Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-09-26
THE CHINESE MERCHANT.

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THE CHINESE MERCHANT.
Sheridan p. Read. formerly United
states consulsat Tientsin. writing IN the
October Century of THE Chinese as
Business Men, declares that the mer
camille class viii prove a powerful fac
tor in the restoration OF order in the
middle kingdom. 1t would seem there
fore that they ought TO endorse the
American policy OF withdrawing armed
forces from the celestial Kingdom and
5resorting TO negotiations for peace. Tn
doubleday they Will. and Will help il
along With ali their influence. MIR. Read
says:
q sreaetianarg movement against the
present disturbances VIII originate not
With the official. not With the iiterati.s
bui ii viii spring from the wilio the
common caol. and the staidi sensible,
Nelsar-eyed merchant, both of whose iIi-&
isterests. together With those Of the ma
tive producer, are everywhere suffering.
Tbs is the saving feature of the Whole
situation.
I Deprivation Will also b. experienced
/. byHconsnners of cotton goods, keiasena
Eoil -four. lumber, and many other cont
Emodities from the outer world. Clocks.
Watches and needles. for example, are
nov regarded By the Chinese as essen
t8tials The Whoie of this trade is nov
i5paralszeti. and VIII not be resumed
l5uniil there are sure signs Of order. and
the continuance of order,
( y . I
The millions of&Ghinese who have
+ been finding steady employment in car
Tying on the vast machinery trade at
the twenty ight treaty ports ofaS'fina.
I Whose hands have erected tila nlagnii-
cent business houses and public build
Engs atsthese large emporiums of trade
and whose backs have, borne. literally,
/ the vast cafgoes Of tIp haiTispheres.
4 viii finally resolve thea1s into the
iassertive power for the continuance of
these old conditions up9 improved
times.
The merchants thfEoas Anna. in q
Estate of dazed quiesence al the begin
ming of these troubles are already
Infringing pressure TO bear upon their
5Eofticials in the Unaffected parts of
China 70 preserve the present status
4 quo OF order.
The writer predicts that the disturb
ling elements, backed up by corrupt Of
.Eficialdom. would even without foreign
4 intervention yield ultimately To the
4 pressure brought TO bear by the Chin
2Eese merchant class with IFS following.
IOWA PRESS COMMENT.
/ The Iowa City Republican notices
that Henry Nollmer is trying SO hard
10 harmonic the free silver and sound
money factions of the democracy in the
second district on the theory that he
would be nonentity OH the money
question if elected to congress, that he
lis raising the suspicion Of the people
q that he would be g nonentity anyway.
8 That isn't the kind of a congressman
they want
/ The democracy alone sees any source
of satisfaction in the strike remarks
Z the Council Bluffs Nonpagel.
!, The Marion Register declares that
Il Every campaigner in the land who
q pirates about the consent of the gov
erned' in Luzon and either will not OF
dare not condemn the disfranchisement
= Of the colored men in the southern COM
monwealths of the United States ough;
to keep out Of the sunlight and do his
talking in the alleys on cloudy nights
The political history of the country fur
/ nishes no parellel to the paramount,
4 nonsense and inconsistency of the mer
who are the defenders Of Aguinalde
Il and the Tagal rebels.,'
The Des Aoines Capital observes thu,