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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-09-24

lishment Of telegraph and postal services in
Manchuria.
Local administration both in Corea and Man
churia, calls Ter radical surgery. So corrupt has
been the tax gathering system or Corea that A
nation which WAS vfrile NOS more than half a
century ago seems 40 have lost almost entirely
all ambition for The accumulation Of wealth
"Haud-to-mouth" does NOT seem to be the most
houorad form cf existence in America. that
seems 10 oe the Ideal one in Corea- In fact that
has bee" the only safe way to live there Even
If the C2rean happens to make the mistake of
ctssiIles oF i,i" 81" acts and behaves it E9
were Thoroughly ashamed OF it ALL He is mors
than ashamed - the coins. Positively. he il
AFRAID or them. or. more correctly, of what they
might bring down on MS devoted head
Nn%t - the use Corcau will tell YOU OF
working hard for wealth? The secret viii ont
As soon the news Of hidden wealth eats - =.
Corean official he loses no time in taking liza
"orFy OIL Your mind. Matters are pretty nearl,g
When the highway robbers have the irnpudeI,cs
10 TAX Tie traveller so much a cart. and that
.cP hmq you, IN no shady corner of a highway
out on Inc streets OF AoukGen and Liao-Yanz
there seems TO be some room for ref0rrn F,s1s-
ciaHF When so great a power as Russia Vas
Obliged, IS a matter of fact to nav 4ban, v-i,{1o
she was constructing her NIadixosfolx ana Ifs,
bin line at tbs rate of 81 IS q cart you Sar, &c
Tor what powerful measures Of reform the focal
administration calls
For what would it profit man 70 dig ont all
the Wea+Lh OF Manchu land if he could not
carry II away ron the bottomlesS pockets Of
Lle f1uIe muses. Nothing avails much Therefore
unless the health and conscience of me local
tltliLII4lStTatlonS III Corea and 1Iauchurfa are
made much better than they are ro-Iay 4n5
this task Of reform in administration circles
would naturally engage as serious thought and
s4iort on the part Of the Nippon government as
the establishment and maintenance Of trans
portation facilities
Tue monetary and currency system in both
Corea and Manchuria is our of date. In Corea.
win which We have had deal of trouble lately.
something Ike q sembance Of order is gradually
emerging from chaos. In those portions of Coret
and Manchuria through which the Nippon army
mas made its way the people are becoming more
ana more accustomed TO think that certain
pieces Of paper are az good as a heavy bundle
OF iron coins. In Corea and. perhaps. in a large
portion of Manchuria II is likely that they
might come to use the Nippon currency. That.
of course. would simplify the matter materially.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-09-24
NUMBER OF collisions Increasing Yearly Need of
System for Regulating the Fast Growing
Traffic by Water,

nearly 200 steam yachts. several scores of car
floats and many lighters
The overcrowdng shows itself not only when
the craft. both big and little. are in motion but
when they are at anchor. The official anchor
ages are sometimes full to OVERLOOKING. The
owners of yachts have official sanction to ride at
the foot of East 26th-st. but so many million
aires have built yachts in recent years that
sometimes the space allotted TO their craft is
overcrowded and the revenue officials are
obliged to warn the yachts off the forbidden
waters into which they trespass. The anchor
age in the Hudson River between 2}d and 42d
SITS, is also congested Tows for points along
the HUDSON River are made up there. Recently
when the large battIeship squadron
chored in the river at this point little friction
developed. Tradition has set apart that portion
of the waterfront to the Hudson River barges
The warships anchor in the Hudson River under
sufferance The canal boatmen think that the
warships for which there is a specially desig
mated anchorage at Tompkinsville, ought not
to go up the North River and interfere with
the traffic there. Several schooners and barges.
they declare. have been injured by collisions,
because of the Columbia's protracted stay in
the Hudson River. 1t is feared that there may
be d little difficulty when the British fleet,
under Prince Louis of Battenberg, comes here
early in November The anchorage limit in the
Upper Bay has been reached.
II other evidence of crowded conditions in the
harbor is needed there is the number of col
lisions. In 1902 I'D collisions were reported to
the board Of supervising inspectors stationed
here Nearly all of these occurred III the har-
bor. The next year the number was 12I. Last
year it had increased to 154. Incidentally it may
be added that forty-seven ferryboats have been
involved in collisions thus far this year AS a
result Of the crowded conditions and the growth
of commerce the safety of vessels is becoming
dangers to navigation in New-YoTk Harbor can
be traced to the vessels themselves.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-09-24
MA APPLY TO CONGRESS.

