Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-05-04
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70 VISIT AMERICA
GROUP OF CAPTAINS OF INDUS
TRY TO INSPECT AMERl.
CAN PLANTS.
TO RETURN VISIT MADE
BY y. 8. BUSINESS MEN
Thirty Represent alive Business Men Of
Eastern Empire, Including Bankers
and Merchants, Coming This Month
Event Heralded as Of Far. Raehins
Importanee-WiIi Visit Washington.
Especial correspondencel


Washington, May Americans who
have only a vague idea OF what the
better grade of Chinese are like will be
given an opportunity to learn at the
time of the coming this month to
America Of party of Chinese captains
Of industry A party Of representative
Chinese merchants, including econo-
mists and scholars, is to tour the United
States, visiting Washington, New York
and the principal centers.
In view of the controversy between
Japan and China and the supposed
efforts Of this government to preserve
the integrity of China unimpaired, the
visit of the Chinese party will have
more than ordinary significance. On
the part of the chamber Of commerce
of the United States, the event is her
aided as one Of the most far-reachlng
moment to American commerce.
Just Return Visit.
Five years ago, at invitation of the
Chinese government, party of Amer
lean business men from the Pacific
coast states visited China. This party
received every mark of consideration
and courtesy. A return visit was pro-
posed for the following year. Capt.
Robert Dollar, of the Robert Dollar
Shipping Company, of San Francisco,
with branch offices in the orient, made
a trip to China in 1911 and arranged
for the return visit in 1912. But the
revolution came on and overturned the
empire and until now it has been i'm
possible to bring this return visit
about. Now, thirty representative COM
mercial men of China, including bank
ers and captains of industry, are car
rying out the plan for a visit in return
for the visit of Americans to their
country.
The regular expenses Of the members
of the party will be paid by their home
government but American business
men everywhere are expected to give
them a welcome and to make them
their guests. The idea of the visit Is
to study commercial conditions in this
country and try to promote closer
trade relations with the United States.
The Chinese government has approprf-
ated funds sufficient to take the party
as regular passengers on an itinerary
for seventy days which will begin May
when the steamer Manchuria arrives
in San Francisco and will extend over
more than 1900 miles.
Men Of Eminsnes.
The chief OF the bureau Of far eastern
affairs Of the state department. E. T.
Williams, and the commercial agent of
the bureau of foreign and domestic
commerce Of the department of COM
merce stationed at New York. f. G..
Porter, have been delegated to meet the
party in San Francisco and accompany
the members Of it on the tour. Mr..
Porter speaks Chinese.
The party includes men of much
eminence in China. One of the number
is N. Y. LANG. a man not yet 40, who
has studied in Chinese. Japanese.
English and American schools. has been
president of the Pao Chang Mining and
Smelling Company, director Of the
Yunnan government assay office and
commissioner to Investigate the mining
industries Of Europe and America.
~. Su is director of the Shanghai
chamber Of commerce. Poa Chen Of
Mukden province was formerly lieu
tenant general under the empire. is
man of wealth and prominence and
owner of several coal mines. In fact,
each man in the list Is of unusual dis
tinction in his own country.