The history of particularly marked transportation prosperity and culture have follow-Jed the path of transport, embracing rivers and canals, shipping, overland "routes finally at this stage, the linking' of communities by means of good roads and motor vehicles. It ig [generally conceded that the means lof transportation in China wholly inadequate. The extensive areas which are now partially in Jcommunication with the outside world must be provided with the meang for travel and the facilities for barter and trade, one of the most important questions in the building of a unified commonwealth. It is freely admitted, based on the Jexperienee of other countries, that any legislation affecting the availability of the motor vehicle to the immediately followed by ion in plans for inter-city In consideration of the comparatively low rate of individual wealth in China, the adding of one fifth of the first cost of motor trans. portation would of necessity undo much of the work which has been done in the solving of the problem lof internal transport. If the cost lof ootor transport is made as low 4§ possible the result will be the promotion and increase of all imports and exports, by reason of the fact that such goods will have transportation facilities not now available, constituting an additional economic vantage to China. Duty on the increased exports and imports thus encouraged, together with the large {importation of motor vehicles under ithe ordinary tariff, would far exceed the nett revenue en the restricted
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