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EVENING., SEPTEMBER S.V 1903 18 THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND. SATURDAY PORTLAND M ERCHANT FROM XHINA SAYS WAR SOON ON THE PACIFIC IS INEVITABLE ' I. K. Concuff, a former resident' of . rortland. JRi Just returned witn nis family from Shanghai, ChMa. where he has been naad in the mercantile . inui tar the raat two year. Mr. Con ' cuff 1 a ftrm believer In the future areatness of the Chlnee empire, whten, , he says, 1 destined to take Its place a one of the great power 01 uie eartn :. before many more decaaee nave pnssea. -The -main check to the commercial prosperity of China rJgrlit now.aniMr i Concuff, "la In the monetary system , The standard of the land of the draot . 1. .11.,.. anrf nf riwrai anv overproduce 1 tlon of that metal or shortage 9f. ffoid 4 In any of the world's markets imme diately make ltsrlf relt in me commer rial relation of China with foriegn a countries, , , "For etample, since the panic las fall. Importations of Hour from the " t'nltcd States have fallen off fully t0 "per cent. The people over there can t afford to pay present prices for flour ' when the rate of exchange 1; so lilsrii. Two years so snclc of flour tha. "' could be Jiurchased for a dollar In gold cost the buyer 11.89 In Chlneee money, r Now, tftakea 2.?0 In Chinese to buy a f doljar'a -worth of goods. JPortland, Xo(es Trad. "Portland has practically all the flour trade with Ilongkong and the ", southern porta f the empire, but In Shanghai, Chef 00 and 'other northern : porta the Rose City ha only about 60 per cent or a little more. This la due , to the fact that Portland has no direct ; steamship line to these cities on the upper, end of the Chinese coast. Goods ' shipped from tha Willamette river must he transshipped at Kobe and no small loss Is caused by breakage. For that reason dealers who would prefer to . trade with Portland' exporters send In stead to Pnjret Bound with which there is a connecting line of steamers. .. "The sailing vessel Is a thing of the . past on the Paolflc, as far as the orl - ental' trade Is concerned. Seldom do you ' see one nlvlnc in Chinese waters. The orient demands . and jseta fast service. . i'-L ?)an, HMifieS"WHi M-t i 1, sk if F T aj? 1 pt ww, w-y . . y-:-. : Concuff and Family uressea in Japanese costume. IT '.""'"' '1-. ' " ; J.iliWiiiliiii'iii.iiii.'i'iiilili'lllJ' ' .-I ', w5 l 7 ." . , ;; . " - , ' ' 'J ' -' ' ' ' 1 . , . ' ' ' . -', i fT-" - ; , , . I T - --, r - - 1,.- - in --f .1 'A v Goods must be shinned with aH speed owing to the -fact that fluctuations in the money market may mean a differ ence of thousands of dollars to the mer chant. An order which wasfc billed at 15,000 In Chinese money when tt left on a sailing vessel might have doubled in , value by the time it arrived because of . a panic or some other cause which dtt . predated the price of silver, , China ; -Wide Awake. ; . " ' "Much nae beW said of the awaken ing of China, but the renorta cannnt . v exaggerate, or forthat matter, Kiv a V,UB m ina rapta progress wnicn .he ancient country ts making. The Treat middle classes of the empire are f t worir overturning the Idols built up - by centuries of paganism and with each year the number of the enlightened are .Z?8ing by a,most geometric ration, rhe people ha ve inherited from the age of Confucius -certain elements of greatness vhlch are bound to leave their impress on the worlds map. Among the racial .characterisations which they possess. T far greater de gree than any other people on earth are , Industry and adaptability. Thev are honest, sober, eager to aaiulre knowl f ? and ,n addition hafff a keen in telligence and power to gvhsp. "I would rather deal with a hundred Chinamen than with one -Jap." and so wou d any one la who has ever had ' deRl'nSS with th nutiv in the land of the mikado. The Japanese business men are as a class, lylns. deceitful, dis honorable and thoroughly unreliable. They have no sense of duty and dn not .Keep faith in contracts. 80 well are " " ey. protected by tha technicalities of the Japaneaeriaw that It is lmposslbI , to recover a Judgment or to get justice a. luiriKn customer. CUaesa Itaroaanta Bonect. A .IT!?? Cn'n-ea?. on the other han.l, are strictly honest and reliable. A Chinese merchant would no more think of order ing goods which he could not pay for 'Ji?n J3?. would of disowning Confucius. 