No. 3 white rice 275 bags at $8.00 ...

Green seal broken white rice as bags at 26.66.

Cargo rice chalf 400 bags at 83.70 Big course powdered candy 400 bags at $7.78.

No. 24 course powdered candy 1,000 bage at 87.50.

Black melon-seed 50 bags at $8.35. White-covered bean 300 bags at

$7.20.

NEW CROPS IN NORTH MANCHURIA.

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THE FIRST SNOWFALLS.

The snow which fell on October 21st in North Manchuria is believed to have done no damage to the crops, since the best part of beana, wheat, and kaoliang must have been practically harvested and stored

away.

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as cadurable as cloth ones vére not much in demand. In recent years, the number of Chinese cloth um brella factories has increased, espe- cially in the Kiangsu and Chekiang provinces

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Tientsin is one of the chief tes importing centres of North China, in the Customs returns nearly reaching T. 2,000,000. The bulk kt not consumed locally but in the interior, including Shansi and the three Special Areas of Inner Mon- golia. La Tientsin, Chinese tea predominates, though when its prices are high, a certain quantity of Japanese, tea is also found, Chinese tea comes principally from Fukien, Kweichow and Livian, Auhwei province and Hupeh, with Fukien tea lending in quantity. Hweichow ten second. Hupeh tea, third, and Liuan teh, fourth. Popular scented terr is always pre- paced in "Foochow even if leaves are bought at Hweichow, na the particular kind of skilled labour and sufficient quantities of flower used for scenting are only available in Foochow. Some of the Ticatsin tea merchants maintain buying Shanghai has 19 factories, exclud agencies at places of production in ing small factories, with a" daily the spring, asually from the Srst output of three to five dozens, which week of April.. The tea scenting produce altogether over 700 dozens season in Focehow covers about: per day. The annual output, how three months, July to September. over,

to only 150,000 The cost of shipping tea to Foochow dozens, as the working period runs for scenting is about 815 per picui, from January to the end of August. including both likin and freight, Each factory has seven depart and that from Foochow back to ments; namely, mainstay polishing Ticasin, $13-$13. department, mainstay-painting de Four varieties of tea are import- partment, sewing department, ribed into Tientsin, namely, in order making department, inetal-working of importante, green tea, Hower- department, assembling department scented tea, plain tea (not scented) und cloth-cutting department. The and black ten There are three mainstays are polished and the ribs made by a special machine produced us of tea importers in Tien-

tsin. The Fukien group, most im by the Hun Fung Machine Works portant of all, is represented by. The mainstays are painted by hand. firms like Jui Chau Tai, Cheng Sewing is done by wemen workers Kee, Fu Mou Chun, Sun Shan Hao, with Singer sewing machines.

Hung Yi Ho and Chen Tui Kee; the Hwaichow group by firms n Tai Shun, Sun Tai. Teh Yu, Ching Tai Lung, and Jai Lang, the local group by Chuan Hsiang Hung, Chien Ho Kung, Yuan Feng Ho, Lin Lee, Teh. Kee, Teh. Shua, et. These firms Are known #15 Cha "Cheang.

aniounts

The raw materials used in manu- facturing umbrellas are wooden mainstays, wooden handles, camlets, twilled cotton cloths, steel corda, ribe, rubber rings, ribbons, and top- pieces The best for mainstays are made of maple wood grown.in Tai- chow, Chekiang province, costing about seven ceata per piece. The

The Chn Chudng of the first two cumlet and the twilled cotton cloths groups do not keep regular busi are bought from Great Britain, ness establishments ja Tientsin.but Italy, Germany and Japan. The are represented by agents who live German ribs are best; those from in the Cha Tati, a sort of commis Japan, though cheaper, are notaion house, and their stock is stored endurable. The American steel in godowns, business operations cords Are more popular be being on a wholesale basis and cause cheaper than English corda effected generally through the Cha Rabber rings, ribbons and top Tid. The Cha Chang of the local pieces Com

from Japan. The group have regular busîbese quar- black twilled cotton cloth is proters of their own, and also do retail daced, mostly by the Wing On business. Tea is quoted wholesale Spinning and Weaving Company, on the Tientsin market by picul": Shanghai, and the metal rings by lets in taels of Tientsia currency. native shop.

The umbrellas produced by these firms are sold mostly to the in- terior, and about 25 per cent. ex- ported to French Indo-China, Siam, Singapore and Java. The average price is 81 to $2, excluding export duties charged at 2 cents per dozen.

The most popular umbrellas are produced by the Sing Dah Lu Fac tory, bearing the trade mark of Golden Mountain," and the best of the same factory are those bear ing the trade mark of Sing Dah Lu sold at 87 per piece.

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CLOSING QUOTATIONS.

R.K. Backs.....

The bulk of Japanese tea import- ed into Tientsin consists of tra dust, and occasionally small quan- tities of green tea, when prices are favourable. Tientsin has about three or four importers of Japanese tea. Japanese tea dust is popular among the country folk because cheap, a catty" being retail- ad at only 12 cents. Chinese tea dust is sold at much higher price; apicul at places of production," say, Hweichow, is sold at about 850. If it is shipped to Foochow for preparation, the total cost, in.. cluding likin and freight, would The daily working hours run

amount to about 89 per picul. A from 8 a.. 6 p.m., with one-similar amount must be paid for

Novivaz érı, 1929. hour recess at noon: The workers its transhipment from Foochow to Owing to the rain and snow

are mostly from Shooshing and Tientsin, making a total cost to Do Londos... 141 20m. during the harvesting season, new Ningpo, Chekiang province, and the Tientsin importer of nearly Chartered Banks £22 bay. beans were feared to have been northern part of Kiangsu province. $40 a picul or 40 cents a catty. Mercanule beats, A. & B...£34 nom. affected in quality. However, sup- Wages are paid on piece basis. Japanese tea, dust is imported into Da..

