Correspondence and reports in connection with the milk market in China in 1920 :
- Letter dated July 30, 1920, from Acting Commercial Attache, Peking, to Director of Bureau, Washington, D.C., on the subject of "Milk in China" - fowarding information received from a representative of the Nestle company in Peking, regarding the limited production of milk in China (except in Shantung and in the vicinity of large cities), its use in Mongolia and by Mohammedans in various places; the growing use of canned milk among the upper and middle class and to a very limited extent among the coolies, as a food for children and or pregnant women, the wide variations in price, the various brands and products sold by Nestle in China (Gail Borden "Eagle" Brand of condensed milk, Milkmaid Brand, St. Charles Brand of Evaporated Cream, Milkmaid Brand of Evaporated Cream, Nestles' food) and their respective prices, as well as competitive products (Libbey's condensed milk, and to a limited extent, "Bear Brand" and "Carnation"), and explaining Nestle en Libbey's relative advantages by their methods of distribution, which are considered to be worth investigating, and finally regretting the lack of similarly accurate information from the Shanghai Office - 1p
- Trade Notes - Market for Canned Milk in China - consists of a brief comment on Acting Commercial Attache information regarding the increased consumption of canned milk and the varying price - 1p
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