The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-03-09

| Chemulpo by direct steamer IL three or ,out
, days. and by the regular steamers "n'c"
call here II is about six days Inc rare
from Yokohama to Chemulpo is 80 gold.
| end. I should Judge, just about as much adj
ditIonaI to cross the Yellow Sea from che
nulpo to Tientsin.
Korea can aIsp be taken in on the way to
Vladivostok. There are steamers from
Nagasaki and Fusan around the east coast
To Gsnsan. and then north to Nlaidovostok.
at the eastern terminus of the Trans
siberian road. 1 have travelled On all OF
these lines and have found the food In
var:ably good and the other
'ions comparatively SO. The trip across the
yellow Sea is apt to be .boisterous and
dangerous. but a tour can be
planned which should result in many orders
for our commercial travellers who represent
the articles mos, desired by the people.
American Furniture and
Cook Stoves Are Unknown.
American drummers. who speak English
only. can get along at any of the ports. for
there il always some one there to act as
interpreter. In their trips to the interior
they will need to carry a guide and inter-
prefers. There are hotels at Chemulpo,
Seoul. Gensan and Fusan. That at Seoul
Is japanese, with beds on the floor. The
prices everywhere are about s. per day,
and the interior travel is comparatively
cheap.
Some knowledge of Korea and Koreans
IL needed before coming. The things YOU
might suppose TO be in most demand are
not wanted at all. For instance. IL is cold
there in winter. bat you could not give
away stoves. The rooms of mast Korean
houses are small. and they are heated by
hues which run under the floors. Cook
stoves are unknown. and furniture OF our
kind - not wanted.
There Is a good opening for American to-
bacco. Men. women and children smoke.
and every one has his pipe. The people
grow some tobacco. but they do not UNDER
stand how to cure IL. and prefer the foreign
article. There is a great demand for cigar
cites. but not much for cigars. except those
as thick as a lead pencil. The Emperor
smokes cigarettes. He prefers American
makes. and especially likes the Virginia to.
bacco- There are many Japanese cigarettes
sold and quite a lot of native cigarettes.
which sell as low as twenty for a cent.
with the new railroads there will b
some demand for American machinery.
rails and rolling stock. although II Is prob-
able that the Japanese will equip their lines
as Tar as possible from their own country.
Quite a lot Of bridging will have TO he
done. and there should be a market thers
Tor our Pacific Coast lumber.
The new banks started by Americans will
probably make money. Interest rates are
very high and the people will borrow to the
IuIl extent of their possibilities. The court
spends a great deal and, Notwithstanding
the poverty OF the masses. there are mobiles
VINO live as extravagantly as our rich men
at home. Among the poor and out in the
interior copper cash is the PRINCIPAL cur
rency. 1t takes a thousand and more cash
TO equal the value of a silver dollar. and IL !
one travels far he must take along an extruf
mule or bullock to carry his money.
Extortion Is often practiced by the
higher officials. and during the winter es-
p0Cially there IL danger from pnhha-