The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-02-28
China said 1. Why do not your own

ChlHd, SAID l.. why 20 LoI Soui O"H
people build railroads."
."They will do SO when they understand
them better. We have many ricn ana
| well-to-do and some are investing "
banks and modern factories. inree-
fourths OF the shares OF the ttoiS-hohs
and Shanghai Bank ~are'owfied by CnhieSe-
our people. however are STOW TO ao9Pt
new inventions. and<aSw rniflgS-s =. g,
t"sHow about the Chinese market ana
American d
| piled Sir Chentung AaaiaS -gteng. I; we
are good spenders and our trade VIII me
| crease as We, grow .ricner ana q the
country develops. sit'l Is already increas-
| ing as far as America Is concerned We
are nov taking o <one-han OF au:ule
| cotton cloth exported from the United
States"
Yes. We have 4E. 090.uU people and al
| most ell wear cotton; winter ana sunlhlef'
In the future there Will be a great Ce-
the, place of mucn of the padded cotton
now worn. There is also an increase IN
the use OF American food stuirs auo
luxuries. We are buying more OIL your
flour every year ana more TOBACCO nv
other things"
CHINESE EXPULSION Law.
The conversation here turned to the Chi
ness in America 1 asked the minister
what he thought of our law as to the i'm
migration Of Chinese.
II have but little objection to the law,
said he, But l do not like the .spdrit or
manner In which it Is executed Inc Jaw
was made to. exclude only Cninese iaportIs
men from the United states. but II mas
been 80 construed az to keep out an chi
nese, whether they come On business or on
plea as merchants, slShtseeiS or SUI
dents. L don't believe your GoseriIaeHe
ever interrled this, .and / blame the ltreat-
ment which our nation receives from lhe
politicians. who wish to curry favor there.
by with the laboring classes II MAKE
aWhy. look at it." the Chinese Minister
went on. 1T is almost Impossible for one
Of our boys to come 10 the United Statss
for an education. Take the case OF MI.
Tong, a relative Of Tong the s~raduate. OF
Yale College whom you met IN emma come
years ago. Young Tong father Is rich and
ne wanled his boy TO come here to study:
He took out the proper papers ana SEM
him to San Francisco.
When he arrived there the ofacers
asked him what he wanted to 90 In tne
United States. He replied that he was anX-
ious to learn English. They tod him that
there were colleges that taught English
In China. and he could 90 back there and
They refused to iet him land. He hired
an attorney and brought the matter ne.
fore the courts. He spent more than SS.o1I
in lawyers fees and in going back and
forth from China TO the United States.
but in the end they kept him out
Now his younger brother Is ne,e and IL
college, He came. with nine other Chinest
boyx. With me when i was sent hera as
Minister. He sui in Ir1tta- the shadow OF
the legation balt he had n perfect Tsnt
Indr the TreatJ and The taw- TO come n
aEd his broIner Eilo1ld also nave peen ne
Hntted
Il know Of nraIsr uthE- instances w!icr'
orf boys who EsnieG 10 SincF nerve aa.S
been kept out Sven things are c9ntrary
to the spirit OF international friendship
which exists between ycur nation and oi!Ts
and they are contrary TO the best Interests
The s.s.a. policy is adcoted as TO NOR
chants and business men. who are kept OF;
on similar p%retexts.
are pgeseHt t.eaty. under which these
acts are performed. will expire this year.
In making ( new one l hope to have the
matter remedied. If It cannot be renedied
there is no Use CO quitting aIy clause as
treaty. ana IL so 1 shall not advocate IL
CHINESE AND TIE PHILIPPINES.
How about the Chinese in the Philip
pines n Hawaii?'
That is a business proposition for the
United States to settle" replied the Chin
ese Minister. Il don't believe YOU can
run your Pacific islands successfully with
ont Chinese labor. and that is the belief
OF your ablest men. who have investigated
s. --tdat.0n. 1"came 10 tnIs country with
AIR. lde, one of your Commissioners. He
told me that he thought the chinese were
"a necessity to'the prosperity Of the Philip
pines
-n nat is the new Board of Commerce of
which WI Ting Fang is the head DOING"
i :.=xed.
ut is trying to push Chinesey trade ev-
~erywhere.' replied Sir Chentung LANG
Cheng. II was anxious to further 1t in
the United States. and l had written a
memorial to the Emperor asking him to
srrtr ne a coPomercial attache. but before
my letter got to China 1 received one from
.: = Ly4iu cree kin me to
have our Consular officers report on all
and directing them to. further that trade
La SsG.y. possible way"
DO you send much to the United
States?" asked.
Yes" replied the Minister. we have
now about 1000 people here, and they all
80 G-s-sese .SSes. 1noS wsst Heo fruS,
China, shoes rsusa .catnas they like
Chinese cloths, Cht1ese taa and many
Other things Chinese. This trace hEs fsl-
len OF since the expulsion net was put ~
force. for vi then had almost 'tw4cs IN
many Chineee as We have now. Our NOR
ci:ants- would Ike to soc that trsee IN
crcasee, ard they ere clr, anxious to
multiply their business connections in
other ways.
"At present ! do not think we are at
all trentcd fairly. but 5ust now we rave
had dsMcuftics Win other nations. and
We are In 10 shape 20 insist upon our in
transitional rights. I,hopc that the day
will, co1ne whnn wa shall be able net only
to demand them. but that In puch a way
that oil tho world will grant them"
- tTHANE n RPESNvT