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

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as whitehall. ard arc prepared for food
b. cooking with sauce and sugar. which
gives them an excellent flavor Tney a-o
exported in large quantities 70 China
las for our ginger. II Is not 50 good as
tbe Chinese article. but ! see a good deal
or & "a used here. possibly by japanese
''Our heshinori. ~ which little = i'm
ported here undoubtedly for japanese
consumption. Is kind % ssaweed. which
is made into a food. j Is pat Hrst into
water upon top 81 a sieve. which As then
lifted no and the water Is allowed 70 run
through Then tBe seaweed Is pressed
into VERY thin sheets, like paper. and is
spread out upon board 70 dry. 1t is then
ready for use ~ cooking.
"Kanten is a vegetable geIatine. and is
known 70 The French as cole Vegetale.
II IS excellent for making Jelly, the pro-
duct being a great delicacy.
The shit8ke mushroom Is very conf
mon in Japan. / understand iaat i is
on sale az the market here. u is first
dried, and then it can he kept for long
time. ever for q number 81 years
As 40 SOW il is a Japanese sauce: not
4 table sauce, like Worcestershire, for in
stance. but sauce which Is used great
deal IN fine cooking. II adds a particular
ly agreeable favor 10 steaks and chops
: think Americans would find II 4 capital
appetizer 10 use in their cooking.
'tOur NeFmiceil is not 80 good as the
italian. although IL is prepared I'm the
same way and from the same material,
and looks exactly Ike II. II Is eaten very
much Ia Japan. especially in tho summer.
Anthony * found in great quantities
IN Japan. II is only recently that 1t has
become an article Of export with us. We
have one OF the great sources OF the
worlds supply Of that product
AS for the bronze ware imported into
this country. it is nearly. II not cutie. all
in fancy and ornamental goods. Copper
ia one OF the chief mineral products Of
Japan we export II in large quantities
TO India England and China. Next TO
coal it is our largest mineral expectation.
In the manufacture OF mineral and bronze
product We have ali the improved ma
chinery There are two principal copper
mines IN Japan, one OF these being at
Ashiwo.
"our vegetable wax, or which I see 375.-
50i catties were exported 10 the United
States in 1891. is a product OF the south
Of Japan, Kyushyu. u - an extract from
the fruit OF trees II is rather largo
tree which affords the fruit. and not un-
like the palm tree and its branches. The
fruit r. pressed and boiled in preparing
the wax. The product is used for manu-
facture with candles In Japan. It IS ex-
ported In the refined state In blocks OF
n cubic foot The wax Is very white. and
and melts slowly in the candle"
Japan's Greatest Export Trade.
Taking up with much interest The qucs-
ton Of silk manufacture and expectation
from Japan. Mr.. Miyagawa said: silk
is. OF course. the chief export from Japan.
This industry has been developing in all its
qualifications The United States and
France are the principal countries using
our silk. The Tama silk is made from
double cocoons The Noshi silk IS a spe-
cial kind of reeled silk OF inferior quality.
and IN fact waste, although observe that
In the classification Noshi and waste are
put down separately. This waste silk IS
imported into this country in large guam
titles for use in goods of an inferior quail
itv As for tho pierced cocoons, those are
the cocoons through which the insect has
cut it's way. and as this means the cutting
of the thread, the product is, OF course, an
inferior one. II makes the manufacture
OF Il into silk goods also more difficult.
by feathers ! suppose is meant down
for mattresses and pillows.
AS for our teas. they are all brought
from the interior OF Japan and are fired
IN Yokohama The fire used is a slow one.
making a driving process. The terms baS-
ket' and 'pan-tre' teas depend mostly up
on whether the teas are fired I'm the has
ket or in the pan. The bancha tea IS an IN
ferior grade
There is a large expectation of our
hemn and cotton carpets 10 this country.
This is "A comparatively new manufacture
in Japan. Last year I visited the principal
carpet manufacturers in Japan and was
greatly pleased with tho progress made
The work Is done wholly hy hand, the
process being much like that in India
The principal seat of tho manufacture -
Saxai. The work is done mostly by chill
dren Of from s 10 10 years old. They get
cents a dav. a very small sum. of course.
but II helps along the poor family by Just
so much In the manufacture one chlld
will hold up the design. which Is drawn
IN coiors on piece Of paper. aud VIII can
aloud every color TO be woven. Another
child will then take a string OF the Coi"t
called out and viii twist IL around the
,,,trr accordingly. In India the carpet is
,,o,.en from a pattern hung up against
Tho wall. The material IN this manufact-
mr.. ts iute or cotton. and sometimes WOOL
or silk.
we cannot vet make woolcn carpets
vrbirh ARE used almost wholly ~ foreign
res{tents- Tho japanese use even tI'o
her,,D or cotton carpets only 10 q Sn'alL ~
tent What they use is mating MS
MATING is two inches thick Is heavily
s5l4 ,,4,h straw and is very soft aud
,5.iai1.- 20 walk upon. n has no design
Is 90 our silk piece goods. the hahutai
g. ,,het Americans cali pongee. II X our
r,to~{oaI export In silk goods III -
,. - This country and dyed. and
80 hrlieve. printed This Is done ~
t,,,erson. y. r. our expectation ~ ShN
,...,.4t,nrcht.fs - this country ~ very iai &
tr4~e having heen. observe ~. - 0''@'i'
t,..-krte5 here from Japan last year
49,. ia also 4 large expectation ln PAM
hoo 10 this country.
Wide Market tor Coal
..,-.....s, coal iz NOW beinc confuned
49, ,eo EAST. oven AS far away as
,,.,t. n Is used aloug the coast oi 8 h.''N'
q, tha philippines. A. S.ngaporf anu III
y.v. 1tts an h.tumiuouS. We are ~. t'-
.Dv o.t the Eugtsh AMI ~" N.r'' ~ 81"
,.,,, from the Eastern market W" nav"
~ ~. ,urrovea ma hiuery Tor ~ n'uS
no .,sl ana 90 ts an interesting POM TO-
noe trat ~ are heating 0ut me tnSi~a
t,, ,,st+ through the use ~ machinery I'M
.,,,fss h,- Iapan chiefly from EnS'Anf
,,.,,. SAY here also that oar cotton goods
,,..,,tr,..,srs IS being done in japan pY
,ne use oF English machinery an3 no" We
ar, beating Pc EnElsh here in me safes
~ these goods
~, ehaatA hs selling coal today IN san
Y,,.,..,s.., vAs-e. I believe. gets lts suG-
,.f, mainly hv importation from Canada-
~ yrr coulG Get return csTEocs- Japanese
...ssf vo.it sell i'm san Francisco ~ very
r..fr1rrraIlta prices Only for the 'noT-
rrlts eNuyner attending fha t~arsroTtA-
con since there Is not ONLY the distance
Nat 30 is necessary now - charter a
steamer especially for she purpose r..
now. So reuft Get a cargo or o} from san
4.--~-,--., Whom bringing roal therr from
Ia-au. p.r reut make tHe yosi trade Nth
ta,, I-u.trI states rroatabie Ol now Eors
d. as. Net -,er. Ny FrrE .fts fnr.as-a Pa