The Archive · 1924

The Chinese Eastern and Ussuri

Railways contemplate rendering assistance towards the construction of new warehouses and the establish-iment of industrial plants for the manufacture of local raw products (flour, oil mills, ete.) Special measures will be taken to standardize the Jquality of the local grain and pulse land to build elevators for Manchurian wheat and beans. Upon the construction of elevators, the local cereals will obtain a standard grade Jand find a readier market in overseas countries than heretofore.

Another projected measure is the exchange at} introduction of mixed storage of beans for the [Vladivostok route.

'The, opening of oceanic through traffic connexions between Viadi-_ vostok and ports in Europe and America, for which negotiations are pending, will put the Russian port, in the Far East into direct touch' with the most important markets ghe world and enable shippers, to ring their goods directly upon the railroad connecting the Pacific }Ocean with Western Europe without any costly transhipment at Japanese intermediate ports.

A Great Future Factor outlet to the Pacific ith its tremendous and bril-opportunities of development! Jand the great facilities which will be loftered to merchants of all nation with the vastness and riches of th ltexritories with which it is connected the Ussuri Chinese Eastern and [Siberian railways, will undoubtedly one of the main factors in Pacific Jcommercial, industrial and political /"dominate the East," and whereas 8. R. has discarded the imperialistic idea of political and military domination, there can be no Jdoubt that Vladivostok has all the opportunities to become foremost in Jcommerce with the tributary territories of Manchuria, Mongolia and Siberia, and that this commerce will naturally flow, to the advantage of fall concerned, through the free port Inow recalled into bel

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