The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-07-24

also taken o< Tesse- 5eck- ard the ex-e.-
son scoa 10 be made BY tie SortAeTz Pa
csfc Railroad Company wzs fully exn1z.--
81 20 the Japarese On the h2-t5r Cart
To-ska. x1o 5 abort . years cid. kep-
az experienced eve op<n- Re made many
Inquiries particularly as 70 6epth. AID vas
somewhat ncr-ssnSse5 xaea told that pos
SHY there might De few fee. more "a
ter than he wanted lie ASKED Mr. Arn-ri-
down fer a government chart ard thai
gentleman VII comply wir1 The rcc1eSt
~ an early moment
When ire tour OF IRE ha-bo- was ended
Mr. Asaao sad:
We thsak very much % Seattle. and We
shan serd n MAJ here later On 90 70 ever
.-s wnole enterprise more thoroagaiy.
A Distributing Point.
Should Seattle secure the new line there
VII pr06ably come along with Il . mer-
chandiSe bureau for TIE distribution from
this point % Oriental merchandise. Mr..
Asaro made inquiries as 10 the expsd.-
ency % such a move. reuarkirg that the
merchandise Ei<at Be sent fro-n here az
ever ne United States. lie has asked
Mr.. Amn!d0wn 10 prepare a report COW
erin< this phase o. tia trade with Japan
TIE party left a, o'clock IN the evea-
Ing for Tacoma. where Mr.. Aszno VII re-
main today Tomorrow he VII he IN Port
AAAsAs AA4A u aAAt - - IaE - 80
cisco. He said yesterday that from the
last named point h would 80 10 London.
and az once let contracts for twelve yes-
sells OF 100 tons each for use between ia
pan and the United States The vessels.
Il Is understood. viii DC similar 70 those
nov In use By the Canadian Pacific. and
viii cost not less than $4,000 each
Incidental 20 the steamship line. Mr..
Ottawa. who spoke very good English and
possesses q face % unusual intellectual
strength. was taking data as TO other en-
ferpTises In some manner he had been in
formed OF the plans Of the Seattle Power
Company. and he asked question after
question until he became familiar with
that enterprise He observed that paper
was manufactured more cheaply IN this
country than in Japan But the most i'm
portant remark made by him bore upon
the so-called cheap labor Of his native
country.
do you not think that the factories of
Japan will turn out goods so that Amer
lean manufacturers viii not be able TO
compete with them asked Mr.. Arnmi-
down
NO. sir; no. for ten years. a. any rate"
answered Mr.. Ottawa. You must rersern-
Der that while labor is at present very
cheap in Japan. the development OF the
past nye years has caused an increased
demand for II and the price OF labor Is
now going up. There Is little occasion
for alarm
Charles Fl. Black. OF Seattle. was pas
senger on the steamer Empress OF India
which brought 20 the Sound Mr. Asano.
Dir. Ottawa and Mr.. Tomika. of Tokyo.
the japanese representatives Of the ORR
entail steamship line seeking a terminus
on the Pacific coast Il did not learn
what their business was until day before
yesterday said Mr.. Black last night,
and then. having heard / was from Sc
attic, they made inquiries concerning
various people here and gradually told
me their object in coming 10 the Coast.
They said they had intended TO establish
a connection probably at San Diego. be-
tween the steamship iine represented by
them and the Atchison. Topeka & Santa
Fe Railroad Company. Negotiations had
been pending for some time. they said.
They were also largely interested In coal
mines and wished TO look into the ium-
Der interests OF this state. They said
Portland had made them a proposition as
a terminal port The Oriental Steamship
line Is only second in importance to the
Nippon Yussn Kaisha, the latter being
without doubt the strongest concern in
Japan.
There was a ru,nor In steamship cir
cIes before I left Japan that the Nippon
yusen kaisha intends TO make n reduc-
ton N .I{le paSSSslSSE TART ~ A1V , SAs ok
$50. each way. A round trip ticket now
costs $500, or 500 each way"
san Diego. Cal, july 2.-Sho Nemoto
and ToraH kusakado, the two Japanese
who are here in the interest of new
steamer line from Japan. were in the city
today. They were taken in charge by
a committee and given a ride on the bay
They were asked many questions Com
missioner Nemoto, IN an interview, ex-
pressed his unqualified opinion that San
Diego would be selected as the California
terminal of the line.