St. Paul daily globe., 1895-12-16

porting goods from Japan, don't go to
that country to get rich. The Japan
ese. don't want you they don't want
any foreigners in their employ, and
are getting rid as fast as possible of
those who still occupy positions;
neither do they want foreigners TO re-
side there; all they care for is the
money you are willing nat,able to
spend. After that they prefer your
room to your company.
Inquiries have been made frequently
as to the advisability of locating fac
tories in Japan. The low price of labor
and comparative cheapness of raw ma
terial, together with the immense mar
ket afforded by China, India, the Malay
Archipelago, seem to have drawn the
attention of many of our capitalists.
My advice is empha tically against in
Vesting in Japan, or to be prepared for
a serious loss. With us America for
Americans" is much of a catchpenny
to be used as an election slogan, but
Japan for the japanese" although
not hawked around on the streets, is
sentiment the effect of which is per-
ceived in every transaction between
native and foreigner 1t mist be re-
treaties are in force, i. e. until July,
1889, foreigners cannot own land out
side the fsw square yards in the treaty
ports known by the name of foreign
concessions; that japanese law forbids
us from owning stock in a native con-
cern, and above all, that, although the
word boycott is not of Japanese origin,
they have thorough understanding of
its meaning, and most Elegant
way of putting it into practice. In fact
they have improved upon it. Their
trade guilds will unite against a for
eigner with uneXceptional unanimity,
without taking the trouble to look into
the merits of the case. Of the parties
to the dispute, the fact that one of them
is Japanese and the other a foreigner
is sufficient. It would be the height of
folly to suppose that the japanese, su-
perior as he is by race and natural
ability, could be wrong with such an in
ferior being as white man! They also
have a very SWEET notion of the game
of freeze-out; and as time is no con-
sideration whatever, they manage to
have it their own way.
1t may appear to your readers that
am prejudiced, but 1 am not. Having
resided in Japan for five years and be-
ing tolerably acquainted with the peo-
pie and language, 1 merely voice the
unanimous sentiment of every foreign
resident. Inquire from any large
American firm, Messrs. Walsh, Hall &
Co., Smith, Baker & Co., Macondray
Brothers & Co., the American Trading
company, or any other mercantile
house, will confirm my statements. Of
our consular representatives, Hon. N.
H. McIvor, of DeS Moines, To-, consul
general at Kanagawa Vokohama), and
Hon. James w. Connolly, at Kobe. who
have remembered that they are Ameri-
cans and have not lost their heads by
Japanese Establishments, will give you
the same advice. Even Hon. Edwin
Dun, the present United States min
lister, whose long service in japanese
employ has caused the feeling among
Americans that he considers his former
employers slightly superior to his own
fellow citizens, will scarcely encourage
the investment of American capital in
Japan.
But there is an opening for American
capital and enterprise in China. Until
the conclusion of peace after the late
unpleasantness, the right to manu-
facture in the Celestial empire was
reserved to the lazy, opium-smoking
dronss who, under the name of Man.
darins, misgovern their unhappy coun-
try, but by one of the clauses of
the treaty, the Japanese removed this
barrier from all foreigners under the
favored nation clause" of existing
treaties. The American Trading COM
pany a once seized the opportunity to
establish an extensive cotton spinning
mill in Shanghai, another being built
by Messrs. Jardine, Matteson & Co.
The japanese, aggressive as they are
in war, offer no less danger from their
competition in the fields of industry
and commerce. Until within the last
few years, England has held a practi-
cal monopoly in the markets of India
and China, but this condition has been
rudely disturbed by the encroachment
Of Japanese enterprise. Her importa-
tionS of cottonS, safety matches and
various other manufactures have dWin-
died to mere nothing; and Japan, by
continuing the silver standard, has en-
rlched herself at England'S expense.
There is no doubt that Shanghai before
long will be the manufacturing center
of the far East. With India, China, the
Philippine islands, the Malay Archi-
pelago and even Australia as market,
her money system, coupled with the
low price of labor, will render her the.
only competitor to Japan, and as the
next few years will work immense
changes in the Middle kingdom, she'd
limo 1icr6f iY,+ +I,o n Io,.1-r of
hundred millions and eXpelling preju-
dices too long fostered by pandering
to the maintenance of the status quo,
those who establish factories now will
reap the result of their enterprise in
remarkably short time
No nation and no statesmen on earth
have watched the situation in Turkey
with more intensity than Japan and
her leaders, and it is safe to state that
this island empire is the main cause
that the sick man of Europe was not
put through his PAGES in less friendly
manner. Should Russia and her re-
publican ally become involved in hos
tilities, Japan would gladly and at once
seize the opportunity for paying those
two powers for their friendly advice
regarding the retrocession of the Lao
tung peninsula. Quietly but none the
less necessarily continue her prepara-
tions. The world wags on and no one
has found out what became of the in.
demnity paid by China to her victori-
Gus foe. But Ito and some of his col
leagues know what they are about and
while the eyes of the world are turned
upon the unspeakable- Turk and his
misdoings, the tramping of troops, the
drilling of new levies In Toxic and the
other garrison cities, continue stealth
lily In the early hours of dawn. Corre-
spondents quietly peruse their morning
papers in the Grand hotel. or inter-
view some leader who has little diff
Guilty in evading dangerous disclosures.
The Japanese language is supremely fit
tc disguise pertinent Ideas; and when
you must needs speak through an IN
terpreter and that individual Is in in
tense sympathy with the party inter-
viewed, the result is disastrous or must
be relegated to the Imagination of the
special correspondent.
The greatest danger tc Japan and her
cabinet exists in the diet although it is
somewhat counteracted by the intense