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2 THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: AUGUST 22. 1909. D Manchurian Trade Door Open To American Manufacturers of Staples OLD-FASHIONED AMERICAN REAPER AT WORK IN A MANCHURIAN FIELD. ON THE SOUTH MANCHURIAN RAILROAD THE RAILS AND THE CARS AKE AMERICAN. (Copyright, 1W.I, by Frank O. Carpenter.) are springing up along the Trans-Siberian have a wonderful cohesive force and their a much roupher element than the soldiers from the word i?o, and It has hundreds of .HAN-HAI-KWAN, 19o0 (.Special road. motto Is 'Fci God and the exar." The of the Japanese army. good Chinese stores. The streets fairly Correspondence of The Bee.) present emperor Is a weakling, but with Ho far as 1 can loam, the attempted swarm with peddlers, and almost as much Has Uncle Sam an open door to Russians h loudlii Siberia. R strong man as his succe.-for may there Japanese colonisation of Manchuria has business Is done on the sidewalks as in the ManchurlaT e ralld ealenl"t t Siberia is one nr)t be another struggle between the Japa- been a failure. Mr. Ukabe, the Japanese stores themselves. Tho Manchurian Chinese I have asked this question of of the ""'Ing features of the eastern nege and the Kusslans, with this thickly consul at Mukden, tells me his people are chases the dollar even more ardently than our American consuls at every ltuatlol- That country has tens of mil- populated grain-producing, food-supplying fast going back home and that they do not Mjt Jap.u,esp brother He trades on a closer . . m my trip through the country, "u" "l "l "",Bl "na 11 wl" Siberia as a background? The Japanese find Manchuria suited to them. Said he: ma..sln and beat8 him ln nlna cases out of and the answers are that he has. The e'entuall' great part or the world, must have more territory before they can "There are now only about 30,Oi Jap- t Japantfe have tried to push their trade 'rav' 'er Bav that ,ne lands along the support larger armies than they now have, anese ln the country 1 mean uu.slde of . in every possible way. and they arc dom. c tmV,m, ocmcu, aim uwi Tneir Jena is crowaeu Willi tneir miy our military forces, j he most oi tnem are It nlldotli.it the hlnesc. s some things contrary to the best businesj there will soon be a rs, ' v. l I I I 11 t t .p1 -II ill v .: . .. - :: ' JTag H ' I 4'f4wt. i I In i I ft ENTRANCE TO THE AMERICAN CONBULATE AT MUKDEN. yuyuiuus couoiry millions. uussta already has as many at Ualny ancr rort Arthur, although there' t hr mnniiinnM. rriihi.m ,.t tho l.m. ethics. Nevertheless, there Is no disvi.m- aove Manchuria. people, and It could put many Japans are small settlements ln the towns along methods emploved ln Manchuria. The Inatlon as to the admission of goods. The The Cnln,,,'e aKnt of our Equitable Life Into Siberia and have room to spare, the railroad, and we have about 3 000 here natives claim that "the Japanese are Chinese are allowed to buy and sell a. Illfularica company, who has just returned Verily, the end is not yet. In Mukden. Manchuria belongs to the plomng thfm lin(, that they ar! squeezed they please, and If there are railroad re- lrom a ulp ov'r 1,18 1 rans-stuerl.m system. Chinese, and ln Its southern part the good ..,- ,rn f ,., nf ,M. . bates for Japanese goods they have been thnt Ul,! llus8ta Bovemment is put- Japanese In M.nchorla. lands are all owned and are under culiica- , ,. "y f ri; .h 1 !, JP " 81,11 M by th JaPanMe- who re- elRhtlr m,lM from th8 Dalny-Harbla raU so far kept secret. I understand that the tln 10 000 nHBrants a day into those It Is wonderful how the Japanese have tlon. besides, the Chinese methods of farm- ,.'" ' , b" ' . ,,, ,h' t,,l ,u"e to pay "ther rnt or taxes- Bnd- BO TO& A llne of raJlwlly connecting the two Japanese cotton exporters have recently regions. He say that he sa- long trains crowded the Russians out of southern Ing are different from