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The morning call., 1894-12-23

twisting two threads in opposite direc-
tons, thus producing the crInkly appear
ance OF The texture.
The most of the silk used in Japan is for
its own people and you find large silk
stores in all of the cities and there is hard
ly girl in Japan who has not a silk dress.
We have an idea that the people are loud
in their clothes. This is mistake. The
ladies of Japan seldom appear on the
street except IN the most quiet colors, and
the Japanese gentlemen wear soft grays
and black. One of these Osaka silkstores
has dozens of clerks, who squat down on
the floor when they sell you the goods.
There are no counters. The bookkeeper
sits fat on the floor and figures all his CAL
culatious on a box of wooden buttons
strung upon wires. He moves these I'D
and down and can tell you the price in
moment, and be seldom makes mistake.
A number Of new industries are making
their way into Japan. and a great deal of
japanese wallpaper is now shipped to
America. 1t looks much like Linerusta
Walton. and some of it mas the appearance
of leather. l believe that the japanese
letter-paper would sell well In the United
States. It shines like silk, and it is won
derfully strong. Indeed some of the sheets
made at the Government paper-mill near
Toxic are so tough that man can stand
in the center OF the sheet aud be lifted up
by others who have hold of the corners.
There is big modern paper-mill now in
Kobe. japan, and the wrappiug-Daper of
the country is much finer than anything
we have. II is as soft as cloth, and they
have way OF making the paper so that
it has all the qualities of cloth, and is by
no means offensive TO ones touch when
used as handkerchiefs. Japan is now pub
fishing some of the most beautiful books
of the world, and there is an establishment
in Toxic which will compare in size with
those of our big publishers. The prices
for printing and engraving are wonder
fully cheap. You can get the finest oil
half-tone work, such as is used in our
best magazine Illustrations. for Is cents
per square inch in American money. Such
Illustrations cost from 40 to 80 cents per
square inch in this country.
1t 10 wonder 60 me that the Japanese
candy Is not imported into the United
States. | believe that some enterprising
man, like the fellow who got up these
digesfiDg chewing gums. could make a for
tune by shipping Japanese sweet which
is known as midZuame into the United
States. This Is a delicious candy, much
more palatable than gumdrops. and of
about the same nature. 1t is said to be
excellent for dyspepsia, and some people
take II after their meals. 1t is made also in
the form Of syrup, and it looks like a thick
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mating industry which has recently
sprung up in Japan. and which is nov
driving the Chinese mating out Of our
markets. He says that it is only four or
i've years now since the Japanese began
to export this article. and that we already
take $4,000 rolls a year. The mating
comes from near Hiroshima, where the
Emperor has been holding his court dur
ing the war with China. It has been used
for years by the Japanese as q covering
for their floors, but il was made only in
white patterns and the mats were put to-
gether in the form of cushions about three
feet wide and six feet long, and the houses
were so built that a number OF these mats
just fitted into each room. and the size of
room IN Japan Is known by the numb Der of
mats it takes to cover it. Very little of
the mating such as Is sent to America is
used in Japan, and the industry has grown
up just for the export trade. These mats
are now woven in colors, and they
are, if anything, thinner than the Chinese
mating and are much more beautiful In
their artistic finish. Some look as though
they we're woven OF threads of gold and
others are as fine as Panama hat The
Japanese originate new patterns every
year. They don't like to work after the
old styles. Different workmen excha nge
ideas. and they produce new things every
year. This mating is made out of reed
which grows without knots. 1t is much
like rice, but it produces no seed of value.
Il has market value and Is sold by the
pound. 1t needs q warm climate. It is
harvested Ike wheat, and is well dried aud
bleeched before it is sold. The mats are
dyed with aniline colors, and these are
imported. 1t is woven very much like
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The morning call., 1894-12-23
VOLUME LXXVu.-NO. %.

The new treaty between Japan and the
United States, which is now in the hands
OF the Senate, will probably make a big
difference in our trade with the japanese.
Heretofore all our business has had TO be
done through limited number of ports of
the country. Il has been impossible for
merchants or importers TO travel through
the empire, picking out their own goods
and buying direct from the manufacturers
All business has been done through
middlemen, who are Japanese. By this
treaty Americans can 90 into business
anywhere In Japan. They can set up
factories and employ Japanese cheap
labor to make goods for America, and they
can buy where they please. The new
treaty will make great change in Japan,
and 1t will pro badly be the most prosper
Gus country IN the world during the next
i've or ten years. The settlement of the
Chinese war will bring great amount of
money into the country. The biggest
cities are already building factories. and
foreign trade is being cultivated in every
possible way. The japanese have for
some time realized that the markets of the
world are open to them. They are now
studying our tastes, and they are manu-
A4CbutlAS 1oE our markets.. Iney are fast
becoming nation of inventors. and dur
ing the past summer spent some weeks
in looking up their new industries, espe-
cially those which are springing up with
view 10 American markets. One of these
was the business growing up in the Japan
csc rugs and mating. It is really wonder
full what they have done within q few
years in these branches of trade.
