Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-06-13
AS FLOATING EXPO
PROPOSED TO FIT UP STEAMER
VICTORIA,
Take on Display of American
Goods and Products. and Send
Her on u Visit to Asiatic. Aus
tralian. Philippine and Other
Ports.

Seattle, June S.-A floating indus.
trial exposition involving display of
the principal products and industries
of the United States, to be shown in
the larger ports of Japan, China, the
Philippines, Australia, India the
Straits Settlements and South Africa,
for the purpose of building up trade
with those countries is proposed by the
Northwest Commercial Company. With
view to interesting the government
in such an enterprise, John Rosene,
president of the company, left Sunday
for New York and Washington. He
will confer with Secretary Cortelyou
of the bureau of commerce and labor.
The company purposes devoting its
steamship Victoria to the work in the
event the undertaking is found feasible
and sufficient encouragement is forth
coming through the manufacturers
and producers. The plan contemplates
the sailing of the Victoria from this
port on a voyage which means more
than half IA circuit of the globe, No.
vember Is.
SnIteO states OppaftUultN.
Paul Nash, United States consul
general at Bangkok, Siam, recently
called the attention of American mer-
chants and manufacturers to the i'm
portance of securing a foothold in the
new markets of Asia before the old
world rivals become so thoroughly es-
tablished there that the introduction
of American goods is made too diff
cult.
Those directing the enterprise point
out that the markets of China, Japan,
Siberia, the Philippines, Australia and
munication with the United States
that these countries contain the largest
proportion of the worlds population,
atfording the most favOra BILE opportun-
tiles for building up new markets for
American manufacturers. Especial
effort will be made and every oppor-
tunity given for the commercial in
vasion of Oriental markets. The par
ticular idea is to offer commercial
houses and manufacturers an oppor-
tunity to send their representatives to
the far East and establish agencies
and make immediate sales wherever
possible.
Proposed Itinerary.
The proposed itinerary of the vessel
is Yokohama, Kobe, Nagasaki and
Shanghai, and Port Arthur and Vlad-
ivostok, war conditions permitting.
Other ports to be visited are Hongkong,
Manila, Singapore, Colombo, Mauri-
thus, Delagoa bay, Cape Town, Ade-
laide, Melbourne, Sydney and Homo
lulu. 1t will involve about six months
of sea travel, the vessel returning to
this port late in April of next year.
On this voyage it is proposed that
the vessel shall carry only the exhibit
ors and their exhibits. The number
of passengers will be limited to 100
actual exhibitors, with the opportuni-
ty Of fifty of them to take their wives,
making total of $50 people.
The lower decks of the vessel, ordi-
narily used for second and third class
passengers, are to be converted into an
exhibition hall. These decks will be
divided among the exhibitors They
will be decorated and brilliantly light
ed by electricity. All exhibits it is
intended shall be arranged and set up
Oh board the vessel before her sailing
from Seattle and remain in position
throughout the VOYAGE