The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-05-07

~Wha4 afe the Americans dotngf why
% not the companies that are interested
"a extending their Oriental trade 90 there
ana So the requirements. and make IN ef-
fort to set on the sround. the same ~
other nations Are doingr' n the problem
that Merits Thomson. psesi1snt Of the Csn-
tsnnial Mn Company. h trying 70 solve.
Nr. Thomsen returned from the Orient on
the steamer Rtojun NaSu this week, after
spending four months In the chief cities
from Port Arthur to Singapore investi-
gAting from the standpoint Of commerce.
Hts conclusions are bAaed on close oheer-
walton. and - he u an ohservant and con-
oervative business man they are therefore
valuable.
In Japan the Americans are the chief
people Of supply, and also send great guam
tides u eoods TO Russia and Siberia: but
the Initiative tactics and enterprise Of the
japanese are rssuitiug In the Dromulga-
tim o< high tariffs and establishment Of
various branches Of manufacture. which
are lesssning the imports and will before
lsug place thas csuntry . long way to-
ward 4 self-suppqrtiax hAsis, This view
= borne out hy recent statlstics Of Jspan's
commerce. which shsw less imports and
more exports With each recurring month.
sALL Tn0A ENGLAND.
On ~ sasee4s - sNset. AstAap. ne o.ll>
man NV forty BALDWIN locomotives. which
were being put together and gotten Int
readiness for use on the Great Siberian
road. which n now being constructed out
Of that port There were numerous vessels
ct the wharves there discharxing rails for
the line. al Of which. however. were sent
from England. although on the basis Of
quotations In the United States last year
they could have been purchased much
cheaper he-e. Port Arthur II filled with
Russian soldiers. and 1s.esn warships are
stationed there.
South Of Japaa begins the decadence OF
Aongkong II considerable Of Z customer
In Shanghai It ID still less. and along
down thu coast n attn more evident the
lack OF American introduction OF goods
from this side OF the Pacific. '.Siam. with
thousands Of Inhabitants. II using millions
Of dollars' worth OF foreign products every
year" says Mr. Thomson. but little Of IL
10 sent fran the United StatsA." He spent
several days In BANGKOK city like Ven
Ice. with the main street Of water, and
the stores ana other buildings resting on
stilss.
Moons FOR AMERICAN WORK.
In Singapore IS eco = year IL spent for
piece goods. ard every piece OF II 10 sent
from England: and furthermore. practical
~ all Of this product II made Of American
cotton. which IL shipped across the At
lantic. there manufactured. and sold to
The people OF the Straits Settlements
Room for more American work." senten-
tictsiy sass Mr.. Thomson.
Summing II MI nr. and on the basis OF
the fact that there Is = demand for Amer
oian goods where they can be purchased
cheap and are ur TO the representations Of
the ccussxnors. with energy characters
sscaiiy American here. there II no reason
why the United States Should no, prosper
and increase Its experts 10 an alrnos, I'M
limited extent Rut everything there nov
II English. The shippers Of Britain have
been In the Orient for years--in fact. be-
fore the United States was bern--ans 4, ha,
become practically . second nature with
The people OF those lands 20 order their
goods from England This being the case.