Tue smash 1¥ Tuna On oF Cutwa avo rs moses:—By Chi Hong.
For those who are interested in following the trend of China's present ending export article, this book will be of considerable interest inasmuch contains under one cover statistics of the Tung Olt trade. dur-Jing the past 25 years; in such a form hose are very useful for reference Purposes, 'The hok also deals with the cultivation, production and' distribution of the' all in China, making. com: parison "with" the "more up-to-date methods now employed in the same Industry which is being fostered the United States. The need for Im-Provement in the producing areas stressed "In order" to. prevent this business being allowed to. follow in the wake of the Silk and 'Tea industries, and various suggestions are ut forward to bring about this ime Provement, In the majority of cases, these suggestions are not nev, some of them having been used in' actual business for some years, whilst others are already under consideration, but regress is retarded in the interior due' to the Chinese formers" objection to: modernization, 'The conclusions, generally speak-Ing, are not well drawn, and' tero Is no doubt that the author's practical experience of the Industry "is very Timited, although he appears to have made a close study of much literature upon the subject. Many. paragraphs have been copied word for word from other books and, in some instances, the original information is Incorrect Had it been prepared in consultation with practical experts, many other Important points would "have been discussed, whilst much, that has been '¢/written might. have been omitted. To deal authoritatively with a highly technical article like Woodoil requires far wider knowledge than can be obtained through reading books— faith' when T aay Accepted by the subconscious mind.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.