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eastern opportunity; despite the warnings of 

 our consular representatives, he has been so 

 very slow to adapt his wares to the whims of 

 the Oriental and has been obliged to stand 

 back and see the shrewder European nations 

 capture the prizes ; but, nevertheless, there is 

 every reason to look for final victory in the 

 trade battle that is on. Indeed, the exports 

 from the United States to China for the ten 

 months ending with October, 1905, were more 

 than twice as large as for the same period in 

 any preceding year; and this in spite of the 

 boycott in China against American goods. In 



1904, for the corresponding ten months, the 

 exports to China from the United States were 

 a little over twenty millions of dollars, up to 

 that time the record amount, while, for the 

 same period in 1905, the exports were nearly 

 thirty millions of dollars more than for 1904. 

 In 1895 the exports of America to China for 

 the ten-month period were $2,834,803; for 



1905, ten years later, $50,104,767. 



The Pacific coast alone already produces 

 very much that the Orientals need ; that which 

 that coast does not provide easily finds its way 

 across the continent from the east along the 



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