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Show Htaplo, but it must lie considerable. At present the Chinese are among our best customers for eotton. Additional proof ol' the desire of the government at Pe-liiu Pe-liiu to advance is found in the fact that negotiations are in progress for the employment em-ployment of an American forestry ex- pert, whose services certainly are sorely-needed. sorely-needed. There are other evidences of a desire upon the part of the Chinese to progress and it is not remarkable that she should turn to the United States for instructors, for this country is the only really disinterested friend to whom the oriental nation can look for help. MAKING PROGRESS. China U trying in many ways to get iu touch with the rest of the world ano in so doing she is constantly making use of American methods and taking American experts into her service. "We note that the Pekin government has recently re-cently employed H. H. Jobson, assistant agronomist of the Texas agricultural experiment ex-periment station, to instruct the Chinese Chi-nese in raising cotton. We do not know how large an area of land in China could be flcvotcd to the growing of this ' |