7,P e Ch,nese do not speculate, either, like their neighbors, the Japs. A Jap anese, will contract for supplies and then If the price sags when ft is time for the order to beMivred he will refuse to accept U.TrAere is no way to compel hJm to do so. .Tha ntirnnnl ....ua. rfFaiTlH. II K IWlllKli I t 11 j . I'rana or goods. ji "u tm inem witnout tne owne ox me paitni oeing able to get an redress whatever. "The Chinese have nturUnneii o olutlon in sentiment towards the United i th? p"st deeae, especially ma iuMwiio year wnen suppue! were sent from this country to the re lsef of the starving. A Chinese mer onant pterers to buy from America ; ,iiuwr no -can- purcnase goods as jcttKonaDiy as xrom other countries. Unci Bam'a Slowneas. "Strangely enough, the prevailing idea ii w luunur j inai American in 1 dustrles are pushing out those of other nations. . This is not the case. On the uuiiiiary, liermany, Kngland, Belgium ila .'.ranee are selling annually millions of dollars worth of machinery and sup plies of all kinds while the American iniuiuiKHirar is apatneticaily watching, 'u, Boma commodities are even shipped ;ym uinieu aiaiea dy otner COUU7, tries and then exported to China. ? wauroaa acuvity is at Its height in Cathay. There are. now some half a dozen new railways nearing completion u kiicii ,n operatipn tne i..r,.o.,lj vi vunia wiii nave receivea i- an impetus difficult to overestimate. 'aiong the new steel lines almost finished, or In process of construction, , Is the Che KlaBg railroad, which pene . ir.1"., "ich district for .a di?re of 400 miles up the Tang Te riverlW Shanghai The ChefoHankow ran road, which connecte those cities and makes a loop into the interior on the way ud the coast- furnlnhn Q . vast region and a means of transporta tion for produce that will materially add to the nation's wealth. "The Russian government is build ing a railroad down the Amoor river In Siberia, to connect Jierchentsk end Ha borovsk. This is a strategic move rather than one of commercial Import ance. The ciar need this road to prevent the Isolation of Vla.ilvnsitock In case of another war. as the line of the trans-Sibertan, a It runs at pres tnt, is through Manrhurlan territory. Difficult Znflneerlnff rroMems. The treaty elirned with China makes It a condition that Russia may not transport troops or" munitions and sup plied of war alorig the road In Man et rla. "Tiie construction f this new road In volve, nemo of tht wr-rld's most diffi cult ensineertnr protlem. et American ergineers. are mktr-g r.n effort to se cure positions. The work is entirely in the hands of Belgians en.l Engtrehmen. "The farmer of Manrhnrla Is coming to hte the Jeperee government end all t7Wg' Jarano, for the rttro1 acrrwii thTs great provlv frrin Dalnv to Quen Chanxy mwwd Japan, and ih- pro- . ae Is forcej to tak for his products jst whatever the Japanese win pay. nd no more- Toreign eAmpetlti.-n has wn ntnn tuely ahut oat hy a system of rbate which i-icrlmlnste in f-or of Japa nese dealers asd scstnet thone of oth-r nations. A car of wheat whiJ costs i n Aroerican it j-en fr.r tranep.rtat!on I from l)alny to Quen Chanzv is hsuled t tnr a J5-neM merehant for onlr is! . ye. Ttis ts an Mtmol t th. m(,.t. which the M.kau has et-sln'd his I. R. a reaaonable price because four nations were striving for the Manchurian trade. Tho lumbermen and miners-puffer with the farmers by the unjust BcrlmtnatIon or the Jap raiiroaa. Cannot Avert War. "It is my sincere opinion that war on the Pacific within the next few years cannot bo averted, and China will be one of the participants. 1 am not saying who will be the others. The men of Cathay are drilling a large army and quietly increasing the strength of the naval armament. Tfi people at large are steadfast In their hatred for the little brown men'ecross on the Mikado s isles and When the queued soldiers meet those who vanquished them once before there will be a different story. "Skilled tftctltlcians from the armies of Europe are being paid high salaries to inculcate into the Chinese forces the knowledge of warfare in all Its subtle ties. The Chinese sqldier is not ex celled in bravery or efficiency by the military unit of other nations, once he Is drilled Into form by competent leaders. "The fate of Korea Is today the sad dest of any country In history. The Korean is treated with less considera tion by his Japanese "protector" than is -the yellow (iog in this country. Here the doe hna a chance because the so ciety for