The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-02-17
FOR ORIENTAL BUSINESS.
MARK TEN SUE ORG AIMING !.
JAPt>EsE-CHfNEsE CospssY.
IL the Deal Goes Through seattle
VIII he the Headquarters Of n
Concern Which VIII Handle Vast
Shipments FROM the Far East.

Preliminary steps are being taken %
organize an importing AMI exporting
company. sith headquarters u Seattle.
TINS concern. should * ~ successfully
carried - IA issue. Would aaa4.a Ire iC2-
mcnse VOLUME ot business ih4t passes
through ;hls port. ANA seattle instead OF
oHlnE 3 port az entry, would ~ TIC dis-
trihatine point for all Oriental shipments
thar pass through to tae last il tran
SIT
Mark Ten SUE. the Second avenue
Chinese merchant L the moving spirit ia
the scheme and Is at present circulating
among the Chinese and Japanese mvT~
chants. n0t Ouly in this city bat Spokane
and Portland. securing subscriptions 10
the capital stock. which VIII - placed at
S-a.es- SUE hopes - raise between <e5.sso
and SJ9a9 la this manner. AMI. Il success
tul, viii then present his proposition IL
the Chamber az Commerce. and endeavov
to Interest American capitalists 10 carry
through the scheme.
With a capital OF Il quarter ~ million
dollars, SUE figures that IL would BE pos
SHE 10 corner a large proportion Of the
business being done between the tao
countries. The scheme as planned by
this entsrprisinE Chinese. = ~ have a.
fTst-c}ass representative or agent IN each
Of the principal Chinese and Japanese
cities whose duties would - 10 secure
business for the company, aud also ana
= market for American goods. such as
lumber. -four. cotton. beer. machinery. etc.
In this particular another agent II the
company would be kept in the East for
the purpose % working VI new territory
for Oriental goods such as are shipped TO
this country. Among the class OF goods
mentioned arc silks, teas. mating. rice
ami curios.
The iynportations OF these articles are
steadily increasing. and could uDdouhttd-
j. &c distributed from Seattle more easily
and more adVantaEeousiy tadn under the
present system. The city would thus de
rive soma benefit from this traffic and
wculd soon take rank wiki san Francisco
as a distributing point fer Oriental goods.
There are several houses III the Cali
foruia metropolis which have made hun
dredS ~ thousands OF dollars annually N
handling these goods direct and Mark
Ten SUE can see no reason wRy Seattle
should not be able 60 handle the business
that passes through the Puget sound Gus
toms district. ON her iasJ voyage The
RIoiun Maru, OF the n y. ~ line.
brought over mare than = 4p4 tons az nier-
chaadise. the principal portion az which
was silk. mating and curlus. Almost the
entire cargo was loaded onto 4 special
train soon after the ship landed and sent
across the continent To Eastern centeEs
an express time The only advantage stc-
cruing 10 Seattle from this large shipment
vas stevedorlug charges VITA Seattle
a a point of distribution and "a company
purchasing shipments outright. Eastern
merchants would no doubt place their ord
eys here instead OF keeping high salaried
agents in the Orient \ company In
which Chinese and Japanese merchants
are shareholders would not doubt have a
prestige IN the land ~ their birth. and Il
is with this fact in mind mat Mark Ten
SuIe is endea voring 80 secure s8i@cTtp-
tons 10 the amount already named. Suie
also reasons that the familiarity az Cain
csc and Japanese merchants with the
laws and customs % their native coun-
tries and the needs az their kind in Amer.
iCa would he OF great assistance IN carry
Ing on such an enterprise.