Several steamship men Of this city are plan
ming to ask Congress to remedy this condition.
The movement is being organized by ". RI.
Pleasant. vice president of the Ocean Steamship
Company. W. L. Guillaudeu, president &c the
Old Dominion Steamship Company, sai1 that
the coastwise steamship companies had taken
the matter UP because they had ready the
framework for taking a united step. Towing
in harbors is dangerous to navigation ne said
We shall try to see if the Department. of Com
legislation is needed as / suppose it is ven try
to secure it. We shall suggest that barges in
crowded waters be towed alongside instead
of astern. We recognize that they have as much
right to use the channels as we have but we
do not think they should occupy the entire
channel At the present time the only regulation
regarding lows is that if tow is over 600 feet
long, lights shall be carried to indicate this fact
rms however, Is no protection in foegv the1.
Al night it is especially difficult to determine the
exact location of tho boats
Little criticism is heard now ahout the ms
sage or all the great Sound steamers around The
bdItefy Twice day. although the danger Is rs
6IeaL as ever These huge craft ALI dock along
the Hudson River front. Some HI -1o,. men de-
clare that they ought TO dock on the East RiI-ar
IIoII ABOVE CorlearS Hook. Two or three years
ago When the lease of one OF the lines docl1fne
on me Hudson River expired the project was
revived 10 nave all these steamers moved around
INTO the East River because OF the danger of
Inc daily trip around the Battery among the
numerous smaller vessels. There was great op-
Posltion 10 1t from the wholesale drygoods firms
oH tne ground that it would greatly increase
ther DIS for carriage and add 10 the cost 10 the,
consumer or the fabrics from the New England
COTTON mills Their opposition was successful.
ana all or the big steamers which run To The
eastern end of Long Island Sound stilI docl, i'm
close proximity to the drygoods district
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-09-24
Fine Natural Resources of Long Neglected Territory
Continent of Asia Will Be Speedily Developed
BY Aaachi Kinnosuke, Japanese scholar in America

years past. and even they have been quite
gratifying Both in timber and fishery the
Far Eastern markets white unto harvest.
As for Manchuria. her resources are better
known to Americans. OF Entail and the coal
mines along the East China Railway they have
already heard The promises of her wheat
fields Russia has advertised to the world on
the plains watered by the Lao. the Taitse and
The Sha-Hc such agricultural machines as are
used the plains of Kansas, Colorado, Texas
and Dakota-altogether impossible OH the hily
patches Of Nippon-cau find something more
Than mere elbow room. You have heard. also
of the harveSts of kdoarg and of beans Twice
ten thousand native julks ascend and descend
the Lao TO 3nd from Yinkau every year. They
don't a. anything but transport beans and kao-
lang. You have also heard that all this agri-
cultural product, immense as it seems. is moth
ing more than a mere proen 10 what is TO be.
That there is a natures mine-ard one of her
richest, too-in Corea and NIanchuria no one
doubts. Nippon 1oes NOT doubt her ability to
exploit it. But how2
First of all is the establishment Of a more eff
fective and more profitable system of trans
portation.
Corea needs trunk line even more sorelv
than Manchura. Manchuria has her East
China Railway. And the quick building Of the
Seoul-Fusan Railway forms one of the ha ppiest
chapters IN The constructive work of the war.
As early 1894. when the China Nippon War
was at its height, q convention was signed be-
tween Cores and Nippon. 1t provided that the
two lines, one between Seoul and Fusau and the
were 70 be built either by the Nippon govern
mont or by the citizens Of that country. Sincs
zz4ien II has been shcved. Lack of capital for
the construction was the chief cause The
memory In 1896 it had forgotten all about the
agreement or two years before, and about
TO give the concession of building the Seoul
Fusan RAILWAY To Frenchmen and that of Seoul
A
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-09-24
LIE SWISS GUARD

