Show ft NEW JERSEY RICKI3HAS Vehicle of Yankee Mnke fins Invaded the Orient with Good Results That characteristic vehicle of the orient the jlnrlklsha Is drawn by a yeJow coolie In Japan a brown Hindu In India a black Zulu In South Africa but look between the shafts of the rlklsha in any of these countries nnd you will probably find the same name Platethat ot a vehicle manufacture In New Jersey The Yankee JlnrlkJphii has Invaded the east and Its Invasion promises to result In a permanent occupation oc-cupation of countries whore cheap la bor would seem to forbid sales ol American goods The Yankee rlklsha manufacturer competes on prices first lie sells vehicles vehi-cles as good as tho native product at as low as 16 mud no higher than 40 American factory methods permit turn Ing them out In huge numbers on the duplicate system He also competes In Quality making jlnrlkfslias with ball bearings bicycle wheels and cushion tires at SO Different types of rlklsha are made for different countries The vehicle Is common In Lagos Ceylon and man other localities each of which has Its preferences In the way of weight height hoods bells lamps colors and cushions The New Jersey factory also supplies the poussepousso iwrt In Madagascar It is a variety of jlnrlkl sha with hood nnd springs Another Is the Korean cab which Is nothing more than nn improvement on the clumsy Chinese wheelbarrow with Its single wheel familiar as a passenger pas-senger vehicle in all Chinese cities The Korean cab has a single wheel fitted with a pneumatic tire and seats one passenger the seat being placed high over the wheel Coolies in front and behind balance and propel It and the vehicle Is capable of Good speed When the Yankee rlklsha was introduced Intro-duced on tho west coast of Africa it was so much lighter than the vehicles previously known that the first Zulu who drew one presently stopped lifted lift-ed the vehicle and Its passenger to his head I and wanted to carry It that wny being easier American wheelbarrows were Introduced about the same time and a contractor who supplied them to his Fantl laborers returning In a few hours found them all being carried car-ried waterjar fashion |