Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-12-21
TRADING WITH JAPAN.
Some Figures showing How Much OF II
We Do-Imports and Exports.

We Do-Imports and Exports.
Governor Hubbard tells me that we
buy more from Japan than any other
foreign nation. last year, said he,
''our imports from this country
amounted TO 81, 900, 900 japanese dol
lars, or about 16,0 OO, 900 American dol
lars. We bought Sll, 10000 worth Of
her raw silk, and nearly $1,000, 900
worth of her teas. The fair cheeks Of
our ladies were cooled last year with
Sg7, 600 worth of Japanese fans, and
our noses were wiped with SSl6. 900
worth of japanese silk handkerchicfs.
We buy nearly 100000 worth Of
porcelain every year, and u imports
of bamboo ware amount To SOP, 600 Of
Japanese money. We buy more than
twice ms much off Japan MS any OTHER
country, and our imports are increas.
inc every year. In 1887 VT bought
l,5ON. OVJ more goods than IN 1856.
and the United States will probably
continue to be Japan's best customer
What are the chief articles of ex.
port from the United States to JapanE"
| asked.
Kerosene oil leads the list" was
the reply. Half Of the japanese ma
ton lights its houses with our coal oil
lamps, and we sold in 1856 over So
900, 900 worth Of coal oil To Japan.
There has been a falling of this year
in this, but the export is still large.
Then the American clock is popularln
Japan, and you may see thousands OF
them in Toxic. The common Office
clock, which hangs upon the wall, is
very popular, and one sale of clocks
here amounts to 100. 600 Japanese dol
lars a year. Many n Japanese baby is
now brought up on American con
densed milk. and $4,000 worth was
sold last year. We sell sole leather,
books. machinery and provisions, and
Japan bought $4,000 worth of our
-four last year. Their figures are small,
but American foreign trade is in its
infancy. and il has IA world yet 10 con
guer. Here in the east there are 600.
000. 900 o fpeople who require more or
less of some kinds of goods, which
American brains. push and capital can
furnish at a profit, and in Japan there
are IS, 900, 900 of people who are
ready TO take from America what she
has to sell that fits her needs, whenever
they can buy it as cheaply of her as Of
other nations. We sell TO north China
&c. 600, 600 worth of cotton sheetings a
year, and this in the teeth Of the
manufacturing nations of Europe.
Japan is much more accessible TO us
Why should we not sell TO herr
"How much do we SELF" | asked.
'None," replied Governor Hubbard.
THE American cottons do not enter
the japanese markets. We do not
make the cheap and light article Of
cotton required by the japanese. A
slight change in the factories, how
ever, would adapt them to this class of
goods, and there is no doubt but chat
u American mills can get a limSed
market here when they are forced TO
look abroad for foreign trade. They
will then have TO sell their good in
close competition with England. We
are Japan's nearest foreign ncighbor.
We have the cotton at u doors, and
our factories are in operation. Japan
raises some cotton. but il is of an in.
ferior quality. 1t seems TO me that
foreign trade offers the solution OF
many of the labor and capital trouble.
of the United States. When the home
markets are glutted and factories
closed for want of demand, this for,
eign trade could eat up some Of the
surplus and keep the mills from rest
ing.
Japan buys" Governor Hubbard
went on. ''$jl, 900, 900 worth of goods
n year from foreign nations. Ii sells
in round $50, 600, 900 worth of goods
abroad. and its imports are thus nearly
$1,000, OyO less than its exports. The
needs OF the nation will grow with the
new civilization, and an increased dc.
mQnd fol, our productions will be the
result. Among the chief things it now
buys ere steam engines. clocks,
watches, hats aud caps, iron, steel,
window glass, sugar, wooden and cot
ton yarns. Its importGtions of cotton
yarns last year were S., OOO, 900, and il
bought $500, 900 worth of wines. II
sells abroad about forty different arti.
Giles. and some Of these will be new to
you. In camphor there is an export
of 81, 900, 600, and in cutie fish a like
amount Japan sells 81. 0OO, 900 worth
of copper a year, and it has one of the
largest copper mines in the world. II
sells 81, 0OO, 900 worth of porcelain.
$1,000, 900 worth Of silk handkerchiefs,
and 81, 600, 900 worth Of tea. We buy
nearly all Of the Japan tea that goes
abroad. The sales Of raw silk amount
TO SO, 900, 900 a year, and of cocoons
10 5000, 900 a year. 1t sells $500, 00C
worth of mushrooms, and g, zoo, 0OC
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 q Carpenters
Letter.
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