The Popes Swiss Guard IS preparing to ce.e-
brate in a fitting manner the tooth anniversary
of its existence. The first convention for the
service was concluded with julius II IN 1898,
bur the fortunes OF those who enlisted were IN
happy The Constable de Bourbon lnassacrsd
them 10 a man when he sacked the Eternal CITY
finding them barricaded III -. Peters Church
The next convention was concluded twenty -One.
years later There have been two Interruptions
in the service OF the mercenaries in consequence
of the French occupations of 1893 and 1909 bur
the guards expelled on that occasion returned
with Plus MI. ana have never since beeu obliged
10 leave the vatican. They arc the only organ
lied mercenlTies which switzerland. once 50
famous for its Invertebrates. now supplies.-(Dun-
dec Advertiser,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-09-24
RAILWAY BUILDING.

The Nippon government lost no tine in re-
minding the Corean government of her promise,
and at once helped private interest TO organize
itself into company for the construction Of the
railway without loss Of time. The representa-
lives Of the said company were treated to the
usual comic opera diplomacy OF the Corean gov
eminent, rich In unconscious humor 10 the
third party and trying 10 one who Is dealing
with her AT last, IN September 1898. the
Corean government was brought to see the wis
dom of doing the right thing. not that it wished
to- particularly But once again Nippon CAPT
tai found itself busy. Ia that country there
;,., ~ u-aat att.7 ',.-. tettN "--tch tempt ia
yestors that the CoreaH railW avs appeared in
tae eyes of the Nippon capitalist splendid orgy
as q public contribution Tor the good Of the Fan
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-09-24

We must make good the losses Of the war,
and Corea and Manchuria and our ability of
exploiting prohtably the many riches which the
gods have left in their soil and waters ara
going to pay for the war. after all Destined to
CARRY on a war Nippon has simply TO turn
from the red struggle with Russia TO the white
and bloodIess battles with the soil Of continental
Asia and her waters.
And what can Corea give to the filling Of the
Nippon Golfers? Roughly this:
There are in Corea over one hundred and
TWENTY-FIVE r1lires. A great majority Of them
are of gold. Among them there are two cop
psr mines Of promise, and also two OF coal and
seven Of iron. The mineral wealth Of Corea is
no neUs 10 the world What is is the dis
coverv. since the war has taken men into
the rernoter corners Of the Hermit Land OF
many mining promises which had never been
known before. What is new is that new day
IS Just davnirg in the history of the transporta-
ton facilities Of Corea. upon which largely de-
ponds the profitable working Of the mines
GOLD MINING IN C0REA.
The Insan CEun-san) gold mine. which Brit
ish interests have been exploiting. and the
Unssn gold mine in which certain Americans
have made fortunes both in the Hei-an CPyong-
an Province and the Doken CTong-Ko-KaO
gold mine. in which the Germans have spent
fortune, IN Kogen Province, have not been able
70 please their owners any too well Of late
The Germans especially DO not like the showing
OF their gold mine Through their Minister at
Seoul they are trying their best TO bring the
intelligence Of the Corean Emperor to that lofty
point where he see the wisdom of making
the Germans rich by giving better paying mine
in exchange for the Doken-
On the other hand, the Tsuian gold nine, in
Kokai-do (Hwang-hai P1ovince), is pleasing its
patrons well They are gratihed with what it is
doing at present; they are more pleased with
what it promises in the coming days with a
happier combination Of facilities The gold mine
IL question IS operated owned and controlled by
Joint company IN which three friendly nations
are Observation-Disclosures, Nippon and Great
Britain. And its prosperity. to the almost too
religious eyes of the Nippon people, gems to |
spell something OF a pleasing prophecy
TIE Shokusan gold mine in Chusei-do |
fchyang- Chyong Proyince) has regained the |
affections OF such financial leaders in Nfpnon as
dr. Asano and Mr ShbusaWa (who is to the |
financial world Of Nippon what Mr.. Morgan is |
% the American). An expert mining engineer.
Ar Ishi is already there experimenting the
working Of the mine. And you may be sure
"aei' rhine regains and retains the attentions
. slese two men there must have been radl-
e-s~ aew surprise about It. And since it has
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-09-24
SADLY ovERCRoWDED.

