The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-11-23
STUDENT OF TRADE
j. G. PANGBoRN GIVES HIS VIEWS
ON THE ORIENTAL
PROBLEMS
POSSIBILITIES ARE GREAT

eral Subject of Railroads With n
Man Who Has Travelled on Them
All Except Those of Central
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Cars, He
Says, Are Finest in the World.
A tray e'er who las male the circuit
of the globe several times and has
journeyed over every railway in every
country except tl.ose Of Central and
South America, and has studied the
commercial conditions of every civil
lzed nation, is stopping at the Ryan.
He is j. G.. Pangborn, formerly con-
nected with the Field Museum in Chi
cago, as an investigator of transporta-
ton facilities, and now engaged in the
further pursuit Of that interesting sub
Ject on his own account Mr.. Pang-
born has decided views on Oriental
trade problems and the part the Unit
ed States should play in the develop
ment of the East, and he was not at
all backward In expressing them to a
reporter for The G | b last evening
There is wonderful field for Amer
lean enterprise in China, Japan, Siam
and the Philippines" said Mr.. Pang-
born. mo one who has not visited
those countries can imagine the posi-
bilities which lie there, China is DOM
mated by Russia but Russia cannot
supply the commercial needs of China.
England would like to do So but Rus
STA will not allow her to do it if it
can be prevented. Consequently it is
for the United States to capture that
enormous trade. We can do It, be-
cause Russia is friendly to this coun-
try and will welcome us. Russian in
f1uence in China is now paramount,
and While other nations may try to
control the political and commercial
situation they cannot do It, The coast
line Of China and Siberia are con-
tiguous and present enormous obstacles
to any country that would conquer
either. Russia may be weak in ships,
but she is strong in military forces,
and in case of a struggle for suprem-
acy in China she could pour immense
armies into China and hold the land
while other nations could only bonn
bard the Seaports. A struggle there
would be
FUTILE FOR ANY COUNTRY
but Russia, therefore it is Russia with
whom we would have to deal in con-
sidering trade relations with China.
Russia has now railroad running
through Manchuria to Port Arthur. 1t
is an important line and is bound to
work a revolution in Chinese COM
merce, but it is Russia's intention next
to build railway through the center
of China~to connect with a line in
Afshanistan running northwest to ST.
Petersburg. 1t will be but a short
time before Europe will be connected
by rail with Pekin. 1t is absurd that
cargoeS have to be carried from
Europe by way of the Mediterranean
and the Suez and around India to the
Chinese coast.
Il have travelled everywhere in
China where foreigners can so and I
found the Chinese as a people much
more intelligent than the Japanese.
The Chinese are only allowed to
breathe by their government, which is
a syndicate of bleeders. Some day the
government will be changed and the
Chinese Will be allowed to live like
human beings. 1t is astonishing how,
even under the extraordinary restric-
tions placed around the Chinese by
their rulers, they have advanced in
manufacturing and agriculture within
the past few years. Give them an OPP
portunity and they will astonish the
world
Japan is a wonderful country ard
1t is rapidly developing in every way.
We know more about Japan than about
other Eastern lands and are familiar
with it's recent rise IN the scale of civil
ization and commerce. Siam presents
a field for development that ~ not to
be despised, but greater than all for
this country at present are the Philip
pines. The possession of the Philip
pines will give this nation a foOthold
which will result in our securing the
respect of the adjacent continent The
Asiatic people have heard of the Unit
ed States, but they have had an idea
that we were only a small and insig-
nif1cant nation. Now they will be
brought face to face
WITH THE AMERICAN FLAG
and will learn to understand it.
ut will mean to them that at their
threshold there is a nation powerful as
any on earth and they will want to
come in contact with us. 1t is Ike
dry goods dealer in a small town, who
warts to do business with large house
with a reputation. He sees the branch
corcern and knows what it stands for
and he will trade with 1T.
THE wealth of the Philippines is IS
yet cCnjectural No one has investi-
gated it thoroughly, but 1T is certain
the islands are our prize. The Spanish
merely scratched the surface and the
natives have been afraid to develop
the mineral resources OF the archipela-
go. because they knew that If they
proved the islands to be rich in ores
they would be taNed by the Spanish
beyond all reason. The climate is won
derful and the soil is so rich that one
may almost see the vegetation grow.
II have found Only one man in this
country who fully appreciates the OPP
portJnity which the United States have
in the Orient, and that man is James
]. Hill. He is the most remarkable
ran in the scope Of his knowledge Of
Eastern affairs. I have been in that
Fart of the world several years, and
thought l knew everything that was
to be known regarding politics and
commerce there but Mr.. Hill astOnish-
ed me by his intimacy with those sub
jects He understands what this coun-
try should do TO control the trade in
that section OF the world, and will be
Instrumental in bringing the attention
OF his countrymen to it.
CANADIAN PACIFIC ACTIVE.
"Eut, Americans must not lag. The
United States should make haste to
control the steamship lines from this |
coast to Asia. The Canadian Pacific |
railway is at present putting forth !
every effort to secure that commerce. !
It controls the Empress steamship line
and it has agents in every Asiatic port !
who advertise the Canadian Pacific !
railway and its connections. The re-
suit Of this activity is that the Cana |
dian Pacific is the only American rail- !
way that is known in Asia l have |
been asked by persons there If there I
were no railways in the United States |
The United States lines can very easily |
remove the impression that there are |
no roads in this country, by expanding |