The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-11-13

solves the problem by covering rope with
hlcss, eo-ortng tie leather 10 the proper
hue AID fastening 1t 10 the rims OF the
wheels The missionary, always the pion-
ser OF commerce and the merchants mast
useful advance agent. can now travel Up
asd down the country on his wheel. ana
the slsnf Is SO common fGdt " attracts no
remark
just at present there is reactionary
movement. II China bat the Empress Dow
ager has no more power 70 stem the tide
or progress in the middle Kingdom than had
King Chanuse 10 pause the progress OF tl:s
tiaal breakers. She is mere pebble on lae
oeaca, notwithstanding any impressions OF
asr Own 70 the contrary. Foreign influence
rs TOO muca for her. Take a figure or TWO
ior Illustration In lS0 there was only one
nan III China using foreign machinery. In
such mills, ard. scattered all over the en-
pre-. tai chimney stacks loom on the hori-
zon- Iron mills, paper mills cotton mills.
all sorts OF mills, are being created In
IsSV not steam vessel of any descri pti0n
was allowed 70 run II any waters except
al treaty ports. now the rivers are covered
WITH small steamers and steam Launches.
Telegraph lines run through the most anti
foreisn provinces. In iso Il high native
ofIoial in Human Province was Obliged to
fee tor his life, all OF the apparatus and
materla. beng destroyed. Today this prov
ince Is eagerly pushing forward enterprises
OF ali sorts; schools for teaching English
are found io0 miles from the coast: the
e'ecE9lc Asht Is used. bicycles are common,
revfied
1t is urged that commercial museums.
exhibiting samples Of American nanufdc-
lures. ought 10 lie established at Canton,
Shanghai, Tients.n and Hankow. There is
sucn museum already at Caracas Nenez-
uela. wiIn comparatively iittie 10 gain. We
ousht 70 nave newspa per in China, sub
s1dlzed ny American merchants In c0nnec-
tion Win which would be provided COM
ineTclal show rooms and an infornla don
bureau. The advertisements alone would
Fp -.
to-date daliy. with all the latest American
news The paper would give 10 the China
men Information about our goods, and the
people at home would obtain from its
eoiunns the freshest intelligence as 10 the
condition OF the Oriental markets
vi course, II Is very necessary that
american dealers and manufacturers shall
Know exactly what is demanded BY these
markets, and information on the subject is
gwen in much detail by the State Depart
'nent book quoted. II seems that the de-
mand IN CHINA Tor Yankee drilings and
sheetihgs is rapidly growing. The pig
tailed Celestials want American stoves
food sJnffs. small wares and notions. clocks
ana watches. confections. groceries. butter
locks or every kind and hinges and fas-
Jennings FOR doors and windows. They ike
our canned vegetables and fruits and our
condensed milk III tins is to them a posi-
tive dream. Into Shanghai alone there
were imported during the last twelve
month more than 4o.0oo cars of condensed
milk
There IS a market in China for many mil
lions Of bushels of American wheat and
corn annually. The rich Chinese prefer
wheat and wheat flour from the United
states 10 all other brands. Clocks, watches
and lamps from the United States and
likewise our axes are at the top of the
market. Scattered all over the empire, in
Chinese employ, are Yankee engineers.
mining experts. and high-grade steel work
ers Indeed. American influence in all
branches Of business is felt today In China
as 1t never was before. In lS90 China sold
10 the United States 100000 more worth OF
products than she bought from this coun-
try. SIX years later her imports from Amer
lea had trebled. the balance OF trade III
favor Of the United States being half mil
hon gold dollars per annum. From this
statement II VIII appear that we are al
ready getting grip on the trade of China.
And. by the way. a PHILADELPHIA firm has
furnished the locomotives Tor the TEN
Tsin- Pekin Railroad. now in process OF
Already we are sending enormous guam
titles Of -four and kerosine to China The
Chinamen have a way Of retilAng tile
empty American oil cans with WFetched
quality OF stun from Russia or Sumatra
and this does the trade damage 1t Is
recommended by the STATE Department
that the oil producers In this country
should take measures to prevent this
They might establish at Il profit oil dep0ts
in China ~ points suitable for distribution
and e would be good idea to give to each
considerable purchaser a cheap non-oon-
hustible lamp. Many fires are caused In
Chinese cities by defective Iamos II ought
% be mentioned. incidentally. that experts
IN this country do themselves much injury
ny sending low-grade wines and rot gut
whiskey II Cbina. Chinaman knows
what good whiskey IS. and the same re-
mark applies 10 wines
in one respect the United States hnl5s q
unique position IN view OF those Chinese
officers and people who know anything Of
the outside world. More o. less In dread
Of all the European powers, they fear n5th-
- tFflIr - ~,
and peaceful. and nothing We have dome
eXcites suspicion in the Chinese mind. we
are regarded as friends and, in So far as
that Is concerned what we have 10 OFFER
Will he welcomed. But as to commercial
methods In the Orient. American mer.
chants have a good deal 10 learn. For one
thing. they ought 10 send agents with sam
pies ana not mere illustrated lists If goods
and prices.
All over the immense oceanic AREA CALEB
Polynesia there are markets for American
goods. 1t is not = pGestro merely OF the
Philippines, hat Of hundred other srrouns
Of islands. Samoa is promising field, ana
50 likewise X FIJI Tho trade Of Fiji to-
day is second in the Pacific on}v to that
Of the Hawaiian Islands. Immense uuantf-
ties of kerosene are used in Polynesia. ana
all or Il comes from this country. other
articles imported largely from the United
States into the scattered lands of Oceanica
are -four canned and dried fruits canned
fish. Holsters and oysters American tex
tie fairies. on the other hand. are pracu-
"
There Is q great American opporturitv IN
siam, which Is much bigger country than
most folks realize. larger than Janan 1,
= the third INDEPENDENT kingdom Of Asia
having 500 Wo Inhabitants with an area
about equal To that OF Texas The CITY
Of BANGKOK has a population OF GO so1
However. the market IS peculiar demand
ing cheap thi4es without much regard for
quality. Clothing must he II brigh: coll
ors and novelties Of any kind are sa'aab}a
Flour. canned goods watches cocks. sew
ing machines and electrical machinery are
ALREADY largely imported from America
one scegestion1 offered is that one or
more vessels might b. equipped as floating
expeditions ard sent IN visit various y1rfs
in China and elsep bare in tba orient if,
order 70 show the natives samples 0s the
various manufactures - The United States
This would zee 4 convenient ami Gonna "a
lively cheap method 80 bringing Americas
products before tN~ expected consumers.
Every available scheme ro}ntinc - fnss
erd iz vel worth considering frasrst,.h as
THIS country Is a. he no longer q "hegm.s
nation" bit has definitely decl I'D. apoa AZ
entrance iGto rivalry 8}th Europsan pow-
e~s fer tla tra3e OF TIE worlds, Louis
C5lcr.e-I Democrat.