the prevention of cruelty to animals, will interfere, hut the Korean must submit to the worst indignities without hone of redress. A Japanese may hire a native in Korea to do some work and when the Korean is through his employer piys him what lie pleases, or nothing at all. More often than not the laborer is kicked for his pains." Enyliat Chinese Sc.ooL Mr. Concuff'wlll leave again for China September 15. He will reenter the mer- cantlla business in Shanghai,, where he will also act as agent for a large ex porting firm of the I'nlted States. Mrs. Concuff and her two sons aged i and 7, will make their home in Port- go Concuff Drbbably has the distinction of being the- only school. I, It tie Joe white boy in the, northwest who attended his first school In the orient. Joe went to an English grammar school In Shang hai for a year. . Mrs. Concuff says site likes China as a dwelling place, for many reasons, but or course, line an Americans, gets "lonesome" for home frequently. In speaking of her resi dence in the flowery kingdom she said: "In China you don't have to do a tap of work. Servants are too cheap. The Chinese make fine servants, too. I had three, a head boy who got $20 a month, a coolie who worked for 7 and an amah, or maid and nurse girl. The amahs are most devoted to the children of foreigners, and will risk their Uvea If need be to render service to Uuni or their famflles. My amah wantetrto come to America with me. so fond had the woman become of the baby, but owing to the exclusion iaws 1 could not bring her, - Ho Autos in China. "The greatest objection to living In Shanghai is the fierce heat of. summer, which is well nigh unbearable. It takes L years for foreigners to become accli- matea. "How do we amuse ourselves over there? Oh, there are traveling onera troupes which periodically make their appearances. We women bass the'great er part of the time In attending little tea 'chows' and ofber social affairs, much the-same as the women in this country do. No one has an automobile In China, but we -all ride about in "rickshaws." " PETTY THEFTS IN COLUMBIA BUILDING ROUSE IRE OF TENANTS A series of petty robberies which for months nast have been occurring in the Columbia building, corner of Washing ton and West Park streets, culminated last Monday night in the robbing of one of the offices of the Pacific States Tele phone company. A new Underwood type writer was stolen and also some Jewelry belonging to one of the employes. ..' ' It is believed that the thief is someone- who is employed in the building. According to the story of one of the employes, there were two new type writers on a table in the center of the room. They were of the same make and fine was as Rood as the other. But one of them had- a cover on and the other did not. The thelf took the un covered one, which leads to the belief that he must stay in the. building, as otherwise iie would have taken the cov ered machine rather than carry down the street at night an uncovered type writer. Nearly all the offices in the building have been robbed one time or another during the past few weeks. Umbrellas, hats, coats, typewriters and various other articles of value have-been ak en always things that could easily be. carried away. The police have een. noiirjea, nut nave round no trace of me iniei or or me tnings be tias tfeken. The matter has, therefore, been placed in the hands of a private detective . YOUR HOME will be healthier when you 'keep bottled Schlitz. The barley is food the hops' are a tonipa . And the drinking of liquids flushes the systems of waste. Every doctor knows, that Yihdst people drink toov little. On this account, their systems become lojgged vith waste There lies the main good of watering places. They induce the drinking of water. Y That is one reason why the drinking of, beer ; is good for you. It leads you to drink more liquid than you would drink without-it. And that liquid is both a food and a tcmic. The sturdiest peoples of the earth drinjc the most of it. But be Sure that the beer is aged, so it will riot cause biliousness. Arid be sure it is pure. Schlitz beer is all Healthfulness. - Ash for the Brewery Bottling. ":j Common beer is sometimes substituted for SckUiM. " ... To avoid being imposed upon, see thai th cork or frown is branded Schlits. 1 KoneMain 3779 " . Sherwood & Sherwood . 