The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-12-27


ever means reS2 gain &c TIE Seattle Inc
IN tas long Tua- II means tnat Ne are get
ting ready as fast &z car % handle
the large amount Of business which -
coming by thai hae- Il means tnas We are
AsstsaIng tie plans for the SIX Few steam
ers wh4eh we are gotng 70 build fer this
i4ne ia Oraer 20 establish = t9ftn3ghtiy
freight and passenger service c8nmensur-
are with ths demands Of the line. OF
course thus far the services has nos been
adequate. bat Es are making every EFFORT
10 make + 80 as quickly ga possible. You
can easily Eee tnat * e 70 our interest
70 % 50. Meanwhile our friends must ex-
ercise = ftfis f0rbesraBce. Let them be
kind enough 70 remember that although
our field Of operations Nae q large one.
We have sGeGeEly enlarged Il by opening
ave new lines simultaneously, viz: One
20 America. one To Europe. one 10 Bonn
bay, one 70 Australia AMI ore % Formosa-
The establishment ana equipment OF these
new lines means a vast amount Of wcTk.
which We are doing as fast an We can
None Of the nsw lines will fare better than
that 20 Seattle. which = now Tece1Flng
our special attention"
Japan-China Treaty.
A Dispatch to the jill from Peking re-
ports the exchange Of rstlhcaIions OK tas
nsg treaty OK commerce between Japan
reports that the demand made By the
Japanese government ard agreed 20 BY
the Pekinz government IN exchange tor
the rsht OF levy.ag q tax on mannfAc-
tared goods. provides Tor the establish
rsent OF settlements. whieh are TO DC ex-
e.uslyely controlled b. tie Japanese al
thorstses ia Teiutsin. Henkov. Shanghai
and Annoy. The ksnglisn-pr.nted papers
here comment fAxorabiy on the treaty.
Il 4.gtf f.a sarafv aFtkaUt tsf1{ta
TO japanese interests. The Mall says that
the new treaty secures 20 Japan al the
privileges enjoyed sy the most Favored
Western nation having treaty relations
with China. The treaty is more COMPLETE
<han any Of those already existing, mas
much as Il smbodies various provisions
which. in the case OF other countries aIl-
pear nor in their original treaties wlla
China but IN subsequent treaties.
This remark applies 20 trading passports,
ana above all. TO she fnueh-yeyed question
Of ssiCn- After endless complaints from
foresgn merchants ard long negotiations
with the government IN Picking arrange
merits were ultimately concluded gusrsn-
feeing exports ard imports against Do
fnesGsc taxation greater than one-haif OF
the customs dufies In other words. u was
agreed that an article Of foreign produce
or manufacture might be carried from its
port OF arrival 90 any market IN the In
terror OF China on payment of "a tax equal
70 one-half rhs duty LEVIED on II by the
customs, and that an article OF Chinese
produce ard manufacture purchased IN
the interior OF China might be carried 10
q place OF export on payment Of one-half
the duty iaviab'e on Il when leaving
China. These provisions as 10 "eommuta-
ton taxes" appear IN the body Of the new
treaty II e. also worthy Of note that the
japanese negotbators have been careful 20
provide against az obzeur1ty as TO Eae
anration OF the treaty. The vagueness
that aisngures Jzp&n's treaties with FOR
eign powers in t7lis respect was response
be for a situation that all must be anxious
4, avoid IN future The new treaty Is 20
ruu Tor ten years. certain, 81 the end OF
which time either Of the high contracting
parties has the right 20 demand revision;
hut ~ no such demand BE- made. nor re-
vision be efrec;ed. within six months from
the termination OF the ten-Year period.
then the treaty and tariffs are % remain
ta force without alteration for ten years
longer The most noteworthy changes,
however. are embodied r. the eleventh artf-
Gle Hitherto. the nereantlle privileges
secured 20 fare{rners under treaties with
~hlna or rapan have heen personal. rot ma
tional Thus articles Imported or export
ed by the Subjects or citizens OF such and
such powers were Ia receive such and such
treafu,ers the articles heiaR distinguished
~ The nationality % their exporters and
importers. rot NJ tire country from or 20
witch shev were carried. Tho new treaty.
however. provided distinctly that ''the tar
fTs ard tariff rates shar - applicable 20
ell articles wasn Importation into China ny
Tanaaes~ Euhfsrts or from Ianan. Of upon
ernorfaffon from china by Sauanese sub
tests or - lamar" The words cor from
lamar ard 'for % japan indicate the
new departure. Another Innovation "a thai
freNfona % Importation ant expectation :
r~eatfv extended ina srnueh a. The treaty
nrovffes fhas az articles rot expressly
lf~sfs~s ~ prohibited ~ the tariffs and
tarir rules may b. freely imported into
aea exported frozn Cnf~a. A. 81 example
- the WORKING e. thts provision. the casE
81 ~naehfuerv may - f0@farrad. The fsct
that machines end machinery were OMIT
- N fareee~ treaties Furnished 20 ere Csi-
rese y pretext fo~ refusing - allow thctr
srnnort Al limitations ~ thar character
srr nNw fnallv nrmo3rfea 7. e $780, ~
- noted that the +s~ iT rGarautsei - ia
ran ~ este treaty Is tha far}T nav n force
between CAins an9 she Western powers.
s.s7frs 10 change car - made IN that ta~' r
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