ours and the ell- " , ' , ,, ,, , ? i I! faPl the owners iave been unable to oust would be valuable. There la already an adopted a lottery scheme for the sale of comln y y. "lied with Imml- Manchuria. The only remains left by mate Is colder. The most of our people w ho nu 1,10 cu "se 11 11Bg them- Such busoa may be among the enormous trade, but the goods go ln carts their sheetings. In every so many pack- f ants. Some of the engines hauled twenty the cznr and Port Arthur and the rail- came here hoping to make their fortunes p'ant rre"e!' Dy l" camtal 01 tn Jlan" necessities of war, but It would aeem that nd the freight trade Is something Uk fit ages of gcods they are putting notes for cars' and eucn car 11 douule decks roarl upon whch rtussla spent somethlnir out of nothing have gone back, and the re- cN"ria" ill"""- T'e Japanese Railway ,t , now tlme for the japanese government 'on small sum. of money which will be cashed above tl,e mai" floor- BO that tiers Ke 130OOOOOOO Even these are being rap- maindcr Is largely made up of shopkeepers "r.l"my has an electric plant at the depot to corn!ct them. The Chinese proposed to build that road on demand, with a view to inducing th, Pagers were carried. idly ehanpP(1. The ne to Mukdpn bcen with small capital, who belong to .he lower a. cording to its agreement, it cannot . "d had their civil engineer, go over tb. Manchurian merrh.m. tn .h. ,.. The people are beln exported bv vil- classes of our country. These Deoul. find extend Its wires beyond its own concession RaJIroada and Telegraphs line, and by their report it would cost ' - j b"vv - - uuu Li ai nru nnu ucurr skHiii'iiii rirunu. . - . , , . . ... . . i. . , . j , , . . , . . . . w 1 that the Chinese are good business men atul nor lliv ciiririii. iu mo linirrai uu i 11c v.ihiicbq bx lonv UKpaiieiSts mo fi.wv.wv i(j uiiiiu. 1 uojr via ivaujr i wm" T" that the Chinese stores are supplying tlm "c- Nevertheless the Japanese recently be- monopolizing their telegraph business. Dur- work when the Japanese blocked the con- the ., . , . sr.. nn U n Ik... A Ml...... 11..., n I . .. ..I I V. . . A 1 1. .. I b a K 4 ..... I v. . a demands of the market. As a result they gan to ereci poies an ine way to jnunaen. hj tuimuuticu iiwui..iji unvn duuiuuu u.v iur.no .r. get but little of the native trade. The It was pushing Its wires right into the In every direction. They connected all the the Fakuman road, saying they would re army ond themselves are about their only town when the Chinese objected. After a Important cities and villages, and when lease that objection if they were given a customers, and as a result their business great deal of discussion the work was Peace was declared they had Inclosed half interest ln the road to Klrln. The la small." stopped, but the Japanese Insisted that the '"'"hern Manchuria in a network of wires Japanese sent their engineers over ths road Chinese pay them something like $100,000 for 'hlch was controlled by the Japanese gov- and from them got a report that It would Japanese 111 Mukden. what thev had done or for erectins: less ernment. The Chinese claim that as the cost Irt.000.no0 to build it. This was mora What Mr. Okabe says is undoubtedly ,,,. ,m .,.. Th. rh,n.B. war is now over all lines except thoso than double the estimate of the Chines j Buvv4 - uuu o iriincu ct II u ut i ,r am i i.'i : n rirunu. on the strength of these prices. This has ,aKeB. an the old and young are crowded Xhe butldlngs of Dalney have been im- aiso been done ln Shanghai. It Is being 'ur"""' l" n"ren ana grown-ups denounced by the chambers of commerce. bln packed ln like sardines. This man Another questionable transaction Is the cmted the trains and their passengers, shipping In of American flour under Jnn- and " hl estimate that the number proved and a new town Is going up on edge of the harbor. The names of the streets have been changed and w now have