The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-02-03
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NEW YORK, Feb. s.@There Ez-
ceIlencies Tai Hung-chi, Assistant
Secretary Of the Imperial Treasury Of
China and Tuan Fong, yiceroy Of
Mienche, accompanied by fifty secre.
tariea clerks, body guards and ser.
wants. comprising the Imperial In
dustrlal Commission Of China, arrived
in New York and at once entered up
on their Investigation of our conner.
cial, financial, industrial, educational,
political and other institutions.
They are to remain in New York
two weeks andw be busy every day
and night. When they have finished
their study Of the American way Of do
ing things they win return to China
and make an exhaustive report to
their government.
They are at the Fifth Avenue Ho'
tel, where they have sixty-fye rooms,
and KEEP the porters occupied with 425
pieces Of baggage, besides suniry odd
cooking utensils and other things nev.
found in the travelling equipment Of
occIdentals.
At the Twenty.third street ferry
they were received by K. F. Sharp,
Consul General; L. Wing, Vice Con-
sui; Kwai F. PAM, Of the Oriental
Club, and others. General Fred D.
Grant and stan made an early morn
ing call at the hotel A few minutes
later a committee of citizens, incluls
ing Cornelius N. Bliss, Robert G. og-
den and E. H. Hartman, called at the
hotel in six large automobiles, TO act
as escort to the Commissioners on
their first days observation in New
York.
wearing bright colored Oriental
costumes and sitting in the big auto
mobiles, the visitors attracted consll-
cradle attention on their way down
Broadway, and still more attention
when they reached the financial dis
trIct, where most OF the days sight
seeing was planned.
At the stock Exchange.
with General Thomas H. Hubbard,
president Of the company, the Inter
national Banking Corporation buill-
ing. at No. 60 Wall street, was the
first place visited. This institution
does business in the Orient and the
Commissioners were especially inter
ested in IT.
From this place they we're taken TO
the Stock Exchange, where they were
received by the Board Of Governors.
Wall street had not been informed
that imperial visitors were to consti.
tute a part of the days programme,
and by the time the party reached the
Broad street entrance of the Exchange
crowd Of several thousand men and
hovs was blocking the way.
Ii happened to be a particularly ac'
tive day on the floor Of the Exchange,
and the animated scene appeared to
interest the Cinnamon more than any
thing else they had discovered in New
York. E. H. Hartman acted as guide
to the party at this place, and be was
kept busy explaining to them, through
interpreters, what all the shouting
and rushing about meant.
Their next stop was at the Chamber
Of Commerce, where they were enter
tained at luncheon, and were present
ed TO a large number Of the leading
hnanciers and merchants Of the city
Morris K. sesup, president Of the
Chamber Of Commerce, in intFoluc'
lIny.the guests, said the. time was not
far distant when We would need China
and her resources to carry on our own
L.s-,, ~ commerce and industrial Inn
proyement.
Close Commercial Relations.
Replying, his Ezcelleney Tp Huns
Chi. through his interpreter, said he
hoped to see commercial relations Of
China and the United States drawn
closer together and that to accom-
plIsh this end was one Of the objects
Of the Imperial commissions visit
he assured the members Of tie Cham
Iber that while the observation Of the
commissioners would he yeEl taer
ongh in this country, their report Z
.Ethe Empress and Emperor would q
4 corre pondingiy complete