Show TH WALL IS DOWN THAXKS TO THE LITTLE MEN OF THE MIKADO Large Opportunities for the Introduction Intro-duction of American Machinery and Manufactures in China nnc Washington May 10Large opportunities oppor-tunities of the introduction of American Amer-ican machinery and the investment of American capital are offered by the peace agreement Japan has just effected I effec-ted with China A provision is made I that China shall hereafter be open to the introduction of all forms of modern mod-ern machinery and that such machinery machin-ery shall be admitted free of duty I American cotton machinery should benefit especially from the new I opening presented and also telephones I electric lights printing presses and I many other devices of civilization which heretofore have been kept out of China The Emperor of China has I heretofore prohibited the introduction of modern machinery As a result theChinese are using wooden ploughs similar to those used centuries ago here Modern tools ace included under the head of machinery and mechanical devices so the American plough and other implements and tools will enter China free of duty It is stated cotton I I machinery will be brought at once into extensive use thus enlarging the demand I de-mand for the raw cotton of the Southern South-ern States The Chinese use so much cotton that the emperor granted a J monopoly of using cotton machinery to the viceroy the southern provinces provin-ces of China He has since produced j I large quantities and has prevented the I 1 British and Americans at Shanghia j i and elsewhere from using similar machinery I ma-chinery Now however the viceroys I monopoly is at an end and American I i machinery is expected to be freely introduced I I in-troduced there The privileges secured j I i J by Japan are enjoyed by the world at j large as the most favored nations I I clause compels China to give other I i countries the same favor extended to I I Japan I |