Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-01-08
American Trade With japan.

Col. 4. Il. Dickinson, OF CalltOrnla, Is
enthusiastic in his efforts to awaken a
wider interest in behalf of more extended
commercial relations between this coun-
try and Japan, and these efforts seem to
be awakening large interest, not only
here, but in Japan itself. The GLOBE is
in receipt of the Japan Gazette of Nov.
13, published at Yokohama, in the Eng
lish language, and owned and edited by
Englishmen. It has a three column
article on the trade with Japan with the
United States, called out by the address
of Col Dickinson, before the chamber of
commerce with Japan, and the impor-
tance, necessity and feasibility of closer
commercial relations and an enlarged
range of trade with that populous empire.
The Gazette says: "Applying the fruits
of thirteen years. active experience
in this country, we will take the liberty
of asserting that the people of Japan have
long been alive to the benefits of CONNER
cial intercourse Of Col Dickinson, the
Gazette says: "He is a warm hearted,
genial man of travel, and much business
knowledge experience; he was accompan-
led by Mrs. Dickinson, he had introduc-
tions and recommendations which gave
him the entree into the best circles of
japanese society, and he was received
with that courteous and graceful hospi-
tality which distinguishes the Japanese
people, from thehighest parsonage in the
land to the humblest peasant in his cot
tage of boards and paper. 1t is
but natural that under such
conditions polite guest should con-
ceive high opinion of the good qualities
of his host, and we mean no disparage-
ment to Colonel Dickinson's discrimina-
tive powers, when we say that it is neces-
sary to 60 below the surface before the
Japanese character can be understood
and appreciated at its real worth" The
Gazette adds: Americans not well ac-
quainted with the real state of Japanese
commerce are apt, as other people have
done, to believe that its extension is the
wish of the government; but that the
people are only just awakening to its
benefits"
The Gazette says: "The people have
tasted the, sweets of trade, and they stand
forward to-day eager advocates of It's ex-
tension; yet trade, if we divest the returns
of the differences due to fluctuation in
prices of staple exports, remains almost
stationary, if it is not actually retrogres
slve. The causes are not the apathy or
ignorance of the people, as is generally
supposed, but the obstacles placed in the
way of trade by the government. The
government, not the people, are response
BILE. i American
trade with Japan is considerable. The
official returns for the year ending June
3Oth, 1880, show:
Imports into Japan. n................$ 2,W7,717
Exports from Japan ........... n,197,745
Total -. Observation-Disclosures. $14, ,145, ,462
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"We recognize no political boundaries
so far as commerce is concerned; and see
in the returns of this nations trade but
one subject of interest-the progress of
Japan. If America can come in and in
crease her trade she is quite welcome,
and will be warmly received. We extend
a hearty invitation for her to try. She has
done much in this direction in the past
three years, and there is no reason why
her hand should now be stayed.
Of the several American firms
established in Japan the Gazette re-
marks: "These houses enjoy the highest
reputation; they are held in great es-
TEEN; and the country is justly proud of
them. There are also English, Ger
man and other firms who possess large
and important American connections,
and we feel justified in stating that if
trade with any part of the world and
Japan could be extended, the interests
of the United States would be carefully
watched and protected by men of
vast experiene, of much business
acumen, and enjoying facili-
ties of capital and credit suffi-
cient for trade ten times its present