New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-09-22
SUI. MIYAGAwA.

- emma ,2o articles classified among
,..a.ase nroducts imported into this country IN
.h animal returns of the foreign trade OF the EN-
nre Of Japan. as prepared by the 'apanese Dp
men, Ct Finance. The heaviest impor'a'io"s arc
- course ne teas. OF which In 1894 there "e'e
9ecsi ss5 cat,ies of panfire green Tea '' ',.oa
h,skat-hre green tea and 3.634.272 OF tea uus' 20
,~ ns,,,,era,,on The catty is and one-third
pounds o-o ,...,o-,o, bera the
OF carpets there were S3S2'2 imported here' Wv
value being 927. 1863. 2l0 silver yens "aii-p"pei "
oor,a,ions amounted TO I1.9643 300 silver yen men
,hol CRYSTAL amounted to 2l,sAsoo yehs. vi SUI
r,rr the imports were 1877. 200 yens There were
o. os9 ca,,,es Of mushrooms. which. considering 'a'
,,ev are wei dried. made large puih' inc N
80, :, oes no vens The rice importations were
ne 9ss plculs valued at $40, 3Ol2o yens Shei'iSh
brrnn and vermce among the imports
conner comes in from Japan In ingo's s"os anu
manufactured FORM the amount not oe'"e 80
I.,oso g.nger 70 the amount of Is 4sO cattles Came
here In 1894 Drugs and medicines were Oh 80 81
an amount as to indicate that they were ~. ny
exclusive consumption of japanese residents Vi .,'s
country. The same Is true OF pee'' ~ w.
VEINS represent the Importation .e-o -.
Ch..,nuts imported In 1894 amounted TO eos cav
,,es the value OF 1894 100 silver yens. lheie VIZ
:, 10 catties of cuttlefsh, valued al l'%''OO o
Gold and silver Japanese ware brought He'e ''0"'
Japan was valued at S,51o'scO yens'
SILK IMPoRTAT1oNs.
Ill. ,rnorted here from Japan In 1884 was
. 30 600 catties valued at 2245'.Sis yens' ~ 49,,
of the bamboo imported In 1874 "as -'' 49,, 60
vsns. OF coal. 67o53 yens. for 1918 TONS ieai ~
-. Hn. catt,es 1900 yens; OF straw piai'7
.hsra we're s7457s bundles worth z'oo'i Ee'' ~
,sz5s umbrellas were valued at l'SSo,z-S 'en'
7, :. interesting TO note that in 1894 the lHpo'''
lions included fifteen furs. go ca''ies u =. ,.aa
hair two dozen understands vaiueu a. w. ,ns
sevan mattresses valued at 81 yen; ni'y-e'e". so
a
tv-six iinrikshas. valued at 90 yen b..
Mr. Miyagawa took up the prih'eu 'ep
1904 and kindly went over the hs' Vi mp 49,, g.,
~ Iananese products TO this country Speah'ns :"
perfect English. he brought OUT 'he io0"e "
teresting points;
DELICATE COPYING PAPER
The Ganp,sh paper is the very thin paper VIM -, II
4, need IN letter-presses for copying upon ~ 10
made from the bark OF kind OF Tree Vi s"'
auod ,ba naner-plant The ginseng OF Japan Is I"
vegetable root in appearance IKE oa'io 80
fact; we call II a carrot in Japan IL Is uSeu d ,
deal there as a medicine IL Is inc p'i''0'p =,
cine used by the old school ana Is io' me- 20.
treatment. 1t is valuable in Oore", s,,,,orIor
ginseng in the world is produced II IL 20 ~
an article there and so valuable that the Ooie""
Government prohibits its exportauoi'
Tho rnen,hol CRYSTALS are prepared from pepper
mint oil Their uses in headache cure GU -,
,arilia, IN This country. You observe that sinan
-. =, 49, "a exnorted TO your country from
Lana, 7 sunnose this is for japanese residents IN
the United states Our beer industry Is iAp'u''
developing II is the growth Vi ven 900 90
an industry. The japanese used 10 uiii'h III" -
man imported beer. but now we ho' o'S ~
own beer bu, have driven the German article ou'
n, 90, ro,ke, ard are active competitors Tor the
,radA 10 far as Singapore In all the cluDs 'hio
on, the East now the japanese beer Is asAeu io
instead OF the German. Even In NiauiVos'on Wv
Russians drink the Japanese aruCle S - ~
German l., 49, so,e
"our beer ts manufactured precisely In the same
vav as tho German beer and from the same ma
teraIs Wa have all the most improved He'"ou'
and machinery for the purpose we Va" pfs
the East with the beer and drive OUT '"' 49,, q,
article because the expense OF 'ia'p -
not 50 great as from Germany, anu oe, aa
product ia fully equal TO the German '"p"".1
bs.r Z. ho,,a consumed In Japan TO a great extent
and II is RAPIDLY taking the place OF the oiul''"e
drink saka. II 1t were not Tor the uis -
the Pacific we could compete win ''e rar-
bee, ,,nnor,ed ,nto the United States Ana per
hans q" and the Consul smiled that wihso"io '''P
anese smile when our trade Win YOU 10, ,ho,
yeloned that We have return cargoes we shaA '''e"
drive the German beer out OF the market mere 10
We doing in the East ~. co,sul
Coming 10 the subject OF chestnu's' ''e -
said Il suppose these have come III ~ ,d oIso
anese residents The chestnuts are eApo' -
In large quantities TO the northern pa onarad
In japan they are used for food. and are piep
by cooking with sugar They make i"'''
able dish.
VARIOUS JAPANESE DEIAcAclhS'
Coming down the list to the Tatsuna' Ia
these are OF about the same size as M''' orA
are prepared for food by cooking with rau's
sugar which gives them an exceiiehu na'o'
are exported in large quantities to CHINA. .o chi.
AS for our ginger It Is not 10 goo' 40 ,sad here
nese article. but ] see good deai Vi i" -
possibly by japanese. ,.,o 4, ,,unorted here
Our hoshinori OF which llti,s ~ p IL a kind
undoubtedly for japanese food 1t IL put
first into water upon top OF ssye, run through
lifted up and the water il allowed 10 ,h,n sheets
Then the seswesd is pressed into very thin =, dry
IKE paper. and is spread out upon
"Kanten is a vegetable gelaune a, an xcsl,ent fol
to the French collie vegeias. e Great deicacy.
The shitake mushroom Is very cyni' MARKET here
understand that II Is sale a, w nsnt for a Ions
time even r. nllrni,er Of years tahlf