Jasper County Democrat, Volume 17, Number 102, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 March 1915 — MILLION DOLLARS [ARTICLE]

MILLION DOLLARS

Appropriated By China for a Trade Crusade in the) United States. New York, March 28. —-CMna has appropriated $1,000,000 for ex* penses of 50 Chinese bankers, merchants and officials, who, as announced by the Merchants’ Association, will .spend 70 days touring the United States, beginning in May. Starting at San Francisco, the party will travel 11,000 miles, finishing the triji at Seattle on July 10. The object of the trip is to establish closer trade relations between China and the United States, the party will visit San Francisco, Oakland, Los Angeles, San Diego, New Orleans, Kansas City, St. Louis, Indianapolis, Columbus, Cincinnati, 1 ittsburg, Washington, Baltimore, 1 hiladelphia, Boston, Providence, New Haven, New York City, Schenectady, Syracuse, Buffalo, Cleveland, Toledo, Detroit, Grand Rapids, South Bend, Chicago, Milwaukee, Minneapolis, Tacoma and Seattle.