Jasper County Democrat, Volume 6, Number 21, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 August 1903 — Meaneat Traders In the World. [ARTICLE]

Meaneat Traders In the World.

There is a colony of Syrian merchants in Kingston, the capital of Jamaica, who could give cards and spades even to the bland Chinaman "for ways that are dark and tricks that are vain." They take one match out of every box they sell until they have enough matches to fill another box and so make an extra cent They shave tiny flakes oft cakes of soap and boll them down to make other cakes. They put a thin layer of molasses on the bottom of the scoop with which they serve rice so that a few grains will stick to the bottom. These are only a few of their thousand tricks to turn a dishonest penny. Without doubt they arc the meanest traders in the world.