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Show 10 STUDY ffillT OF THE FAR EAST A (rjr-ev of the mineral resources of the far east, including China and Hibena, will he undertaken this spring by the bureau of foreign and domestic commerce of the department of commerce. J. Morgan Mor-gan Clemenfs, mining- engineer and geologist, of New York City, has been selected for the work and is preparing ' to leave for the Orient In a few we-ks. The objf-ct of the survey is threefold. For flic heiicnr. of American capital, a thorough study of the undeveloped minora min-ora 1 resources of the various countries will be made. Kor the b-neht. of American Ameri-can manufacturers of mining machinery and enuipinent, a report will he made on minus ft nd smelters now in operation and on opportunities for tho sale of American out Illy. For the bene lit of American users of m inerals from the far east, a si udv will be made of the conditions which have in the past made it necessary to buy such minerals through middlemen in Kurope. TVfore leaving for the far east. Mr. Cleuvnts will visit American concerns that are interested In some way with tno development, of the mineral resources across the Pacific and get a definite idea of specific points that ought to be cleared up. |