The Japanese had no rugs before they
began to take up the new civilization.
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Copyright, 1894
POiiteneSS.

a delightful little incident is told In the
Irish Times about monkey and dog !:
A brave, active. intelligent terrier. belong
ing to lady friend. one day discovered a
monkey belonging to an itinerant organ
grinder seated upon bank within the
grounds and at once made dash for him.
The monkey, who was attired In Jacket
aud bat, awaited the onset in such uudIs-
turbed tranquility that the dog halted
within a few feet of him to reconn otter.
Both animals took long. steady stare at
each other. but the dog evidently was re-
covering from his surprise and about to
make spring for the Intruder. At this
critical juncture the monkey, who had
remainded perfectly quiet hitherto, raised
his paw aud gracefully saluted BY Iiftip q
mis- hat. The effect was magical. The
dogs head ana tail dropped and be
sneaked off TO the house, refusing to leave
it until his polite but mysterious guest had
departed.
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They are now making the most beautiful
ruEs in the world, and also the cheapest.
There is an American firm in Kobe which
is shipping vast quantities Of rugs to the
United States, and which is Introducing
the manufacture into Japan in a curious
way. Perhaps the most expensive book
ever made was produced by this firm. They
had artists go to all The great museums of
Europe and copy the colors and patterns
of the finest rugs in the world. They
bound these patterns into a hook. which
they sent out in Japan aud put into the
hands Of the workmen, and now these
famous rugs are being copied in lutte. The
juta was brought from India, and the new
rugs are equal in colors TO the originals.
They sell for a song in comparison with
the Turkish rugs. and there is possibility
that the japanese will take up the Masking
of wooden rugs. If they do sc they will
crowd the Eastern rugs out Of the market,
for they are born artists. and every child
in the empire Is genius as to the manipu-
lation of eOlors.
There are villages 10 Japan that make
nothing but these rugs. l visited one
known as Sakai. near Osaka, and was in
troduced to the biggest of the manufac-
turers, a man who employed 5000 hands.
The ork was done almost altogether by
hand aud in houses which looked more
ike stables than anything else. The pro-
prietor's name was Mitsni and be was a
very bright japanese indeed. He had 200
houses in his. esta blishment and he took
me to a number of these. Some of the
children who were rug-making were under
years of age. and there were q number
Of girls about 10. They receive from to s
cents in silver day and tney work from
8 in the morning until 6 at night,
having an hour at noon for lunch
They work Sundays and week days, but
have two holidays during each month.
1 talked with Mr.. Militant as 20 the prices
OF the rugs. and it is wonderful how
cheaply they can be made. Take rug
three feet wide by six feet long of the kind
that is used for hearth rugs in the United
States. and which costs when sold at home
about 81 %. L takes Japanese four days
to make one Of these rugs. The iute has
to be imported. 1t must pay duty on
coming into japan, and the rugs, think.
pay duty on going into America. Alto
gether out of this So 25 there come about
sixteen profits. and the wages are so low
that the Japanese can afford to make them.
The Japanese are making some very Curl
Gus rugs now. Their cotton rugs are good
and cheap. though the best, which are very
closely woven, cost about as much as our
imitation Smyrna rugs.
! talked some time with George Flood.
the head OF the American firm. about the
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ltis operated largely by women and girls,
who receive from 10 to 20 cents per day as
wages. The best of the male operators
are paid about 80 cents per day, and these
people are working with modern machinery.
Japan is now importing quite a large num-
Der of eocoons, and she raises them by the
ton every year. ! was very much inter-
ested in the process. II is different from
thatused inChina. Tie eggs of the silkworm
are placed on pieces of paper and hung up
In warm room about five feet above the
floor. As soon as they are hatched they
are sprinkled with bran made from millet.
and after short time they are fed with
mulberry leaves. which are cut up into
little bits. and the pieces are increased In
see as the worms grow. They are fed
eight times every twenty-four hours at
first, and as they get older their meals are
cut down TO four. 1t takes 1000 pounds of
mulberry leaves to feed the number of
silkworms Matched from one sheet Of eggs.
