Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-10-21
AMERICAN TRADE IN THE FAR
EAST.

"But. Mr.. Secretary. do you think
that there ~ chance Tor any trade
90 speak N between the United States
and the phllippnes2 Asia, Il seems TO
me. IL very far away"
Chance for trader said the sccrcta-
~ with an exclamation point In his
face; II should say there is a chance
Tor trade. The day viii coon come
when our Pacific States VIII fatten on
Asia. They are beginning 60 do 20
now. Ten yCnre ago they were ship
ping just about 100000 600 worth of
gooie year. In 1891 they shipped fi2,-
900 600 worth. and last year the cNports
jumped up 10 $4,000 900"
The exports will soon be 500 OO0. 900.
and the day may come when our mar
kets IN the far east viii be as great MS
our market IN Europe. The Gar east is
the thickly populated part 81 the globe.
one third OF the human race lives IN
China. The western Pacific n peppcrcd
with populOuH islands Java alone has
2AOl0ool people, onc-third aH many az
We have 100 OH the United States. and
india runs up somewhere into % QUAR-
ter OF billion. You know Colonel Sell
lers said. when speaking of HE eye
water There ure i've hundred million
Chinese and every one VI them has sore
eyes" This was faCetloua, Of course,
but IN reality every one % that vast
population ~ possible customer Tor
American goods. The people dress chinf-
be produced morn chcaply or better than
In the United States. They want cheap
and good food. We can raise u 10 bet.
ter advantage almost than any other
nation. We take millions OF dollars
worth OF their products every year and
the chances for profitable exchanges
are enormous beyond conception. A.
soon as we have faster ships ana closer
connections the trade VIII grow ana We
will get our share OF the enormous hual.
ness which today chiefly belongs to
Europe"
WHAT WE SHIP TO ASIA.
al present our trade amounts 70
very little. Mr.. Secretary. does It notT'
ut IL FAR more important than you
think" was the reply. Il was out IN
the State ~ Washington Few weeks
ago. and while nt olympia | saw "a ship
about 10 start out Tor Japan aud China.
I had curiosity 10 see what ~ cargo
was and went on board The captain
took me over the vessel and ! was
amazed az the variety ~ American
goods There were railroad ties from
the Pacific coast which were 60 be- used
10 build a railroad in China. There were
hundreds OF barrels OF flour billed Tor
Shanghai, and about one thousand bar
rola ut beer from MILWAUKEE, lheft
were corn beef and other meat products
from Chicago. sugar machinery from
Philadelphia. steel ANA Iron goods from
Alabama and bales NJ cotton cloth from
North Carolina. In The cargo were
twelve hundred tons 0i tobacco from
Virginia and Kentucky Tor Japan. as
well az many boxes " clEarcttca from
our southern states There were cases
of bicycles and notions from New Eng
land. and altogether 5000 tons ~ differ
ent kinds OF American goods, This was
only one ship load. and the ships are
going every week or 20 from each of tho
different ports OF the United States and
from Vancouver"
THE COAL or THE PHILIPPINES.
speaking Of our trade on the Pacific,
the Philippines will become important
az soon nH conditions are settled. on nc
count Of their enormous coal areas, i