The tendency, to which the revelation has given an impetus, for educated Chinese of the younger school to go in for foreign clothing seems to have given the alarm to home indust The first of these to take the matter to heart are the silk merchants, who this eck have held a meeting upon the subject. As a result of this meeting they have passed resolution to the effect that while they have n0 objection to the cating off of queues, they consider that foreiga dress should not be adopted by the Chinese. Their recommendation. which seams to be jaddreased to the country generally, points out that if foreiga dress becomes general it will mean a considerable loss of money to the country.
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