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Show CHINA'S Oil. TREE Five years ago the attention of American Ameri-can Importers was called to the value, as an astringent and drier of varnish, for the finer kinds of furniture, of the product of the Chinese wood oil tree. Since then two American firms have established branches at Hankow. China, for the exportation of the oil, and one of them has shipped nearly SOO.noo gallons since last fall. Because Be-cause of the fact that no barrels sre manufactured in the provinces where the oil tree grows, a Hankow firm has Imported Im-ported from New York snooks for 5000 barrels and machinery for setting them up. About a thousand seeds of the ol tree, have been planted In California and i are doing well. Manufacturers' Record. |