Manufacturing opportunities in the state of Washington . ltik\ Jih^ ?m\^^. Rice in transit l tln-ough a Tacoma ). markets, to be sure, are very important and will rapidlv in-crease in importance, since they belong to countries which, likethe Northwest, are just beginning to be developed. Washing-ton is so situated that it should derive the greatest benefit fromthe vast amount of commerce which will result. Its ports, by thegreat circle method of navigation, are nearer to Siberia, Japanand China than are any other American cities. Already Japanis a large consumer of American-made goo


Manufacturing opportunities in the state of Washington . ltik\ Jih^ ?m\^^. Rice in transit l tln-ough a Tacoma ). markets, to be sure, are very important and will rapidlv in-crease in importance, since they belong to countries which, likethe Northwest, are just beginning to be developed. Washing-ton is so situated that it should derive the greatest benefit fromthe vast amount of commerce which will result. Its ports, by thegreat circle method of navigation, are nearer to Siberia, Japanand China than are any other American cities. Already Japanis a large consumer of American-made goods, and an awakenedChina is calling for a constantly increasing quantity of Occi- 50 Manufacturing Opportunities in Washington dental improvements and, with her enormous population, offersa remarkable field for commercial effort. The vast plains ofSiberia have possibilities of a development similar to that of ourown West; when political upheavals have subsided and a liberalgovernmental policy opens it to settlement and intensive culti-vation, it will become one of the p


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