Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-02-15
is STRICTLY A TRADE AFFAIR.
The Student Class Has Done its
Best to Keep the Issue
Alive.
10 Some Extent Has Succecded--If
Called on Tomorrow Would Take
Years to Recover from Injury.

Washington Feb, 15.--From the many
reports received by the state depart
ment from its representatives, in the
east relative to the anti-American hoy
colt, It's extensive prospects Of it's con-
unuance ana the amount OF injury it
has inflicted on American trade. tNo
selected at random from the north and
the south. have been made public In
neither IL there any hint Of violence
and the movement. It Is stated is con
hned strictly TO trade limits.
The report from North China brings
the history Of events up TO the close Of
1905, Al that date the boycott move
ment had been NEARLY all talk" In tho
principal cities, says the correspondent.
who adds.
The student class. az the willing
workers OF the boycott Organization.
mas done It's best to KEEP the isgue alive
ana To some extent has succeeded muCn
against the wishes of the merchants
VINO nave had enough and never waul
10 see another boycott. But this talk
and under current of agitation has no.
been shown tn amy great extent IN the
business AFFAIRS related to American
products. There has been timidlty In
buying and In some instances cancella-
ton OF orders under the spur OF threats
but despite denials of some Amerlcans,it
IL well known TO the ma jority thar such
conduct upon the part Of Chinese buy
ers has not been the rule. This state
ment, however, does not apply to the
product OF the Standard oil. which has
been opposed in many places outside
the principal cities in northern China.
As to that condition IL can only be said
that thorough investigation will prove
that trade competition has as much Ia
do with II as Chinese sntagou-
ism. That underhand methods have
heen employed against the Standard
OIL company and the British-Ameriesn
Tobacco company is becoming palmer
every day At present the attack on
these two companies Is apparently
conferred in and around Hankow where
obscene circulars have appeared and
also many evidences Of unfriendIy in
tent. But at 500 Chow. Chinkiang.
Chang Chow, Wa Hu, Kiukiang and
many other places tributary 10 and
on the Yangtse there has also been
more or less antagonlsm OF late. The
merchants are against the boycott. but
under the lash of the guilds they must
give a half hearted acquiescence at
least, n the officials 50 desire they
can squelch the recrudescence Of the
movement In this section and by so do
ing will gain the support OF the mer-
chants. But again there Is the new
powerful student class. which, under
the teachings OF foreign educated Chi
reese and perhaps others not friendly
In American interests where they con-
ilict with their own has developed an
influence recognized by officials. guilds.
merchants and laborers'
From south China and In fact, clear
down To the Straits settlements comes
the report that there is no improves
ment In the boycott situation: thar
trade is badly affected In most lines
and there Is little or no business out
side the small union trade. American
Sc wing machine companies report that
the Chinese are afraind 10 go into
its places. Although some are likely
to buy, they are not willing TO have
machine IN their possession. The au-
thoritles claim there Is no recognition
here"
The report concludes:
III the boycott ls called OF tomor-
row II will take many years 10 re-
move the III effect from the injury
done. At Penang American firms
could not move any goods In their
godowins and Chinese refused 10 take
the goods which they had already or
dered"