The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-08-24

Another story of Japanese ~,
croachment is told in connection with
the railroad proposed from the Sonth
M~anchurian line to Kirin. The lattar
is a city Of about one hundred rhon-
sand uate on the Sungari rive
about eighty miles from the Dalny-
Hardin railroad. A line of railway
connecting the two would be valuable
There is already an enormous trade
but the goods go in carts and tn
freight rate is something like SIG =
The ChHese proposed to build that
road and had their civil engineers 90
over the lire, and by their report II
would cost $4,000, 900 to build. Thav
were ready to begin work when the
Japanese blocked the construction nv
means OF their objection to the Faku-
man road. saying they would release
that objection if they were given =
half interest in the road to Kirin. The
japanese sent their engineers over the
road and from them got a report thar
it would cost $4,000, 900 to build it
This was more than double he est
mate of the Chinese engineers. and as
1t was a part of the agreement that
most OF the money was to be borrowed
from D If it had gone through
the japanese would have secured \
loan of over "a. 600, coo and would
have had the most of the money ahoya
49, >0oS Ia l1llOH DIS per hA
Chinese estimate. The figures of the
Cnlnese engineers had. however. been
forwarded to Picking, and the officials
there insisted en- the estimates being
cut down until they approximated
$1,000 600. 1t has been decided IA
build the road on these estimates. and
the japanese will have a share in tha
control until the none is paid. In
the meantime the akuma road will
be built.
American Goods in Manchuria.
The time has come when the Tnitad
states should push its trade in Man
cnur1a. Inc people are just begen-
ming to know foreign goods and b,,v
them, and from now on there will be
a great increase IN The native CON
sumption. AL! sorts Of farming i'm
PIGMENTS will be needed for the do
Velopment OF his great agricultural
empire. n our p1oWS should be in
greas demand. The Germans are al
ready. selling cheap limitations Of
american tools around Hardin. They
pet $50 for a pillow which could be
easily landed on the ground and sold
at a profit at $40 or s12.
rs the wheat lands are DEVELOPED
reapers will be needed. and for the
large government farms t hreshers
and steam enines. A British firm re-
Gently sold four large Howard steam
IN =, IC1h HOIt1 from
Newchwang; the board of agriculture
at ukd has on its experimental
farm American reapers, harroWers.
harvesters and plOWS.
A large part of the flour milling
machinery already in use is of Amori-
can make, n the rolling stock OF
most of the railways is American.
Whentthe~sOuth Manchurfan railroad
was reconstructed the japanese gave
US n order which amounted to
about 60. 900 tons. 1t was for steel
rails and bridging material. At the
same time over 1000 Of our freight
cars, 200 locomotives and something
K zoo other cars were imported.
The new Pullmans, which are now
being used on the southern end of
the Transsiberian railroad, are by far
the hnest sleeping cars of all Asia.
and there will be a demand for sim
liar material on the new which
will soon be constructed. One Of these
vii. be the line to Kirin, and another
the rebuilding of the military road
which now goes from Mukden to the
Yalu river and connects with the KO-
rean system at Antung.
The latter road will undoubtedly
pay we'll, but it will necessitate "a
bridge across the Yalu, which will
probably be made of American ma
terials. The present road is a narrow
gauge less than a yard wide, which
carries little cars eight feet in length.
Ihere are no passenger ~accOmmO@&-
tons whatever, and the freight rates
prohibit any large traffic. When this
new road has been constructed, the
greater part of the travel over the
Transsiberian to Japan will pass over
1T, and n will be able to go from
Paris to Toxic by rail, with the ex-
of one night on the ferry from
to Mogi.
American Cotton and Tobacco.
Today our chief exports to Man
churia. outside of railway materials.
are cotton, kerosene and tobacco The