Show r Leading Leads Cotton Mill t Magnate of China Dies SHANGHAI Aug AuS' 25 AP AP Chang Chien Chinas China's leading cott cotton cot cot- 4 t ton mill magnate and industrialist 1 dIed today at near nea c J Here nere at the age of 74 Chang Chan g achieved fame tame when he transformed transformed transformed trans trans- formed a a. wretched native village e into the so-called so model city o of f He also was a noted note d scholar but turned his knowledge knowledg e Into Industry and commerce o In 1911 Chang was as offered bu but t declined the post of minister of agriculture agriculture ag aA commerce and Industry In t n President Yuan Kais Kai's cabinet cabine t He is He-is Is also reported to have de declined declined de- de dined the premiership He held awards of the first and the fifth fUth flit h orders of or merit mei-lt and declined additional adds addi citations He played an Im Im- ant role In Chinese American n commercial relations |