8 Front St., S. E. cor. Ankeny St. Portland .. ' BANK EMPLOYES TO FEAST '. TONIGHT ALANNUAL BANQUET Down at the United States bank there are half a hundred smiling faces today. The weekly Sattirday frown has been banished for this one day In the year and the formidable arrav of figures and the monotonous click of the adding machines have no power to disturb tlinsfl smiles. Thev lust won't come off for tonight is the annual banquet and nresliient and Junior clerk will meet on an unofficial basis. Who careu if a I glass or two is clinked after the dinner, either? , ,t.iThl,s, !8 ,tht third annual affair of this kind to be given by the bank to Its hard working force The dinner wjll be held at the Rock Island club. Totfft master W A. Holt has engaged a num ber of professional entertainers to fur nish an unique musical and vocal pro gram during the progress of the re past. The guests will leave on the launch Rose City, from Portland at 6:30 W&. object to 'iOISOfl SITE ! it checked un Tf ih. fifths of the property owners are on the remonstrance the improvement will The BeerlM Made MilwaukeeFamous grWVVNrVArVWWNVWWwVVV TREASURE SPOT TABLE E0CK "See Page 5. CALITOBHIA KOTSX18. Petition Bearing 5135 Sig natures in Opposition to Proposed Bridge. More than 100 people attended the meeting of the street committee of the city council yesterday with various ob lections and petitions In regard to street improvements, and lust to add spice to U'e occasion there were a number present to urge I he adoption of the petition ask ing for the erection of a high bridge at Cla;. and Mill stn-eta Instead of at Mad ison street as provided for by th. bond ic. of last year. The members were he. at the city hall until o'clock, and finally adjourned after referring the pe tition with Its 5. 156 signatures to City Attorney Ka.vanaqgh for an opinion. , The petttioners on the bridge proposi tion want the Madison street project s't aside and the Clay street bridge sub stituted: The bond 1ue carries a fund of 4i0.0on, and the legal questions in volved make it one of the most import ant questions which have confronted the city attorney since assuming his duties. Ka4 ngartt Wrong. G. n. Frank, president of the. North east tiae improvement association, pro- -nt-d the remonstrances of a number or propertr owner, on PreHtt street against the proposed paving of the sret with blmlithlc pavement. Frank I go by the board. SIGHT SEEING TOUR EXDS DISASTROUSLY Is Mf7 V a'nl i i'nntu epensive. ,,ialr 4v,8l,JPdTth ' dosed-enrtain establishments of North Seventh and Watch for Columbia Woolen Mills Co.'b "Reason Why" Contest in, Sunday Papers. imbibed various brands of Jlquor. iroiman Pa- Vessey found them at Sixth and KtarK alter midnight. Mrs. Cun ningham shocked the ears of the station force of the night relief when she ar rived in the patrol wagon, for her ner- sonal- remarks to the men before br would have made a drunken sailor blush for shame. The presence of a revolver on King brought a fine of 110 upon his head this morning, while Mrs. Cunningham muet stay in Jail until she. has worked out a fine of $25. HOTEL STEWART SAN FRANCISCO GEARY sfREET ABOVE UNION SQUARE JUST OPPOSITE HOTEL ST. FRANCIS EUBOPEAN PLAN $1.50 A DAY UP AMERICAN PLAN $3.00 A DAT UP J A new down town hotel. Steel ind brlcJf structure. Furnished it a cost of $160,000. Eierj comfort and oonienk enoe. On car lines transferrins to all parti of cltj. Omnibus, meots all trains and steamers. , 4 Jf joy want comfort,; oonvenlenoa and luxury at a lerj reafsonabla price, stop at the aeleot ? " HOTEL STEWART CALIFOBITXA HOTXX.S. CAi.irosinA wcssim. Fred i Wollenberg Max Schulhofer Leo Lebenbaum Hotel Normandie Sutter and Cough Sts. . San Francisco Pre-eminently the best and newest uptown hotel, onvenient to theatres and ll.au up, wnn iwiii. . i An uJnneq.ualed Cui sine and a aroajr anteed exoallenea la Every Detail. $3.60. Suites, parlor, bedroom and bath, $4.00 up, shops; 260 bright, 13.60. Suites, nan Commercial sample rooms. American plan. $3.60 up. A New Machine. A new machine! : to dlsnosa of tha unningham mutf ashes which accumulate In . tha fir rooms or vessels expels mem tnrougn tha keel ao forcibly that they cannot as wxera aw stoi at Hotel Von Dorn 242 Turk st.,. when you visit ' BAST rsAir CISCO. Flrenroof steel frame, steam heat. phona and bath. ' Rates 11 up, European. From Ferry depot take any Market st cars Oet off at Jones st. E. J. Dyer, Mgr. HOTEL AUDUBON 78 Bills Street. saw rBAjrcxsoo, ca&. A first-class, quiet ! home hotel. Euro pean plan. Centrally ' located. ' Near theatres and shopping- district flates $1 up. Reduction by tha week. - flrs. I H. McClure, proprietor. scour the hull -nor come Into contact wltfr the propeller tubes. ..