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EVENING LEDGER-PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, NOVEftlBER 15, 1916
CHINA BECKONS
WITH A "GULDEN
FINGER" TO U. S.
Lca Arnold of American
Titration at rewi
S GREAT TRADE OPENING
rfeMtn opportunities for American In
001 ?..r,t In China. says Julcan Arnold.
"mm rclat attache of the American lew-
. rrkln. Ho lias dcch .
M -Sort, about Ihem. starting In at
l, Zn town of San I'rnnclsco nnd work
UT No he has reached Philadelphia
M ,.m Is talking to tho exporters, not
"inkers He bellwei tho banker will
Kaffir enough vvhen the exporter.
?, The men actually engaged In trade
? convince ?' . nu. their efforts nnd their
Ltt" I S in China, If they would get a big
turh on their invHuu..M
rrtitn Mr. Arnold camo here he put him-
the hands ot tho Chamber of Com-
elfin tM "a"" . ,hn chamber tho com-
f. of .aying that It has given Thlladel
f'?en'0ind habit that he finds all too
! the map habit.
rre, " ... v ,-m imnv.
IJael found business houses using freely
"orld trade maps Tou ought to see
foV English business men use them."
TlMfi niPK FOR ACTION
Mr Arnold says now rs tho time for
irJirlra to mako n greit Inroad Into com
Si China. All the other countries are
S." up both in the way of capital and
.rrv he says, nnd America has nn over
Stance of both, lying Idle. -China Is
tte placo to put it
He tells how China has a bare 6000
..iim of railroad compared to this coun
V. E? 240 000 and that regardless of the
IT .. . '.uln. la Inrrer hv nne-thlrd.
-Her potential wealth Is Immense. She
Mi tremendous quantities of coal, and yet
r" ;. i,rt roa.1 from Japan Sho has
K toa and lead. tin. rlnc. antimony, manga-
ueae virtually nn -
"..... ri.. trniihln In thev are undc-
ft 'eloped, "and China needs help nnd money
m n rif.lon them
If "She needs railroads and mines partlcu-
K UrlV. fche Is willing lo urnni mncricu
concessions 10 ki u' " .......-... -,..-
i til was put over there America would have
tits coniru. ul iv ..-.- - r , .
engineers to see that tho raw materials
taken from China wont first toward tho
reward of the capital that got them out;
the could stipulate that American products
only would bo used In their development.
It Is a great chanco to establish Ameri
can standards In Chins,; our machinery,
cur men, our methods. But, It must be done
jot If we wait till this war Is over and
ether countries get free again to pay at
tention to this sort of thing, they will step
In, and It's pretty sure that tho one who
goes first will stny, for tho establishment
of standards makes It pretty certain that
thee standards will continue to bo fol
lowed. Thina. Is rlDo now for this sort of devel-
enment: she needs to build railroads nnd
the needs to build mines. The amount of
undeveloped wealth In China is staggering
to contemplate, nnd the only reason Amer-
( lea cant sharo in It Is because sho won't
to after It. China Is perfectly willing to
' come half way. Tho concessions she will
grant American Investors mean good busi
ness for her, for she needs these Investors
before the herself can prosper."
WHY AMERICA IS FIRST
Mr. Arnold was asked why China prefers
to have America, open up her Industries
rather than any other foreign power and
be gave these five reasons:
i First The United States has never ac
quired a "sphere of Influence." In China
and thus has never violated China's terri
torial Integrity.
Second N'o American nationals have ever
engaged In the opium trafllc.
Third Tho United States has stood con
sistently for tho "open door."
Fourth The United States returned the
(11,000,000 Indemnity following the Boxer
troubles.
fifth The American missionaries have
created a wonderfully good opinion of
America.
Mr Arnold remarked that exporters know
exactly what they have to face In the way
of tariffs. Five per cent Is the absolute
maximum and It will stay that way. There
Is no meddling with tariffs there he said
"The thing to do," ho advised, "Is either
(ft .Aflta ..,. nnMnl.n.lnn. w nn1
KW throueh Rlir.h fYlfitlnir nrcrnnlTntlntm n. nr
now there. The National City Bank has
tlkan npr vrhnf wn fnrmn.lv ft.. TntA.-
, national Bank nnd Is prepared to handle
any project."
Mr. Arnold was reminded of "vellow
peril."
