Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-08-07
THE CHINESE BoTeoFF
WHAT THE uELzsxxAL x1NdDoH
II F1aHTIHa ron


Over ten thousand OF the leading mer-
chants In Hongkong. Shanghai. Canton.
F'oo-Chow, Annoy. Tien-Tsin and other
principal cities In China are said to have
signed the Chinese boycott Of America and
all things American. and the boycott reso-
luton carries with II . fne OF 5000 Tor It's
violation. This boycott went Into effect on
tbs First Day Of the Seventh Moon" but
San Francisco, which carries on nearly one
half OF the export trade between the United
States and China, has not al yet felt 1t I'd
any extent with the exception or Few OK
porters who have had their orders can
celed by cable. However. this city may IN
time suffer, as the Chinese are persistent
though slow moving people, and once they
become possessed with an idea they nanS
to II with proverbial stubbOrnness.
This boycott is directed against the Chi
nese exclusion act, and Is INTENDED 10 IN
fiuence the signatories to the treaty now IN
preparation and which Ii based upon the
enactment of the last Congress. The civil
lized world Is familiar with the exclusion
act and its object-to prevent the Unlte9
States from becoming the dumping GROUND
of the surplus and refuse population OF a
nation Of over 400, OO0OO0 people, one-fourth
the population of the entire globe.
When the boycott was first proposed,
several months ago, 1t was thought that
the United States would at once "sit up and
take notice" The Chinese had conceived
the idea that the most effective way 10
rouse the Yankee was to touch ms pocket
book. The boycott resolution was montns
in preparation, and when completed meet
ing of the guilds. or chambers or COM
MERGE, was called In the principal cities.
the resolution adopted and signed py the
members. and each obligated himself TO TOT,
felt the amount above named II ne Floid'eo
any of its provisions.
Main Provisions of Resolution.
The main provisions of the resolution are
as follows:
% Chinese will not buy nor use any ar
ticle of American production. machinery in
Guided.
ca Chinese merchants, their agents and
shippers will not ship goods In Vesseis
owned by Americans
60 Chinese will not send their chlldren 10
schools established and conducted by Amer
teams.
"a Chinese will not join any American
firm as salesman, agent or Interpreter.
(5) Chinese employed in performing mental
services for Americans are requested 10 re-
sign such positions.
coast has been variously estimated: but
probably one hundred thousand would De
a fair approximation. OF this NUMBER. pos
sibly one-third are centered in San Fran
CISCO There is denying the fact that
among these Cinnamon there are some as
shrewd. and clever as the average
American. Some have been educated IN
English at Harvard Yale and other Amerl-
are some engaged in banking. exporting
and importing and wholesale merchandise
ing.
One Of the Largest Cotton Consumers.
India. China and Japan are the largest
cotton consumers in the world. and the
worlds supply Of cotton Is produced by the
United States, India and Egypt. or this
world supply the United States produces
about rs per cent and exports about 81 per
cent of this either In the raw or manu-
featured state. The bulk of 1t that goes to
the orient is taken by China and Japan.
A man who had charge of some public
work In China on which thousands of cool
les were employed said recently they all
wore shirts made of flour sacks. and on
their backs he could read the history of
the -four trade all the way from Minnesota
to California.
The Chinese boycott of American vessels
will not be felt to any extent. for of our
entire export trade of $2OOO0,OOO carried
to that empire only about 1 per cent went
over in American bottoms OF the entire
foreign trade of China, amounting to about
$250OOO. 900. fully 80 per cent was carried
in British bottoms Japan and Germany
rank next. Germany sends annually to
China over 5000 and Japan over 1900 ves-
sells. The latter's export trade with China
amounts to about $4,000 600 annually.
The present boycott will have little or no
appreciable effect In this country save to
curtail the business of few exporting
houses. The trade with China is only drop
In the immense current of Americas foreign
trade. but 1t Is to the future that business
men on this coast are looking. China. with
its 4O00Oe,O00 people and 100000 square
miles of territory. does not buy from US as
many goods as Japan with one-tenth the
population. and forty years ago Japan was
where China is today in relation to the
worlds progress. China has coal fields that
cover 100000 square miles, more than those
of the United States. and yet II has only
about 300 miles of railroads. 1t has unde-
veloped mines of iron, copper and other
ores 1t has limftless water power and riv-
ers that are navigable for a thousand miles
there seems practically no limit to the fer
tility OF it's soil. Business men are looking
forward to the time when China awakes.
They want to know who will awaken her
and teach her to need things that advanced
nations make and sell. At present 1t appears
that Japan will be the dominant power,
commercially, in China for some years.