Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-11-09

days ago with missionary who had just
returned after six years stay in China
returned just in time to save his head. by
the way He told me that It would not be
possible for one who had not seen them to
realize the progress that the Chinese had
made in the last six years in manufacture
ing"
After Our Foreign Trade.
''Will not their conservatism keep out
foreign machinery" asked.
For little time longer, perhaps" said
the Senator. But the war with Japan is
going to make great awakening in China.
This missionary tells me that the present
Chinese dynasty is doomed. The people see
that it has deceived them, and it is totter
ing to its fall. With the Inauguration Of a
are a people of fine business ability. Not
the river Chinese whom we know, but the
Chinese of the interior. This missionary,
who had been to the interior. told me that
they were fine, well developed race, with
splendid business talents. In fact, he says
that the most successful business enter
prises in Japan have Chinese at their head.
Machine shops in Monterrey and other
places in Mexico have taken away from
Denver the trade in mining machinery which
we had with Mexico for so long time.
There is where the rate of exchange
hurt our business The Mexican, when
buying his machinery, could not believe.
after the decline of silver. that he was pay
ing the same price as before for what he
pay two Mexican dollars where he had paid
one before. To his mind, 1T was as though
we had doubled the price of the goods. He
would not pay the advance and now he Is
featuring is being introduced into Me Sico
very rapidly At present you will find 10th
ing in the houses of the weather. people
that was not manufactured abroad-most
Of their trade is with Germany and Eng
land. But within few years all this will
be changed.
Mexico is now manufacturing all her
own cotton goods. and she Is manufactur-
ing furniture and other things for home
consumption. l was in one of her cotton
mills 1t Is the most complete. If not the
largest mill in Mexico. All of the work is
done right there. beginning with the manu-
facture of the patterns.
Driven Out of the Market.
$50 it will be with the Asiatic, in time.
Japan even now is manufacturing and ship
ping to this country rug which could not
be manufactured here for anything like the
retail price. and the importers are making
very large profit on it. 1t Is not high
grade rug. 1t will not wear very well. per-
haps, but 1t is cheap rug, and it looks
well.
japanese silks are coming into this coun-
try in large quantities. Just now they have
to be sent to France and Germany to be
finished. But how long will it be before
the Japanese can put this finish on for
themselves? There never was a thing which
the Chinese or Japanese saw some one else
do that they could not do for themselves.
We will have the Japanese driving our silk
product out of the market before long.
"And the competition of the Asiatic people
is some thing we are not prepared to meet.
The burdens of civilization rest lightly on
them. Their taxes are small. Why, the
entire debt of China before the recent war
was not more than the debr of the city of
New York. AS to Japan, the debt of that
country is not more than s. per capita and
:, al n hnt iC hnld in
tia debt of the United States is not less than
So. Both nations live more cheaply than
ours. and if they ever come into serious COM
petition with US, l am really afraid for the
future of American industries
Moneyed People of the East.
I asked the Senator to tell me who he
thought would be the nominee Of the repub-
lican party next year.
II have an idea,' he said, that it will be
a man who has not been dscussed-some
outsider, on whom the moneyed people of
the east will agree and for whom they will
raise the necessary funds to get the nomi-
nation and carry on the campaign. I sup
pose you know how Cleveland and Harrison
were nominated"
/ pleaded guilty to attendance on both the
national conventions in 1892 as well as in
1883. And I suggested that both Of them
were nominated by votes of the delegates.
They were both nominated by money
raised in New York." said the Senator.
1.-The night before Harrison was nominated
supporter of Mr.. Harrison was going
around Minneapolis trying to cash a draft
for $4,000 which some one had given him.
do not know what he wanted to do with
the money at that time of night, but it was
generally suggested that it was to hold some
wavering supporters in line Both Cleve-
land and Harrison were nominated through
the influence of the rich people of the east.
The next candidate, l believe, will be nomi-
mated in the same way. The populists GER
tainly cannot elect. With the showing they
have made in this administration l think
the democrats don't stand any chance at
ALL"
Would Senator Allison be acceptable to
the silver people of Colorado"
He would be more acceptable than some
of the other candidates, but even he would
not be acceptable. Colorado wants a can
didate who is in favor of silver Squarely and
openly. No other candidate will be accepta-
Bile to the people of Colorado. These gen.
tlemen, who are keeping their own counsel
on the subject, would better speak out, be-
cause we will assume that the man who is
not for US is against us. We want a silver
candidate, and from present appearances /
fear We will not get one from either party.
1T is certain the cleo toral vote of Colorado
will not be given to gold man in 1896 even
if it is certain that he is to be elected
GEORGE GRANTHAM Balm