Russian Development of Manchuria 



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now in Siberia and Manchuria, and 

 there is no doubt whatever but that 

 German trade is benefiting enormously 

 by recent Russian domination of Man- 

 churia. Next to the Germans come 

 the Austrians, and next to them the 

 Danish. 



It is not in the least inspiring for an 

 American to go through as busy and 

 active a trade city as Harbin and find so 

 few things from his country and not a 

 single American citizen or progressive 

 business house. The vision of 75 per 

 cent of American imports into Manchu- 

 ria dwindles to a most insignificant 

 amount. When you see the great flour 

 mills continually enlarging and increas- 

 ing in number, when you see the nu- 

 merous breweries being constructed, 

 when you see Russian engines, and Ger- 

 man, Austrian, and Danish machinery 

 and products, and hear of the successful 

 development of Russian lumber mills 



and the introduction of Russian cotton 

 goods, and see in the Chinese stores 

 Russian oil and cigarettes where before 

 were American, and where you hunt 

 with straining eyes to find something 

 from the United States, one is not seri- 

 ously impressed with the statement that, 

 under Russian occupation, our imports 

 into Manchuria are sure to increase. 



Unfortunately, the only customs re- 

 turns by which we can measure our 

 trade year by year in Manchuria are 

 from the port of Niuchwang, and even 

 that is very imperfect, for the imporis 

 all come from Japan, Hongkong, and 

 other Chinese ports, and the place of 

 origin of the goods is not given in all 

 cases. Goods are coming into Manchu- 

 ria in great quantities through Port 

 Arthur, Dalny, and Vladivostock con- 

 tinually, as well as through Niuchwang, 

 but there is no means of securing a 

 proper report of them. 



Map showing Comparative Size of Manchuria and Korea and the United States 



(See page 128) 



