The Washington herald., 1921-11-15
SEES CHINA AND SIBERIA
As COUNTRIES OF FVTURF

SEES CHINA AND SIBERIA
AZ COUNTRIES OF FUTURE.
When the great inertia O, IN.
chinese has been overcome we can
foresee that great mass Of people
moving forward with irresistible
torce' J. Morgan Clements. who
mas recently returned from chin.
lpreoicted In talk before the wash
inRton section OF the American In
stitute OF Mining and Metsllurric,,
Engineers last night
The nineteenth century wa,
characterized by the great prosress
among the nations Of the world
made by the United states ana by
japan, aided by the United states
The twentieth century belonxs 10
Siberia and China and the progress
OF these countries will run cEten-
tally parallel with that 81 the
United States and Japan. japan and
China are two countries wiki old
civilizations accepting modern
ideas. The United States and ST.
herta are new countries with great
undeveloped areas and great re-
sources demanding red blooded men
with the frontier spirit"
| China is a country larger than
! the United States with an equal
diversity OF climate. soil topoE-
raphy and products and with
around 900, 0Oo. 900 inhabItsnt,
which gives a density or population
OF 1871 persons 10 the square mile
something like five times AZ many
per square mile as there are in the
United States The great mas, OF
the people rarely move beyond a
very circumscribed area. They are
Ignorant as a mass but are friendly.
good natured, easy 10 handle. ~ one
VIII study them and learn their
point Of view, and make excellent
mechanics, and are very industrious
They are suspicious-as are all
ignorant people-but their conf
dence can be secured and retained
| by just treatment"
The United States is now a great
creditor nation and must develop
its foreign trade" he declared.
China is a promising field both fo-
investment in Industries and as a
growing market for our goods.
Exchange is practically normal ana
the political troubles on which the
eyes Of the outside world are
focused, are generally exaEg rated
Ah NAAN EhotA NACoNhAN vent OTOaQ-
cast The great mass OF the Chinese
pay little attention to the political
turmoil but go calmly about their
ordinary affairs. Slowly but surely
a spirit OF national unity and or
modernization is developing N
China and is one OF the most hope
full signs OF the times These viii
eventually leEd to q stabilizs Ion OF
the conditions in that country"
In this great country. with only
around 5000 miles OF railways. there
Is need Ct capital To finance and men
TO supervise railway and port de-
velopments and reclamation pro-
jects: electric light plants are be-
ing built. but mare are needed:
modern cotton. four aud silk mills
are replacing the old hand mills:
modern highways are being coni
structed and coal mines must ID
opened TO supply fuel for a steadily
increasing number OF modern in
dustrial plants OF all kinds"
| The field is not a virgin one, All
of the leading European countries
and Japan have skilled engineers
hnanciers with long Far Eastern
experience. keen students Of eco
Monies and veteran trained sales Z
N men On ANlG kEouHAs " z AAAEA AANNEI
capital in Industrial projects id
China and send out men OF nature
Judgment and thorough business
training. and these must be backed
by a well defined and liberal home
ONCE policy based on a program
covering a period OF years; II We
do these things we will deserve and
we will get our share Of business
China has large resources OF
anthony and tungsten. both metals
which we need. There are possibili 4
ties Of developing large mRnganesG
deposits in China. Her supplies q
Iron are sufficient for her own needs'
for many years TO come but China
will never be a large producing fac
tor in the worlds iron market
China's chief mineral resource lie
coal Of all kinds and in her re-
sources of coal she ranks third
among the nations of the world
However. China's great Industrial
resource IL her enormous man pow
er. Our great opportunity lies IN
1 joining with the Chinese in the de-
velopment OF their coal resources
and in the utilization Of their
Il great man power in the develop
ment Of productive industrial en-
lNeTpTlseS
i Spider silk Is used in telescopes
and various other optical instru-
ments to indicate by cross lines
points in the field Of vision. Many
4 attempts have been made 20 sub
stitute spiders for silkworms In
the production OF silk for general
use, and a small industry Of this
description exists in Madagascar.
4 A recent note in Science records
what is believed to be the temper
ate zone record for a single sea
sons growth Of q shoot OF the tree
I type of woody plant This phe-
4 nomenal shoot grew from the stump
L Of a beheAded PaulowniR and
reached a height Of 81 feet inches.
a circumference Of 10 inches at the
base, and had 20 leaves, one OF
which, measured in late July. was
found TO be IS inches long In the
Largest dimension.
Venice has enjoyed almost a mo-
nopoly Of the manufacture Of glass
beads ever since the fourteenth
century. About a thousand Nene-
tian artisans devote their time 20
this industry.
il A campaign recently waged
against rats in a small town u