Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-07-17
NAY1O1HE ORIENT
The Volume Of Asiatic Freight Via
st. Paul Doubling Every
Year.
Train Loads Of Tea, Mating, Silks
and Curios Sent to Eastern
Markets.
Record of Past Five Years Makes
Great Promise For the
Future
Record of Past Five Years Makes

St. Paul, July 1I.-When an Individual
or corporation can make business
double annually for five yearsit is like
lS 10 prove to be a pretty profitable in
Nsstment even tho the start was small.
Yet that is just what has been accom-
plished in the Oriental trade by the
three railroads leading into st. Paul and
having Pacific coast connections. Five
Years ago the business was looked after
by one clerk in each of the general Of
fees: today it amounts 10 millions of
dollars annually in the value of the
goods that ,ire shipped thru st. Paul for
eastern points
Al the beginning of the decade all of
the Ghinese and japanese wares were
sent around the Horn AT the pres
ont time the business has been almost
cut in two by The traffic on the Pacific
ocean. The railroad lines leading across
the continent have gotten their share. of
the tariffs Until recent provisions We're
made for tea inspection in Chicago and
San Francisco. and subsequently in ST.
Paul. it was found more advantageous
10 ship tea from Japan 10 New York by
steamer. The water route WAS a little
longer. but it was less expensive. After
the lea had been Inspected it was sent
byrail to be distributed over the cour-
try.
But the establishment of other gov
eminent tea inspection ports has
wrought q great change. Instead Of
sending ii 10 New York. tits Inspected
either, at San Francisco. ST. Paul or
Chicago. and after that can be distrib-3
uted. The new crop of t.sa has Just be-
gun TO conia in and cars of it reach ST.
Paul almost daily. A carload of tea,
Weighing 10000 pounds. is worth at least
$4,000.
Ths Shipment of tea MIL continue I'M
III the end of the year. when the regular
6consignnients will be exhausted. Then
the mating begins to move and ship
nentaof Ii arrive at frequent intervals
until July. This nicely Of arrangement
keeps the railroads, and the ship lines
tributary to them busy almost all of the
year.
Aitho vast quantities of goods de-
signsd for usa in this country are man
ufactured in China, they are universal
~ consigned from Japan ports. The
WHY ,IapanesA. are Spectators and have
bs.en able 10 exact q commission from
their almond eyed brothers. They buy
( the Chinese products take them over 10
their own country and reslip them to
the United States.
A majority of the articles of Chinese
manufacture and many of those that
come from Japan are6invoiced asscurios
for. the reason that they embrace such a
variety of things that ii would be i'm
sticks images and articles of food an
come in the category OF cnrios and pass
inspection under that head.
ssy far The most valuable consign-
nlents that reach this country are The
eargees5 OF silk that come al long inter
sYals a singlr carload Of Oriental silk
is Worth s22GNeeo and iaheavii. insured
by theSe opSigrse ana the owner These
fpaclsaaes are too precious 10 risk in or
d!nary f.eigh cars and are aent across
gtil. country in baggage eouches, at
#tafhatl 70 regular passenger trains and
guarded by number If tiuatsd men.
sls. all Is exceedingly delicate IN it's.
texture ard great care ia used to pro-
I tect 1t IN transit.
The orienta, Shipments that come
oyer die Great Northern road during.
tire past FIVE Years haze been Looked ar
Ter b. Paul p. Chandler He and s,sv-
eral assistants in the general Offices Of
The company have. charge IL liz Orient
al freight in this cry Ash 5conacrva-
EtlXe estimate he aays that more than
:, 600 care 81 such freight pass thru St.
Paul annually
Four Cent Break in Corn.
CHICAGO. Jalg ia break Of 4 cents
ard oyer in corn resulted yesterday
fram relief ta the drough; In Kansas
and Nebraska over Sunia.r. As the
bun side had been decidedly popular
Eana as short sellers had been pretty
3seansplste5 frightened oGt of the mar
lset, tf7e selling of which started@on the
i i2e6ss q. The rains produced demoraliza-
AiG1f tllru the whole party of holders
i The map not only showed ], good wet
ting dawn over Sunday thru All the
great corn states. but messages kept
coming from Kansas and Nebraska
during the day announcing a continue
ton Of the rain. Everything tended to
show that The dry weather troubles
s had beer ended. Even the bulls adj
nitted that. The ceuntrymen early sold
enormously Of cash corn to the elevator
people on those bids which had been
sent cut Saturday night before any
prospect of rain had appeared Ii was
the wcsterner's opportunity, and he
4 awaited himself of it. With such heavy
4 selling Of spot on the. basis of the high
4 prices of Saturday, the elevator man
4 was an anxious seller of futures at the
i very start. in ordert get out as good a
4 hedge as possible. The most democrat
i lied seller was the man who had been
soverplaying the bull side and whose
margins were running out. The pres
sure was from every direction.
Weekly Crop Report.
II Special to Times Republican.
4 Des Moines, July 1.-THE week end
Ling at a. m. of the 10Th was generally
d fair and dry during the SIX working
days affording favorable conditions for
thaying and harvesting operations in all
/ sections. And the time was well i'm
proved. In the southern section haying
lis about completed. and harvesting OF
4 small grain is we'll advanced.
i Returns of early threshing in that Sec
ton indicate better yield than had
been expected. In the central and
northern sections harvesting is well be-
gun and grain is maturing rapidly,
promising fair to good yield. The chief