The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-10-27


them from the United States. The Amer
ican tobacco trust is doing very large
husi-ssS n cigarettes in Yokohama The
Use % cigarettes in Japan j.. in fart. In
creaslnz b. leaps and bounds. Addiction
20 luxury Is developing in japan. and
cigarettes are ore 81 the Injuries when -
growing there in use. The japanese are
great cigarette smokers they prefer
cigarettes to cigars
No Future Here for the Jinriksha.
Speaking IF Tire jinrikSha, the consul
said laughing. 4 see that twea.y-siN OF
these vehicles we're imported here last
year. ] do not know whether that IS due
70 the Worlds fair a. Chicago or the re-
suit of Mr. Stod9ard's lectures II Days
theater. but I 90 NOT see how the vehicle
could ever become popular in this c0un-
Try. because OF its very name and signi-
ficsnce. The word jin-rik-sha Is composed
Of three parts. JIM meaning MAJ. rik,
power and sha. carriage That is the
jinriksha h a man-poveF carriage, and
since the vehicle would have to te drawn
By human beings. u would never do 10
try il in this country. You are even talk
ing or doing away with horses now. and
running carriages by electricity"
A great, new and rapidly growing indus
try in Japan is the manufacture OF
matches. and. judging from Consul AIiya-
gawas smiling limitations even Edwin
date improvements in machinery and SUI
peTior processes. is in danger OF being
knocked into flinders by the all-eonqGer-
ing japanese. Said the consul on this
point: We are supplying all he East
with matches. ths Straits settlements.
Greece. French Cochin China and China
proper and We are reaching out for In
dian markets. We are driving the Swed-
ish matches out of the market All this
because labor is cheap with US. ! think
that We are going 10 build up a large ex-
port trade to America. l do not know
whether you have a duty on matches.
Our factories employ mostly young girls.
who earn about cents a day. The work
is light"
OF the japanese photographs imported
into this country the consul said that
these were views of japanese life and
scenes. costumes. etc, and were export
ed from Japan in large quantities. Pass
ing over the well-known expectations to
this country. the consul said Of ahippoki
ware that it was what the French call
cloisOnne enamel and was originally i'm
ported into Japan from China, but, and
again with that suave and eontented
look. reminding one of the cat mat has
swallowed the canary. Mr.. Miyaga-a
said: Japan has been manufacturing
shippoki for the last fifty years, and has
now all the improved machinery, so that
we no longer import from China, for the
reason tldi We tAttl lNE III manufacture
OF the goods"
China Beaten on the Fields of Peace.
Then the mild and urhane consul went
on in this gentle vein: We have learned
everything from China in the manufaCt-
ure of porcelain and bronze. We have
studied her methods, and have improved
upon them. And now We have beaten
her ! do not think that today any Of
China's manufactures can compare with
those OF Japan. except in wood cary
ing and the mild hammered and pleas
ant-voiced consul softly added: And ev-
en- that is a matter of taste.
Being requested to summarize nis views
OF the trade relations, present and flu
ture. between Japan and the United
States Mr. Miyagawa said: THE United
States is our best customer. We sell more
TO her than We buy from her. We have
cheap labor, and cheap supply of coal.
With proper equipment of machinery we
shall he able 10 produce articles under
very favorable conditions. OF course,
there will now come from Japan a large
demand for machinery, and if the United
states can supply this as cheaply as the
English or the Germans. do not see why
there should not he "A large trade done
between America and Japan"