Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1902-03-27

TIE TRADE OF THE ORIENT.
And what II Means for Minnesota and thu
whole Northwest.
the New York Journal Of Commerce Is
having said that the two mammoth ships
ne - building for the Asiatic trade could
With ship. in spts Of ep ssSea
wages paid to American seamen IL our
navigation laws permitted q better selec-
ths 81 ne
he has applied to the construction Of his
ve ade IT. the .I same principles which have
transportation famous as one Of the
great noney-s4ving inventions Of the age
the simple principle that the bigger the
ira fnn the less the cost Of hauling It
bigger than any now afioat in the expec-
sa nd 9t tnat they Will carry full cargoes
them tb cost but tSan
ships carrying fraction Of the tonnage.
- These ships will carry cargoes at much
prevailed, and are, therefore, the pioneers
in the development of the Asiatic trade
Wh dt - will ii!, eventually require larger
these, for regular trips will require the
massing at the Pacific ports where they
are to be loaded Of a much larger volume
been offered: The traaic Of the Great
Northern alone would not suffice to sus-
tain them. These ships are a constitu-
the Great Northern, the Northern Pacific
and the Burlington systems are to be
operated In harmony, and subsidiary to
significance of these arrangements can
stood that their purpose is to make these
this country and Of the world with Asia.
It is to carry out in the whole vast field
nepe 81 oa Which the Mr. H
applies to his carloads and his ships
cargoesIto so increase the tonnage
1y 4eea on hi Soa sn
| sea, and thus-following the law that
commerce always flows along the lines Of
least lea resista nee. into this CHEAPER
the main stream Of the commerce of the
world. The full car load is thus the unit
Of power in gigantic scheme Of CONNER
and more Astounding flood Of commercial
which it has been recently sought to
The lawyers and politicians who have
been fretting and tuning about the sup
local freight rates have been oblivious to
the grandeur and potential beneficience Of
the economic forces called into play by
greater reduction Of local and transcon-
tinental freight rates as necessary con-
sequence of an immensely increased
volume Of traffic than would otherwise be
possible.
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Our local statesmen are not to be
Of this or
its world wide relations. For but few
who have not STUDIED the question have
with the Orient which lies within the
grasp of American enterprise, but which
for lack Of an effective organization Of
fore permitted other nations, and chiefly
Great Britain. to appropriate: For the
seven years ending with and inclusive of
Philippine port. Since the treaty Of peace
we have done better. but the major part
Of that traffic is still borne in English
to 1900 inclusive the United States lost
in their. traffic with the Philippines over
SIZE, 900 in trade balances against US.
of the Spanish war. And this does not
take into account the Philippine goods
carried to English or German ports and
In twenty years the United States has
heretofore paid out oyer. the counters of
London Berlin o, and Paris oyer billion
trade balances. If this amount Of money
had been saved to the American people
it would have bought out the steel trust
ts IN the saa
ending June 80, 1900, we have lost $780,
900 in Chinese trade alone, exclusive
the er all ehna unGer British
auspices. And our ships have not carried
/ per cent of the foreign trade Of China
or Of the port Of Hong s The latest
ment concerning our sea trade show that
Of our imports from Asia in 1899. ;A..
sna ong * %sS Of 4 ns A Se pg Penss
ports. or our exports. s2s, COO. 900 went
from Atlantic ports and only SO, 7oo.o 900 by
way Of Pacific coast ports. which means
trade does not come to us by the way of
the Pacific g. all. but rather by the way
6sns NaM pe
or Philadelphia: The total trade Of China
IL 1879 Ma SRI PIG % Only
Yet one line of r stesamshi I, like that
double that total and would put into
Chinese and Japanese ports agents for
American trade that would soon make
themselves felt in the interest of our
manufacturers. The current of CONNER.
cial exchanges thus established between
grow and widen until It drew into ita
swelling tide. the tributary streams OF
every state In the Union and of every
Of this great highway Of the worlds COM
merce this broad and deep current will
set in motion the wheels of commercial
in Minnesota, whose chief cities, standing
at the head Of the, great interior lines
Of water transit, are the terminal head
systems Of transcontinental railway, that
its influence will be felt in making them
far greater marts Of trade than II they