, 1879-01-15
OUR TRADE WITH JAPAN.

An Interview with Minister bingham On
t1ur Commercial Netat!ous-So Trouble
Aplrehsndud ~ the Itcsnlt Of Ct,Ineso
1m.tx'lk ratIon.
cerrsspondtacx lSts FORK Hnr't.
WAstlNo7oS, Jau. 1i.-Johp A. bingham. of
Oilio oui Munster to japan, Is tn Washington.
A correspondent of tl0 World called upun him
at Ills hotel lust uvenlng, and the couycr.atiou
turned upon the relations OF tho tinted States
with Ili,an
NJ feel decp Interest,"" snil he, :" Ia I.,creas-
Ing our tEads with japan. Tbs United States
nse ten days nearer Yokohama than any other
county. We manufacture everything tl,at thu
Japanese want, aid II Cungress gives us prnrrr
1cgialatEon there ID no Eeason In the worl! why
We should not command niee-tentls Of tho
tratlo With China aud Japan. Tho furst
silk Ia tho world Ia grown in Japan,
and their tcas are used In nearly every house
hold III America. There arc very fsw power
looms ln Japan. Tie silk IL nearly ull
manufactured sy hand, ard tho advent OF Amor
tcalI machinery there wuusl.completc1y seyotu.
tionizc the silk tradr. LET Congrcss give us tho
ships and the raw lnutcrlAl eau be brought from
Lapat. and te mpnulucturctlln IN thu United States
nt prices which would defy the competition nf
European silk manufacturers. | aR no lonEcra
HaiIonnl legislator and hAye no right to s,'cak
Is mo. but believe It to t,e THE duty Ut every
nen"er OF congFvsa q do als in tis power 10
promote commerce. AGlNlHGFGc II taE Tukllt
i,aui "t rtyillxatIo,. EytIy lcxltls.,ats lnra,,s
| should bv employed to build 1t UP. There up
! p+aEn TO bo urea: opposition tn thls country to
Everything that luoks like What Is called "a SUBJ
tcrrs Of tllu world, and she Il constantly suLsi-
d!slnR every llns Ut yesscts that viii teyctup
! trade between England aud my foreign rout-
! Try. 1t would bc iAu to tAv tllal conrress I.
| NOT aware 0f tho coHncrGla! needs Ut .tMcrlca,
aud purpose that In tiR!e the legislation will be
given us that We need: but the sootcr t!1at leg
ip!atiot, cones the moEe rau!u will b. our coIil-
nlrrciAl EfuWt tn IND greatness.
| ~ cai see that America IL becoming day by
lav E,0Tu important factor III thu worit1'4
progress. l Gun well remember t!io tla1c when
wv weEc locked Upon as an inferior nattou Of
hut little account snIong tbs Old countries Of
| the world but tint feeling Inns already chung
| el, America Is the richest country un the tare
" tl,r GLOBE To-day, u We ea1cal'ats tho value VI
ail Our lnateria products. Co!stler u,lt n'lliop
l batcs ui cotton grown annually, uur bilious vi
bushels 1t eercat*, cur hay crops which art Ut
more ynluu than tho cottup. tho lsnnlensc herds
vi cattle we possess, our tarn pro1uuls,-but.
mineral wealth of the land. THESE nrc only
| few OF the sources VI uuE natonal wealth, but
| with vi! these great possesh!uns We TAU never
hupu to beruns tue leaues u nattuus nntll We
ii ,lu nut spI,rchend tho trouble which some
Of our people think likely to result from Chinese
Immigration. seven Yeafs kgo travelled over
tfsfc ut III Il ea a knox
sulnetAing of she extent Ut their Immigration
since that ttlr, Tho ChtHuMan 10 peculiar
being. lle believes The soul ot Ills native land 10
pc sarreu.-btessel vi Heaven. liz Gould uot
die con,rnsedIs, aud he believes that his soll
wnu!l uok rcsi peacefully, unlrss his bo1y after
death wa4 buried IN tho FlowerY htnguolu. Nut
tAlnaInan comes to Amerata w,.huut The In.
teltIon vi huAily returning TO bis nattye land,
oE providing III tho event Of his death That h.s
body s.al 10 carried back to Chlua to bc buried,
This lore hs feels for als uat's la1d aud t.'cde-
TERMINATION deau oE alive sotuu dAy to return 70
liz sa>lrl soil lu. lu mr 0p:ulou, preclude effect
ually tAc belief cutertaiued BY sou!e that \ uiA-
joNty Ut tic two hundred milliohs Vi Mungolia1s
Viii. uuleks prevented BY Regulation, vTsEEAl
ths Un!tr1 Htats&."