(成都,四川,4月22日)与中国西部的贸易活动,以最富裕的四川省来看,当前有两大阻碍——缺乏便捷安全的交通和不理想的交易环境。第一个障碍现在看到了曙光——通过上游的轮船运输来解决,或用汉口的铁路连线。而第二个需很长时间,是由于政府为舒缓贸易逆差而镇压鸦片贸易,紧接禁止四川银子的出口所致。 (Chengdu, Sichuan, April 22) Looking at the most affluent Sichuan Province in trade activities with western China, there are currently two major obstacles – the lack of convenient and secure transportation and an unfavorable trading environment. The first obstacle is now seen in the dawn - solved by upstream ship transportation, or by Hankou railway connection. The second, which took a long time, was due to the suppression of the opium trade by the government to ease the trade deficit and was immediately followed by the prohibition of Sichuan silver exports.