Up to December 31 the amount of Canton silk shipped to Shanghai and there. after exported was 80,030 bales. The distribution of the exports this year is of exceptional interest, for of the total of 30,000 odd bales, 13,619 has gone to Europe and only '15,921 to America, Usually the position is entirely dif= ferent, for Ameviea has been in the habit of taking two-thirds of the Canton silk crop against one-third by Europe, ant reason for America's import during the present seasons has been suggested, In com= mon with other representatives of the silk industry in Canton, the Amevicans produced in the district, but ceived Little or no cneour= from the producers, In the it is hinted "that the nufacturers are not bree ko Ube same interest in silk from Canton formerly, Whether future evsats will bear out this view us to be seen, but the position is wotih the serious Consideration of the Chhness engaged in the
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