Show MILLIONS OF DOLLARS WORTH OF GOODS TIED UP BY y THE BOYCOTT 0 Washington ashl n Sept 14 state de tie parm it today t received a 8 communication ica tion from Consul General Rodgers at Shanghai which sets nets forth the condi tion df affairs there thera commercially groT hig out of the Chinese boycott One Phase ot of the movement which is 19 disturbing to all aU business minds he says nays is the effect it Is likely to pro produce produce duce upon the finances of ot a 8 groat cen con ter of ot commerce There are at the th pres present present present ent time in Shanghai warehouses ap proximately bales of ot American piece goods valued at nearly gold Tha Th question therefore ther fore of mar this commodity and of ot collecting the money under the present conditions and with Manchuria closed he le adds dds presents a very vcr serious condition and andis is apt to cause great difficulty not only to the Chinese Chiene Ghi ese merchants but also to the Importers What is true of ot piece goods lIe he aya saye sa g gis is also true of all other lines linen of f staple products The Tue market has bas been over overstocked ov r stocked and nothing Is moving and while the Chinese merchants are now buffering the foreign firms will assur assuredly assuredly assuredly edly feel fee the effect on the settling nettlIng dates The total value of foreign goods likely to be effected by this boycott movement in Shanghai alo e has been estimated conservatively at in gold Consul Sammons at New N w Chwang also communicated to the state st te depart department department ment mont today that he has been banqueted by the Chinese officials at that place upon which occasion 0 they declared that Che he boycott on American goods had been suppressed d The state department has been beers In Informed Informed formed that the Japanese government has removed the restrictions to rIVer shipments J to the interior of This is interpreted 40 o be favorable to marketing of American goods in Man Manchuria Manchuria Manchuria churia |