such avenues as Oyama and Nugl. anese trade marks, and In packages made now coming in cannot be less than 10.000 . -,... , ,. h r Is brought across the ppr dHy- From oUl(r authoiitles I have . . ' . w.... UI..IT.ITU, O.IIU J H.'M,. O"' Dlfjll II O C taken their places. Indeed, about the only remains of the Russians are a lot of In Japan. The flour Is brouuht across the I'aclflc to Yokohama; It Is there repacked "ke Information, and a statement was and shipped to the north and sold as Jap- r'0,,ntly published that as many as 600,000 anese. The trade marks are the same as BOU'" wero Bt,"lea ln niDeria last year. thoM m h. ,ir...,i h o .,. This migration Is not a new one. It broken-down droschkies and antiquated true. The Japanese stores are near tho 1 , . . ... - riirr r. rla - Ilia. hB.,. fnlUn Inln . V, al 1 1 . ..... 1 1 . . - . I mill which the Japanese are conslrucilnu al l" ciose oi tne japaneso war. " " uuui Ta a. j . ..... r.'.r, . . . . . liama'a rf t Yi a. rVilna... n nil uvai natro tn ti. T-1. . . . . .... ..... . . n . V. . . ... . I . II . n . . I. . necessary for the railroads should be done engineers, and as It was a part of the away with. To this Japan has at last agreement that most of the money was to agreed, but It Insists that China pay $25,00) be borrowed from Japan, If It had g-ona ,L . ii . , , ... . .. . . . , .. uei a urK" llillliuar 1U iiauanroi' .itaiiurij . ,. .. .... ... ., . , m flour Is thus heltii? oeri I,. 11,1 that ror several years preceding. In 106 seen among ine jinriHisnus on every nign- cities, ana tnose ai MUKaen are a mue .... ,or lne nes, ana at tne same time a jap- inrougn me jnpaneso wouia nava ireuria n aw aau.au a . , ... , . . . . .. . . ., , 1 1 I (I I Ti O (. 1 I V BVIld IUIJJV it U f H I-- " I II 1 1 Ul KM) , , , , , , , on the railroad north of Mukden; our It amounted to 60,000 In 190G and averaged hands of the Chinese and are now to be There are but few of them in the Manchu had to Submit. During the military occupation of Muk den a large number of Japanese swarmed or so from, the centers of loan of over $1,000,000 and would have a ... ., . ... . ... I T tvaal I V! I ( N 1 nnrl in 1 M17 JMl IWl I. ! I 1 , UIV. 1 1 Mil n iur iiiaL mill I nn Mnmihn. .nil , ww,vw, " 1 1 11 - icvo i. - - - ---- , - , . . ... Chines are noted for their faith In trad year 11 wa" halt ag lttrB8 " our nmlira- The Japanese have established schools population. They have built their stores nouFes ie iouna B"u of tho city offices ln order to be able to had the most of the money abov tb marks if ti.v n .-.iia. .11 -i.v,. tlon from all the world during that year. In Dalny and Port Arthur and they have Japanese fashion, and they look cold and cases thcy drove out the Chinese tenants. teiegraph In Japanese. This makes the cost of construction as per th Chines ...... a., .v..a. ... ,.n,,. . . .. . , , n.. .i.a. a a. - i i Snm h .rrpert to Dav rent, ana at tne Close .-.i .w- n . ..... .1 - n...- . -i... xius movement or vne iussian people ao vcnuois in oiuKuen. iney are cnieiiy meati 111 cumpai isuii wim nip iuuaiau.iH,i ' - -ijiiivbv yj iui ui nucn, .iiu n. ifiu bjii- cs.1111a1.-9. a i.ts iiun-i ui ...w vuui..n - means a new Industrial empire in Siberia, for Japanese children, and, so far aa I one-story brick buildings of the Chinese, of the occupation of the city refused to do tma practically keeps them In the hands glneers had, however, been forwarded ta It means the development of a wheat can see, Japan Is not attempting to push The business conditions here are far dlf- o and would not get out. Many forced th cf th Japanese. Peking, and the officials ther Insisted on bolt greater than that of Canada, and the western civilization Into this country ferent from those of Korea, where the owners to pay them to move, and, among Another story of Japanese encroachment the estimate being cut down until th also the creation of a Russian peril