New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-11-19
NETWORK AND THE CHINESE TRADE.

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: Mr. Moreton Frewen In your issue Of to-day
treats OF subject tho importance 81 which few
Americans understand. but there are some features
OF th. question which he does not apparently I'M
ders,and Having lived the Pacific Coast for over
a third OF a century with peculiar advantages for
studying the Chinese question. and having read
every thing which came in my way, from no source
have | found that the importance to the United
States OF the coming trade with the Orient Is well
understood The ventilation Of the Hawaiian Pu'S-
zion showed tho almost universal lack Of knowledge.
Tho chinese cody has thrown a fog over me 'hure
subject, our nranccrs heard that the coolies IN the
Pacific Coast always selected as large pair or
boots as they coulI buy for the same price a. loi
smaller ones regardless 81 III. and therefore
thought they would make big trade-doliar go
slight knowledge Of the oriental character and a
little common sense would have imp"llei them 10
make n dollar OF the same weight and hneness as
the popular Mexican dollar. With little additional
coln.non sense. Instead Of making dollar which
wa. 10 be used In China "a trade-ioarl to SUIT that
trade telling In Chinese characters the weight ana
n,cpess they made a regular American dollar. and
no, a Chinese character on IT, II they had b"rn
specially smart they wouh have endeavorcd to get
the Chinese Government TO put It's stamp Of value
on r..
China issues no large silver coins. We want that
kind 81 a coin now The city Of New-fork mas
cause To- fear the commercial supremacy Of chi
cago and amount Of ostfich-h'ai hldlHE VIII
change the result There Is no good reason why this
should De- So. IT, however New-York. relying on
nor wonderful ACCOMPLISHMENTS position. her
great population. her "Greater N"w-fork her
enormous wealth ami other present advantages con
tlnues 10 hug herself with the idea that she - I'M
assallable her people will awaken som" day as did
:, touis 70 the unpleasant fact that Chicago has
hocorn. the metropolis Of the United States Moth
Ing viii be more important I'm producing this result
than the trade ~ the Pacific Coast and the coun-
tries Of the Pacific ocean .
Thn trade between the orient and the Pacific
Coast has under unfavorabe conditions, grown
very rapidly. ! saw the first shipt'tnt oil 10" par
Now hundrcIs Of thousands OF barrels year are
shipped and the demand Is rapidly h'r'asihS
china and Japan will solve the wheat problem Tor
the Pacific coast The trade with the orient Is
Increasing rapidly that the last stTtnship "nirh
loads OF freight which she was unable 10 take ana ana
OF It came from east OF hicago. II you 'u VIII
glance At the map ana see me ifh'shS, ..s,
of railroads pushing toward thr fachc C@asl
from realizing that a great development must take
place great trade must necessarily grow;
benefit Of the mt trade; Completion OF ra,l.
roads bringing increased facilities ana lower rr1eh'
rates will largely Increase that trade The Burling-
ton road. just opened 10 "A connection WIN ~.
sound to load with shingles Four years ago no
shingles shipped east by ran In loE- ~"
cnrln,ds were shipped. Chicago gets largely the
henent of this trade New-f0rk not a dollar.
though many OF those cars am mo ,he n,n'rS Vl
Ter hut there Is a lumber trade coming, Wheil
conditions are right. which should make New-l prk
rltv tho greatest lumber market in the worlh.
This + the opinion Of wcl-pOsted Eastern men.
II is estimated 10y these men that the ionnaI" "t
lumber alone will nearly pay the interest on the
cost OF construction of the Isthmus Canal. Ihat
o,hrr trade with the Pacific American States and
other countries for which York should. largely
b, M, The completion OF that 'an.ii
would give Ncw-YOrk the trade I'm Chinese goods
nearly half across the Continent. Chicago Is taxing
The trade Of large section of country. not supplied
hv The Pacific Coast. Let Ncw-Iork build the
Isthmus Canal and enlarge her own canals ana she
Will forever control the supremacy. 1. J.. T.
Newark. y. j.. Nov It, 1881.