"It's foolish to fear such a thing," he
said, "for China has so much to do at
home, as all the Orient has, that it will bo
centuries before they can make a complete
Job of It. They can't do It all nlone, and
It means money for those who work with
them. It will be a shame If America does
not realiie this thoroughly. If wo do not
some other nation will, and the loss will
be ours China's foreign debt now Is only
1600,000,000, and this Is not much when
7ou consider her tremendous population. I
iMoma say most of that Is held by Eng
land. .Great Britain's trade is pretty well
organized In China, but there Is yet the
rreater part of the trade to be created and
secured, and England Is too busy to do that
w. It Is America's chance."
. r. Arnold was asked to compare Phila
delphia as a port for Chinese trade with
such a port as San Francisco, nnd nn
". 'hat It was Just ns good, despite the
"00 miles across rnuntrv.
jk tkT!1.' Pani"na Canal has changed all
( wm. ho said; "and for purposes of
j, Chinese trade the Atlantic ports are now
uw as me I'acinc ports."
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TWINING ASKS PERMIT
TO BUILD HIGH-SPEED
LINE IN 35TII WARD
Now Surface Service Will Com
plement Frnnkford"L" Sys
tem Construction Sqhemo
Completed
TAYLOR TO GUARD'PLA NS
P. AND R. COAL AND IRON
LOST MONEY IN EFFORT
TO RELIEVE SHORTAGE
President Tells Anthracite Com
mission Gross Profits Havo
Been Cut in Half in Thrco
Years
COAL TAX RETURNED
DREAD TAX QUESTION
TO GET PUBLIC AIRING
Councils' Financo Committee
Wrestles Today With Prob
lem of 1917 Rate
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Photo-Crattera, by Cherton,
JULEAN ARNOLD
Tho commercial attache at tho
United States Legation in Pckin,
China, is in Philadelphia explain
ing to exporters the money-making
possibilities in trade with Chinn.
He tells of tho wonderful oppor
tunities for investment there, whilo
other foreign Powers aro too busy
to take them up. "Now is Amer
ica's chance," he says.
JERSEY ODD FELLOWS
ENACT NEW LEGISLATION
AT ANNUAL CONVENTION
Officers Elected at 38th Yearly
Business Session May,
Codify Laws of
Order
MANY SOCIAL AFFAIRS
TRENTON. Nov. IB After reading of
oflicors' reports at the opening of t?ie thirty-eighth
nnnual session of tho Grand
Iodgo of New Jersey, Independent Order
of Odd Fellows, In tho M.vsonlc Temple
Building today, a recommendation ai
taken under consideration that a codo of
tho lnws of the order of this Stato be pro
pared and nnother recommendation was
that nn oltlclal he solectod to tiko up the
work of gHIng practical assistance to the
woakor lodges. Grand Mater P Howard
Lloyd, of Mntnwnn, presided
Announcement was mado of tho election
of tho following oincors for tho current
year :
Orand master, Charles A. MncCrosson.
Palmyra: deputy grand master, John B.
Stratton, Mount Roal; grand warden, Har
vey S Hopkins, County Clerk of Sussex
County; grand secretary, Harey S Kline,
Trenton ; graryl treasurer, floseph It. Dea
con, Bordentown.
Tho Rev B J Llpplncott, Sayrevlllc, will
be tho next grand chaplain
The following otneers were appointed by
tho new grand master:
Orand marshal, Georgo II Dalrymple, of
Passaic; grand conductor. Burton L Boye,
of Hoboken; grnnd guardian. John S Dah
mer. of New Brurfswlck, nnd general her
ald, B J Brace, of Camden
Tho now officers will bo Installed tomor
row night
Grand Secretary Harry S Pine, of this
city, In his report showed the membership
of nil the lodges of tho order In New
Jersey on January 1 last to have been
30,185 The secretary recommended new
legislation regarding the Incorporation of
lodges and the admitting of nonbeneflclal
members.
A move for the enlargement of the Odd
Fellows' Homo hero Is under consideration
this nfternoon. Tho homo Is now filled to
capacity Tho Joint committee of tho
Grand Lodge and State Assembly, which Is
charged with the caro of the Inmates In
the orphanage In Newark, recommended
that the order purchnse the building
Reports were made by William T. Rob
bins, of Hamilton Square, and E O. Buss
ing, of Lyndhurst, grand representatives to
the Sovereign Grand Lodge, showing that
'ho order nationally has a membership of
2.1S8.4S8, declared to bo the largest secret
fraternal society In existence.
Grand officers from Pennsylvania, New
York, Connecticut and Massachusetts were
in attendance at tho grand lodge session.
The annual dinner of the past grand mas
ters, the largest social function ot the
session, will be held here this evening.
