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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, TUESDAY, MAY 12, 1914.

RAMIE IN THE FAR EAST. species only, which is produced

Interesting Report by U S.

Consul In Hongkong,

in Chino, in common with other plante, it is known as "ma," and the plant used in South China is khown as "ohu ma." In Chin the plant often grows more or leas wild. The boat is cultivated, being produced on hillsides, or where there is plenty, preferably in a light, sandy soil, good drainage but plenty of rain apparently being the chief re. quirements for its successful production.

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from which wo extract the Shechem Found.

following:- Dr. Ernst Sellin, en Austrian There has been a revival of theological professor engaged in interest in the cultivation, manu excavation work in Palestine, factors, and expurt of ramie fibre Chinu south of the Yellow The plant is produced all over reports that he has discovered in ia the Far East which is likely River, in Iodo-China, the Shan the bill at B laule, in Samasis, to have come important results. States, and in fudio, though i fa the foundations of the ancient The export of ole variety of said by the Chinese here that Israelite capital, Shechem, says ramie in grass form (hand cleaned attempts to grow the plant suc the Pall Malla Vienna corren but not degummed fibre) from essfully on a commercial scale pondent.

China has been increasing in India have not produced good Although the professor was steadily, and he Philippine fibre. Apparen ly thore aro anb- only able to work less than three Government is carrying on ex-variaties of the plant in Chine, weeks, he succeeded in uncover-periments with the two species for the characteristics of the plant ing some very interesting objects of ramie near Manila. Whether vary in various portions of the connected with the various perinde the cultivation of the fibre in the country. The plant grown in of the city's history Canaanite, Philippines is to be carried on in the south of China is harder to late Israelite, and lellepica commercial way seems to dep-strip and manipulate, and usually, Amongst them are arrows, rings, end altogether upon the invention produces coarser fibre. In the pitchers, and juga, and other of n auccessful decorticating Yangtze Valley the plant usually household atensils, chiefly made machine. In the

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Chinese oxports, the shipmente of the balanco, the United Statea ing machines, I weighing ma-ed definits strains directly pro. abroad in 1012 being valued ating something like $40,000 bine, 3 drawing frames, 2 roving portional to the bending moments. $1,489,566, ne cimparent with worth a year directly at present, machines, 1 deabling mschian The ship was then sent to ess $1,013,077 in the previous year. Laides that imported indirectly and 1 twisting machine, all for with the strain indicators in Curiously enough the larger par-through Hongkong and other the "first draft," and of English place, and during bad weather tion of the exports an average countries.

nake. For the second draft the actual bending moments

A worker in one of the mission ̈settlements was speaking to some water-front toys with reference to Roman bistory, He touched upon the doings of Nero, giving a vivid picture of the cruelty of of nearly two-thirds of the whole,, Failure of Modern Factory, there were 1 carding machine, 3upon the ship were measured. It the Emperor. It seemed to the though not so large a portion as The attempt to manufacture drawing frames, 1 roving ma- was found that those which had speaker that he had fixed the iden formerly-go to Chosen from the the file in a modern equipped chine, and 3 spinning machines, been put on in dock were con of injustice and wickedness in the Yangtze Valley, capecially from phoot ju this part of the world with UCO spindles altogether, all aiderably greater than any which minds of his hessers. Then be Kiukiang and Chungking. About seems to have failed tacause of these machines also being Eng-came upon the ship at £38, even began to ask a few questions. 40 per cent. of the total exports the indig paiian on the part of fish. There were also 6 winding in the severest weather, so that Noro?" Silenca, broken only by south, en eeially Canton, Kiungo employ foreign expert super-chines, 2 paper box machines, 3 was well on the safe side. "Boys, what do you think of me from Swatow and porta the Chinese owners of the plant machines, 4 underwear machines, the criterion of strength which stooking machines, 4 rib ms-'had been established by theory an uneasy shifting of the lade chow, and the Pearl River delta intendence. in their seats." Well, Clancy, porte. Hongkong in 1912 receiv- said the lecturer, making an ined about one-third of the total dividual appeal, "what do you exports, and a large portion of think of Nero? Would you say the Hongkong imports go to the he was a good man? Would United States. Grass cloth, you like to know him?" Clancy embroidered or plain, usually the Pearl River. This factory. Stresses on a Ship. besitated. Finally, after again white or dark blue, is one of was constructed through the Committee of the Admiralty in- Some years ago a Departmental being urged to reply, be did so in the chief articles purchased by frts of an American representa-vestigated the amount of bonding these words: "Well, he never tourists is this part of the world. ivecf knitting machine interests, moment which would come upon done nothin' to me."-Harper'a The chief exporte of ramie as and was equipped with machinery the ship if poised on a wave of Magazine.

fibre come from the Yangtaze for handling the ramie from the her own length. The ship, wbiot Valley, the districts, around Kin-plant to a finished etcok of pieces was over 200ft. long, was placed The the

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About four years ago a factory loopers, and 8 high-speed sewing was consiructed at Kowkong, a machines, all of American make, Chinoro city near Kongmoon, an pan port a short night's trip from Hongkong by steamer op

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There are equipped with 1 eftening me-paced so that the ship when aideration than the welfare of your eyes United Staros and South America, two varieties species of chine, 1 filling machine, 3 dress-reating dry on these supports The trouble that to-day is small and osat Sonator Weeks (Rep., Mass.) has ramie the Boekmeria nivea. introduced a resolution request which is grown in the temperate IF you have lost your appetite which would be that due to the if your eyes are giving trouble call on us would have a bonding momenty romedled, if neglected may get beyond single measures. Be on the safe side and ing the Eecretary of the Navy to zones, and commonly kunen as 1 ons of the big variety of bip being on the wave. The and have them examined. No charge for prepare a plan for establishing a China graas," and the Boehmeria Sainty dishes at the ALEXAN-stresses in various parts of the light tasting lins of naval cruisers to carry tenacissima, which in the true DRA CAFE is sure to temp ship were determined by strain K. LAZARUS, passengers, freight, and mails ramie or rhen. It is th former v between New York, New Orleans, súd Valparaiso, Chili, and inter- modiate forta. The resolution design tes AR the abips to 19 utilized for such service the cruisers Columbia and Minnea|< = lis and the cont cruierra Salem. Chester, and Bioningham.

"at present South American mails are sent at long and some- times irregular intervals, and all American mails auth of the equator are carried in vessels sailing under a foreign flag, said Esnator Weeks, explaining his resolution. "The service is very slow, and this, it may be easily assumed, militates aguiaat the development of our trade with South America. If, later on, private capital undertakes a line over this runte, I should be in- alined to withdraw the Govern ment line. We are in the posi- tion of having spent $400,000,000 in the building of a canut, one of the reasons for doing so bạing that it would aid in the ex'ension of our foreign trade, but as far as "I know, there are no America

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