which varies from 5000 TO $4,000 in num-
Der. and the frames upon which they are
laid have to be changed every day. They
must be kept in warm rooms, and they
eat their biggest meal at night. When
they are full gown they begin to make
their eocoons, and the butterflies are de-
stroyed in the cocoons. from which the silk
is to be made. The caterpillars and butter
flies are often killed by steaming the CO.
eoons, and the cocoons are sorted so as
to have the silk of an even ineness aud
color. The coeoons are boiled before they
sre reeIed. and there is vast deal of work
in making single thread of silk. AS to
the Keeling of silk, the greater port of il is
still done by hand and by the rudest sort
of machinery. The motive power for
turning the reels of some of the factories
consists of men who walk around Ia a cir
Gle like horse in tannery. pushing two
poles, which, by series of cogs, run the
works in the rooms below. These men re-
ceive about 10 cents a day for their work,
and the silk-reelers, who are skilled labor
ers, get about 10 cents day. There are
two sorts of looms on which the silk is
woven. and these looms are of the rudest
construction. The women do the most OF
the weaving. and silk crepe is made by
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SOME JAPANESE INDUSTRIES.

cloth, and all the pieces have to be put in
by hand. After It Is finished it is clipped
with a pair of scissors, aud after leaving
the machine it has to be again dressed.
The work is so carefully done that two
men with an assistant caa make only
rom two to three rolls per month, and the
rolls are worth from IS 10 $40 in silver in
Japan when they are ready for shipment.
This is from 81 to So 10 gold, and thus you
see how cheap the wages must be.
I asked Mr. Flood as to what was to ba
the future of this mating industry. He
replied: II believe it will eventually drive
the Chinese mating out of the market 1t
is much prettier than the Chinese mating.
1t is clean and healthy. The cheapest
varieties can be put into America for about
cents q yard, though the more expensive
kinds are, of course. very much dearer. As
l said before, it was almost an unknown
Industry five years ago, but it now employs
thousands of men and women. and there
are whole counties which practically live
of it,
"Japan's trade with America seems to
be increasing" said l.
Eyes, 1t is" was the reply, "and It will
continue to increase. The Japanese are
studying the world. and they are going to
make all sort. of cheap goods. They make
as fne paper as we can find in America.
and their silk trade is good. There are
1000 silk looms In kioto. and they now
compete with France in all kinds of silk.
It would surprise you to know the number
of eurios that are sent way from here.
There is one firm in New York which i'm
ports $4,000 worth every year. and you
find them for sale In all the stores IN
America. have never seen anything like
these Japanese. They are wonders in the
wav of industry. The whole family works
and the more the children the bigger the
income. Japan is, in fact. about the most
prosperous country in the world to-day.
There are practically no beggars, and the
people are happy and well-to-do. The
general idea of Japan is that 1t is made up
of fans, pretty girls and curio shops. Ttis
is great mistake. These are bat the
incidents of the life of Japan. This IL
big business nation, and it is business
from the word go. The chief industries
of the country are devoted to supplying
the goods which the people need for them
selves, and the curio merchants are like
the antiquity dealers of other countries
and do not constitute big business part
of the nation"
There are quite mum Der of Americans
in japan who are now engaged in buying
silks aud shipping them to the United
States. Several large factories have lately
been erected. One which was built year
or 80 ago cost half million dollars. and
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nr5tn e1Dlnner-

Mrs James a
heretofore but this being
Mr. drawing bis glovesNow
Ms Stanton Dying small bundle huriedlWhy really the
finding lis little street that of Locust just beyond Vine
like and the houses about all ah-
No believe IL, further end:
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A belle of Manhattan beach wore
fancy bsthing-dress well padded at the
shoulders. A rival had secretly removed
the padding from the right SHOULDER and
substituted salt. When she was five min
utes in the water she was fright One
of her graceful shoulders had melted.
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dweman oking Tho
Mr. Stanto Tin
you'll find It's little street that
I'm
chids nks the word
(An hou la
of the
O'Clock has pulled uDI don't
be
moreh than
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again GUY, ANU Ouk anu
after fifteen minutes walk, arrives at Bill
lings street.
Two small urchius (racing down the side
walk on rival express wagonsl-Hi. there |!
Get out of the way. Hill Hill
Mr.. Stanton jumps agilely of the narrow
walk into the mud.
Big boy ION the opposite side OK the
street with an airgun) - HI, Tommy
Take q shy at the hat,
Tommy takes a SHY" with the result
that Mr.. Stanton's tile is sent flying into
one of the shabby little front yards of the
shabby little houses that line the street,
where q little yellow dog Immediately
pounces upon 1t.
Big boy (Aith smothered laugh, rush.