With plans completed for the construction
of tho Thlrty-flfth Ward high-speed line,
which will be operated ns n spur of the
Krnnkford elevated, Transit Director Twin
ing has made formal application to tho
Public 8erlco Commission for a certificate
of public conenlence to build the line
This line will gle the citizens In the north
ern part of the Thrty-flfth Ward their first
trolley sarlce, nnd will mean tho rapid dc
olopment of this section of the city.
The line, which will connect with the
Trnnkford "L" nt Frankford nnd Oxford
nxenucs, Is to cost about J 1.200.000 It will
bo double-track throughout Its entire length
Considerable grading must be done before
actual con auction work can bo begun.
Another Tppllcatlon for a certificate of
publlo convenience was made yesterday by
Director Twining for the establishment of
a station on the Frankford "L." at Hunt
ingdon street nnd Kensington axenuo. This
station nas ceen much Bought by business
men's associations and manufacturing In
terests, because It will tap one of the busiest
sections of tho Kensington industrial dls-
trici.
"Between the Dauphin Rnd Tork streets
station, as heretofore planned, nnd the
Somerset street station, thero was a dis
tance of about three-quarters of a mile for
which no station had been provided The
additional station will not only break up
tho long stretch, but will afford workmen
from many sections an opportunity of
reaching easily some of the biggest plants
of Kensington
Intorcst nmong transit followers today
continued to center about tho Information
that the Philadelphia Rapid Transit Com
pi'ny Is ready to enter nto a lease with
the city for tho operation of the hIgh-Rpced
sstcm upon tho terms set forth In tho or
dinance presented to Councils by Mayor
Smith.
Tho stand taken by Mayor Smith thnt h
Intended to adhcro to tho T.ivlor nlnn nml
his recommendation to Councils to hold
public meetings regarding tho clt's propo
Mtlon for an agreement, are believed to
have been tho factors which have operated
gieatly In causing the company to come
to a conclusion as to Its course The di
rectors of tho Union Traction Company,
who previously refused to agree to n con
tract by the Philadelphia Rapid Transit
Ccmpany to tako over the high-speed lines,
aro said especially to have been Influenced
by the Mayor's stand
Conferences between the Mayor nnd the
odlclnl heads of tho traction company nro
expected dally, nnd It Is expected that Hills
Ames Ballard, chief counsel for the com
pany, will meet the Mayor at least onco be
foro the public hearing on Friday, when
Councils' Committees on Finance and Street
Railways will hear tho views of the tran
sit olilclals on tho ordinance.
Mayor Smith mado It plain yesterday that
If any conferences arc to tike place, former
Transit Director A Merrltt Taylor will be
mviteu to ue present as one of the ctty's
representatives.
W. J Richards, president of tho mam
moth Philadelphia and Heading Coal nnd
Iron Company, testifying today before tho
State Coil Commission, declared that not
only had ts company done everything
within Its power to relieve the coal short
nge, but actually was making but little
more than half tho gross profit received
three years ago.
"Wo released millions of tons of coal In
September," said Mr Richards, "to forestall
n possible shortage Buyers of coal would
be better oft If they bought Just enough
for their present needs "
Mr. Richards referred to tho speculators
In coal who nttempt to corner tho anthra
cite market.
"We have our own soiling force." he told
the commission, after explaining tho finan
cial details of capitalization and similar de
tails of tho company, "nnd the coal supplied
to customers Is stopped when wo arc ap
prised of any nttempt to charge exorbitant
prices or gambling"
t.. !M!,ii.,!iii nnil Reading Coal and
Iron Company, the commission was told,
supplied half the total demands of Phlla
ilHphli and Mclnlty, four million tons being
the gross tonnage of coal sold In this sec
tion. Mr Richards then quoted the njoss
profits of his company on a ton of coal
for tho last four jcars.
10ia 3 rents
nil I...... nn ernts
miK 2 rt crnta
lain is ,1 rrnts
Ho added that virtually nil of the million
dollars collected through the coal tnx. de
clared unconstitutional Inter, had been re
'urned Tho company billed tho extra two
nnd n half per cent as a separate Item on
their bills, making returns comparatively
easy When questioned as to why the price
of coal was advanced ten contji when the
tnx was removed, Mr RlchnrW said tliat
tho price boost was due only to the In
creased rgst of production necessary
through tho provisions of the workmen's
compensation act
The expected clash between the commis
sion nnd J M Mnrkle. president of the
O II Markle Coal Company, was satisfac
torily settled. In spite of Mr Marklo's ab
sence Business affairs kept him nw.iy,
and It Is probablo that a epec al meeting
will bo held In New York for his convenience.
