Show FOREIGN WARES iN CHINA if Increasing Demand There for the v V.- V. VV V f Products of th the West The The Chinese Chinese peasant is no longer f fi content te to burn bean ljean oil he wants kerosene In scores of humble Laos Laos' vs i J I saw saw American American- lamps amps costing t 20 rupees rupees ees apiece e and a magistrate e proudly showed showed- e m mea a collection of 19 r. r x y o of t these ese shining shinin articles ar S. S V i I tarr- tarr The narrow streets narroW streets of Canton are are are- iU t with German and Amerl American T cha p s and ind myriads of private t pr private private- y t T j houses houses' throughout the the- empire are are 4 by foreign lamps 7 rv T The i desire sir o of th the Asiatic to to to- poss possess sL x- x fo for Ign lamps is equalled only by his P passion passion- or foreign clocks The di de- de i r. r mend mahd for tor clocks Is insatiable I I 1 count count- count count- ed 27 in inthe Ith private te apartments of the the- r- r emperor of bf China and my wife 19 hi in V h the the- bedroom of th the empress dowager r while che cheaper per ones tick to the delf delighted delight delight- t 7 ed wonder wonder of Qi myriads of humbler r- r pe peo opie o pie Century en y n |