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with occasional mention of the u hong "or firm by or for whom the 

 merchandise was specially made and imported. 



At the Industrial and Cotton Centennial Exposition of New Orleans, 

 in 1885, were exhibited, through the attention of the Department of 

 State, samples of cotton drill, of which large quantities, bearing as the 

 brand or trade-mark the Dragon of China, and the words "Pure and 

 Best American Cotton," with the name of a German firm, found in the 

 Directory of Manchester, England, where the goods were manufactured 

 for the Chinese market, where I found the goods on sale, and more re- 

 cently, as you are aware, I obtained from the Canton authorities a proc- 

 lamation for the vindication of a highly reputable trade-mark of an 

 American firm, fraudulent imitations of whose labels were used in sell- 

 ing an inferior article of food in the Chinese market. Such matters 

 need attention. 



By concert of action, in promoting their interests in these distant 

 markets, the American manufacturers and merchants would achieve 

 many benefits. 



I see no means that would be so effective in guarding and furthering 

 commercial, manufacturing, and industrial interests of the United 

 States, by supplying Asiatic markets with American productions, as 

 the adoption of a vigorous system of exploration and supply, by an 

 efficient corps of well-equipped American salesmen, backed by strong 

 and enterprising merchants and manufacturers in the United States. 



CHARLES SEYMOUR, 



Consul. 



UNITED STATES CONSULATE, 



Canton, August 7, 1889. 



SHANGHAI. 



REPORT BY CONSUL-GENERAL KENNEDY. 



In making reports on the trade of Shanghai, which I have done as 

 often as the arduous and varied duties of the office has permitted, I 

 have from time to time furnished the Department with all the informa- 

 tion I have been able to obtain on this the most important branch of 

 our trade. I can not obtain such information as will enable me to give 

 a technical report on the numerous phases of this intricate business. 

 The merchants here meet the sharpest of competition, and naturally 

 will not disclose their own secrets. 



In answer to point 1, I beg to refer to inclosure No. 1, which shows 

 the import of cotton goods from foreign countries for 1887 and 1888, 

 and inclosure No. 2, showing the import and stocks for the first half 

 year of 1889. In answer to points 2 and 5 I refer to inclosure No. 3, 



