The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-04-20
TRADE IN THE
FAR EAST
,APAN A POWER THAT MUST De
REcKoNEo WITH.
stubborn Opposition Must De Met.
CHINA Under the Tutelsge Of ia.
pan Is Also Awakening TO
Commercial Conditions.

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Donald T. McKinlay OF California
who was member OF Secretary
Tair. party in their trip to the Far
East was the guest OF honor and
principal speaker at the dinner Of
the New York Credit Mems Associa
tion last night Congressman McKin.
Iny spoke of industrial and CONNER
,ial conditions In Japan as they arc
going 90 affect the markets Ia the
Far East Tie warned his hearers
against "the illusion that Japan is so
ing 10 be our commercial ally In the
Far East or anywhere else and, &C
.ordinp to today's Times. said
We hear o. whole LOT about The
UdT-Cd States dominating the markets
uf Japan and the Var East but any
hopes we hold In that respect are dc
stincd to be rudcly shattered The
Sso. .Oo0. .Ooo who live on tho shores
aud the islands of tbc Pacific before
long viii not only no, De- consumers
of American goods. but will hc oug
competition, perhaps iu our own home
m1rbojs
Will. Boo Japan Q visited osaka.
vhich b. thc Piusbutr of iho Nihado's
,uasrc. Il has at present some 100000
inhabitany hu, modern factory
is sprlugIng up u every corner ol
bat city and before long GO will bc
ihc home Of 100000 industrious Jap
Jncsp
Marquis Ito. who was the guide of
secretary TSt's party In the Japa.
sDsc Pittsburg said To me: You need
not be- afraid that We VIII au0w Jap.
ancsc laborors TO come 20 the United
States We need them all at home
IA "a couple OF months We will bring
hom, million men from Manohuria.
We are going 10 teach them all how
10 manufacture everything IN the
world with the best labor saving ma.
chnory 10 be found Instead Of send.
ing YOU cheap labor We will sell YOU
American goods cheaper thaN YOU
can manufacture them yourselves
III g. only slN months since Mar
quis ITO told me this. Three weeks
ago picked mp California paper
ana read that whole shipload of
Japanese goods had come into the
port Of san Francisco | am afraid
mat the people of the Far East will
become not only our commercial com
p,utors hut that they actually may
become our commercial masters.
More than half the population Of
the world lives ou the Paclac Up 20
recently they have been living In the
Far East Ia Indifference They are
wak,umg mp now The boycott OF
American goods iu China was not In
retaliation for The treatment We have
served out to some Chinese mor
chants whose paper We're irregular
but % manifestation the new spirit
oft the Orient
china under the tutolagc of th1
Japanese. is awakening In osaka
-aw twenty ave cotton mills The ma
chinery of one Of these mills had
com, from the United States. The
rest the japanese had constructed
themselves / saw there also thirty
four mills ready for shipment TO the
wheat regions of Manchuria. one OF
Those mills had been imported from
the United States Twenty nine had
been constructed in Osaka for one
ifh of the cost of IA, American ma
,bIncry our patent laws do not oN
i,ad tu Japan u is the shccrcst foil,
fog us to dream of ostohdshing mar
.ars iu the Far East
Cougressman McKinHy severely
condemned inc lothargy OF American
iu their nsht for the market iu ,h'
Far East
"lu shanghai Congressman Nc
Kiully continued We found tina
thu German consul had thirtyhy'
business agents on bis list The Brit
ish consul had forty and the Japaucs
1850 We decided to get search waI
rant and the chief OF police to 0nl
the consulate of the United States
which was ON a dirty side street
with consul who said he was hard
u getting money enough from IN
American government to pay for
Young man to do his typewritlng.
Ma McKiulay said that our onl
hope tor eastern markets was boun
up with the Philippines, He said "
ought 10 keep them and establish !
Manila great emporium for Amer
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