________________
Some Mistakes Corrected share. In the first place, the mill owners of this country know nothing - I should say absolutely nothing - of the kind of goods that would have a sale in India. I do not like to make personal remarks, but, a short time ago I had the pleasure of visiting a well-known textile goods firm - I say I had the honor of visiting the store in the city of New York, and the head or the export department showed me samples in textile, lines of thread, especially, and he told me that those things were very good for ladies dresses.
Now if that gentleman had known even a very little about the manners and customs and habits of our people, he would also have known that those goods could not have been sold in India. Such prints are not used in India. In fact, the manufacturers of Great Britain make a specialty in this line, some of them manufacture entirely for India and the surrounding country. That is the very secret of success of the British manufacturer.
Next comes other articles like the fibbers, and they belong to the textile line. Then also we can create a demand in India for the American dried fruit: also for glass; and glassware, for graphite in the raw condition. Still only the great country that produced this mineral and we want it and we can get life from an island only a few hours journey from our country, but in the manufacture of graphite, certainly that ought to be an opening in India. Of course there is always an opening in civilized countries for gunpowder but we advise you not to send it, we do not like it, we do not like the policy that is heralded by gunpowder. There is an opening for the manufacture of leather, of boots and shoes. Also in India, rubber and its manufacture know something about the reasons of that country, and habits of the people. Printers' ink is largely used in India, and as we have so many printing presses, and also lithographic presses, there would be a great demand for it, that is if the manufacturers of American ink would send something
275
Jain Education International
For Personal & Private Use Only
www.jainelibrary.org