0.....£14) nom, plies arriving at C... Southern Each woman worker receives from Tientsin in bags of 110-120 catlies.&O. Banks Mouy, Section points are found to be of $0.70 to 81 per day for sewing 10

tịch. The total yearly import East Axis Bank .......$27 better quality than Inst Year to 70 pieces at $0.014 per piece; Sgure is between 5,000 and 6,000 Canton Insurance $675 sel

Union Insurances...1342 buy,, 385 el almost the whole of the mixed the cloth butter 81 for cutting 100

baga..

North Chura Liza. fla. 160 pay. to 500 pieces at 80.005 per piece storage goods being first-class.

As to the new wheat, the wet has the rib worker 50 to 60 pieces at

M. $50 nom. Yangtais insurance,............. de indeed lowered the quality, and 80.015 per piece; the assembler com

China Underwriters, storage over the winter may cause pletes 30 to 40 umbrellas at 80.022

New more or less deterioration.

per piece. The polishers and paint- kaoliang, too, was similarly situat

ers of mainstays are generally paid ed, but the bulk of this crop will on the monthly basis, though some be for local consumption, and little times paid at 30.012 per piece for effect will be felt on the market.

both painting and polishing. The Beans, wheat, and kaoliang put average wages received by the work-

total together indicate that the

ers range from $15 to $25 per harvest will be much the same 4 month. Some of the big factories inst year, assuring this season's have foremen, each receiving 830 to crops to be normal.

840 a month. The apprentices re- ceive no wages, but are paid about $1 a month for expenses.

"The profit in this industry is not attractive, because of the high price! of imported raw materiala, civil LESSEES FAIL TO PAY RENT. wars and labour unrest.

HUPEH GOVERNMENT - CLOTH MILL.

Of the Chinese-made umbrellas. The Hupek Government Flaxen the most popular are made of calico Cloth Mill at Hankes, formerly (production by the Wing On Spin- operated by the Kai Ming Induning and Weaving Company), fancy trial Company, is now leased to ribs, mainstay of maple wood, 28 another group of private capitalists inches long. Umbrellas of this owing to the company's failure to style amount to 70 per cent. of the pay rent. The plant after being total product sold. Their retailed partly destroyed by fire, has now price is from 21.30 to 81.40 per 80 looms for weaving ordinary piece and their wholesale price is linen, 40 for canvas, 14 for sack-Tls 8 per dozen. In general, the eloth and 10 for table linen. The average prices for the Chinese-made mill now employs 173 hands: 108 umbrellas range from $14 to $0.80 men, 51 women, and 14 children.

per dozen for men and from 812 to

10 per dozen for women. Japanese umbrellas in Shanghai are either imported directly from Osaka by Chinese and Japanese merchants or produced locally by the Japanese factory, Mou Hisin Company.

This mill and three others, the cotton yarn, cotton cloth, and silk weaving mill, all owned by the Hupeh Provincial Governmont, are farmed out to the syndicate under the following terms. The syndicate must have a capital of $800,000 and pay a yearly rental of $300,000 in 12 monthly instalments. The con tract is subject to cancellation if

the syndicate fails to pay the root. The syndicate must pay a month- for two months. Cost of repairsly salary of $320 for two official below 85,000 is to be paid by the superintendents, one to supervise syndicate, and over that sum partly the use of the machinery and the by the Government. Every year other to examine books and ac the syndicate must hand over to the counts. The mills are free to adopt Government 15 per cent. of its net any signboard or trade mark but

the. profit, of which 18 per seat. i must retain the original name

The faid aside for extension or repair Hupeh Government Mil" ing of the plant and 3 per cent. for mills may petition the Government the educational expenses of the mill for remission of rent when compel- led by civil commotion or natural workers.

calamities to suspend work.

(Continued at foot of next column.)

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Paria New York Brussels Geneva

Ruger, Nov. 4lb.

124.10 4.54.29/32

nom.

China Fire insurance.....3275 buy.

Hong Kong Fire La$800 sel. Douglas...ATE

H.K. Bumboste vi H.K.

*m*0.

38

Rom.

BOTTL

$1,600

Indo-China (Prof.) bay. Do. (Def)$72) bay. Shell Transports.1167-nom Waterboat...........buy.

Bangat bay. Kailan Mining Aamin...73/- bay, Langkat (combined)....Tim. 11 nom. Ta bi rom. Do. (single)

S'ha. Explorations......Tim. 2.83 pay.

34.89

25.20

Amsterdam. Milan Bérlia Stockholm Copenhagen Oslo Vierina Prague

12.00

92.60

20.36.

13.14

13.10 18.19

34.475

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Helsingfors

163 .192)

Banbe

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1071

275

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Rio

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Buenos Aires

47.15/32

Bombay....

1/63/04

1/11.3/32 9/13 2/01

Madrid Lisbon Atheas

Yokohamna

Shanghai Hong Kong

Silver, spot & forward 26.13/18

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hal Cottona (old)...Tls, 69

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HK &B, F Hotels 19 9.15

buy. aal., 9.05 10. E.K. jazda modanno.167 nom Shanghai Landals. 138 buy. Humphreys Hetate......$15.45xb.

$8,85 nom, FLA. Realtioneura mate's B.K. Tramways $21.70 bay,

Fold Peak Trams

bay.. Ea

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