Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 140, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 June 1919 — Macaroni Reigns Even In China. [ARTICLE]

Macaroni Reigns Even In China.

The succulent Italic paste spreads far and wide. We learn from jfie United States commerce reports: The manufacture of vermicelli and macaroni in China is an enormous Industry and is carried on almost entirely by hand. Wheat, beans and rice are the principal flour used. At Chefoo the industry assumes greater propor-tiona-than anywhere else in China, and there the vermicelli is principally a green bean produet. Vermicelli Is eaten throughout all sections of the country. China exports annually about 15.000 tons of vermicelli <rf «U sorts. ~ ,