The record-union., 1899-09-26

Hon. John Barrett, the noted Oriental
traveller, scholar and author, who for
six years was United States Minister
to the court of the King Of Siam, ar
rived in this city at 11:30 o'clock yes
teA1ay morning.
He was met at the depot by COM
mittee of the local Chamber OF Com
merce, consisting Of the President,
Frank Miller General Tozer and George
M Mott, and conducted to the Sutter
Club, where he was entertained. Among
those who called upon him was Mayor
Land.
During the afternoon he visited the
several State offices, and in the evening
dined with Colonel H. Weinstock and
family.
In the evening Mr.. Barrett spoke in
the Assembly Chamber before large
audience, taking for his subject the
possibilities of the Pacific coast in
Asia He is a rapid though a pleasing
speaker, and his thorough knowledge
of his subject, coupled with his logical
deductions from existing conditions,
made his address exceptionally inter-
esting. He spoke of things he had OBJ
served in his travels, and that he had
him could doubt.
Colonel Weinstock introduced Mr..
Barrett, who was warmly received and
to the end his address was punctuated
with applause.
Mr.. Barrett said he had only just re-
turned to the Pacific coast after little
journey around the world, and consid-
cred that he had reached the climax
- Tn
again reaching the Pacific coast, he
was home once more. A year ago he
had started at Hawaii and as he circled
the globe had addressed the people,
giving them the benefit of his six years
experience in the study Of trade con-
ditions with relation to Asiatic coun-
tries and the States along the Pacific.
Mr.. Barrett spoke kind and encourag-
ing words for Sacramento. He had
visited the city seven years ago, and
since that time a marked Improvement
was decidedly noticeable. He was glad
to see the spirit of energy in the city
and its citizens, for such was the spirit
necessary to stretch across the Pacific
Ocean and grasp the commerce of Asiat
which would mean the arrival of fixed
prosperity. There is, he said, room for
many large cities on the Pacific coast
instead of one, and when the commerce
of the Pacific is once brought to our
ports, the permanent prosperity will
throw it's influence upon the cities Of
the interior as we'll as upon those
along the coast.
This, he said, is the time to strike
The whole country is awaking to the
possibilities of the Far East. He urged
a combined effort of the cities and
States Of the whole coast. He deplored
the fact that California has but one
Senator at Washington, and he advised
that the Senators and Congressman of
the State and coast demand that the
East stretch out it's hand and assist IN
bringing permanent prosperity to the
coast by putting us in touch with the
markets of the Orient And behind
the efforts of our Representatives
should be the demand Of the whole peo-
pie of the Pacific States
NEW ERA OF PROSPERITY.
The Pacific coast. Mr.. Barrett said, is
on the eve Of an era of the greatest
osperity-prosperity which would be
permanent once our surplus flour,
wood, and other products found mar
ket in the East. What was necessary
was that the people should apply their
energy to control the trade should
wake up, work together, and find a
market for our products in Japan, Chi
IA, Siberia, Siam, the Philippines and
other Asiatic countries.
He was led to believe that brown and
black men, as we'll as white, had their
burden. The people of Asia, he said,
are not barbarians. In the Kingdom
OF Siam in eight years there was less
crime than in the State of New York in
one; there We're less murders in the
City Of Bankok in three years than
sn the City of Buffalo in eight months.
He considered the brown men pretty
good fellows. If an American woman
We're TO walk the streets of Bankok,
she would be respected. There were
not as many divorces in Siam in ten
years as there were in Chicago in six
months. He went to Bankok despis-
ing the Siamese: he left four years
later respecting him.
BRYAN AND AGUINALDO.
In speaking generally of the Philip
pine war; Mr.. Barrett explained that
every possible effort had been made
by the United States to prevent war.
but that the effort had been in vain. He
had known Aguinaldo well, and owing
to that fact had had much to do with
conferences. lie spoke of the false
circulars circulated among the Filipinos
to the effect that there were no honor
able men or pure women in America,
and referring TO Colonel Bryans state
ments from the platform, said he
thought he knew less about the situa-
tion than did another Nebraskan, Colo