Ing over to recover it)-Ain'tyou ashamed,
Tommy Jones, knockin' gen'leman's hat
of like that? Here II is, sir (rescuing 1t
from the dog, and handing 1t to him iDno-
Gently
Mr.. Stanton (exaspsrated enough to
throw the basket at him, but endeavoring
TO control his voice. = Do you know
whether there is q family by the name Of
Paley living on this street?
Boy-Psley? Yes, sir. They lives at
No. 19 The third house from the last.
Garry your basket for you, sir?
Mr.. Stanton tshortly)-No.
Old woman Opening the door of No. 10
in response TO Mr.. Stanton's rapl-Howdy,
sir?
Mr.. Stanton-Mrs. Palsy, 1 believe?
Old woman-Yes, sir; that's my name
Mr.. Stanton = Here are a few little
things that Mrs. Stanton sent you with
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Mr. Slant n-D live
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Those people all know each other, and
nybody can relly you which is Mrs. Paley's
house. And you may as we'll just take the
car there and 60 right to the depot. You
will hardly have tiue to come back to the
house first.
Mr.. Stanton Quitting on his silk hat with
some misgiyings)-You say it's beyond
Vine street?
Mrs. Stanton-Beyond Vine or Fort.
don't know which. never WAS there but
once. But it's right in that neigh borhOoG.
The conductor can probably tell you.
It's something like Ewing street, or Deer
ing street. He'll know. And be sure you
are back in time for that 10 o'clock rain.
for if we have to wait for the o'clock it
will make US late. and auntie will be so
disappointed.
Mr.. Stanton tries to feel pbilanthropic
and benevolent as he picks up the big tele-
scope basket and starts down the street.
HALF an hour later.)
MI Stanton. turning into hillman street,
the only small street the conductor knows
of in that vicinity. There is no Nc. AZ.
but a small boy is perehed on a rickeIy
gatepost at No. Il
MI Stanton Crying to smile genially)-
Hello, bub.
Small boy (surlily)-Hello. yourself, and
see how you like II.
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amt got around to this neigh borhood yet.
Been delayed by the bad roads, | guess.
Mr.. Stanton (Droducing silver quarter)
-Doyou know a family by the name of
Paley living anywhere about here?
Snub-nosed boy growing sympathetic
and respectful at onee)-Paley, sir? No.
sir, don't know as l do. There's some
folks named Haley down at the corner;
perhaps it's them yer looking for.
Mr. Stanton - This woman goes out
washing and has three small children.
Snuh-nosed boy Shaking his head
'Taint Done o. the Haleys then. You got
the wrong street, l guess.
Mr.. Stanton (handing him the quarter)-
Do you know of Ewing street or Deering
street anywhere near here?
Snub-nosed boy (scratehing his head and
wrinkling uD his face)-No; there amt
no streets o. them names anywheres round
here.
Mr.. Stanton (nervously)-Well. anything
that sounds anything like either one Of
those?
Small boy Shaking his head refiectively)
Mop: nuthin' that can think of.
Mr.. Stanton desperately = Well, are
there any small streets right round in
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EXCURSIONS.

Capt Randalrs eighth annual tourna.
r.ent and dress ball takes place TODAY al
River View. The occasion is a delightful
meeting of city and country folks to I'm.
dulge in old-time sport and pastime. The
tournament will be double event, and
will represent the leading gentlemen riders
Of Prince Georges. Montgomery, Fairfax
and Washington. The grounds will be beau.
tifully decorated. and the crowning of the
queen and ball to follow will make a day
of rare pleasure. To provide for the CROWD
the two big steamers will run as follows
The Samuel J. Pentz. at 9:i5 am. 1:I5 and
$50 pm; Buena Vista, 10 am. pm
Shepherds, 1918 am, 2:l5 pm; Alexan
dria, 1890 am, 2:30 and pm. HARRY
Randall. at and pm. Steamers viii
leave River View for Washington at l2:ls
D, 10. 1870 pm. and am, THURSDAY
Richard +. Brendt will be the orator of the
day, and +. Il. Hay will speak in the even.
ing.
The ninth excursion of the Young Mems
Catholic Club to River View takes place
tomorrow. The managers of the club hay,
been diligent In their efforts 10 provide a
pleasing program for their patrons There
will be all sorts of athletic sports includ.
ing running, bicycle. hurile and wheelbar.
row racing, also an exhibition by Harry
Park, the trick bicyclist. In the evening
there will be a drill by the ever-popular
Emmett, Guards, which will take place as
soon as the ESQ boat arrives. The L. NJ c.
&. excursions are famous for their good
order, and this will be no exception.