East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-09-14
EFFECTS OF PEACE
PACIFIC COAST WILL
RECEIVE MUCH BENEFIT
Tremendous Increase In Commerce Is
Sure TO Result Now That the WaI
Is Over-America's Shipyards VIII
BE Kept Busy.

With the restoration Of peace be-
tween Russia and Japan the eyes Of
the commercial world are turned in
the direction of the orient, in expec-
tation of a great commercial boom.
No country is in 50 favorable po-
sition to grasp this new business op-
portunity as the United States, and no
part of the United States is so favora-
bly, located to participate in the new
activity as Seattle, Tacoma and other
cities Of the Pacific coast.
An announcement which is almost
startling in its possible significance is
that from the bureau of manufactures
which observes that in the brief period
of the past six months our trade with
the empire of Japan has more than
doubled. The value OF the goods
which the United States has sent that
country jumped from $50, ,925, 900 for
a similar period Of a year ago to
$142,659.0O
1t might be supposed that this great
increase was due to the increased pur-
chases by Japan of articles made nee
essary by the war. But such is not
the case. The largest item in the sud-
den expansion is cotton, which jumped
from $17,S1O,0OO for the six months
of 1904 to $34.221,OOO for the six
months just ended.
China. too-despite the boycott-is
doing more business today with the
United States than ever N its history.
The report of the bureau of statistics
for the commerce of the 12 months
just ended shows that exports to the
Chinese empire were $50, 2,516.361. as
compared with $12,S62.4S2 for the
corresponding period Of 1904.
But the present increase OF busi-
ness, in the opinion of Major John NJ.
Carson. chief of the bureau of manu-
features, is merely an opening wedge,
and the future of the United States
in its trade relations with the orient
depends on what is done at this, the
psychological moment.
Major Carson referred TO the estab-
lishment of a permanent exhibition in
Shanghai. where goods may be dis
played, and information given out for
the benefit of American commerce.
An extensive report on the matter has
been received from Mr. Baruch Cert
OF san Francisco. whose practical ex-
perience i'm oriental trade and famili-
arity with Chinese language and GUS
toms makes his advice OF great value
It is anticipated that there will be
| a cessation of orders for articles which
were needed for the immediate prose
cution of the war, such as explosives
arms. leather, beans and flour. But
any momentary diminution of pur-
| chases of this character will. 1t is pre-
dicted, be more than orrset by the
| demands for works of peace. OF rail
way supplies an enormous amount viii
be needed at once. Siberian railroad
will have to be almost entirely re-
constructed, and already hundreds o.
| thousands of tons of American rail!
are under contract for laying down il
Manchuria.
Active construction is being pushed
and, with the war ended. will b'
pushed more vigorously-on the ex
tension of the Peking- HankOu rail
way; also on the Canton-Macao rail
way. a S4.000.000 concern backed by
Portuguese and Chinese capital; the
| Peking syndicate railway from Use
chu to ToakG u: the France & South
ern railway in the Yunnan province
not to mention other railway eXten
sions and improvements.
Korea is to become a field for com
mercial exploitation under the auspi
ces of Japan. Our commerce will
Korea before the outbreak of the wal
had grown from 100000 to $4,000.
| 600 in 1890 to $15,000,O
Japan will be the strongest biddei
and most active competitor of thu
United States for a foothold in th'
markets of Korea-as probably alsC
in China in some lines of goods. Re
ports come now from there that tn,
canned goods and woven fabrics o
the Japanese are beginning to driv'
out the American and English articles
| Just what rights of commerce thi
United States will have in the markets
of Korea, or just what special advan
tages the new treaty may guarantee
Japan as against the outside world
have not as yet developed
Our friendly relations with Japal
are reflected in the trade figures. Al
the notable increases in Japan's pur
chases have been in the markets o
the United States and Great Britain
her ally. Germany has not shared II
the expansion of the Japanese com
merce to any large extent; nor ha
France. Our share was largest
amounting to 50 per cent over tn
previous year, but Great Britain cam
in close second.
Rice is coming to be greater ex
port from the United States to Japar
In the past six months we sent tina