which Into Korea. The Japanese vho have people are simple and the Japanese are others, the German consul had to pay $500 Is told ln connection with the railroad approximated $6,000,000. It has been de may some day cast the yellow peril Into come here are much the name as those managing everything. to get the occupants of a Lama temple to propsed from the South Manchurian line elded to build the road on these estlmaUa, the shade. The Russians are moving as who are flooding Korea. They come from Every Manchu city seems to be given up vacate In order that the building might be to Klrln. The latter Is a city of about and the Japanese will have a share ln th villages, and not as Individuals. They the scum of the Japanese citieb, and are to buying and selling. Mukden Is business used for the consulate. Some such proper- 100,000 situated on th Sungari river about control until the money Is paid. In th meantime the f akuman road win t duuu they will sUck to It, and the trade mark does much to sell the goods. For this reason ther ar old store signs ln China which bring a hundred and som times a thousand dollars apiece. American Floor In Manchuria. American flour Is popular here, but it will be long before a great market can be created. There are about sixteen mil lion people ln Manchuria, but the major ity of them are too poor to eat wheat or rice. They live upon sorghum seed and other varieties of millet, and wheat is not one ut tho regular grains sold in the murkct. Prof. E. C. Parker, tine of our agricultural experts, who has Just been traveling over northern Manchuria, tells me that the farmers raise wheat here and there, but only enough for their own Harriman's Right Hand Man Eanner Hail Storm in Adams County consumption. If they have a surplus they the motlt N THE Immense Harrlman sys- with a most thorough training, for after tern of railroads, of which Mr. graduating from the engineering school of Harrlman Is the supreme head. WafJhlngt0 and Uce unlverf!!ty, wllh the the commanding general, so to , , , , ,, class of 1Si3, when he was only 23 years speak, there are half a dozen 0, oiu, nis scnoiaiiy standing was so nign E ARI.Y ln August the vicinity of So severe was the storm that limbs were Prosser, Adams county, Ne- stripped from trees and the bark on the braska was visited by a hall- v. est and north sides of many was storm that for severity will pounded off. The hall lay deep on tho probably 1 1 the belt ln Ne- ground the next day, as will he seen by staff officers, and one of "cnoiany sianaing was so nign a - t,raaka for u long time. The the pictures taken many hours after the Imnortimt of these U Mr that he was at once e ven the Dosltion of storm came on late Friday nliiht. and did s'.orm. It Is reported that one farmer will load a half ton upon a Chinese cart Julu Kruttschnltt of Chicago. Ills t tie assistant to Colonel WUllanT Allen, the tremendous damage In that locality. Corn made ice cream for his family dinner on and carry it to the jntll. It usually takes the Harrlman railroad armv Is director nr ndnai t th, M w rinnr..,,!, h,.i was pounded Into the ground over a wido Sunday, using hail stones that fell Friday them several days to get to the nearest of maintenance an4 operation, which means Baltimore. Mr. Kruttschnltt taught there 'ireii' and a" vegetation destroyed uttoily. night for Ice, viii 1 biiu tu n u ayst jy; into fi eight. that he has full charge as chief executive for five years, when he accepted the posl In spending on the upkeen of riht-of-wav tlon of resident rntrlneer In rhurm nt tha At present some wheat Is raised about whatever appropriation is s-.-t aside by Mr. construction work of the Louisiana & Texas t 1 Ibi-KIh 1.,,. ...a. ,....