A WOOL MARKET IN CHINA.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXIII, Issue 8529, 8 April 1913, Page 7

A WOOL MARKET IN CHINA.

. There is just the possibility that China will, in the near future, become an important customer for Australasian wool, just as Japan has become. Con-sul-General S. 8. Rnabenshue writes ■from(Tientsin, saying an enquiry is made regarding the reported intention of; the Chinese Government to start the manufacture of woollen cloth in various Chinese cities. This was merely a sug-. gestion on the part of an official, due to a-general feeling in favour of the introduction of manufacturing on a large scale. Such an undertaking would bo impracticable at the present time. There, is a woollen factory with modern machinery some eight or nine .miles north-west of Peking. It was erected several years ago to manufacture uniform cloths for tJio Chinese army. Its

product is a ve>3^faik/jarfciele of the nature of tw««d, and is, used in "making winter uniforms for the soldiers. The i factory was stariiei&' ffi fch foreigners to I superintend thgUvaripjjs^idepa^ments, but these have aiy^w d^hargod, and the factory is now ran entirely by Chinese workine%^h^iib!gK^^if«ai m ake a success of it remains ( ,t0.,t0 seen,.. /The sentiment, I'CMfia ,fSr|lif .^jnese," represents ,tJie^E^i™[lfttiTOde 'of the Chinese to all foreigners. It was not confined to th«^ld&M£iielM rMeVs. It permeates, every olaas^of Chinese to the very lowest.. Th&,wo,o] produced in China is nearly^lWl^Fwoo;! "The plains of Mongolia afford splendid grazing grounds for large>-ikickß of native sheep of the fat-tailed variety. This wool comes b^;)^at^icfaijK«Sl^rto .Peking on Kalgan, thence by rail to Tientsin. The larg©T"portion of this Mongolian wool to,>l}fi JJnited, States tb be-^sea^^ww wanaaf^bjxr&bt ' carpets. A ife'aiiiflP** or*[•&>&capables of being 'woven into coarse fabrics like the twee^f i^eferrfe^to/bVit not fitted for th^ manufaetupe of fine cloths. To th« Chinese Wool'is Simply wool. They have no idea of fine qualities of wool, because. the^^yeftj|^ver|r^9een it: 1 .KAlSKft^.l^Pii^v-' J ■'' The G«rma^Em'pWd^si^%a^neir"'-pn; a pretty oonsideraMe seem 1 ana i*recent'ly he attended a sitting of the German Agriciilttiral &u!iic^l yeonverieiF /to consider means of increasing the yield of the Empire's-»oilv«»s:i3i "*ft*pi*«»iiit :;it from becoming dependent on foreiccn countries for its principal foodstuffs.. The Emperor »inte'wte*Slsti» :4W debate to communicate^oShei'i^esiMiit^i&f#«feWu#: reclaniation exp©^m«^a© dflftJ'-hia'^ftst'' Prussian estate ■ 6ft^lfad^n.>^4With: apologies for haairig »t« ".halw&ftSs hVar-'• ers with staj^tios^'h^twadi^utsar^niim-' ber of .figure^io/^lj#w.^#Mwwf)im land in question had, since the improvement, l>een much more .TSTjaßuc^i^CiSando-inci-'. dentally, he cruised jca^ofi la,up;^terAby. remarking that) li6:liad: "chtickeci out a tenant who w3fc*We> li^ifg Yelr-ariJ e"use*" Bis Majesty •oontiiiaSgd^/l^tee.rvtJ^tla.y' has, thus paid .well," ajicjt, .consequently; proved that we are'i'a^w lf}(!*mcrea&fl onr' productivity.- MWi!^ tfeftli 'Fa^ihoridndv that we can M^™S'.^«iKP>---.thg r atherlanad not only^^ wiMU^g&t,, as I foreshadowed here two. years ago, "but also with bread^rftfsl; ever, omit to emphasise^hat theso fine yields of my farming are to a.cojipirlerable extent due^ 6ffe r:W«|lM' raa. tonal which I g^^iToirj''Tr f ef ? yon'T^ochoch. of Petkus'i^i'-'AS^tl ah'Mts-ancj" potatoes, which I,;^oftht^ «p', .i s remarkable: haryeSt Wr M^W'MyWo^v JoO.:ceiitners'per morgen. 'I ■airi.Wfhei'' ymri and' prQiidCQif httvjiSf^uocfeArßd-h'n mtrofhicinfr Petkuas^e into that nart of West Prussia. It was total.lv 'unknown there. Beca.ii g*v-l~Knew tKn t. I drew tho attention of the farmers of the neiglibourhood idiMW&&>- J,f A'.f.C: .'.. i>: