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Show Where We May Be Hit . ! AN INTERESTING bulletin fnm the Nati'n;il Geographic society reveals how the Sinn. Japanese embrnglio if long continued will adversely ad-versely affect the United States in its many and . varied exports from China It al.o lists items which msny individuals may never have suspected sus-pected we annually buy from the Chmeoe, nor their importance in our foreign trade with the orient. China, says the bulletin, is the chief source of tungsten which furnishes the filsments for light globes. Many newspapers are printed with types alloyed with Chinese antimony. Much American furniture is finished with quick-drying varnish containing Chinese tung oil. Many fine carpets are woven of Chinese wool. Much American-made soap contains Chinese sesame oil. Toothbrushes in this market contain Chinese bristle. Blankets of short staple Chinese cotton and pillows stuffed with down from Chinese duck are almost staple in the United States. "At breakfast you find that the conflict In China haa invaded your kitchen." says the bulletin. bulle-tin. Tea from China is no surprise, but the bread for your toast may have been made with egga either frozen or dried in Shanghai. Sausage for breakfast may have come in casings shipped by the barrelful from Chinese port." Then it list candied ginger, walnut, of which Chin supplies bout half of the United States' Imports; oil of cassia and licorice, used as flavoring; cassia, ground Into (pice and used under the name of "Chinese cinnamon"; cayenne pepper, mustard seed, anise seed, and edible oil used for salads, cooking, in making butter substitutes. China is the second most important source of peanut oil imported into the United State. Most important Item i the egg, a major money crop worth almost two million dollars annually. There are more chicken in China than there are Chinese. Egg yolk and egg white re dried or frozen separately. In addition to the use made of them in American bakeries and confectioneries, the former ia employed in tanning tan-ning leather and the latter in dyeing cotton cloth, thickening ink, surfacing paper and making photographic pho-tographic plate. China annually collect the second largest bill from United State importer for several million mil-lion weasel, lamb, kid, kolinakl and sheep skins. The Chinese dog, 88,000 of them, in one year gave their thick dark coat to keep American warm. Soft kid and goat skins are Imported for dainty Upper and fin gloves. Brittle of the lowly north Chin hog are used here in brushes for every purpose hair and nail, shaving and paint. China leads in furnishing feathers for bedding. ' We buy musk for perfumes, and human hair to the extent of almost two million pounds annually, an-nually, Chinese women make filet and Irish lace and embroidery and microscopic cross-ttitch cross-ttitch work for export to America. Their embroidery em-broidery or applique dresses up linen and durable dur-able grass cloth into towels, doilies, luncheon cloth and tiny napkin for the United State. Million of their handkerchief are imported from couth China in tingle year. Such importation impor-tation from China reach a value of six million mil-lion dollars a year. From China come most of that vital alloy, tungsten, to harden metal into surgicsl instrument, instru-ment, magnet, electrical apparatus or cutting tool; antimony, from Hunan province, for the preparation of atorage batteriea, enamels, medicine, medi-cine, India .rubber, pewter, mothproofing and linings of brat. Antimony I important in the manufacture of bullet, shells and shrapnel. China is America' only source of tea seed soil. Chinese crude cottonseed oil and flaxseed furnish fur-nish linseed oil for putty, paint, linoleum, oilcloth oil-cloth and patent leather making. This list may be taken as a tip by the thrifty. As the item become scarcer and scarcer, pricea are bound to go up and up. When they can no . longer be obtained, tome of our industries may close down and create an aggravation in our unemployment situation. The ramification of war are incalculable. |