The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-20
CITY N EWS.
A GOOD FIELD
TO CULTIVATE
China Rapidly Progressing to Goth
Century Development, Says
Mr.. Goodnow.
He Addresses Many Interested
Business Men at the Com
mercial Club.

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Standing room only was obtainable
at the Commercial club this afternoon
when John Goodnow, consul general
at Shanghai, began his talk on north
west trade with the Orient Many
prominent business men, interested es-
present. President John Leslie, of
the club, made a brief introduction and;
Mr.. Goodnow proceeded at once in
an informal way.
To understand China" said Mr..
Goodnow you must divest yourselves
Eof twentieth century notions" He ex-
plained the similarity of present con-
ditions in China with the times Of the
Ifeudal barons in France. THE same
| influences are at work. said he, that
have made the nations in Europe;
lswifter communication; the telegraph
and the vernacular newspaper, which
is building up middle-class opinion"
This was shown by an incident in
China when protest against proposed
acts Of the government was recently
made at a gathering Of merchants at
which-an unheard of thing--an adj
dress was made by a woman.
Influence of American Ideas.
.sThe United States to-day is in bet
ter shape to influence the Chinese
than any other nation" said Mr..
! Goodnow.
| luG Speaker Welt OIL " SHOW Lie
influence of American ideas on the
civilization of the country, and stated
that up to 1900 there was not an in
stitution of western learning in all
China which was not founded and
Differed by American missionaries.
Special mention was made of the
humiliation imposed on the better
class of Chenese who wish to come
to this country. Fifty young men,
| Cd with nf attnnH.
ing American colleges, went to Ger
many instead, simply to avoid the
humiliating process of entering Amer
lean ports. ~
1--WE don't want Chinese coolies
any, more than they want us to have
them" said the speaker, "but if we
are going to have the scholars and
) American ideas, We have got to fis
) some way for them to come here
without this humiliation"
The consul declared that there was
no mysterious way Of doing business
in the far east This was shown By
: the example Of American ideas ane
push right from Minneapolis. Clar.
ence Fisk of Minneapolis, byS the alp
, plication Of, American ideas in adver.
t Using and methods, had the last two
q years doubled the business of his CT
: gar firm each year,
The New Treaty. /.
y Mr.. Goodnow spoke of the negotia.
$ ton Of the new treaty between the
f United States and China. Three com.
: missioners were appointed on each
side. The Chinese commission in
cluded the minister Of railways an6
= telegraphs, the late Minister WI Tins
! Fang, who: is now one OF Hhe official:
of the home government ( and the per
sonal guardian of the emperor. Or
the American side werd Minister Con
q | ger, an American merchant in Shang
e hal, and Mr.. Goodnow Himself. He ex
= planned that ,heretofore the United
States HAD prefited from the treaties
drawn with other nations under thu
favored nation clause. Now have I
# treaty OF our own.
d The most difficult thing was TIL
abolition of the likin tax There are
l, as nearly as he can estimate, 500
: stations or. boundary points in the EN-
o pire at which internal commerce. mus
e pay taxes when goods pass from on
d province to another. This, Of course
has been great burden upon trade
Under the American treaty this ha
been entirely done away with, and tn
Americans secure the priv leges, of tn
rs most favored nation in the entry {
trade into China. America, Mr.. Good
now says, has every advantage to-da
- in the Orient, commercially, if our pee
! Mining Privileges accorded.
70 In the matter of mining, it Is pro
Of vided under the new treaty ths
4 Americans shall have all the priv
x leges accorded to Chinese. China he
at as much mineral wealth as the Unite
III States. Mining has been held bac
n because Of the superstition of the Oh
w nese that to dig into the ground is
M release the earth devils. To the la
~ Captain Rich was refused the priv
~ lege Of excavating for the foundation
=. - of a bridge on an island, because tn;
4 dragon, and he was not to be di
aa turbed by the laundering Of the loo,
e. motive.
With reference to patents and copy
", rights, Mr.. Goodnow said it was ve1
difficult to accomplish much, particl
larly in the matter of patents, b.
cause the Chinese are not inventor
oe and do not know what a patel
F5 means They have no idea Of PR
p tecting rights in invention, but in tt
re- matter of copyrights it is provide
a. that translations and publications *
ill the benefit Of the Chinese direct
shall enjoy protection for ten years.
Rights Of Missionaries
With reference to the missionarie
the treaty provides that mlssiona
II societies may own property for mi
sionary purposes only but conced
that converts do not enjoy immuni
an from liability to Chinese laws al
red ton In their religious connections, b
at remain Chinese citizens in other pa
ass ticulars. The missionary societit
IT'S. Mr. GOOdnOw saws. are we'll pleas