(aaaUa. ...a. aa. Ilia. ..... ? ..... ... v "" Harrlman Tor that purpose. An idea of the railroad. Thus he went Into rr.lli o..dlng "at there Is falling off. and it cannot go on vjl(.t Hllm8 (hat he , cal,ri1 u,.n to dis. Ula an(, ,,e hng 8.avcd tht...e fv?.. H,nce profitably with their present capltallia- .lbute where each dolar wl hring f u. w(th (he dlt,t nctlon that Ule fCapt a ftffa,.., tlon. Prof. Parker says that the flour CNt valuc ays the l!ookke,,per, may bo und(,r ,,,,, dil.ecton has broadened with the business of Harbin Is In a bad way. It 8alllpd from fhe fact that he , reepanMMe yi.ar, Artcr th". Loualana & Texas was had a mushroom growth through the for , nialn,cnance ln s,andttrii condition built he became roadmaater. and. later, war. when the mills were running day (lf ,s ,, . . rill, ,, ,,.. ,. .,., .. . ... . ........ ... ..... ........ a.ui.aaa, .1111 I a1la, iirci , -..jih n.CI UltJ LIIniVlall 11- his direction of maintenance and operation he'd when he left that company In to extends to the steamship lines on both the b' come assistant general manager of all oceans, which the Southern Pacific company's lines east travel routes that cover M.Wfi miles. As Mr. of HI Paso, Tex. Within four years he Ki ul.scht lit said recently In talking of the was raised to the position of general man tystem. a man may travel from New York ager of all the Southern Pacific lines from to Honek ne, a distance of 9.902 miles, with- coast tu coast. His career with the Har riot H I .. r i i ti i nf f lh., Ilarplpnun rail . . ..-,.&, ilmun ............ l . .. .. ........ I . .. .. 9 like sixteen thousand barrels per day and ., , i ,.. ' had no trouble In di.n.ia of their nr- "n"'' ''"d "e mAy relurn by a different constantly increasing responsibility. He route for almost the entire Journey on the was chosen fourth vice president of the same system. Kouthurn Pacific tn 190S, a position whtch Mr. Krultschnltt's success Is notable, ln he still holds, besides being director of a sense, because It Is proof that a man may maintenance and operation for the I.'nlon and night to supply the Russian army and got big prices for all they could aaa.la.al 'TV..., 1. ,.1, .. .1 . 1, ........ v.. u, .v,..,- A,ianllc am, lhe iat.fi mem ana were opcratea at enormous cost. There were twelve of them, all equipped with th finest of modern machinery, much of which came from America. They then ground something had no trouble In disposing of their pro duct. As a result the stock went sky blgli and tho Siberian Jews who owned th mills sold out at a big profit. Since then the demand for flour has declined, seven of the mills hav stopped working. ""-" v ".-...-. wio urr,i Mun r.me, ,ne urtn and the five now ln oneratlon are pro- Partlcal sppllcatlon of theories with strlk- Railroad and Navigation company and the duclng altosether le.s than one thousand ngly brilliant results. He came to his work Southern Pacific. barrels per day. Th mills, which are ,.s-H ',.t . . 5 lit:-'; " J 'At1' ' -'W.4'i.:MH:'.-f7.- MAN WALKING THROUGH THREE INCHES OF HAIL NINE HOU113 AFTER THE STORM: heavily mortgaged, have now gone Into the Lund of the Uusso-Chlnese bank, w.ilch U not able to manage them at a profit under the present conditions. A thoroua'.i organization will have to be matin befor they can compel with our flour. Maaraart.n W heat I. a aria. In the meantime the Jap-. neve will soon have a new mill at Tiehllng, and thiy "111 build other mills along their railroad. The grain possibilities are enormous; and. as the country develops. Manchuria is bound to raise all the flour oho can Us-e, and a great d al for export to China. As It is now. tho valley of the Llao river exports $10.Oi-3 OiX) worth of food puiducts per y. ar. T?ie tour.iry d:ulnid by that river Is about ai bid as th state of Missouri, and al most eeiy acre can be cultlvaKd. Along the ratlioad between Mukden ami Duliiy tliere are farms all the way. Today the principal crops are beans and millet, but tli.' soil Hill talse vt heat. The Sung in river, the Mississippi of northern Manchuria, drains a district tlce as large as the Llao watershed, and the pliolr. of It is adapied to wheat. Three varieties ure already grown In a small v.ay, and the production In the best d.stilcu U about thirty buhei per acre. The grain Is ovn ln April end hsrvetted In September and CK-tier. It Is tl d up In bumiles siij stacked near the xilletfr.