The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-07-31
A COMMERCIAL BOON.
Will Come With the New Jap
anese Steamship CO.
HOW The EAST VIEWS ".
The Nippon Yussn Kaiaha welcomed
and Seattle win Reap Great ana
Growing Benefits.
HOW TIE EAST VIEWS n

The New York Mail and Express quotes
what Judge Burke said to a PostIntesii-
g-ncer reporter about the new Japanese
steamship line. and in the same issue has
long editorial on Our Relations With
Japan" in which II says that In the course
of the development OF this new trade one
OF the first visible signs must be a COM
mercial boom for this city. this being re-
feeted naturally through the Northwest
The editorial In full Is as fcllows-
The new steamship lire between Tokyo
ana Seattle. which IL is proposed to es-
tablish with japanese capital mainly for
the development OF International COM
nerce. promises well for our relations
with that empire Ever eince the close
Of the war between China and Japan the
latter has made Il plain that she pro-
poses to turn her snative skill and in
genuity. coupled with favorable economic
conditions. 70 the establishment OF
place in the Industrial and commercial
world that should In some degree resha pa
thu trade channels Of the world 10 meet
the new conditions which her states
men and financiers had in mind. Only
those utterly ignorant OF Japanese char
aeter and resoarcefuiness have pooh
poohed the suggestion. Only chronic
pessimists have decried It as likely TO
prove disastrous to American industries
tn many directions. All others, while
recognising wherein IL might ultimately
prove detrimental TO certain OF our manu-
features. have also appreciated wherein
IL must prove advantageous IN opening
UP a new and important market for
American raw materials. and by estab-
fishing closer relations with the Orient
accrue to our mutual benefit in many
ways.
we like the Japanese as people. and
the japanese like US. We have educated
their sons in our colleges, and taught
them the mysteries of Occidental trade
and manufacture In our centers of in
dustry. In return, the people of the
United States ind a warmer welcome and
a more regretfui Godspeed in every part
OF Japan than do the people OF any Eu-
ropean nation.
THE advancement OF any people in the
arts of civilization must be of direct or
Indirect benefit TO all the world. This is
specially true OF the Orient, which Is
coming TO realize. after centuries of stub
born blindness. that Western progress
must eventually overspread the universe
and that It's only salvation is TO absn-
don exclusivenesS. throw down all bar
rlers and get place in the line of marsh
without necessary delay. This, OF
course, is less true of China than OF
Japan; but Western ideas and enterprise
are rapidly gaining in both countries.
Japan especially Is forging ahead In manu-
facsure with an energy that cannot he
stayed or gainsaid because OF It's detri-
mental effect upon certain industries
elsewhere. Instead OF bewailing. for mer-
cenary reasons. that which is inevitable.
the part OF wisdom in the United States
manifestiy is 10 accept what Japan Is
only too ready TO concede-closer trade
relations than are possible with any Ea-
ropean power. Therefore We welcome .he
proposed new steamship line as a strong
entering wedge toward the consumma-
ton OF what will i'm the end help more
than II can possibly harm us.
The Japanese Steamship Company. or
Nippon Yusen- kaisha, Is the wealthiest
and most important line in the Orient,
having a capital OF s13.eoaooo. owning a
feet OF sixty vessels. OF which eighteen
are new. and carrying on a trade between
Japan and Hongkong. Ceylon. Borneo,
the Malay peninsula. India and certain
European ports. The purpose to estab-
lIsh g line 10 Puget sound. as outlined
by the two native promoters who arrived
in this city from the West two days ago.
proves that Japan recognizes the i'm
portance of developing at once her trade
with the United States. On the other
hand. American capital viii he quick to
see a new market for our -four. lumber.
fruit and other products. while the cotton
fields OF the South are likely TO find buy
ers for "a maximum production. 10 supply
the factories of Japan which are show
ing such forward movement
an the course of the development OF
this new trade, one OF the first visible
signs must be commercial boom of
some significance for Seattle, this being
reflected naturally through the extreme
Northwest. IL win also be of prime value
to the Great Northern railway, as the
medium for the transmission of all goods
- nj Ia of entry And
while there Is talk In the West OF an
other line with San Diego as the OBJ
jective point, the Seattle plan seems to
as OF superior present importance. be-
cause of Its location at Puget sound, its
effect upon the new Northwest. and its
near approach 10 fruition-
'.Coincident with the establishment OF
this line IL Is pertinent TO consider the
project of the British government for
ern shore OF the Dominion OF Canada to
the British colonies of the South Pacific
Such cable would perfect the electric
circuit of the world. ard starting from
London the circuit could he made with
every land station on British soil or on
soil controlled by Great Britain. or the
Importance of this fact In case OF war II
Is not now necessary TO speaker rather.
It speaks for itself. Its Importance COM
mercially should be sufficient to inspire
I'm a Republican administration at least
the deSirahiiity OF revivinr and progress
ing the dormant plan for cable from
San Francisco 10 Hawaii I'm order that
a cable thence 10 Japan might follow nat
nraliy the growth % our Oriental trade
The day - not distant when the hnsi-
ness men. agricultural and industrial. Of
this country will realize fully the sirnia-
canoe OF the present trade cos9uetry with
the clever and friendly Japanese"