The Washington times., 1922-06-17
BUY
IN U..S. MARTS,
DECLARES SEE
Establishment Of United Gov
eminent at Peking to Be
Trade B6on.
BY ALFRED SEE,

Chinese Minister to tho United States.
Copyright, 1922, by Cosmopolitan News
Service.)
WOODS HOLE, Mass. June IT,
I am thoroughly convinced that
tremendous increase in trade be-
tween the United States and China
will take place as a result Of the
establishment Of government
which will include both North and
South China and which. feel con.
'fident, Is soon to occur. No doubt
the increase win come only with
time, for under the conditions which
China has been Obliged to face for
so long, important changes are
necessarily often slow.
country, and which I am certain
the new government will do every
thing in its power to relieve. 10 an
uplift in the standards Of living. BY
that mean much better sanitary
conditions, based on modern ideas.
increased education and the appli-
cation of up-to-date methods In
manufactures and in agriculture
and in other ways.
Machinery Needed.
or course, the program will re-
auire an immense amount OF ma
chinery of various kinds. Where
more naturally should China seek
such supplies than in the United
States, which has 80 greatly proved
it's friendship for my country! we
shall need machinery for water sup
Div and electric power plants ana
e. tt-o
mower. China, as 10 well knewn,
long has been backward in agi l.
cultural methods through lack OF
machinery with which to develop
the great land resources Of the re-
public. Machinery for this pur-
pose viii be needed In large guam
titles IL the country ID TO De oe-
yeloped along the lines and TO the
extent hoped for by Chinese states
men and business men.
But this will take time. The
territorial extent Of China In very
large. The beginning must De
made on a small scale at first and
increase as the conditions justify.
No sudden and vast movement In
the establishment Of these impor.
tations can be expected. China
is conservative and, while wishing
TO adopt certain Western methods
which il Is believed will benefit tho
country, should not be regarded as
intending to do everything with a
rush. We must move wisely and
cautiously, being convinced that
what we do Is the right thing. The
commercial department Of China 10
bound, to come, and the United
States will benefit thereby, needless
to say. OF that American business
men need have no doubt.
Coast VIII Profit.
I think 1t may be reasonably ex.
pected that In due time Chinese
commercial steamship lines win be
established between China and the
United States, and later with other
countries. The Pacific coast. In
view Of being SO much nearer to
the Chinese coast than other Sec
tions of the country, may expect
to see the first American ports OF
shipment established there. II
stands to reason that with China
buying goods in the United States
there would be good reason for the
carrying of such goods in Chinese
bottoms. In that we would be fol.
lowing the example Of other coun.
tries.
American business men would do
well to thoroughly investigate tho
Chinese market II they contemplate
going after increased Chinese trade.
The trade there has its individual
requirements, as has every foreign
market, and for American trade
with China to be successful our
needs must be studied and catered
TO. Trade goes where IL IL best
served, of course. This being true,
there Is no reason why q greatly IN.