This sad tale of reduction In trade continues throughout. the reports. Tea for example, though the reason given for tea is. that local dealers Dersist in their old habits of eamouaging inferior tea In the packing eases with an upper layer of good Teaves, so that customers are shocked away!
Japan used to send special steamers for two staple products—vegetable all, and charcoal, but not now, alas! T have wondered whether the boy-colt of Japanese goods did not while Tasted infuet greater loss on, the merchants of this area than on their Japanese rivals. Vegetable olls used to export to the tune of $500,000 per year, which is a large sum for Wen-ven tabores are bad, though due apparently tote mois "of who foot this pars they ae said Ifthe good oaave over, 10000 Achermen prea tele ses in fiver, sean and "exalt "each tnnualiy $1,000000 worth of Ra: The heavies! fowl of the year weighed 32 Chinese chang Wile eas teak, fa #200000, Famed from Sid mes for her paper umbrells oe roeres team that not any' the goanity output ut nis the "guy a the"work has been imnishing. fis "with ase mat which sll a Seven Yor si Bing ie soapstone Carvings pau through Wenchow energy, pany Russia, France, and IS' f ch fae arn inde foutshing tridea are the baler essing. Apparently the
atone Meson "ho pling "down ola' shops tha Duiling new one n whlesle Cuantles, of house by howe, bel iret by" stret Wares Remain Lew Ing direct through to the main city street, The influence of the New Lite Movement can be seen in certain hygenie reforms, as for instance the Institution of a City slaughter house near the West Gate, where all cattle and pigs must be taken to be killed under proper inspection.
The book contains a photo showing great popular bonfire of hundreds of old trade measures, which had evidently been proved fraudulent, When every shopkeeper Keeps his own size in measures how can the! customer be sure that he obtains his. correct measure of rice? So irregularity has at, last produced enforced uniformity, since only standardized Government' measures may now be bought and used in trade.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.