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.
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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
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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
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TREASURE
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"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
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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
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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
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the poisonous waste matter 1 carried bir the circulation to erery part of the body,
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SAX FRANCISCO
A homelike and comfortable hotel,
whose superb location, magnifi
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sired. ' -.:- - a a -
Vn&r the sams msnagatntnt whl1l
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