TEXTILES IN CHINA.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1273, 25 June 1886, Page 2

TEXTILES IN CHINA.

A correspondent of cur Germai contemporary “ Export, ’ writing from China, s iya .-There is a large ana profitable market in China for wcolleu goods', especially suitable for European manufactures from the fait that these textiles are not subject to the fluctuations oi fashion prevailing in other countries. The conservative spirit of the Chinese attaches itself to particular q ‘antics, patterns, and colours. If once their tas els hit off many years may elapse before a change is introduced, and then it will only be made The articles chiefly in cieo and are tinghsa camlets, lustres, Orleans, pastings, long eils, Spanish stripes, Russia < cl.itu an>< blanker, and medium and broad cloth.f A Ith', ugh the total value of the imports o„ these materials has f-il eu during the laso fe.v years the quant!y imported roma.-m as large as o\er. the trade in cloth i suffring at present from severe compel! tiun. "rim excessive imports lead to re duebons in prices, so that even in the beat wodlens tiiere is li t o profit. The imyora consist ebb-fly of the ordinary qualities Germany, especial y Biles a, is c 'mpotiag successfully with E‘ dish cloth. Her aucce s is _ chiefly to be attributed to tha cica with whieu the German manufacturer studies the minutest details and requirements in connection with Chinese orders. Unless this bo done it t« impossitda to fiad a market there. Besides requiring correct measurements, the are especially particular about uniformity of colour, tasteful get-up, and careful packing. A p oce of medium cloth should always be 27 yards long and 72 inches wide ; Kustivn cloth —tnat is, an importation of club formerly made in Russia—is in pieces 19)? yards long and 72 inches wide ; oru>vi clo”h, from 25 to 27 yards long, 74 in hes nroad ; union cicvh (wool and c ut* n mix d), from 25 to 23 yards !on,q 72 inches broad ; camlets, 50 yards long and 31 inches broad ; long ei ! a, 24 yards long, 31 inches broad ; (■•stings, 30 yards long, 31 incite t broad ; flmneh, 43 yirda long, 33 inches broad ; blankets, 90 by 74 inches, and t:8 by 72 inches, wicii an average weight of II lbs. Eighty per cent, of the the cloth imported is dark blue Next in p ipular favor comas black enii’a, scarlet, red, ashy-grey, and lavender. Tne Chinese are wonderfully particuar in insisting upon proper shades as per sample. Ordinary qualities of medium cloth are generally packed in [ assortments as follows :—lf five cases are ■ forwarded 42 pieces will be dark bine, G black, 6 enzian, and 6 green ; Russian cloth would consist of 35 dark blue pieces, 5 black, 5 enzian, and 5 scarlet. Each piece must be covered over with brown hollaed or calico, upon which should be affixed the trade mark in gold or gaily-tinted characters. The cloth is then packed in halos of six pieces each, and in lip-lined cases, each case containing two bales. China has given up manufacture of textiles entirely. Binca the Viceroy, Tso tsung-tang, was removeu from the province of Kan-su to Pekin the cloth factory at Lan-tschau-fu on the Uoang-ho has been idle. It was a large concern, built aud operated by German | managers and Chinese workmen