. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE JOURNAL (CANADA) 1917 pt. 1. dence ofthe increasing demand for metal beds in the Chinese markets. The returns for eachof the years 1913 and 1914 being double the amount of those for 1912. Those for the WEEKLY BULLETIN 975 year 1915 cannot be considered as having much value after taking into account themany disabilities which attended the trade during that year. The Chinese domestic bed is not a very sanitary affair, and it is to be observedthat many of the better class of native houses are more and more being furnished withforeign beds. An increased demand will also b


. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE JOURNAL (CANADA) 1917 pt. 1. dence ofthe increasing demand for metal beds in the Chinese markets. The returns for eachof the years 1913 and 1914 being double the amount of those for 1912. Those for the WEEKLY BULLETIN 975 year 1915 cannot be considered as having much value after taking into account themany disabilities which attended the trade during that year. The Chinese domestic bed is not a very sanitary affair, and it is to be observedthat many of the better class of native houses are more and more being furnished withforeign beds. An increased demand will also be created in the furnishing of Chinesehotels. In almost every city of importance, new Chinese hotels are being opened; thosehotels are semi-foreign in character, and are mostly furnished with foreign iron demand for beds of this character will not by any means be confined to China,but will be experienced in all the markets of the East, with the possible exception ofJapan where all the people sleep on the extremely clean matting of the


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