The Washington times., 1909-09-23
United States Corporation
Said to Have Whip
Hand.
CONDITIONS BETTER
THAN LAKE REGION
Experimental Plant Demonstrates
Capabilities Cuban Lands
Also Taken.

The United States Steel Corporation is
getting ready 10 make a strong bid for
control Of the coal, iron, and steel bust
ness Of China.
Travellers who have recently returned
from that part Of the world, together
with some data which consular agents
have presented, have made 1t apparent
that the great American corporation is
much farther along the road to control
of a vast business in the Orient. than
is generally known.
Only rather vague information has
been Obtainable as to the holdings CT
iron and coal which have been gathered
up for the steel corporation in China
but it is very positively declared that
vast deposits in the province Of Shan 81,
believed by many people to be the rich
est IN the world, have come into the
control Of the corporation.
Regarded As Ideal Region.
For many years this province Of Shan
81 has been regarded by experts familiar
with its conditions, as the ideal region.
Of all the world. for iron and steel man
ufacture. If the iron ore deposits of
the upper lake region were right along
side great coal mines. and If the very
best igrede of limestone were immedi-
ately adjacent-theA the condition would
be fairly comparable to that existing in
Shan ST. Everything needed for the
most economical production Of the best
iron and steel is a. hand: even the
transportation facilities will be of the
| best, because Of the possibility of de-
! veloping at small cost the best water
transit.
/ The American Steel trust. # is now
! explained. a number Of years ago, con-
| ceived the idea that soon or late there
/ must be tremendous demand for iron
and steel in China Whenever the bust
4 ness Of building railroads fairly gets
/ started in China. there will be such a
demand as has never been known in the
I world. The steel corporations far.
/ sighted managers anticipated this con
/ dition. They investigated the possible
ity Of making steel rails and othei
( heavy iron products in China Thee
found that the country has everything
necessary, including an unlimited sup
ply Of the cheapest labor in the world
Materials Are At Hand.
Efforts were inaugurated TO securt
| control Of necessary deposits OF coal
iron and limestone; and these have beer
gathered IN. There IS declared to b'
enough OF these materials. now unde
the domination Of the Steel trust II
shan ST, to make rails and other stee
for all the railroads China viii nee,
I'm hundreds of years. even If # shCUl
! take on the most unexpected develop
ment-
. A number Of years ago plant wa
erected IN this province, for expert
mental purposes, by the trust agencie
there. It has demonstrated that an
! coal and ores are capable Of the hes
that was hoped for them, and that Chi
luese labor can be trained very sbOrtl
) 10 do the work just as well as the whit
b. workman Of the Occident do IN the iro
districts of Westphalia, Pittsburg, o
the west OF England.
. Will Dominate Far East.
People who have studied this expert
mental work in China express the opin
q ion that a generation hence the Unite
States Steel Corporation win be DOM
mating the steel business Of the IA
P East quite as completely as II now doe
e that Of the United States. Is explain
- ed that good deal Of mystery SUI
rounds the whole campaign In China
Little has been made public by the ste'
70 corporation people about It. either her
- OF In the last. 4 VI tuJuEn mas VI VI
Z ed back to Washington, through bot
s official and unofficial channels, 20 MAX
it very apparent that a huge speculauc
in Oriental development is being plar
4 ned by the irOnmasters Of the Unite
States.
b There comes also from the Alabaln
i iron district an interesting narrative
projects OF the steel corporation fer T.
further development OF the industry
t that region The big American ste
n / concerns control the great ore deposit
Of the province of Santiago, Cuba. tn
As said to hc the richest large deposit
the world, because 1t contains am 40
8 mixture Of nickel In the proportc
l. necessary TO make the finest steel
j. This Cuban ore. IL IS explained, is
- be brought 70 great plant which
30 being established on the Warrior rive
In Alabama, and there smelted- The r
ductiOn OF the duty on ore gave the a
be suranCe that this project would be 81
n tirelv successful The trausportauC
~ will be as cheap or cheaper than brlnl
d. ing the Lake Superior ores 90 the PEN
syIvania furnaces, while the cuban or
'e are declared much better than those
the Superior region. vast changes
the whole i-0n and steel industry
]. predicted as a result OF this developme
~ Of the Cuban ores, and the south is
- line for immense benefits.