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Show MIA HAT QUICKLY REMOVE BOYCOTT Merchants of Flowery Kingdom Are Becoming Much More Friendly to Americans. SAX FRANCISCO. March DO.-DIrect Information In-formation from tho trade ports and centers cen-ters of China Is to the effect that thu boycott boy-cott against goods shipped from the United Unit-ed Slates Is rapidly dying out and that there Is a prospect of nn early and full resumption of business. Merchants Advised. Such advices come to rich and Influential Influen-tial Chinese merchants of this clt, who maintain Intimate business relations with the big cities of China, They have boon received by the Six Companies and cover all of China that is known to the American Ameri-can business man coming from Canton, Hongkong, Shanghai and Hankow. Hostility Overcome They say that progressive Chlneso aro gradually overcoming the hostility of less advanced classes and growing openly defiant de-fiant of the Viceroys, who. It la alloged, have fostered the antl-Amerlcnn feeling. Tlio building of the Canton-Hankow railway rail-way Is said to be exerting a powerful influence in-fluence In favor of trade with America, and has almost won back, say tho Chlneso writers, tho sympathy of thoso Importers of foodstuffs from this country who have suffered financially over since the boycott was begun, and have been looking for an excuse to reopen their business with nn American firm. Local Chinese merchants predict an end In the near future of all trade differences. |