The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-08-30

and secretaries and the ladies and
children who accompany the cohliiiis-
sioners the party arriving at Honoiulu
numbered forty persons III all
soon after leaving San Francisco the
commissioners organized tor the trlp
I his organization was completed with
out difficulty and the various commit
tees appointed began at once the serious
consideration of the work Lard out Tor
them. Conversation with the members
shows that the trip has been undertaken
IN a spirit OF earnest inquiry and that
30 effort will be spared to make 1t pro
ductiye not only Of information bur OF
definite result along the lines on which
the expedition has set forth-the ce-
menting OF the friendly relation now
existing between the United States and
China and the stimulation or the trade
between the two countries.
The commissioners go to CHINA at the
invitation of the chambers of commerce
of that country and thus they Will be
put in position TO obtain, under cir
cumstances of peculiar and unusual adj
vantage, the information necessary to
an understanding of the conditions that
govern the commerce between China
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party are enthusiastic in regard to the
opportunities presented to them on this
trip and the determination is expressed
by them all that the facts shall be
learned to the fullest extent and pre-
scented to the commercial bodies Of the
Pacific Coast to the end that they may
go further, if necessary, and reach the
united States government itself.
hot ar ttol 10 To
America or not, there viii be no gloss
ing them over. no distortion III the least.
The chief figure in this expedition is
Capt. Robert Dollar, a pioneer shipper
of the Pacific Coast and a man of more
than ten years experience in trans
pacific commerce. Captain Dollar is of
inestimable service to such an expe-
dition for he not only has exceptional
knowledge of conditions in China and
of the circumstances under which this
visit is made, but he also enjoys the
confidence and friendship of the prin
cipal men in Chinese official and bust
ness life The commissioners are work
ing along lines suggested by Captain
Dollar and under his advice.
The president Of the commission and
the man whose broad shoulders must
carry most Of the responsibility during
this visit to China is Willis II. Booth,
Of Los Angeles, the president of the
Associated Chambers of Commerce. AL
though young man, Mr.. Booth is
man OF force and enterprise and is es-
pecially happy as presiding officer.
The quick and effective organization of
the committee and the avoidance of the
reefs that have been struck on similar
expeditions was due to his skill in this
particular branch of navigation.
The committee upon whose efficiency
the most depends during the coming
days in China is the committee on pub
LEFTY and censorship. This committee
has for its chairman E. F. Blaine of
Seattle, enc of the leading attorneys
of the Pacific Northwest and a man who
has given years of study to the oriental
situation and its relation to American
affairs. Mr.. Blaine was one of the com
missioners to Japan in 1908 and NE has
Travelled extensively in China.
Among the subjects to be considered
by the committee on publicity and cen
sorship, as outlined so far by the com
mlttee S delberation are the question
OF immigration, the consular service.
monetary exchange, exhibition in China
of American products and manufac-
lures, and of course the exchange of
commodities between the two countries
Into this consideration enter such arti-
cles as coklng coal, and iron ore from
China, lumber, fruits, flour, and manu-
featured silk from the United States,
and all articles which may be made
part of the trade between the two ma
tons. The commissioners are to inves-
tlgate and report upon the internal de-
velopment of China. observing her
progress with railroad building, the use
of electrical energy, the Improvement
OF rivers, harbors ana canals, as well
as the changes in her general govern
ment and the question of extra terri
torlallty, both of which topics are of
immediate interest and significance.
The party will arrive at Shanghai, in
China, on September 10th, and after
visiting some twenty-five cities of that
country expect to disband at Hongkong
on November 9TH. 1t is possible that
visit may be paid to Manila before the
trip is completed. After disbanding.
members will make special trips in Jap
an and some will continue around the
world.
The party resumed its voyage to
China in the Korea at five o'clock
yesterday afternoon
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