Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 73, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 February 1909 — Orient Is Now Ready For American Commercial Advance. [ARTICLE]

Orient Is Now Ready For American Commercial Advance.

By FRANCIS B. LOOMIS, Commissioner General of the United States to the Tokyo Exposition. CHE orient is now ripe and READY FOR AMERICAN COMMERCIAL ADVANCE by-reason of the visit of the American fleet, that superb display of our power and efficiency. American prestige in the orient has been raised to the highest level it has ever attained, and if the business men and the producers of this country do not take advantage of this RARE OPPORTUNITY the fault will be theirs and not that of the government, which has placed it before them. We all desire to extend American commerce in the orient. We know that the markets there are the greatest potential markets in the world. But we cannot expect to establish ourselves in those markets if we deal churlishly with those people who should be the buyers and consumers of our products. M at at 80, AS A SIMPLE MATTER OF BUSINESS AND IN THE INTEREST OF INCREASED COMMERCIAL RELATIONS, IT BECOMES OUR SERIOUS DUTY TO EXERT EVERY ENERGY V/E HAVE TO ENABLE THIS GOVERNMENT TO MAINTAIN JUST AND PEACEFUL RELATIONS WITH THE PEOPLE AND GOVERNMENT OF JAPAN. JAPAN HAS DONE HER PART. )