The St. Louis Republic., 1900-10-19
GROWTH OF COMMERCE
IN THE FAR EAST.
Address Before the Commercial Club bv John
Barrett, Formerly United States Min
lister to Siam.

John Barrett. formerly United states Min
lister to sam, last night delivered an adj
dress h"'"r" tEs Commercial Club Of 81.
i-"dis on the commercial interests in tie
Tar !.Ist.
Ihe cIab met in its quarter, at the new
81. Louis Clubhouse. AIi of iire sixty mem
h'E.' were present. ani President +. O..
Srauard presided.
AIR. Barrett s.4.i in part:
IN ar' pt!AS the invitation Of the Com
ne.cia! club Ot -. LOUIS I am not uu!aiud-
IA OF the honor cUuicrrti Ly such invita-
uHU. oE Of the rrSu.;is ihi.il, resting upon
30. i' t'i the iiutI, a. | Learnt II IN bJJn
U'ir,al .I. pr.ydi" capacities about An rr-
t..,- L-N.irYlu;. iEttj,--;s. ia the Far East.
Nearly i've years l,-iIcn.- in A.s;a-fUur
Years rs Minister % siam. when l had also
frequent p"Cs.s i"u to visit China and japan.
amt "'4" year ia tn lhll'2pi-,s = a special
war crricepuH.,ul-aTc aISC the cXpeIien -
G..u lj-~plritl"u that prompt me 10 discuss
thie SUBJECT carefully ynI IL. partially.
'lh, tat Last l. 81 ulJl'IiJt and political
von4. Rand. II H. an uDIiv--yI field of uI-
ueEeiol'''! opl.1rt.uiti,s. i presents moral
ait4 sI..'l Problems Ot pGEZ..us Utri-s. y,
whose solution VIII directly .t!l.rt The per-
naE'"C Ncil-GeiHg oi the civilized world.
IN CE.Hl. and in her Neisnbors. Japan,
Norra ANA siam. together NiJh the foreign
Io-s .ss;nus e.. East, rE S'..lit. Tn3O-t 'hius-
1s.d@y states. Java and the Philippines, i<rI-
rope "Gd America are ia-y &. ;t.c with
".Jadl a-d impeding responsibilities that
@ ii.t t' ecuTas. oGS.y m.t and SHcc.-'igiiy
ma. .r,-t An-a!.c'l'S IHter,.-..s in the Pa
.l'r VIII tn tugc iArtLI those in the AZ
lJ-tir
'Just across the Pacific from our own
shores of California. Oregon. Washington
ana Alaska. ai,u connected hy the newly
acquired stations "a route to Hav-slii C.uarl
a-u the Philippines iS thu most wonderful,
the most Ntri"I- thc most prpUiuus. aEi
TIE richie. coast line OF the world. IL
Reaches IN JHd out. broken L.rc and there
" th necessary straits and channels and
'N"FH"h'lc lc lnGeHt-d with deep hari0rs aI-l
the months Of ndviSabl- rigcr.-. for SHs.
TH : Irf rFrl .srrT
south 90 siberia and Japan on the north.
Upon This coast deboTch lands and valleys
'.oirG >.-ut".nr human b.i....f. iucrcaSi.;;
L. population as rJI!'i- as .r.r o..v rau1-
i:N. iHd developing lUWra -.!T-. bic t.Tlau IS
con '0u"nt upon their inlu'If-pt.s heinz 90
clothed 3Hd kept busy. AI0G- thrs. 90
mile cUd among these E"'.a.ovuJ people l..
:. foreign cpV-mCTC" to-day that even in its
ivHl'.Nii-,- exceeds IL. vast total Of 500
= ROW only Oge-ten7h. cT S-'-t'llUa. II .ri.I
hr IL Gua time uUs-E9ii. if -" appreciate
ara improve our trau~i1ciiic markets -
We nav" those Of the trausgtiautiC
iIH"ut making any political argument,
t'It simply emphasizing that which i'm
i.E,~-'! i:e rs | travelled Up and down the
Aslatic coast / desiT" 10 call especial at
f'IliuU. I'm the study q: Americas newly
established interests in the Pacific TO the
fcunt-EHh!e and iHgomTaTahle location of
ire Philippine Islands VII thar the Amer
icIr people determine II, November to hold |
or SURF ndcr thcn, there ar" iud'sputabe |
geogr. rhlcIl and kindred cons dc;at!Ous |
worthy OF remsmhyIucs. By investigation |
of mans. conditions Of commerce. political |
possibilities and c.0-uuic ana social ell
vironment. it viii lie found that the Philip