The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-04-28
GREAT CHANGES
COMING IN CHINA
American Industries VIII Find Fer
tile Field After the War.
EUROPEANS NOW LEADING
JOSEPH oPPENHEiM TELLS o.
THE PECULIAR CONDITIONS.
EUROPEANS NOW LEADING

Joseph Oppenheim, the Honskoug
representative or the HoUand-C-hiua
Trading company. spent yesterday ia
the city, investigating local trade con-
ditious He left last evening for tho
east. whence he viii report to the head
office of his company in Holland.
Mr.. Oppenheim has been Identified
with the China trade for the past six
years during which time he has made
his central headquarters IA Hongkoug
making excursions now and then To-
Canton and Shanghai and interior
towns. lie says that, IL Do" war -
continued for another wear the japan
csc will prove the victors because OF the
tremendous influence they at present
WELD in the financial m2TtS of the
world The credit Of Japan today is
Tar ahead Of that of Russia. even with
the latter's prestige in France He be-
heves the ultimate success of the Jap
aneSe viii come from their solidarity Of
purpose. the one and only object Of the
mlkado'S meU-to preserve the sOlidity
Of their empire.
It is remarkable fact that. in view
Of the lesson taught to China during
the Chinese apauese war. the people
or that country. according 10 Mr.. OPP
penhetm. have shown something more
than passive friendship to Russia. and
that this feeling has extended to the
European residents i'm Hougkong and
other ComHeTcial ports is manifest by
the number Of failures in business
which have been announced during the
past twelve months
Thought Russia Would Win.
The majority Of the European trading
houses entertained the idea at the be
ginning of the war that Russia with
what was then termed her unlimited
capital and her large standing army
with an immense reserve to draw upon
would soon end the disturbance and
that Japan would have to take back
seat among the nations of the world
Following out this line Of reasoning
the majority of the European repre-
Sentatives in HOngNong. Shanghai
Canton and other large commercial CEN
ters, did everything I'm their power TO
further the success of the Russian
arms.
1t was not long. however. until the
business element discovered that the
Japs were no ordinary foes but the
discovery came too late and many of
the representative firms in the CONNER
cial centers had 10 withdraw. MI Op-
peHheiD7 says that the American houses
nave not grasped the situation. and
that because of the conservatism dis
played by them they have lost great
bulk OF trade The particular weak
ness or the Americans. he says. is that
they do not seem To understand just
~ nat tue people or emma iced.
1T is a peculiar country and pc
culiar people" said Mr. OppenheiIn !
and they want things done in lust
their way. Take. for instance. cotton /
goods The American mill men insist
on sending in their latest prints. The
Chinese VIII not accept them unless .
they are made from model designed /
by themselves They will make a de-
sign of a particular print and they in (
slst that the delivered goods must be i'm /
a rV-ff hot n
ropeans have been wise enough TO erasp /
that fact and they have steadily ca
tered to that trade
Take American watches. for in
stance They are as good as any made I
IN the world. but the makers insist on I,
sending I'm one or two movements and (
disregard the fact that the European /
manufacturers are exporting. move /
ments constructed in accordance with .
the ideas of the natives
THE one thing in which the An1eri- ]
can has anything like a supremacy is /
IN the matter Of railroads There he is 4
really the whole thing. He not only /
knows how to plat road but he knows /
how 10 build it and 10 supply the neces-
sary equipment. For the time being {
the advancement Of railroad building
in China might be said to be at a stand ]
Still, hut as soon AS this war is over (
the American viii be much i'm evidence /
through ManChuria and the further l
most parts Of the country Manchuria. I
10 my way OF thinking. will soon be free /.
from Russian domination As soon as
that happens. and china has recovered /
from the present trouble. You will see /
one or the greatest industrial move +
ments through the Celestial kingdom /
that the world has ever Witnessed.
Impressed by Salt Lake.
This is my first "trip to America but
have been greatly surprised and { /
may say pleased. by what / have wit |
messed in the Pacific coast cities They
are just what 7 had been told The
same is true concerning Salt Lake. [
had wrong Impressions of this city. and !
am glad TO say that since I arrived I
here I have found that my information /
is faulty. salt Lake is really a bcauti- /
ful city, and if there were only a few
manufacturing esta blehnputs here its !
population would increase at a marvel /
Gus rate. From here ! shall go 20 Den
YER. thence to Kansas city. St Louis
Chicago. Cleveland. Pittshurg. Buffalo. :
Philadelphia. Baltimore and New York
In each OF those cities 7 intend To make I
a study of the economic conditions ana !
the development of the manufacturing
plants. ] intend also 20 go TO Fall River
and the other manufacturing towns i'm
Rhode Island and Massachusetts where
cotton prints are made. / want to tell /
the manufactures back there some I
thing about the real needs of the Chi
Hese. After that I shall go TO Holland
and report To the home Office Of my
company"