Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-10-29
JAPAN AND THE OPEN DOOR.

So much has been said In the last
year. since the making Of the treaty
! OF Portsmouth--some Of Il heedlessly
some ignorantly and some, It is 10 be
feared. maliclously--about Japan's al.
legged disregard Of the open door prln-
! ciple and her monopolization of Man.
churian trade that few facts bearing
on the matter may be timely, saws
New York Tribune. There was, It viii
be recalled, much apprehension ex-
pressed that Japan controlling the
great port OF Tairon formerly Dalny).
with no Chinese customhouse vet es-
tablished there, would take advantage
OF her opportunity to let her own goods
into Manchuria free, while prohibiting
or imposing heavy duties on the goods
OF other nations. Indeed, we recall
some explicit statements that she was
doing so. which appear to have been as
untrue as they were explicit. II Is
quite true that she controls T'airan
under treaty with China, Just as Rus.
sia formerly controlled II. 1t Is trus
that no Chinese custom house has vet
been established there, Tor the slmple
reason that Russia has not yet let Gus.
tom houses be opened on the Mancbu.
siberian frontier. II Is true that, pend
ing the establishment OF such Chinese
custom houses, Japanese goods are he.
ing imported through Talren into Man
cnuria free OF duty or at special low
rates, Just as Russian goods are AZ
the north. But It is also the fact. Thar
while Russia let's only Russian roods
go In free or at special rates nj Ana
north, Japan lets the goods OF ali ma
lions go In at Tairen ON precisely equal
terms With her own. Her open door
at Tairen is open for all the world.
Moreover, that open door Is used bv
otner nations, especially by America.
iar more than by Japan herself. There
mas oeen widely circulated story that
ever since the outbreak OF the Russo.
Jnnanese war and the establishment
or Japanese control over the Manchu.
rian coast Japan's trace with Manchn.
ria has been greatly increasing, al the
expense OF all other nations and espe.
claly or America. II would be dlnicult
10 imagine statement more az yari.
aneo with. the truth Let us note The
volume OF actual imports into Man
churia for the last three years preced.
ing the present, covering the year be-
fore the war, the period OF the war ana
-FOUR months OF restored peace. The inn.
ports from Japan IN 1908, the year be.
Tore the war, were 5029s,so3 haikwan
taels. In 1904. including the first ii |
months Of the war, they actually de-. |
clined a little 10 5o.i6i,05e. hi 1909
With Japan In complete control OF Ina
entire coast and of all southern Man I
churia, and with the war brought 10 a
c.lose, they increased to sf,3i5,24s tatls
Meantime, what camo from the United
statesY In 1909 only s6s7l,27s taels ar
: traction 'sore than onc.haif Of Ia
pans contribution. In 1904 despite ina
var inc volume increased to 2e.lsseis
,aeis. While. as We have seen Japan's
diminished. And In 1905 II was swalIed
% .o,sl6sas taels, or more than Ak ner
,ent more than Japar's. thus Win.
'apen sales TO Manchuria have in
reused In the three years BY "a nor
emf, those or tho United States have
increased By 49, Per cent, or have Eli