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CHINA'S FOREIGN TRADE

How It Can Be Advanced

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centuries, China's" teas, China for some centuries, silks, nankeens, camphor, and lack of enterprise there had pre- vented making them known to many of the products of its handicraft artisans were withous the outside world, Near Gaines- where the Arst competition in the marketà of the ville, Florida, outside world. Gradually, how-efforts were made in growing the ever, the secrets of the unique trees on a commercial basis, it was discovered that the blossoms products of old Cathay were ac- quired by other peoples, so that are so luxuriant that it is pro- by the end of the nineteenth cen- Atable to stage a tung bleąsom tury, we and China no longer sup-festival, inviting the public to a retre as a source supply for number of commodities which for countless ages were not to be found elsewhere. For instance. British Dutch and Japanese traders have robbed China of its supremacy in the production of tea. The Japanese have within quite

recent decades deprived China of the greater portion of Its export trade in silk. Henc these two products which

COIS- stituted the vast, bulk of China's exports for many decades, have, since the beginning of the twen- tieth century been relegated to comparatively unimportant places In its foreign commerce

OUTSIDE COMPETITION

It is not because other nationa have learned to produce beter quality teas and silks chuv counts for the loss of China's. supremacy the world trade in these commodities. China depend- ed upon foreigns for the marketing of its products abroad and so soon as other cuun.ries were able to

special annual festival to view the trees during the season when they are flowering.

Through the impetus 'given to the more extensive use of tung- oll by the interest taken in the growing of the trees in America, undoubtedly the world consump- tion of this product will expand very considerably, thereby assur ing China" of demands abroad for the oll for some time to come.

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On the other hand. presuming that within another decade two China. loses the bulk of it exports in tungoll, what, will hap- pen to this industry in this coun- try? In fact, in no other way will China be able better to compete with other countries in the pro- duction and sales of tungo!! than by making itself the premier nation in the scientific applies- tion of tungoil to the industries and arts.

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NATIONAL TEXTILE

LABORATORY

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Shanghai. Aug 20.

A National Textile Laboratory

As for tea, It is fütile to try to expand very considerably the ex- port trade in this commodity un- til the industry is so well moder- produce these articles, they were nized in China as to insure ready and almost unlimited supplies of naturaly more interested in build- ing up their own trade, Modern standardized · qualities. Suppose economic societies tended more

for instance that through an ex- and more toward the mass idea

tensive compaign of advertising in production and consumpton in "America which would cost The Chinese were slow to interest probably upwards of a themselves in the changing de-

dollars, greatly increased de- mands VI Occidental societies.

mand for China" teas were deve- whereas the British. Japanese and

Inped, could dealers in America Certain other trading peoples.

be assured of a constant source Journeyed to the consuming mar- of supply of standardized articles kets carefully studied conditions within reasonable ranges of price to be met and strove to fit their fluctuations? The best method f methods and products to the de- accomplishing this, is through the mands of the modernly organized building up of a prosperous do- commercial and, industrial nations. mestic trade in established quali- the meanwhile, China had ties. In fact, it is quite likely fallen so far behind in the world that once the Chinese have ser- of trade in rea and silk that de-lously embarked upon exploitinged from large textile manufactur- spite the fact that it probably their domestic market possibilities can produce "better qualities at they may find a bigger market lower

costs, it WIL experience right at home for their well much d'culty in regaining a graded, standardized and attrac- Position of relative importance in tively packed teas than possible the world commerce in these to develop abroad. In all events. once they have built up a con- Several decades ago the Ameri- siderable domestic tea trade, then can paint and varnish madüfie- | It will not be difficult to increase turers were introduced to the us their foreign exports by the same of tungoil as a superior sub- or similar methods. stitute for linseed oil, espect-

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commodities.

ally in the manufacture of v nishes. The discovery of the pos- sibilities of the use of tungoil in the Varnisn industry of the Occident cannot'

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completely equipped with up-to- date machinery, is being erected near the building of the Academia Smita under the auspices of the National Cction Commission and the Academia Sinica at a cost of approximately $100,000, not cluding a large expenditure for equipment which is being import-

ng countries of the word. The be in the tota: Investment will

$400,000 while neighbourhood of an ample annual budget has, al- ready been provided for the main- tenance of the building and the perpetua:ion of research by skill- ed workers.

This new laboratory will fill= long-felt need, for mills in China: are for the mosa part unable to install expensive research equip- ment. The building itself will con- sist of three sections. Adminis- trative offices and testing labora- tories will occupy the topmost part to the front. while in the rear space will be provided for the installation of the spinning and weaving rooms.

be credited to MOTOR HIGHWAY or the structure

the enterprise of the Chinese in spite of the fact that they had been using it in their country for countless ages, but rather to that of Boreign traders in China, in search of opportunities for ex- panding their business.

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RESEARCH COUNCIL

The Academia also makes an- other importany announcement with the statement that a Nation-

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al Research Council will be form- prospect of investing money in a

Nanking. Aug 20... ed in accordance with the char- pew and untried industry,

According to figures released by iter of the institution. Members pecially la une which would have the Bureau or Public Roads of the of this council will be chosen by to compete with production costa National Economic Council, there the presidents of various univer- In a country on the low economic are at, present about 84,800 kilo- sities throughout China. In all. levels which characterize China, metres of highways in China, over 30 members will be chosen, repre- yet there seemed to be no other which a total of about 50,000 motor senting all branches of science. method of procedure. Hence as a vehicles are travelling.

The president and directors of the last resort they incorporated the

Academia Sinica will also be in- American Tung Ols Corporation, length of h ghways, having a total eluded as members of the Council, purchased 1,200 acres of land in of 11,200 kilometres, Shantung | bringing the total to 41 in all, The Gainesville, Florida, and set outcomes second with 5,500 kilometres. [ Council will be the highest scienti- to demonstrate their ability to According to some investigations, produce túngoll in the United most of the motor vehicles are States. As stated above they pre-running in the municipalities and ferred to be able to look to China business centres rather than in as a continuous source of supply the rural districts in various pro rather than embark upon,aven- ture of uncertain prospects, for «the future.

Kwang ung stands first in the

vinces. The number of buses in China is only about 20 per cent og her total of motor vehicles. By comparison, Kwangtung has the largest number of buses, which is about 4,000. Shantung runs second with about 2,000.

In reality, this means that if China would help itself in the development of its foreign trade, it must, first and foremost, devote its thought and energies to the According to statistics" compiled straightening of the tangles and by the Bureau for the year 1934. shortcomings in Itu domestic there is one motor vehicle to an trade. In a word, it must mo- average of 15 kilometres of high- dernize its domestic trade as a ways. "Or more specifically, there prerequilalte to any substantial is one automobile to an average, expansion of its exports.. A sic- | of 25 kilometres, one truck, to an cessful foreign commerce means average of 90 kilometres and one little more than ocean expansion motor cycle to an average of 283 of a properly functioning domes kilometres tic trade. In the instance of woodoff China need not be dia- couraged by the fact that America has started growing the trees in its own country, for no sooner had America embarked upon the development of the tun- goll industry than it began to dia cover other use for the on. Some of these had been in vogue in

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