The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-09-17
SEATTLE'S
FUTURE IN
THE0RIENT
Business Man Sees Big 0p-
portunity There; Says
We're in Good Shape
By II. r. CHALCRAFr

BY r. r. CHALCRltFT
Aitho the well-known advice 10
Go West. young man. so West
Is commonly supposed to have been
rendered obsolete with the spread OF
Americas population to the very
surf OF the Pacific. T.. G. Anderson.
president OF the Western Dry Goods
company, and chairman of the for
eign trade bureau of the Chamber
OF Commerce, believes that Scattle's
creates, business future stun lies
toward the setting sun.
Every business man in Seattle
ought to make trip to the Orient"
Anderson said today To The Star.
NO matter how short his stay.
am confident he would return with
. vision OF opportunity that can be
acquired In no other way.
IMPORTANT TO KNOW
SITUATION IN ORIENT
For one thing. the business man
who learns at first hand the present
situation In the Orient viii be able
TO handle his own foreign business
more intelligently. Then. too. he
will learn that II Is essential for US
TO purchase as well as to sell. That's
an important lesson: and that Is one
thing to be borne In mind In franz
Ing the new tariff bill.
we must have a tariff. of course.
TO protect our industries. We could
not begin to compete with most OF
the foreign countries. where labor
and materials are so cheap and the
rate OF exchange so low. on no
tariff basis. But II placed too high.
the tariff will act as a boomerang
and defeat its purpose. Were the
United States entirely self depend.
emit. tariff wall high enough to
keep out all foreign competition
might be all right. But we MUST
buy as well as sell. Therefore. we
should seek the happy medium in
the tariff. It's a mighty complex
and important question to be
solved"
Another fact not generally real
he'd. Anderson pointed out. Is the
relative nearness Of the Orient to
Seattle.
CHINA NEARER TO
SEATTLE THAN NEW YORK
did you know that we can ship
goods to China in one-han the time
We can to New York;" he asked
Most OF our trade with the Atlantic
coast these days il carried on BY
water routes. because the freight
rates are so heavy. A vessel OF the
average type now employed In inter
costal service requires Is TO 30 days
to reach Seattle from New York.
Tho Seattle Shanghai voyage takes
~ to 10 days. BY eliminating stops
It San Pedro and San Francisco the
running time from New York to
seattle might be shortened by some
four daya- That would mean big
saving to Seattle merchants.
while we are on the subject Of
shipping. I might say. for It In trua.
that no one factor has been Of
greater force in building up Puget
sound cities than the japanese
transportation companies. They saw
the opportunity for trade between
the Pacific coast and the Orient
first. and took advantage Of IT.
Anderson has little use for the
business man who became scared at
the beginning Of the past business
slump and sold out. thus attempting
70 dodge his responsibility.
The man who sold out to avoid
loss Is both q Stacker and sucker"
Anderson declared He IL a Stacker.
because he deserted at the very time
We needed him the most And he Il
proving to be sucker. because now
no finds that those who stuck to
their guns and weathercd the bust
ness depression have little use for
the fair weather sailor.
BUSINESS BETTER HERE
THAN ELSEWHERE
business conditions In Seattle
are better than they are generally
In other parts Of the country" said
Anderson. "Out here we took our
Losses and squared around for re-
adjustment sooner. II may take
some time to get back to where we
were. but we are now on the upward
road. And what we have accom-
piished in the past Is as nothing to
what the future holds for US In
Seattle.
We have only to catch the vision
and grasp the opportunity that lies
waiting"
AS the interview drew to close
Anderson harked back once more
to the subject Of tariff.
we say we must have foreign
trade" he warned. but to build a
high tariff wall means to shut out
the very thing we are demanding.
Remember-it Is as essential to buy
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