The St. Louis Republic., 1905-06-17
AMERICAN TRADE
N CHINA VALUABLE
Manufacturers Greatly Disturbed
Because Of Unfriendly
Agitation.
LABOR IS OPPOSING CAPITAL.
Workingmen Insist on Strict En-
forcement Of Law to Keep
Cheap Service Out
Of the Country.
ne Republic Rur.au.
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Wysss Bu:..ina. Is.n and ; s,ree:s
Washington. Jcne !S-The full xisnin-
cance Of the set cf problem. affecting the
commerce with China. ard the im,.,ixra-
ton o. chinese into this country may be
appreciated IN the light OF some figures
1ust given out by the Department Of CON-
mercs and Labor relative 20 tho CONNER
cial exchanges between IN. United - ,,.s
and the Chinese Empire.
In no other quarter OF she e.ots !.
American trade just aox showing s,,..i,
immense expansion. The figures for the
hrst ten months cf the current FISCAL y~.r
present q startling showing O: American
development In the C'hinc.. commercial
field.
American manufacturers realizing fha,
this trade II t,.s' In the beginning Of a
period of rapid growth. have viewed, with
great alarm the possibility that another
chinese agitation In this country NAV
caase retaliation In China ,nd r.sr,, IN
Injury To their busineaal
II fs curious political phase Of the
e"n'roS"rsE between capital and labo-. II,
".h eap"a' seeks to protect . growing
market Tor manufacturing products. and
Iao"r IS trying to protect itself aeains. m.
P's:'oiiits OF nooti cf Chinese labor A.
eedE there are signs Of political ac,ivi-
ties on both sSdes
LABOR WOULD EXCLUDE CHINESE.
"hiie the quarterly conference Of the
american Federation Of Labor in session
AZ scranton vas discussing the necessity
for insisfence on strict enforcement OF the
chinese exclusion Law. the President was
hst"nine Z" delegates from the American
AnAdc Association. who were urksnr ,ha,
'ne enforcement Of this law b. made less
str'ct and tschnieal In order to avoid un.
que prejudice among Chinese against the
United States
There are reports Of q Chinese move
ment TO boycott the wares Of the An,.ra-
can market. IN order to force this eoun-
try TO milder treatment Of Chinese sub
jecss.
The Feherai administration Il draxred
into the controversy by al! s,dee. The
chinese demand fsirer treatment Of -heir
subjects: labor demands exclusion Of
Chinese competition: capital wants on
courassment in invading the Chinese mar.
kes.
II - apparent enough that eapstals
gains In the Chinese market must rebound
to the interest Of labor for labor must
produce the things to be sold 70 the chi
mesa Thus far. however. the working
men have been able to see morn menace
In single Chinese traveller admitted In
the country than viii he Offset nv a whole
ship'oad Of American products going 70 b
sold In China
ADMINISTRATION BUSY.
The administration n making the effort
to reconcile these interests md keep the
differences from developing into political
issues.
People from the far West declare II i'm
possible 20 overstate the aeu:snea. Of the
Chinese exclusion idea ther. In Cali.a.-
ria. Washington. Oregon and east Into III.
mining country. Is well a. up in British
Columbia. the feud between tho yellow
laborer and the white laborsr Is bitter IN.
the extreme.
II Il already . political issue. eut n has
not cryst7iiz"d into q partisan is>ue. THIS
n.akee the aenn:nis;ration's situation deli
cate. One mistake. one order or res,Iia-
tion th.t could r. m,sconxtru~d. might re-
sui; In An immediate precipitation Of the
whole question as . partisan issue.