Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-04-27
FOR FOREIGN TRADE
Eminent Men Discuss the Extension
Of American Trade in Foreign
Fields.
WI Ting Fang, Chinese Minister,
Tells Of the Great Chinese
Markets.
How Americans Can Secure Their
Proper share Gage on
Porto Rico.

Boston, Mass. April 27.-Plans TO
capture for United States Industries a,
larger share of the world trade, par
ticularly the trade of the orient, We're
discussed here last night by eminent
men. WI Ting Fang declared the mar
kets OF China We're open to the world,
and that America had nothing to fear
from the competition of other. coun-
tries. Secretary of the Treasury Geage
defended the Porto Rico tariff bill,
While Lieut.. Woodruff of New York and
other'spe akers told how American COM
nierce might be expanded.
The occasion was he banquet closing.
the convention Of The National Associa-
5tien of Manufacturers of the United
States. The tables We're spread in Me-
3chanics, building. Many men proui-
|nent in both business and political aft
fairs heard the speeches and applauded
them.
WI Ting Fang, the Chinese minister.
al Washington. said in part:
1t was only sixty Years ago when
THE commercial relations between
China and the western nations We're
first clearly defined BY treaty. Since
/ that time obstacle after obstacle to free
intercourse has been removed. until
row China is open TO the commerce OF
the wlole world China has a poprla-
ton OF teerning millions. We need the
cotton manufactures of Lowell and the
food products of the west. We have
ored--Nast beds Of coal and iron ore
petroleum. quicksilver and copper. We.
need Your modern mechanical appli-
ancsesl 70 supplant the SLOW processes
of production. We have thousands of.
miles of railroads to be built. We need
your rails, locomotives and iron
bridges The marka Is vast enough FOL.
every line of American goods.
fhe question HON before you is what.
Should be done togobtain a due share of
China's trade, II seems To me there.
are TIVE courses open 10 YOU The fist
one! IS that You should go TO China To
shnM US what you have To sell. In bust.
ness we take nothing on faith. We
have to see What we buy. ard we only
l1uy what We want have III along
advocated The establishment of an ex-
position in Shanghai and in other.
treaty ports for the exhibition of Amer
iean goods. This viii enable Chinese
buyers 10 find out with the least en-
pandEture Of time ard labor the quality
and price of your goods. / am sure that
E in these respects American goods need
I fear no competitions.
4 1T IS therefore. With much gratifica-
4 ton that have learned that the Ma
/ tional Association of Manufacturers
1 has taken up the matter in a line indi-
Gated by ME. that a building for the
ldisplay ard sale#of American goods has
been secured in Shanghai and that sew
Iserty of the largest Enlanufacturers in
| 5this country have already arranged for
1.-the placing of their wares there. The
| first shipment IF goods has already
been made. i predict tina you will find
our people To be good Gus toner's.
g...Another8course to- be pursued for the
development of the China trade is that
ISChinese merchants should p.- i:.duced
4 tocoIne to Your shores ard be afforded
every facility to visit the great com
/ mercial certers and inspect the im-
.rnense factories. They could see many
things which are new tn them, aseei'-
4 tain their utility and their uses and
would then purchase them. II Chinese
merchants could enter tbs country
4 without unnecessary restrictions they
4 might be in a better position TO selec,
& not only what they came TO buy, but
A also. carry home With them a grea1
i many things which they had no inten,
4 tion of buying at the outset. II is Ger
4 tainly contrary to the spirit of ths
: fs N,
Il means Of hostile legislation.
sI8find that Americans do not contro
.jsa single lite 81 steamers plying be
Tween New York and Shanghai by wa,
Of the suez canal. Such a line, If es
tablished, vii, contribute materially Z
j the expansian of trade between the tw,
countries.
i.ysis;sa n j. Gage, secretary Of the treas
& ury said he desired TO give some clea
a ilnfaination as 10 the scope and mean
ing of the new legislation for the gov
J. eminent and support of our new ISLAM
possession known as Porto Rico. ii
went on:
What then, has been done for Port
Rico? What are theFconditions of com
,s5aInerce btWeen the island and the Unite
States From what sources are the rev
lsitiiti IIoS
1.-THE imposition of a tariff equal to 10 pc
Ecent Of the Dingley tariff, upon good
subject to duty, coming from Porto Ri
ga into the United States, or going from
the United States into Porto Rico, VIC
a late the spirit of mutually which ough
< Ito characterize Our relation with tn
new acquisition?
THE last 1ueston,as you all know, ha
:, been widely discussed With considerable
q iheat. not to say with bitterness. In fact
slthat particular item Of so-called dut.
:lupon Imports between Porto Rico ant
Il 1.-THE United States has excited ntens
hostility. 1t has been denounced as un
kind, ungenerous, unconstitutional
| There are many respectable people, bot
! lin numbers and in character, who be
lHeye and contend that the constitution
carried by it's own force to all acquire
possessions Of the United States tn
& right of free trade with it. Such evi
:. IDENTIFY is not the theory ofSthe dominan
party by whose vote the legislation i
question has been enacted. I shall no
venture upon that ground. There s 4
competent authority which will som
time pass upon it.
I'm the meantime. while conffctin
theories obscure the way, a course o
wise expediency must be followed. Doe
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