China Market Could Be More Fully Explored Unlike their pioneer forefathers who attempted "to open up the North-West Passage to Cathay, present day Canadians seem to' have forgotten the trading opportunities open to them in China, amt the commodities which they could take from this country in exchange. This view was expressed by Mr. George 'M, Murray, who is 2 director of the "Vancouver, Sun", in an interview with the "North-China Herald" on 'August 9, Mr, Murray is on a three months visit to China, partly in order to seek opportunities' for closer personal contact between Chinese and Canadian traders, "He arrived on the Empress of Asia on Aug. 7.
capacity as a member of the Provincial Legislature of Victoria, Mr. Murray is especially interested in bringing back to Canada the interest in China which was displayed such pioneers as William Van Home and Lord Shaughnessy. In the days when what are now cities in Canada were mere towns and vil-Tages. ships were dispatched to China laden with merchandise, Nowadays, however, Canadian traders are more interested in America and Europe as markets for their goods, and con sequently they are not exploiting to the full the immense possibilities of the China market,
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