What shall the tax rate bo for 1HI7?
This question the members ot Councils'
Finance Committee fared to.'sv i n fir
the first time they took up for public dis
cussion a subject getmrnllj f. ittd li, ..li
bera who hope to retain publlo confidence.
Tho bookkeeping Involved shows that n
total ot J37.I27.803 23 for 1917 expenditures
has been approved, with nn Income nt the
present tnx rnto of J31.7fi1.5E7 32.
Major Smith, by deciding against salary
raises anil new plnees at this time, cut off
!2,32,142 78 from tho amount nonded but
even this reduction find the rouilrllmnnlc
financiers In a position of having to obtain
by realty tnx or otherwise, a total of
J3.3G3.G43 to make tip the difference be
tween lncomo nnd expenditures.
Another problem that tho financiers will
have to wrestle with Is how to fifid the
nearly one million dollars that will be
needed In excess of the amounts allowed
for street cleaning, garbage removal and
nsh removal for 1917 This Increase must
bo mndo tip If Mayor Smith decides to
approve tho high estimates submitted by
IMwIn II Vare and other municipal con
tractors for this character of work.
All who wish to register opposition to
Increnses will be heard today, or next Mon
daj nt the latest, nnd the final figure will
bo reported to Councils at a special session
next Thursday Tho bill will fimlly be
passed nt a special session of both branches
en Wednesday, November 29. Just twenty
four hours boforo the explrntlon of the
time allowed by law for the fixing of n
unity rate for tho city.
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$fi07,500 Valuation Incrcnuo In 34th
Assessors of the Thirty-fourth .Ward have
added approximately 1607,600 to tho total
tnxnblo valuation of the ward for next
eai Tho Incrcnso represents advances
made on Improved ground nnd new assess
ments The advances made In the Twenty
fourth Ward will be nbout J 160,000, while
tho Increase In the Forty-fourth Ward will
be approximately J447.260. Tho assessors
sat jesterd ty to hear protests from property
owners, but few vvcro made
COATWILLE ELECTION
DECLARED ILLEGAL
plaster in Contest of Mayoralty
Race Finds Irregularities
in Voting
COATHSVILLn, Pa, Nov. 16. George 8.
Dewees, appointed master In the CoatesvlIU
mayoralty election contest, started more
than n year ago, when Walter L. W. Jones
won over the Rev. Thompson McKlnney
by the nnrrow margin of nine votes, hear
ings In which have been held throughout
ihc last year, filed his opinion this morn
ing The opinion declares the election ot
November, 1916, Illegal, In view of the fact
that voters cast their ballots In the fifth
and seventh precincts after 7 p. m., nnd
because tho equipment of the seven other
polling places Is not according to law. In
the seven precincts 128 Illegal votes were
cast for Jones and thirty-eight for McKln
ney by men who voted on tax receipts paid
by some one other than themselves.
WIDOWS DKEAM FINDS BODY
JAMMED TO DEATH DY DOOR
Midvale Steel Workman, Asleep Near
Furnace, Killed
James Beasey, nineteen years old, of
Twenty-third street near Westmoreland,
was crushed to death In the Mid vale Steel
Company's plant, Nlcctown, today, when n
heavy furnace door was swung open, Jam
ming him against a wall.
Beasey Is said to have been sleeping near
the furnace when another employe re
leased a lever opening the heavy door
The Coroner's office Is making an Investigation.
Tells of Vision and Grapplers Are Suc
cessful Near Duncannon
MARTSVH.t.n. Pa. Nov 15 After
friends had mad? a long search, a dream of
n woman thn widow, led, after a five minute
hunt, to the finding of the body of Custav
Pill, of Duncannon. who wns drowned In
tho Susquehanna River near there three
weeks ago
Mrs. Dill, although virtually a stranger
In the Perry County town, described tho
placo In the river where sho had "seen"
the finding of tho body Two rlvermcn
npreed to make n search and after their
grappling hooks had been In tho water .five
minutes, they pulled tho body to the
burface.
Picks Pimple; Dies of Poisoning
IIAOnRSTOWN, Md , Nov 15 Picking
a pimple on his chin whllo painting on
Saturday. Harvey Krldler. aged fifty-four,
contracted 'blood poisoning and died Ho Is
survived by a widow and six children
Americans Freed af Zecbruggo
THE HAGUE, Nov. 16. Courier Thomas
Smith nnd the other American passengers
on the Dutch mill steamship Konlngln Re
gentes when that vessel was taken by a
German submarine Into Zeebrugge last
week were permitted by the Oermans to
return overland to Holland.
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