Review of reviews and world's work . the old and well-established Chi-nese port of Newchwang. It is the sameold story of development depending on trans-portation facilities and cash markets, Man-churias development needs the far-sightedgenius of such men as J. J. Hill and Shaugh-nessy, who built the steel paths of commerceinto the heart of North America and waitedpatiently the coming of settlers and the com-ing of dividends. USING THE PRODUCTS OF MAN-CHURIAX AGRICULTURE. With the exception of the export businessin bean oil, bean cake, and raw silk the mar-kets for Manchurian produc
Review of reviews and world's work . the old and well-established Chi-nese port of Newchwang. It is the sameold story of development depending on trans-portation facilities and cash markets, Man-churias development needs the far-sightedgenius of such men as J. J. Hill and Shaugh-nessy, who built the steel paths of commerceinto the heart of North America and waitedpatiently the coming of settlers and the com-ing of dividends. USING THE PRODUCTS OF MAN-CHURIAX AGRICULTURE. With the exception of the export businessin bean oil, bean cake, and raw silk the mar-kets for Manchurian products are almost en-tirely local. Almost every town has its gristmill, its bean oil factory, and its samshu dis-tillery, where the surplus products of theregion are condensed into oil, flour, and late years the Chinese have become greatconsumers of wheat Hour, and this demand isnot entirely met by the native mills,—largeshipments of American Pacific Coast Hourcoming to the centers of trade. The Japanese have recentlv built an. \ M.\NCHURIAN FARMER DRESSED IX HIS WINTERGARMENTS. American mill of 400-barrel capacity in Man-churia that is turning out a good productand cutting inroads into the imports ofAmerican flour. Were it not for govern-ment aid, howe\er, this mill would have tostruggle to compete with the technique andby-product market of the American mills andwith native mills, which can buy wheat at amuch lower price than the foreign mill andsell the product free from transportationcharges. During the Russo-Japanese war theRussians had twelve Hour mills in operationalong the railway in Manchuria, but withthe ending of the war the bottom fell outof the business and only five of these millsare now in operation. The recent closingof the port of Vladivostok to foreign tradewill undoubtedly increase the interior manu-facture of flour and the Harbin mills maytake on a new lease of life. Wry little foreign capital is invested in industries drawing raw mate-rial
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