The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1901-06-22

OF the orlentalS than any other nation.
We have succeeded in establishing it in
the mind of the oriental that We do not
want any of his territory nor have any
| designs upon his government Our minis
ters and consuls in China and Japan in
clude many good men and chief among
them is Consul General Goodnow ae
! Shanghai, man whom I never met but
OF whom heard nothing but praise, and
much of that, in every part of the ORR
ent. Mr.. Goodnows ability displayed in
many Instances, but especially as the head
of the municipal council at Shanghai tend
dto add greatly to the prestige of this
government among the prominent Chinese.
Big Trade Increase.
There will be an immense increase in
our trade with China and Japan in the
next few years. Our trade with those
countries has grown beyond all expecta-
tions in the past five years. 1 predict
that in five years we shall sell more goods
TO CHINA than any two nations on the
globe. The Chinese like US. They and
the Japanese regard us as a wonderful
nation. Our base in the Philippines
strengthens us. Cotton that we formerly
shipped to England to be manufactured
there and then shipped to China is now
going direct in the manufactured state
from this country Both countries will
Duy an immense amount of machinery
The Standard oil company is already do
ing big business in the Orient. have
seen Standard oil cans in almost every
part of China and Japan. l have seen
them carried on shoulder yokes by thous-
sands of the natives. In the interior of
Korea those same cans with the bottoms
knocked out are doing business as chin
neyS on may natives hut. / was at a
religious ceremony of the Korean natives
in the interior at one time and the drum
with which the leader was endeayoring to
drive the bad out of the hearts of the
worshippers was one of those long tin
cans sold by the Standard oil company.
Trusts may not be a good thing but the
Standard oil company is doing well by
the Chinese coolie.
The American Soldier.
''The gentlemanly behavior of the
American soldier in the east has been a
strong card in favor Of this country. The
Oriental soldier usually comes from the
pooryer classes. He is always lacking in
none and has no education. Fights and
brawls are frequent. When the American
soldiers visited Yokahoma on their wav
home the fact that they had money. that
they rode about the streets like-the best
people of Japan, all seemed to impress
the Jap that this must be a wonderful
country land where the soldier has
money, where he Is as good as other peo-
pie, and especially the fact that 40 900
of them passed through Yokahoma with
out making any trouble whatever The
Jap could not understand it. He simply
maryeled
Up to the time Of the Spanish war an
American soldier had never been seen in
the Orient. The Oriental had seen a few
American sailors. Even American flags
were scarce. Since then through our navy
and army the Oriental has learned to re-
spect our power Through the careful and
wise diplomacy of Mckinley he has been
taught respect for our character. All
these things will have a wonderful bear
ing in the estern market She American
merchant pioneered the Japan and Chi
nese trade; then we allowed England and
Germany to take the lead. In the Ian
guage of the diamond America has the
ball again and there will be some mighty
curves thrown in the next five years." "a