-. The griln 1.4 Uuii'licil upon a thrashing floor with stone roars, which are pulled by donkeys ltd by childrn. It Is winr.oued I ti the alnd and then ground Into flour uron iui. name mills, ut late con-lde ra'oi f.our las been taken to Harjln, and as the u.w mtlls ar built th area ut produc tion will tapidly liter. ate. Tweiv steam mills have recently baen eretei teeces the fiootier In bitx-Tla, and other mills Laying First Brick on New Court House lf - Jr . v mm, . Ian - ' . i-t'.; 0 n TOPHI 1 VI S '-a . v. 1. v J. , i.. A I 7--. s 09 if h4 ,in 9 9 a. . .. '( ... , f ' u. a, r ' r 1 9 " i v D American Oooda In Mancbnrla. Th time has come when the United States should push Its trade In Manchuria, The people are Just beglning to know foreign goods and buy them, and from now on there will be a great increase in the native consumption. All sorts of farm ing Implements will be needed for the development of this great agricultural em pire, and our plows .should be In great de mand. The Germans are already selling cheap Imitations of American tools around Harbin. They get $2i for a plow which could be easily landed on the ground and sold at a profit at $10 or $12. As the wheat lands are developed reap ers will be needed, and for the large gov ernment farms threshers and steam en gines. A British firm recently sold four large Howard steam plows, Bhipplng them north from Newchwang; the board of agriculture ut Mukden hns on Its experi mental farm American reapeis, harrows, harvesters and plows. A large part of the flour milling- ma chinery already in use is of American make, and the rolling stock cf most of the railwuys is American. When th south Manchurian railroad was recon structed the Juprnese gave ns one order which amounted to about 00,000 tons. It was for steel rails and bridging material. At the same time over 2,000 of our, freight cars, 2) locomotives and suniething Ilk 200 other cars wore Imported. The new Pullmans, v.hli-h are now be ing used on the southern end of the Transsiherian railroad are by far th finest sleeping curs of all Asia, and there HAIL LODGED BETWEEN THES10 wl" be a de"ial,1 for similar material on Rt'ILDINUS TO THE DEPTH OF SIX the new roads which will soon be con- ETrt,TT"B . ,?.,HOTO WAH TAKEN etructed. One of these will be the line TL.V HOURS AFTL.lt THE STOR.M. , .... . ,h .,,., , to Klrln, and another, the rebuilding of the military road which now goes from " 1 Mukden to the Yalu river and connects with the Korean system at Antung. Th latter road will undoubtedly pay well, but It will necessitate a bridge, across the Yalu, which will probably be made of American materials. The pres- ISCOVERIES of colossal statues the flank, nf th.ir .,... ., n,. u-.r, al narrow gauge less than a (f?-' :-!' &. ..'..ti-' ft 5. i -f, . ...V -?V.-v.v J.. 1 t. , 14- swrV'' fif"- -r''w a'", ' ' " . . ' " ' ' . ... .. ... ' . ; - -. "V1 . ifc. . .. . .. .. H ,.,, In the Wilds of Asia of Ruddha, carved tn living this trouserless condition the ethnographic rock, dictionaries of unknown expert of the expedition deduced that th-i tongues. ancient inscriptions natve quartermaster's department was In snri tne true course of the lioang-Ho river for sev- sad state of graft. When the cool winds from the snowy summits of the Himalayas eral hundred miles were some of the results .itat the M.i,-. i.i . Im .v,. tik '. ,he ",atfcr Parl or lI" . . . agnate tne Mother Hubbards of the Tibetan Tnin.iiirian in i.nan of th- French expedition under Commander .,.mv ,h ,, r . ,,,,. , ,. Transsibei Ian to Jpan d-dii.me -i,.,.h ,..r,a.i ... i.. hi. ,!.. ,im' ,h ' itillltariiim