The Wichita daily eagle., 1895-11-30

ing Establishment, w no has Been over
in Japan Doing Q Little Prospecting,
Cautions His Countrymen Against Too
Much Newspaper Talk Of Americas
Superior Goods and Too Little Patience
in the Foreign Market-Armour's Pro-
iect for Packing Meat In Argentine
San Francisco. Nov. 2s.-Irving n.
Scott, general manager Of the Union
iron works, who recently returned
from Japan, makes the following state
ment to the Associated Press, as the re-
suit of recent publica tons in American
newspapers on the subject Of extending
the field Of American manufacturers
Of war material to the oriental coun-
tries.
Mr.. Scott's visit to Japan was for
the purpose of inducing the Japanese
government to consider the advisable
i;y of obtaining warshIps and other
war material in the United States In
stead OF purchasing them from Euro
pean manufacturers. Mr.. Scott said:
IF the United States expects to sue
coed in competing with other nations
for trade in that part Of the world, the
press Of the country should be more
modest in the praise Of its manufac-
turers, more fair in it's criticisms of
those Of other nations, and less ready
TO insinuate unworthy motives on the
part of the japanese as a reason for
lack of immediate encouragement
Many United States journals reach
there and the effect of this style of
writing is to be deplored
The Oriental nations are notorious
ly slow in forming business alliances
with foreigners. Competition is ex-
tremely close. The expert agent Of
one of the most important shipbuild-
ing firms in the world was in the
Orient for three years before he had
secured a single contract, and yet the
press Of the United States cries out
because their capable but bran new
manufacories do not capture this field
in two months time.
KNOWS WHAT SNE WANTS.
Whatever may have been the expe-
~3ence Of China in regard to her war
material, no one can say that Japan
has been disappointed. She knows
what she wants, her officers are compe-
tent soldiers and she has shown a cou-
rage that no other government In the
world has exhibited in buying the most
advanced types, of ships and guns fur
nished by private European manufac-
turer s.
The last four years have seen the
birth and growth TO maturity of ex-
tensive plants in the United States for
the manufacture Of all kinds Of war ma
terial and they are wise IN making a
push for business here The limit of
demand for home consumption Of war
material Is already In sight in the Uni
ted States and the manufacturers must
get into the foreign market, and Japan
is the place to begin; but to secure pat
ronage they must work
There Is strong popular sentiment
In Japan in favor of the United States
and Independently of this the United
States has the military advantage to
Japan of being near neighbor who
VIII never be likely to go to war with
her. This i5 appreciated there and
when the japanese are Sc tisf1ed that
as good material can be bought In the
United States as in Europe, they will
buy it in large quantities There is
indeed good reason to believe that they
will do so in the near future TO some
extent by way of experiment, as they
are all aware OF the advantages of hav-
ing new and competent competitors In
the field"
ARMOUR DENIES TT.
Chicago, Nov. 29-Touching a dis
patch Of the Associated Press today to
the effect that Mr.. P. D. Armour had
been making Inquiries as to the feasi-
bility of starting a branch OF his pack
ing establishment IN the Argentine re-
public, Mr.. Armour said:
in the present state OF that country,
at least such an undertaking would be
foolish In the extreme. Ny CORES
pondence with Minister Zeballos, and
my Investigations. so far as they went,
were merely experimental. ! find that
region Of South America poorly devel-
oped and thinly settled. Facilities
for such an enterprise as I have been
reported as contemplating are almost
wholly absent. The country lacks de-
velOpment, and the cattle are Of poor
quality and hard to reach. You may
state emphatically that I have no in
tention OF taking such STEP
SOLD TO THF JAPANESE.