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Show Egg Industry Open to H Chinese Competition H Washington, Mhy 23. Since, under tho Democratic tariff law, Chlncso aro shipping eggs Into this country to j compete with tho American farmer, great Interest -linn been manifested hi the activity among Chinese egg ship- Tho egg business in China hits tnlcun I on such activity under tho Dcmocratru I tariff law that United States Consuls ! fro making reports on It to tho Unit-1 Unit-1 ed States government. Albert W. Pontius, American Consul at Nanking, ( reports officially that a big egg, factory fac-tory nt Nanking Is about to bo completed com-pleted so as to begin operations this i year. He says that ChlneBo eggs are cither sold In open mnrket or collected collect-ed by Interior agents and dollvered to tho factory or to tho exporter. , Tho Important egg producing dU-trlct dU-trlct of China, he reports comprises tho Yellow River and tho Ynnguo Rlvor Provinces and that tho season ' of groatcst production is from Teu.-u-ary to May. Ho says therco Is a local ary to May. Ho says thoro Is a local which purchases eggs much below tho market price. Ho says this factory fac-tory paid frora eight to ten cents a dozen last October. For local shipping, Mr. Pontius reports re-ports that eggs are packed In bamboo crates with sawdust or straw. Ho says they aro canned nt Nanking and Hankow by a foreign corporation nnd shipped to Europo. Ho says ho Is Informed In-formed thnt all grades of eggs and all kinds of domesticated fowb aro used for this purposo, Rcfrlgorutlon service, ho snys, can bo obtained of China to tho United States. Tho Hankow Han-kow factory mentioned nlovo kcops In opcrntlon through tho year by han-1 han-1 dllng game, poultry, feathers, beans nnd skins. Tho American Consul reports that workmen in these egg factories re- ccivc about ten cents . day, thu JH mnklng.lt clear how tho Chlnoso are H able to ship eggs to Amend and Com pete with American "miners. .aLH |