fatlM unj tin and one will be able to d'Ollone which returned to civilization recently after a two-year Journey through northeast Tibet and darkest China. The five or fix yenis ufier the --vent. Limited as they are In their mental out look tl rft't.at'i the lack of newp.iers and a lural free delivery, the Tibetan fitrbteis showed a decree (f intelllgi-iu e w hen th'-y lefralited from mutchir.; their heal. pole sptsrs and liugats with Me high-power explorers. One of the most gigantic statues ilfien of the French lnvadi rs. in only one loomed up on the hillside at Kang-Keou, i-i:ision a mob of vlllaia'trs was foolisli in the provlnc- of Sze-Chuen. It rivalled no mu to utt iek Lieutenant J.epaRe with sitii i.-. The liiuiiii.ini s r.scuer M. Movve, will receive ntol.l for nnlllaiy valor. It Is not t t.ited what the mob received but probably the next itrisu" will report a deficit of lamas and warriors. It wuh a pathetic discovery, made In a yard wide, which carries little cars eight feet In length. There are no pssslnger accommodations whatever, and th freight rates prohibit any large traffic. When this new road has been constructed, the greater part of the travel over the- will pass over It, go from Paris to Toklo by rail, with the exception of on night on th ferry from Fusan to Mogl. p American I ulliin and Tobacco. Today our chief exports to Manchuria, outside of railway materials, are cotton, kerosenn and tobacco The Manchur ians uxn about $i,ono,000 worth of iitton sheetings every year, and the greater part of these come from the United States. The Japanese, Germans and English are study ing tho market, but so far we have th lead. As to tobacco, the American tobacco trust has branches at all the Important point along the railroad, and It ha Just erected a big factory at Mukdsna which will make cigarettes and cigars fc f" the Manchurian market. The building the creations of ancient f.gypt. and must covers, perhaps, a quarter of an acre. It shivering soldiers paraphrase General Slier. man s remark about war being hell. The exDedltion tonic A tion nlnilnpntih. a. expedition started at Hsr.ol. near the cludin mUltary E(.eneg. niade m Bur0ey(li coast, and t :i?r.agged to Peking through a collected twenty-one vocabularies and made territory p ac'.ically unknown. Inhabited bv many impressions of ancient rock Inacrip- wild Tibetan varrlors and benighted lions. Th Hoang-Ilo, or Yellow river, was Mongol, who are quite beyond the reach put on the map In It. right place, ninety of Standard oil sni who ure lucky to get kilometres east of Its old position. Maybe the ne'vn that Cl-ira hat a new emperor old map was correct, for it is a well known habit of Chinese rivers to play hide-and-seek with cartographers. If the Hudson was like the Iioang Ho, a New Yorker starting for Albany on the buat might find himself arriving at Chlraao. Th prodigious rock sculptures of Hudiltia encountered In many places astonished tne COUNTY COMMI.SS10Ni;K! TRAINOK, O.N iLL'.NEaLAy. AtOCST Is. UHDIfOKD, PICKAltD AN U BHl.MNO A-1 AS MASONS AT Tilt. CKKKMONY have been carved many centuries ago. Judg ing by the erosion of the elements. All around this statue are holes In the rock leading to subterranean temples or chap Is, winch are decorated with religious carv ings. At Yong-Klng a sort of Buddhistic Pantheon chiselled In rock was found. The high wind, tl.it many ..f the Tibetan Inscriptions date from the dynasty of the her Is as good as that of Vuglnla fur uunymm nea no trousers nencatn their Emperors ".el. In tne iirtn century of th tobacco raising. is three stories in height, and it hums with American tobacco-making machin ery. I understand that experiments n native and American tobiwco. will be attempted, and also that farms will b opened up where Amer'can seed will . used. Our experts claim that th .oil Uulher Unbind uniforms, which .lapped presaut era New Yotk Tribunnj FRANK a CARPENTER.