You are looking up one of the main business streets of Shanghai, the chief seaport of China. Those interesting signs hanging in front of the bazaars, or stores, tell what they storekeeper's name is and his business or what he has for sale. The first sign marks a fruit store, the next tells that that building is a bank, the next is a jewelery store and the fourth is a dry goods and clothing store. What would you expect to find for sale in the other shops? In front of one of the stores you see a "Chinese Taxi" waiting for passengers. Notice the clothing of the Chinese people. You do not see any woolen clothing, for sheep are not raised in China and wollen clothes are almost unknown. Howeer, the winters are severe and in order to be warmly dressed the Chinese people make their outer garments of several layers of cotton or silk cloth with

padding between. These layers are sewn, or quilted together. Shanghai is located at the mouth of the Yangtze River and is a very important port because there are no good harbors in China north of this city. That means that the entire sea trade of northern and central China must pass through this port. Ocean-going steamers can go nearly 700 miles up they Yangtze and smaller boats carry freight and passengers 300 miles farther up the river. The man standing right in front of you with the magazine in his hand does not look like a native of China and is not dressed as the Chinese are. Where is his home? What products from northern and central China are shipped down the Yangtze to this port? Are any of the products shipped to this country?