Show TTE CHINESE CHI iSE TRADE e TN AN A A ADDRESS ADDRES TO THE NEW YORK CHAMBER of or commerce pee last Fri Friday IN Ix I day Jener James H Wilson WIlBon discussed disc u at some length the opportunities to American trade that result resul t from the establishment of oC an nn open door policy in China Mr Wilson takes the view that the bulk of the benefit that will accrue lo to th c commercial world through the opening up of China to toT T foreign trade can cart be secured by America and that t of f this thie fhe tb fh t is bound la 1 it u be oe th chief beneficiary Americas relative proximity p General Wilson argues will till give this country an immense advantage over European rations nations China is beginning to consume large quantities of wheat He be belie hees lie es that the wheat of the western states tates can have he e a practical monopoly of the Chinese market So with lumber and other r Astern tern products pd that toot China imports ts America will te able to outsell the world There is however one ne competitive factor General Wilson does doesn do don n take into consideration y sea America meric has I a f a long ong load o over oyer er European nations But with the perfecting o f the h he new railroad Russia is to have important advantages efi of the rest of the orld orId in catering to the Chinese trade especially that of the inland provinces r v inces liu HI sfa is 16 one of the greatest great whet heat producing countries tn tu the world and w will l consequently come corae Into direct competition with the western states stat It 1 t is 18 is true that thai th t the Siberian Sibe ian f d with wi its jUs sL and miles mIe of or line is by byno byno b bno no means in prime working order Brooks Adams writing in the Atlantic alls ails attention to bt fact that last spring when the Chinese e tr troubles blee bEt bEtt that hat t portion of ot the road roa roa from fim nak to the Amoor river was w 88 unable to tot transport t rt troops enough en to t police the line 11 ne Mr Adams une A is df the Ue opinion on that the road v m ll prove a failure allure ai a least for the next generation n r lid that f fer r that time the th est need not on this as a possible factor in n competition competition tion 1 24 Mt t may be right in his conjectures and lid rem front an American standpoint it is perhaps to be hoped that he e is but his views oppose those of 7 many other her who have hae made a of the Siberian n overland route and who wro see in it great advantages to Russia Ruia It shoe o Id be remembered that i r L attempts ts are seldom dom Idom successful Success S frequently comes com only through the t he e taught by repeated failures faUres It WIn will take tI c time timeto to per perfect perfect 4 feet the Siberian roc roo i 1 but its ultimate success in n these days day of advanced engineering is sure to come com and aad Russia Reia R mu nu be counted on on sooner or lateras later Inter as a powerful p competitor C of ot America for the Chinese markets |