-'.'' A i i y i i - i . England still has. 114 miles of street railways operated by horses, i v.-. com meretil snnremar-r. ivfor the rati rood rarmera wene able t im fyvn market and 1.1 .." ... "I wee pell th(r r"-1iir TREASURE SPOT - TABLE r.OCK ' - Re Vmg '. said that the nrowrt. n w n rrm hea tM Indued to si5rn the petition for the ln m nt in th riret place by rolsrepre -ntation as to the iM James Me iilr. one of the pmnertv owners wbo stnpd the petition for ihe pavement, ro eftr r-nk finished apeaklna- and "id 'hat Frank was not a propertv own er; n.t the riub f which Frank was preetdent dll not exist, and that tha re montrance ehnuld not be ronsiderel. t'mmrilmin Drlcol stopped McUuIr tn he had prnceed-d tMa far, and Mti thet he approved of everything he bad eld about Frank thua fr. and tht ih i "Julre to proceed. Frank r rlled t hat he Is not pmpertv owner, but tnet the ru mf which ha te presi dent 4oe etet. mnd thet he had ap reared Hfre the rommttte aa the r fititr .f ttie praertv awhers whm. he atated. hid aafced him to apt tr for tkm. t" tUe4 ta t'rt the prr-pery oweed hr th- remonetrenta, ae-i a 'ct4 t f . a rmper rnteptrarw ta tl eltf !.:-. la order t nave OOlfllFTBrj o o unr? L9lidUUnLjU uv Many people: who are neglecting symptoms of kidney trouble, noping-it will wear 'away," are drifting towards Blight's Disease, which is . kidney trouble in one of its worst forms. Hotel St Francis L-SAN fRANCISCO ' This hostelry possesses all the best Features of the world's finest caravansaries, and has added many ideas to the sum of hotel happi ness. ' "; ' ' . ,,' It has Introduced to Pacific Coast Hoteldom the Electric Grill, Pneumatic Tube Service, Magneta Clock System and today represents' the farthest advance of science in hotel, service in America. Rates European, from $2 upward . A f Under the management of JAME5 WUU1JS stops Irresularities, ttrengtb.ens the urinary organs and builds up the worn-out tissues of the kidneys so they will perform their functions properly. - Healthy kidneys strain out the impurities from the blood as it passes through them.' Diseased kidneys do not, and the poisonous waste matter 1 carried bir the circulation to erery part of the body, causing; dizziness, backache, stomach trouble, slugrgrish hrer, irregular heart action, etc If you hare any signs df Kidney or Bladder Trouble commence taking FOLEY'S KIDNEY CURE at once, as it will cure a slight disorder in a few days and prerent a fatal malady. It is pleasant to take and benefits the whole system. . . How t Find Out. Ton can eati!y cetermiot if your kidaeyt art swt order by tettiac aside for 14 boors a bottle of the arias passed spots arising. If spoa examination it is cioody or taiiky or lias a brick art sediment or small particles float boot ia ft, yoor kisrya are diseased, sod FOLEY'S ftUDNEY CURE sboald be ukea at 00c a. --...., , CD. Burhana Tettlflea After Four Years . , C B. Burhana of Carlisle Center, N. writes: - "Abavt aar yaari ac I wrat r statiag that t baa baa aatsraiy cared af a imti kidarr traobta by taking 1m tkaa twa kattlaa mt ' fotrfa Sneacr Car. It cattrat stappa tba kicfe-4ntt aaalaaat aa4 fata aaS y ntam af Mny iaaa iaapaaf a. I am f tai ta aaf that . I fttava aavcr baa a atwt af aay af tboaa traptem Sunn tha Saar nan that ttava alaf a. aa4 I aia ar4atly care4 Mm? aar4, aaa arartilv fcatat4 Fatry's BUaaaf Cv, u aay aaa aaaartag Sraaa '"... aaaacy a aiaaaar awat. ' A ' Twro Clzes, CO Cents and 51.C0. , . ' solo m REcini-eiOED cr 1 ,; t . . ALL DRUGGISTS f ' ' " . 'AlRfflOWT HOTEL SAX FRANCISCO A homelike and comfortable hotel, whose superb location, magnifi cent appointments and "perfect service leave nothing to- be de sired. ' -.:- - a a - Vn&r the sams msnagatntnt whl1l msda tha Falsea Hotel tha world's stand ard for 49 years. - tail raotaa with bta It !0, , IS.V0. I4.0S. IS 00. SS.00. -t7.S0.' m oo. iio.oo. Smites 1 00, 111 10. til 00. tlStOO. $20.00 sad upwsrda. . . ' REACHED BT DIRECT STREETCAR FROM FERRT. PAiAa-HQm;co.MPANy-i:' Royal House, San jfrandsco . revrtk aad Xoward ata. - All mitatd ronaia, steam beat, bat and cld water. Rataa Me t $1 per da. Weekly rate. Csfa Foarth street rare direct from Third stteet depot. From Ferry. Howird street cars direct F. Turpi a. praprlator. . . c 3, N
