Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-06-30
United States Minister Writes 10 The
Chamber OF Commerce.
URGES CLOSER TRADE RELATIONS
Between this Country aud The Foreign
Lands bordering on the Pnc f.,
Showing lis Advantages.

aA plCitshi1 VI NUn llttCtl
Salt Lake City, Utah, u. 3. a.,
bir-I have the honor to call your
estet med and Particular attention 10
ceftain SUGGESTIONS and observations
herein briefly SET lortn in REGARD to
tue development of closer trade rela.
tons hetw ecu tue Pacific coas, OF the
| United states and foreign lands bli-
uefins Oh the Pacific ocean, especial
| ~ the untries OF the Far East or
Asian Pc fl.
| In otuet words l desire to empha size
tue extent and value OF the opporluni-
| ~ In theee sections named for the
advancement Of American interests
ami the necessity OF improving II
without iuriher decay or before 1t IL
| too late.
On other occasions In spocial reports
and lettera, In Ufflcisl reports anu Ut
,icies written by request In various
publications, l have etriven to Impress
upon the people not only OF the Pact
fic asst but OF the United States us a
whole the critical situation Of the
American trade In Pacific Countries;
AMI the status OF affairs at tho opening
Of 1897 bears out all said aud pr
phesied In 1895 anu 1896. would
not appear .s claiming any special
merit for my own personal service;
have done only what IL the duty Of
every American, whether he 10 a
| government officer or not, VINO set a
constantly before his eyes splendi !
opportunities for the pfomoucn vi
American commerce ana prestige
last slipping away because they were
not ssizsu In time.
Tnese PREDATORY remarks permit me
to make general statements: The
prosperity Gf the Pacific c0ast can be
UNNECESSARILY enhanotd by vigOstu
development OF commercial tx.
change with Pacific counlrit.;
tnat development will b. Tor.
ever checked, hampered and
handle Ipped by the tremendous In.
tusuce and hold OF European coun-
tries unless a general and persistent
effort Is made to get fair share OF the
growing trade, and place the Pao fic
c Just In position ~ largely control
the market OF the Pacific ocean; that
In the com purativ.ly, near future the
| Pac nc Will be the scene OF events and
the shores bathed by its waters will
witness material ami moral progress
that will ast0nish the world and
l tho hOhVtt WIN thC ntINuNlC
and its lands.
Everywhere one travels In the far
East the spltit OF activity prevails
The atmosphere 10 charged WITH COM
mercinl anu political explosives. Were
he movement a headlong one II
might be termed o "boom,o bat theis
is so much downright earnestness anu
Iclear.headed, logged persistence in the
/ fnnvnnant thQt IA llu d p.
min1ed that the far East 10 on the eve
OF a development that Will surptis-
and may excite the awe and admir- I.
don OF the word. China m ).
be slow to move, but when
| che doss move, Thea look GU
| tho rumbling can already be- heard
| presaging "a new lie; when tho roar OF
| actual revolution Reaches our care, 1t
| will be des ening. Japan is showing
| that she has only begun her achieve.
men,s as a fret class power. Already
| the number OF steamers 10 the Pacific
flying the rising sun flag exceed tnoss
| flying the Stars anu Stripee. This
may be a humillatih fact but 1t Ia
true. The Nippon Yusen Kaisha,
Japan's Iusiy giant OF navigation, Ia
| one OF the largest steamship com.
| panies ia the word anu has more cap.
| ital invested in b toms than any two
| companies OF the same kind in the
United states. The president OF this
company, who 10 conceted by Eur, :
| pesn experts 10 be Que OF the leadiug
authorities OF the day on the IL flu
| en- e OF merchant marine, calmly in.
form ID me that II was one Of the IL
tentioDs of his company to gain
| and hold the first place OF all com.
panies whose steamers ply ON
the Pacific. II any persoD, skeI
tical in regard to my assertions,
would travel through Japan, visiting
Yokohama, Toxic, Niiagals, KiotO,
Osaka aid KOBE; run up to Viadivo
Stock and see the pros pee Q Of eastern
Siberia, possibly taSinA atrip up the
river AmooI; go to Chemulpo ant
Seone IN kores; thence through New.
chwang, coming down to Ten IsIr
Pekin anu Chei0o; the proceed south
to Shanghai, the mighty emporium o
China, with side trip up to Hat
low, the mistress OF the va gtsl
Kiang; come down through F0ocnow
anu Annoy to populous Canton, ant
Honpkni x, Englsnd's GibrsllaII NTH,
Pacific; men nnalIy round up will
Manila, Saigon, Bangkok, 5lngapor,
and BatRvis,-if, | say, this skeptica
party would make this journey, Ia
would, i am absolutely positive, agre,
with me that no other portion OF u,
world, and that no other line OF citiei
are showing greater commercial &c
tiviiy, business prosperity and poten
tiai resources, all Indicating that tn
ASIAN Pacfo is fast becoming a vita
In fiuence In the worll's material an,
moral development.
When, moreover, 1t Is understood
that these cities are the BntrepOts o
Ave hundred millions OF human be
ings and OF q commerce amounting L
one billion OF dollars per anlum, II
naming J0ubls about the importanc
| OF the lar East may be dispelleJ. Sill
will call attention to the lact ina
more steamsnipe entered tue port O
Bangkok In 1885 than the port OF Por'
lane; that there are more steam
launches and email liver craft on til
river Menam In Siam, than on al
Puget Sound; that more STEAMSHIP .
entered tue port of Shanghai IN lS9
tbAu in all the Paciiic coast ports 10
gethei; tlat more vessels entered an
oiesieu at Hengkong In one mont
than at San Francitco IN Jour month";
that more steamers were anchored Il
either the harb0r Oi kobe or Yok.
mama 10 ak months Than in that {
BAR Francisco Ia Que yenil
With these observations on the gen
eIal situation, l shalI leave mOT
spec flc statements ss TO the ways {
promoting the commercial relations {
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