The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-10-19
4 CHINESE ARGUMENT.
WI Ting Fang at tho Philadelphia
Commercial Congress.
REPEAL AN OBJECTIONABLE LAW

Be Resoinded - Bid For the Trade
of,the Orient. :
Philadelphia, Oct 19.--At yesterdays
session of the international CONNER
cial congress John Barrett, ex-minister
to Siam. made an address. In the
course of his address he said:
I'VE are face to face with moral
responsibilities In the far east, but
they carry with them Unreasonable
material opportunities in commerce
and trade from the Philippines and
|, Siam on the south of Japan and ST.
IBERIA on the north that few people
in America appreciate. II we shall
courageously and successfully meet
these responsibilities In the Philip
pines we shall become the first po-
litical and commercial power of the
Pacific; II we shirk or fail, we shall
come trailing along behind England,
Russia, Germany and Japan. The
whole orient ia watching us. Our
ability to protect our great and grow
ing markets in China depends largely
on the result Of our Philippine policy.
If we fail at Manila we may fail at
Picking. II we are not strong at Man
lila we shall weaken at Toxic, Picking,
Seoul and Bangkok. When Dewey sail
ed into Manila bay and destroyed the
Spanish fleet he made America I'M
questionably the permanent power of
the Pacific. But we are now on trial.
We cannot maintain that position ex-
cept by an early and successful solu-
ton of the Philippine problem"
The Chinese minister, WI Ting
Fang, delivered an interesting ad-
dress, in the course of which he said
Il take this opportunity to say. by
way of general answer to the pre-
ceding speakers who have referred to
the open door In my country, that
China always favors the open door.
China opens her doors to the peoples
and the trade Of every country, with
out distinction as to race or color"
When Minister WI Ting Fang con-
cluded his address the delegates ap-
nlauded him for several minutes. The
minister graciously acknowledged the
tribute by rising and bowling
At the conclusion of Minister WI
Ting Fang's address Mr.. John Foord.
of New York. secretary of the Ameri-
can Asiatic association, presented a
resolution citing in its preamble that
the exports of American manufac-
lures to China are growing in value
and in volume with rapidity unex-
@pled in any other market; that no
other market in the world offers such |
vast and varied opportunities for the
further increase of American exports;
that these opportunities are absolutely |
dependent on the maintenance of
equality of commercial privilege, which
treaties made with the United States
secure throughout the whole of the
Chinese empire, and that certain for
eign powers seem to show DISPOSE
ton to restrict that market to the ad-
vantage of their own citizens and the
exclusion of others by the creation
of spheres of influence, and that 1t is
of American industry and
commerce engaged in the China trade,
here assembled as delegates to the in
commercial congress, that
m emphatic declaration should be
made by the government of the Uni
ted States of its intention to protect
10 its fullest extent the rights which
IT, citizens enjoy under exiting treaties
20 pursue their trade in the Chinese
empire.
The resolution was unanimously
adopted.
Colonel Bell. United States consul
1t Sidney, N. s. w., in a brief address
said that we must keep open the doors
or China If we can expect China to
Keep open doors for us. That is the
'nly right way.
The Chinese minister, rising to
Joint of privilege, spoke as follows:
Il wish to answer one of the speak,
RS here who made the remark, 1t Is
'ery fine to say that it is not just to
EXCLUDE the Chinese from America, but
china has 400,0OO,OOO inhabitants, and
the exclusion law is repealed will
lot these come to American
81 am very glad the question was
sEed, so as to give me the oppor-
unity of answering. The Chinese that
ONE here come only from two prov
noes in Canton. You never see a
.orthern Chinaman here. No men
rom Shanghai, for instance, except in
he diplomatic corps.
These two provinces have only
opuaron of about million, so that
ven should all come. which is mani
estly absurd, it would not be very
erious. The total number of China
len in America now is about 100000.
Why did these people come? Thirty.
ears ago, when you were construct.
1g your western railroads, you sent
gents to China and begged the la
orers to come here. OF course others
,llowe1 their example later. But had
on not done this l do not believe
lere would have been any Chinese
lhorers here today.
These men do not rob you. They
ork day and night and make faith
Il servants. admit that they want to
lake few dollars and go home, but
not that just what You Americans
ho come to China want? l believe
lat to get this trade of China it i.