Over 1000 different vessels lily the waters of
the harbor This is four or five times as many
IS can be found in any other harbor in the
United States It is more than the total num-
Der of vessels using the harbors Of Boston,
Philadelphia. Baltimore and San Francisco.
Among them are about 200 different foreign
steamships. $50 ferryboats. 125 inland freight
steamers. GO ocean towing steamers, $50 tugs,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-09-24
RICE PROMISES WELL.

The most promising Of the agricultural en-
terprises in this region would he the rice cult
ure Evan as it is. when the Coreap farmers are
doing away their peaceful days in the COM
Portable conviction that the heavens are too
powerful to need their cooperation much, Chin
nanho (Chinnan-po} has already become the
chief export point of rice in Corea When it
was opened in 1897. the only attraction OF the
place was the picturesque sunsets upon the tall
growth of reeds through the filtered gold of
which one could fishing boats at the leisure
~ game OF hide and seek. And all the present
activity of the port is largely due to the Nippon
enterprises in the two provinces, which bring
their goods TO the city AT the mouth of the
Taido River
According to the latest report of the Nippon
police at Chnnanho the activities of our pep-
pie at this point have advanced beyond all
former records since the outbreak OF the war.
There were only 1SS houses at tbs close Of
1903 which belonged TO our settlement, and only
779 people of Nippon birth At the close OF
April OF this year the number or houses be-
longing 10 the Nippon people increased to GOO
ami the NDDon population rose TO Z,60S. These
figures are interesting. more especlalIy because
a large number Of people who stay In the
port are those To supply the wants or our peo-
BE who are engaged in the work or develop
ing the resources Of the land N the interior,
and the merchants who handle their products.
they Gan therefore be looked upon as an index
n he acti,.itv If our people in the hinter land
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-09-24
V-YORk HARBoR 0vERCRowDED.

The recent collision in the East River between
che steamer Maine and a barge laden with pig
iron has served to draw attention to the over
crowded condition Of the harbor and the result
ing menaces 10 navigation. The collision was a
tvpicaI one. \ barge in tow thrown against
the steamer by the tide. This steamer was one
If those which daily come down Long Island
Sound and the East River and swing around the
BATTERY into the Hudson River. Such an acct
dent might happen any day,
The task of the sharp eyed pilots of New-YorlS
Yarhcr is no easy one. y new maze is presented
every minute on the trackiess water. Now it is
the riddle Of an unwieldy carf1oaJ and two ferry
boats or perhaps 1t is j combination which in
cludes a Sound steamer. two tugs making up a
tow Of canal harges in the narrow waters of the
East River, off the Battery, Staten Island
ferryboat starting down the bay. the loud voiced
General Hancock crossing from Governors ISL
and and a coastwise steamship.
Each wear the pilots task becomes harder.
Constantly the number of prows pIoughing the
restless waters of the bay receives additions.
This is not all. The craft are larger. The
harbor, with its great and growing commerce
Cnearly three-hfths OF the foreign commerce OF
the United States finds its exit and entrance
through Gedney's Channell, is overcrowded.
BIG FLEET ALWAYS MOVING.
Few persons realize how great the movement
Of craft in the waters of the harbor is. Every
day thousands go to the Battery and while away
an hour gazing across the shining waters toward
the distant heights of Staten Island. They think
Of their work. their troubles their pleasures, and
dream Of the future, but they give little thought
TO the meaning Of the parade of dingy vessels
streaming past.
On q Saturday afternoon recently represent
stive Of The Tribune took his place beside one
Of the piles, and for an hour tried to count the
vessels which crossed the path of sunlight lead
ing over the water toward him. At the end of
the hour, when he added up the numbers of the
different kinds Of vessels he had seen, he found
that for each minute he had stood there three
had passed around the Battery or UP and down
the bay toward the East and North rivers. The
total number was 1S6.
This is more than two-thirds the number Of
trolley cars crossing the Brooklyn Bridge in a
rush hour. In the procession were represent
atives Of nearly every type of vessel that navi-
gates the harbor, from great transatlantic
liner TO a raft There were tugs by the score,
guiding unwiedy carfoats and dragging mucky
1nudscows, grimy and dusty canalboats and we'll
kept oil barges. Deeply laden schooners and
clumsy sailing lighters, looking much behind the
times, in the crowded procession Of steam YES
sells, tackled back and forth in effort to get
somewhere without being cut in twain. Now
and then a ferryhoat splashed past. There were
excursion steamers filled with pleasure seekers
bound for Coney Island, or for climb through
lows Island or for a sightseeing trip around |
Staten Island,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-09-24
COAL AND WHEAT.

