The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-02-10

content themselves by sending travellers
tc visit their SIber an customers. on the
other hand. the spGrslty Of the population
VIII Tor some time to come cause a lack
OF activity en- trade
Merchants DESTROYS Of finding an open-
ing in this new market should not es-
taollsh special branches for a particular
class OF goods There would appear 10
De only enc way which is at once
efncacious and economical. and that is
for body OF merchants and nanufac-
turers 20 group themselves together and
70 aecredit Representatives at Tomsk and
irkutsk' sharing the expenses among
them
It is Indispensable that these reDre-
sentatives should have a depot for goods
sufficiently large 70 enable them TO re-
spond 70 the demands Of customers. who.
as a rule, prefer 20 pay more so long
as the goods arc on the spot rather than
wait from threS To six months for an order
10 be executed az a lower price. For
most kinds OF merchandise such a depot
+ absolutely necessary. and lt would
mean certail lass to attempt 10 do with
out H. The representative must have
knowledge Of the Russian Language. with
JUs which they would hnd both the life
AMI the business impossible sales should
De made in Russian money. weights and
measures, and goods passed through the
Gust oms and delivered in Siberia
Siberian natives have remained wholly
OUTSIDE European influence, and they are
IA more ignorant OF European customs
than are the Russians themselves. All
settlements should be made through the
Intermediates of the representative. who
should be chosen with sufficient care 10
allow entire confidence being placed in
them. and the necessary power OF in
itiative granted.
Commercial bodies DESTROYS Of seeking
an outlet for their goods in Siberia should
endeavOr 10 get into touch directly with
the customers by the establishment Of
large deposit warehouses. where goods
could be sold both wholesale and retail
The Siberian trader is accustomed TO add
a large percentage on the goods he sells
so that BY passing the merchandise
through his hands he would obtain the
greater part Of the profits.
New Port of DaIny Opened
In tjis connection II may be interesting
to note that the new port Of DaIny. on
the coast Of the Liaotung peninsula. near
Talienwan. was opened By the Governor
O; Port Arthur July . last On that day
the first steamer OF the new line 70 run
between Dainy- Port Arthur. and ChefOO
three times . week was m0oreQ along
SIDE the new ietiy This jetty IS made Of
solid steel and the harbor affords a depth
Of eighteen feet at low tide. A dry dock
is almost finished When EeWchWang Il
closed BY ice merchandise can be sent
thence ty train to Dalny, where The port
viii be open all tn year round. It is
also stated that the railway viii shortly
grant reduced rates on goods coming from
the north in order that they may be
shipped from Dalny instead OF New
chwang. At Dalny. II is said, six steamers
can discharge cargo az once. and where,
moreover. the services Of a pilot are not
required, the approach to the harhOr be
ing very easy one. with no bar such as is
found at NewchWang
The British Vice Consul at Tientsin
states that the town OF DaIny Is being
well built, the wharves are solidlY con
sgructed, the streets are built &C right
angles. are vide. Snd planted with trees.
He IS Of the OsiHion that the only town
on this part Of the cast which viii COM
pare with Dalny VIII be Tientsin. which
TIE Germans are constructing equally
rapidly on TIE Bay OF KiaO Chow.