Show japanese shrewdness an interesting illustration of japanese shrewdness which a connecticut yankee might envy was given in a deal in copper the war caused tin an extraordinary demand for tills this metal and sent the price soaring the coln coin still in common circulation in china is the copper cash about the size of nn an english engllish penny and so small in value avalne that tha t a gold dollar will buy anywhere from 1500 to 2000 of them according to the rate of exchange in my travels in the interior of china I 1 had to have an extra donkey to carry the cash needed for my party the copper cash in the province of shantung alone would weigh nearly tons to buy these cash of the chinese and sell them to the europeans who needed the copper for shells would yield a handsome profit the japanese proceeded to do it the Aran manchuria churla daily news reported that in et a single year the purchases amounted to tons and that the transaction was completed at a profit of yen 1 I 1 OS asla asia magazine |