From the timber trade on the lnlu and on the
Toman ,Tsumen) River, and from the fisheries
in the waters off the Coreal H''oi"i' Nippon
viii and two rich sources Oh revenue WIN
Corea rrda,. our protectorate, and naturally
viii, aI1,ost q free hand given our fishermen 20
,nake bases wherever they please along tae
c,oreao shores. lie fishery 81 those waters ought
10 ten a different story from those Of many
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-09-24

awaiting an opportunity 70 dock and discha-ga
ca~Soes on take cargoes aboard There are
few piers open to them so the shipping agents
would like 10 nave tae canal barses removed for
tLei~ benefit. The shipping men suggest thac
the bavges he moved up che river 70 The Bronx
region. There. they say. the lows could Do
made up in safety and taken through the Ha--
lem River
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-09-24

for they are forced into 1t. We were told that
the government was going to have the barges
dump near Rockaway; that the Coney Island
channel was being dredged out fer this purpose.
and that it would be ready last March. II hasn't
hem nrrd nrar
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-09-24

coming in the near future great cotton belt.
The Department OF Agriculture Of our govern
meut has dispatched thtther Mr.. Ando- scien-
tfc agrculturIst, who has been experimenting
with cotton culture in MokuhO (Mok-po and
Gunsall t&un- SAM. An extensive and successful
cultivation of cotton in this district would prac-
tically revolutionize the cotton market III
Nippon.
And the Southern provinces are, roughly
speaking. the only portions Of Corea where the
natives have done so much as 10 scratch the soil
with their toylike implements of agriculture
To the north are mary Eoodly stretches of land,
especially through the plains of KOkai tHwau-
hail and Hei-au U7yong am provinces In the
statistical figures of the agricultural products
of the Northern provinces Of Corea not even
shadow of the possibility of the land Is limited
al Here water lands are plentiful
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-09-24

such a splendid backing, it VIII doubtless see
a new era of activity afte" the
The gold dust in the Jun-an mine, in the Prov
ince OF Hei-an-do Pyong-an Province has been
worked under the joint interest Of the Corean
and the Nippon CAPITALISTS
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-09-24

All the New-England freight business handled
by the Pennsylvania system will be moved by
II instead of through the narrow East River to
Mott Haven. at present.
lows are uncertain quantities in the eyes of
the harbor pilots. Their distance is prefera bic
TO their company Tows We're involved in TWEEN
ty-seven of the eighty-five collisions this wear
At night they are especially dangerous They
snip out of the darkness across a ferry slir
without warning, and must look hard TO
ascertain the extent of the tow. The boats ars
as Dark as the water in which they waIIow and
incl: nights are almost indistinguishable among
me most that bespangle the bay and the shores
only The Watchfui eye Of the pilot in the dark
nttie house on top OF the ferryboat can pick
thent out with any degree of certainty
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-09-24
MUD sC0Ws IN THE WAY.

The lows of mud scows in the lower bav
especially threaten commerce. They're always
IN the way remarked one of the deep sea pilots
Vhe o'her day. They seem to think that we
ought to look out for them. They use the Swash
Channel. but suppose when the Ambrose Chan
mel is finished they'll want to use that. because
it'll be shorter and save them a mile or two.
There are two points where the mud scovs
cross the main ship channel and interfere with
the movements of the large steamships which
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-09-24
THE TELEGRAPH WILL COME.

The establishment and perfecting of the
postal and telegraph systems both In Corea and
Manchuria would follow. naturally The construc-
ton OF railways In case of Corea treaty was
signed on April L this year between her and
Nippon, through which the Coreau govern
ment intrusted the entire system Of co,nrnuni-
cations to the hands Of the Nippon government
for Improvement and management / do not
know what agreement may be reached in the
case of Manchuria. There is no question as TO
clally those whose interests are In Nanchil.is-
Improvements IN that line. J. ,ou,I simply
ne following cut lie friendly policy toward
Ghlha II tho Nippon government should invite
Chlnest interest and cooperation IN the estab-