The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-01-13
NUl;I;IINT TOPICS.

Al a meeting the other day of the Board
OF Trade and Transportation of New York
city an interesting report was made or
trade with China and japan! in which It
was said:
The frs: attempt on the part Of Ameri-
cans 10 sell goods III China was made IN
1854 II was not, however. until after NE
treaty of 1S42. between Great Britain anu
China. by which Canton, Annoy, Shanghai,
Foo Chow ana Ninspo were made 'tfea'v
ports that trade in amy proper sense eA-
listed between the Celestial Empire anu
sl,e United States. Even then, Tor a
quarter Of a century, Very few OF our
goods, except cotton cloths. found :.
market in that empire. Later petroleum
products also found market there. Our
commerce with China. may, therefore, oe
said to date from about the year leOi,
since which time it has had more or Tess
steady growth. and during the last I'VE
years has developed possibilities winch
point to the necessity for the adoption OF
methods that will insure to this counirS
its share of the trade of that vast empire
with Nits four hundred millions OF lnhapl-
tants.
statistics show plainly that as yet oniE
n fraction Of the business that shoul!
come to the United States has ever been
acquired by us. The merchants ana manu-
facturers of Other nations have secured
more than their share. This is notao'y
true of Japan and the British Empire
It was pointed out that Great Britain
Germany and France have sent conlhls-
siors to study and report upon the traoe
conditions of China and that those nations
at,.;yo
nation thus obtained, while America .
doing very little. in This direc,ion
Board. therefore. recommends that t-s
United States adopt similar methoos' d. !
If is urged that an industrial eNpos4'on VI
American products he estapllshe! ~
Shanghai, China. China IS most 1hNl. =.
ing field and America should ch'tiEa'e j.
for all that it is worth.
The Chicago Tribune points out '"a.
number of lynchinSs in 1899 throughout
the country was much smaller thah III ails
year since and including the year 1910 y
give the following figures as showing the
number of lynchings through series OF
wears: 1855, 1874; 1856, 13S: 1857, 122: 1888,
JAP; 1889, 17G; 1899, 127; 1891, 1o2; 1s'2, 20;
1888. 200: 1884. 1870: 1895, Ill; 1896, 13l; 1897,
1sG: 1895, 127; 1889, 107.
Iynchings occurred only in the following
States: Alabama, 6: Arkansas, II; Florida,
| G; Georgia, IS; Kansas, 8; North Carolliia'
3: Pennsylvania, 1; South Carolina, l:
Tennessee, 4; Texas, S; Kentucky, y
Louisiana, IS; Mississippi, IA; Missouri, .
Virginia, /; West Virginia, I; Oklahoma l.
! Of these lynchings. Jos occurred IN the
| South and four in the North. OF thS to.a,
number eighty-four were negroes anu
twenty-three whites. The alleged ciiial1s
for which they were lynched were as loi-
lows. Murder, 45: completely IN murder,
Ii: assault, II; bad reputation, 5; arson, =;
race prejudice. 5; robbery, 5; UNKNOWN II
ofrenses, 4; aiding criminals to escape, .
suspected arson, /: mistaken loehtl,s.
,;st1,~o y roh1,ery. I. arson and murder. ]
These figures should be carefully studied
by those who say that lynchings are rare
In the South except from criminal assauh'