The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1884-06-07
Lincoln County Leader.
Saturday. June Z, 1854.
OUR NEW YORK LETTER.
Prom our regular correspondent.

ms mas been week more hllcd
with suspense and preparation for
the coming summer in society cir
Giles, than with gaycty. Even the
bright skies, vcrdure, blossoms and
kindly airs of early spring have
not been able to divert the atten-
tion of the members of the gay
world from the "wreck of stocks
and the crash of bank s" in Wall
street, and the putting in order OF
city houses and other preparations
for the swift approaching summer
season.
The recent exciting events in the
financial world have had their
marked effect uptown as well us in
the immediate vicinity of their oc-
currence. Blanched, nervous and
apprehehsiye faces were to be seen
i'll the clubs, and many a dinner in
luxurious houses was eaten in
gloom and comparative silence,
while the shadow Of impending
disaster rested over numberless
hearths and homes. So there was
small mind for gaycty, and the
week has been unprecedently quiet
and dull.
Unlike the Chinese, the Japanese
living in this city have completely
adopted American manners and
customs. They readily learn the
English language, and it can be
said Of them that in this country
they r strictly law abiding per-
sons. In this city they are nearly
all merchants or traders in raw
silks, tea and lacquerware. Many
of them came here to attend our
schools and colleges and to learn
trades, and several have official sit
uations. The number of japanese
in New York city is ffty-fve. The
only female is the wife of the Jap
anese Consul. In Sixth avenue,
near Twenty-frst street, is their
club house.
The Japanese living in the city
are, with few exceptions, the sons
Of well-to. do merchants IN Japan.
The japanese Consul has a list of
the names and addresses Of the
japanese in the United States, S
ident or s%ojourning, and he knows
all about them. The list shows
that more young Japanese give
themselves to the study Of law than
to other branches of study. They
generally come to this country well
instructed and informed, and make
very rapid progress in anything
they undertake. They readily
comprehend and + easily taught.
On questioning a Japanese in re-
gard to learning languages, he
said it was a great deal easier Tor
an American or European to learn
the Japanese than for the Japanese
to learn English, or any European
language. In this city there are
two silk manufacturing establish
ments, branches of the Daslin and
the Yanrato Companies, and four
firms which deal in porcelain Lac
querwars, playthings, and other
similar articles, which they import.
The most important article which
they import from Japan is, without
doubt, raw silk. Raw silk is
three-quarters Of the entire Japan
csc expectation. The silk manu-
featuring industry has within the
last few years received great atten-
ton by the japanese Government.
A few years ago they had only the
most primitive machinery, butnow
the best is nsed. The expectation
of raw silk amounts to II, 600 bales
yearly. Each bale weighs 12O
pounds.
The Secretary of the Executive
Committee of the Bartholdi statue
has received a letter from the
sculptor, IN which he says: "Now
that we have passed all the dates
set tor the erection of the statue,
Won had best 90 slowly and take