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SATURDAY JULY 19, 1921.

Its Aims and Methods Explained.

The Chinese Catton Goods Ex was formalle opend at

Will the great, busy world of THE NEW COTTON GOODS affairs ⠀ ́have the remotest EXCHANGE AT SHANGHAI. understanding of the study, after Reynolds, of Mr. Philip Quedalla between Literature and If Mr. Max Beerbohm's asilon-jthe Law? Or of "the author of tores had merely an artistic Trivia' submitting his latest interest it would be no business MS, to the conductors of the Lon-change of mine to speak of them bera don Mercury"? Or of Mr. Ed-Na 21 Avenue Edwači VIL But I feel sure that art critics mund Gosse saying to Mr. George fearner of Rue Montauban). will spare me a little of the indul Meare (over a bast); "But, my Shanghai, on the 1st inst. fáng gence which he has not exactly dear Moore of course you will-hundreds of guests visited the lavished on Mr. Beerbohm and of course they shail Only, you new institution throughout the concede me the right of speaking, don't tell us when your 70th birthday and were received by Mesars without impertinence of some day is"? Or of the eminent lady H. Y. Moh, Zee King-yun, Sun features of Max's caricatures wondering "what dear, sweet Cal-Pao-shi's Ka Nyob-dien. Woo which are comprehensible by all ozel Repington always carriesthat Rang-boo, C. L. Nich, Zea Fin-we. of us, the inexpert, the profans funny little note-book about with Zia Hup-chong, Liu Hou-sun and vulgar, writes Mr. A. B. Walkley him for"! De of Mr. E. F.jothers.

in the Times, Indeed. I will Benson, pointing our to Mrs. The programme started with: make bold to say that these extra-Asquith how much better it three bows to the Chinese flag. artistic aspects of caricature would have bean to go on leaving after which Mr. H. Y. Mob appreciable by the common man it all to him "**

chairman of the Board of Direc are by far the most important. These jokes will be obscuretors, gave a brial address. Mr. What was the precise skill in and probably trivial to the great Moh said - draughtsmanship of Gillrey or crowd. They are not addressed "The commercial reports for Daumier I am not competent to to them: neither are they to the 1920 show that China's exports decide. but I 802 entitled, learned world. They are part of amounted to Tis. 541,600,000 with the rest of the world, Max's figure in the carpat," while her imports were TIs. to my estimate of their hisThey will appeal only to the 762,200,000. Imported goods. toric, their documentary, valas: peculiar apoiaustic scandal therefore, exceed the exports by and that is the feature of them loving, politely ferocious London about Tis. 220,600,000. Cotton that really matters to-day, We tribe of belle-lettrists, and by these imported into Cuins during the] understand the Regency and the they will be keenly anjoyed. And same period amounted to Tle. Paris of Louis Philippe are all the they will be invaluable "docu-163,100,000 and piece goods Tis. better for them. And Mr. Bear-ments" for fatore historians of 78,680,000 making A total bobm's drawings. I think, may our literature. They round off of Tis. 248,780,000. This, 85 help us to understand our own Max's previous studies of J. S. will be seen is more than one- time all the better. They are Mill and Mat Arnold and Mrs. third of the value of goods im- bistory "without tears."

Humphrey Ward and D. G. and ported into our country. If we It seems, si first blush, Christina Rossetti-a sort of could keep the cotton goods busi- monstrous impropriety to mention intimate, more delicate, but not ness for ourselves, there would be Gülray and

so therefore less malicious variant surplus in China's favour in- Daumier, "savage and tartarly." alongside of St. Simon's Memoirs, compiled stead of a loss. the delicate mansuctude of with pencil as well as pen. Com- "Cotton business in China oc- Mr. Beerbohm. The contrast pared with these literary jokes cupies a very important position: shows now our sense of humour Mar's political studies are poor in the business field. It is our bas become civilized in the in--I bad almost. written aim to try to redeem that which terval-or how civilized it might cheap. But I must except one we have lost. become if we were all as subtle, in the present show, "Sir Philip "The Shanghai Chinese Cattoo as exquisitively sensitive, as Sassoon in the House of Com-Goods Exchange has been estab- Max. For that is one point about moos" (dated__1913). The con-lished for the purpose of bringing him, that he is just a little more trast of Sir Philip's impassive Chinese merchants interested in refined than the rest of us. To Orientalism, slim elegance, slant- the cotton businese together so read his prose is to be aware of ing eyes, ironic smile, and legs that they will co-operate in doing an exceptionally fine ear for crossed under him as on a divan, business. We hope also to secure rhythm and tone, and of an ex-with the two barly, bawling the co-operation of the British. ceptionally keen eye for form. His English M.P.'s alongside, is Indian. American and Japanese prose, I say, for his pen serves delicious; and it speaks for itself cotton merchants. We hope to him in this matter of delicate without a word of letterpress, as be able to give correct informa rendering better than his pencil caricature at its bes", I suppose, tion about the colton markets of:

as must always, surely, happen should speak.

the world to our fellow merchants when the ideas to be rendered

so that the old individual spirit. are concepts, thoughts, the pro-

might be done away with and |duct of the reflective mind. Take

losses saved. We hope to protect for instance No. 43 in the pre-

the interests of coton merchants sent show: "A Captain of In-

in case naforeseen cris. s arise. dustry declaring that the desire

And later we hope to be able to of the mangal workers to be paid

push China's cotton business to exorbitant wages for doing the

Up to noon yesterday, the clos-the benefit of everybody." least possible amount of work is ing of rice shops in the Interan-

Mr. Zee Ming-yun, rice-chair- sure sign that they have lost their tional Settlement at Shanghai who was the next speaker, faith in a future life." Obviously had not been attended with seri. said the primary duties of the that joke cannot be expressed by ous.oreven unusual incident. The exchange were to ensure the free the pencil. All you can situation bas, nevertheless, ele-circulation of goods and to effect of the drawing is that the Industrimentsofdanger, and developments the standardisation of prices. B al is the sort of person who might are being most carefully watched means of judicious classification be saying to the Curate what the by the Settlement authorities. of standards, it would afford the legend ascribes to him. So Lord The fact that two days of the producer fae-lities for the market- Burleighs nod might signify all strike have passed without incid-ing of bis products at reasonable that the author of The Critic ent is, of course, explained by the prices even when the prospects of explains it does, but you would esse with which rice may be ob the market were not encourag- never have guessed it without rained, or could be obtained up to ing. In this way a barrier wa the explanation. The pencil is yesterday, in the French Conces ereeted against financial panic not only less apt than the pen for sign and in Chinese territory. arising from the stagnation of the conceptual expression: ils Thousands of purchasers, princip market. Again, a produrer was methods are cruder. There are ally women, crossed the border often discouraged by the ancer- Max's rather vicious satires upon throughout the day and brought tainly of disposing of his goods labour. Our art eritir complains back supp ies. It is possible that in the absence of castomers who these are laboured" Wich all shops in the French Concession were prepared to place advance deference, I would submit that may close to-day, further com orders. But when be bart an ex- they are not laboured enough.plicating the situation; but even change to which he could turn Labour is in every case the same so, if those in Nantao and Cha over his goods, he would be re- fizure, with ballet head, big handspei, not affected by the licensing lieved of such anxieticon and he and fect, &c. In writing Mr. order, decide to remain open could go on producting and buying Beerbohm would never bare teen serious effects of the deadlock raw materials at attractive prices content, any more than Henry may be avoided.

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