>The men who buy in the opium at thesemonthly auctions and afterwards dispose of it are a curious crowd ofParsees, Mohammedans, Hindoos and Asiatic Jews. Few British namesappear in the opium trade to-day. British dignity prefers not to stoopbeneath the taking in of profits; it leaves the details of a dirtybusiness to dirty hands.The Opium Monopoly Ellen N. La Motte
