Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-12-24

and 100 miles or only about half the sl..
lance rom New York to uavann. while
thur. Shanghai or the Strata settia.
menis " little, II any. farther than from
rev YORK 70 Cuha. The grtal uorts
iasia. while somewhat more ,lrtnnf 40
much nearer TO Manila than to any otner
general Distributing point for me great
thsHce OF mcfchunuiHc WhlVn the co.u.
tries IN question produce. The ValIn
OF the total Imports into China. Japan
Australania anu nriiiah India II almost
which decade nrO were loss than 40
Wp,vs are now more than 4i,Vy,uJs0ll
anu steadily increasing. Those OF China
decade. and now amount 10 nearly
Sa0,VN,oQ0 "A year Those of British Aua.
iralasia are about t@cp.Voo a year. ana
ihusc OF British India and the sifaitr
settlements are SsOOO0,Vyl annually.
These four countries consume large
quantities OF gQods produced ana sold
Idl.Wlgr u cotton goods annually. nut
only siu,pWi,Op worth comes from this
country they use tnO00.V0 worth OF
iron and steel 1l, only si'eo.@o worth
only supply onc-acvcnth Of their leather
Imports. less than onc-fuurth OF thmr
imports OF wood. less tnan one-tcnih ~
! Their machinery Imports. only ono
twelfth Of their chemical and drug linz
/ ports, aud less than onc-hundr,dth OF
their coal imports. II il true that We
/ stunts ana mlnciai oil trade. We uir.
nlsnlng $1,000 out % il,W2ool Of tho
the latter; but OF total import of pro.
/ duets made aud exported bJ the Unite 1
/ states valued ~ s-s,VD.sui, only about
onc-slNth comes from this country.
those figures 81 possible Eastern Trade
from Consul General wildman Oh m,
Of tho projection ~ the United states
as 9 military aud naval power into far
eastern waters. "of forces Of occupa-
done more than conquer country.
| they have made an imprcsalon on Aslniie
| markets that can never be engcui." lie
1895. the stock ~ American goods IN
lionEkonR consisted almost entirely Of
some SAMPLES of cnnned mia. meats
ports were California Hour and kcrp,
gene. To-day cycry tt.nmer and HhiT
from America bring. carGS.s % Amcii
nation ~ Manila. they arc handled bl
| European firms and come before tn,
public IN such Quantities that curlosl,,
ready American houses are cainbiiahini
agencies OF branches nj Iiongknnf
shipment 81 lscoc bales OF upland cotto,
from Texas on IT, way to ilonHknnr
which was purchased by a large Chincsi
frm and laid down there a. choapiy ri
the Introduction ~ cotton hitherto hai
been the American producers have tfiei
| TO place ON the market tho lnwinnd cot
ton, which IL too heavy a staple. beside
| being too expensive, The developmpn
Of the cotton.splnninR Industry In IN,
| colony, the consul general GAYS N ilksi,
TO make a large and profitable mnrks
for American taw cotton. Since Feb
| runry, he says, several brands of Amerl
ran beer and whisky have been nrmll
established. and canned goods are nisl
IN high favor our bicyclrH Gro favor
them are restricted, the demand cal
never be great OF worthy Of serious com
petition. within the last three month
the agent OF an American sewing ma
chine obtained an order for ttli ma
chimes from an English nrui, and ut ~
same time nn order for a lconHidcfnhl
number ~ bicycles. which his cnnpnn
use for the sewing machines Their
VIII be- m Increasing demand for chen
. | sewing machines among tho chimes
| and energetic measures ought 10 be TAX
| "a 10 control the market. The NAlii
g. ~ studying and catering 10 tho chimes
Z the consul general. who gives some hi
r tsrcsting examples ~ methods OF hua
ness In vogue among this class Of pee
. | pie. and he says IN closing that the IN
ncre tfnd" needs careful study b
- American merchants VINO contemplnt
doing business not only In China. bu
/. N the Philippines. NJ IN the latter piaC
p. portant business. but are controlling IL,
p | ioIa
. Enough has boon cited above 10 xiv
4 | an idea ~ the value 10 our trude In IN
= far East ~ having "a focal habitatio
. and name when cmbnrklng In III