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Show ORIENT TRADE DULL. PHILIPPINES ACTIVE HONOLULU, T II , Jan. o. fCor-respondenoe fCor-respondenoe ol i h stoofited Press) BuInegf in Japan and Chins is dead but the commerce q! the Phulpplnta has been practlcall) untouched by the 1 1 Versa I of nude comlitioiis according to stHtemenls b two tiavelei. FrOOl the Orient who recent!) passed through Honolulu. Niels Artderson, head of an (mpori- log an,i exporting Hnn ol Shanghai said: "Huslness is practically linpus Bible tbioimhoitl Mi. Orient because of the present rate of exchange. Indus fcrj is ai a sisndstjil There is practically prac-tically 'notiiin doiug.' Consignees ol frolghl 1 1 nm Hie United Slates atttl other parti "i ihe world are leaving goods on las wharves ami warehouses lather than shoulder the i. -sponsion ti and loss ol handling Mieni." Manuel Karnshaw . Ice president ol a dock company of Munila, presented the Philippine aspect as follows: "While business In Japan and China U al a standstill, the Philippines have not been affected seriously by conditions lather east Increasing acreage ol sugar plantation? in the Philippine! means much Tor Uie luture prosperity of the Islands. " |