The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1888-12-19
TRADING Mfa japan.
some FTestres sli5uiiiE How Much Of Tt
We r1ss-ltar,orts and rskfsorts.


some FIe,aiEles si5us4ias nov Much Of Tt
We Do-1raports and 1EFf,orts-
Governor Hubbard tells me that we
buy more from Jatan than any other
foreign f1atioii. 1nst year. said hes
ssour Imports from this country
amounted to 21 COO, 600 Japanese dol
lars. or about 16. .O00. 00q American dol.
lars We bought 81 ]. .0G0. 09u worth of
her raw silk, and nearly $1,000. 600
worth of her teas. Tho fair eilesEsI9ff
our ladies were cooled last year with
$97, 600 worth Of Ja3lanese fans. and
our noses were wiped with SSH. 600
worth of Japanese silk hand ndkerchiefS.
We buy nearly $500, 600 worth Of
porcelain every year. and bur inlE6ftS
of bamboo ware amount 10 $102.O00 OF
japanese money. We buy moro than
twice as much of Japan as any other
country, and our imports are inereas-
ing every year. In 1887 we bought
81. 500, 600 more goods than in 1856
and the Unitkd States will probably
continue TO be Japans best customer
sNliat arc the chief articlos Of ex<
port from the United States to Japans-
asked
'Ksrpsene oil leads the list, was
I the reply. Half of the Japanese ma
ton lights its houses with our coal of
lamps, and we sold in 1886 over So
000. 600 worth of coal oil to Japan.
There has been a falling off this year
in this: but the; export is still lnrgc
Then the &niefiean clock is popular in.
japan, and you may see thousands OF
them in Toxic Tho common Office
clock, which hangs upon the wall, Is
very popular, aud one sale of clocks
here amout1ts,t TO lGi0. 600 Japanese dol
lars yeak. Many b Jltauese baby is
now brought up on American Con-
densed milk, and S55. 900 sg6fth Mas
sold last year. We sell sole leathsr.
books. pinchfnery and provisions, anal
Japan bought S9i 600 worth OF our
flour last year. Their figures arc sr,ats.,
but American foreign trade Is in its
infancy, and il has a world yet 10 con-
quer Here in the cast thcrc arc Co.,
600. 600 of people who require moro or
less of some kinds of goods. which
American brains, push and capital can
furnish at a profit; and in Japan there
are $4,000. 600 of people who arc
ready TO take from America what she
has to sell that fits her needs, whenever
they can buy it as cheaply Of her as of
other nations. We sell TO north. China
$G;O00:00o worth of cotton sheetings a
year alli4. lttS III InS uSlu n Llo
manufacturing nations of Europe.
Japan is much more accessible 60 us.
Why should we not sell to hcr1"
How much do we sell2r / asked.
None, replied Governor Hubbard.
Tho American cottons do not enter
the Japanese markets. We do not
mako the cheap and light article of
cotton required by tho Japanese. A.
slight change in the factories. how
ever, would adapt them 10 this class of
goods. and there is no doubt but that
our American mills can get d limited
market here when they arc forced TO
look abroad for foreign trade. Thev
will then have 10 sell their goods in
close competition with England. We
are Japans nearest foreign neighbor:
We have the cotton tst bur doors, and
our f:Tetofies are I'M operation. Japan
ferior quality. II seems To- md that
foreign trade offers the kointitn Of
many Of the labor and capital troubles
of the United States. WheIi the homo
markets are .gllntcd and factories
closed for want of demand. this for
eign trade could cat up some bf tho
surplus and keep the milk from rest
ing. 4,
Japan buys. Governor Hubbard
went on. So. . 600. COO worth OF goods
year from foreign nations. Il sells
in rornd $50, ,ooa, GOO worth of goods
abroad, and its imports arc thus nearly
Sl.000.OO0 less than. its exports. The
needs of the nation viii grow with ulc
new civilization, and an increased de-
mand for our productions will bo the
result Among the chief things il now
buys nre steam engines, clocks,
watches. hats and caps, iron. steel,
window, glass sugar. WOODEN and cot
ton yarns. It's impoStations of cotton
yarns last year were SIS. OOO. 600, and Il
bought $500, 600 worth of wines. It
sells abroad about forty different arti-
cles, and some of these will be new to-
you. In camphor there is an expprt
of 81 ,000. 600. and in cutie fish like
amount. Japan sells $2. .0O0, 600 worth
of copper year, and il has ono of The
largest copper mines In the world. 1t
sells 81, 600. 600 worth of porcelain.
81, ,000, 900 worth of silk handkerchiefs:
and 81, 900, 600 worth Of teI We buy
nearly all of the japan tea that toes
abroad. The sales of raw. silk amount
to SIS. 600, 600 q year; ana Of cotoons
to 5000, ,0O0 q year. Il sells SOU. .OOO
worth of mushrooms, and S2. 600. 600
worth of rice The trade OF the country
is susceptible of increase, and japan IS
by no means at the end of its material
development. Frank G. CarpenLef's
Letter.