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Show SOAP FOR THE ORIENT. Brisk Demand Said to Have Cprun Up In Southern China. It In told by traveler that the home:-of home:-of the common le of China nrc to wantlt'g tn cleanliness thnt s llusxlai dog would refnse to live: In one oi them. Th peasantry nr said to bo unacquainted entirely with tho bene fits of water except for lrrlsmt lnt and drinking purposes. From the report of the deputy con sul general nt Hongkong It upbears thnt n new order ot things is begli n I iig to Interest tho Chinese. Anion", the Inhabitants of southern Chlnn a brisk demand has ot Into sprunK "1 for Boap. In the yenr 1900 Great Hrl nln sold more than $500,000 worth, nnd In tho nnme ported soap to tho valiv of $22,000 tins been Imported from the United States. Tho European luisl ness hns almost doubled In ti yenr, mid tho Americans nro doing better than over beforo. Tho doputy consul gen eral snyn that tho demand Is n grow tng ono, tho tasto of tho buyers run nlng toward tho highly sconted grade J nnd thORO with nttrnctlvo wrnpplnrs Ho thinks thnt American manufacturers manufactur-ers could do vory well If they went after tho business, putting their prod nets up tn enrtons marked with Chlucso characters. |