A correspondent writes to take exception to the statement that "one of the lending exporters telis us that it is seldom a. ton of feathers goes away from Shanghai," and he proceeds to quote three years" Geures of the exprt of feathers from China, taken from the Cus-tens returns, as follows:—1918 1919 1920 Piculs 35,711 75,137 76,449 The last export quoted, he says, is equivalent to about 5,000 tons: and he rudely suggests tHat "one of the leading exporters" has been pulling the editorial leg. It may be: so. The same informant adds that be-
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