The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-02-23
JAPANESE AFTER US
viii Soon Flood United States
With Their Goods.
ne CAN'T POSSIBLY COMPETE.
x-a worker.s Wages In This Country,
o. and $3.50 q Day-In japan,
80 Cents a Day.

=. al Kinds u manufacturing Industries.
s<-e IA eur home rnarEsts and also In for
SER markets. II subject that within the
i.xt few weeks. almost within the last few
ssxs has attracted the serious attention
81 manufacturers and business men All
ev.~ the United s.atsx. The sudcenness
~ssb which the asv Industrial sssue has
rgrns snto public notice. the instant great
ssssr-ion n IL receiving. and the immense
f~pp-fancs which II has been shown 10
possess. are very STRIKING characteristics
81 the matter,
FOR some little time the subject has en-
xsre5 the attention Of manufacturers and
tsss1sss sse1 on the Pa<z5c coast. as they
havs already felt the competition 20 soma
sx-snf. ard have had an opportunity Of
kne~ing what was going on Ia the Orient
e the nay Of Industrial Development But
fhey appeared - be unable 20 arouse the
husssess men OF The Easr TO consider S.
rsausly the possibilities 81 japanese eonape-
ssson and Sc late as q month ago the
rAznuber OF Commerce. ard the Manufac-
snrNrs' and Producers' Association OF San
yzzrclsoo, held Joint meeting TO devise
means 10 'soreak tte ietaargsc Ind ference
q re East" ard 70 SIR up congress 20 an
fstsfest - the matter. A committee was
s.1oinfed 70 work 70 this end Within the
est week ~ ten days the subject has been
hrssght prominently 20 the attention OF
REPRESENTING practically every fmportan.
manufacturing Industry. ard through than
sse attention OF congress has been called
fot Ia othsr ways. apart from cofnnu-
rsexssOns 20 congress-. the matter has been
hrpagns forward in several quarters IN
Washington CITY. There have also been
SINE Developments In the movement OF
ras materials and machinery from this
eountYy 70 japan 81 the past week or 80
ksxs safyad d fxu r,ffa che I'm
aace OF The situasson.
last week there WAS i1 session 81 Chica-
70 The annual convention OF The National
Association Of American Manufacturers.
A. which we're pr~scat Delegates 10 the
number OF about I59 representing every
stste and every prominent manufacturing
lnSnstry Among 4he delegates were such
msn az Warner Miller. George e. Sloan.
pudoiyh Dodge and Charles H. Schteren.
from thsS state, George Pullman. T.. II.
sss.aAbasar ard g. 3. Tomlinson. Many
,oucs OF vital importance TO unanufsc-
,nrers we're discussed. and one Of the most
tnnoraaat vas the matter OF Japanese
er.f1titIon with American manufacturers
IA hoth American and foreign markets.
Because OF ordinations of an extraor-
slnary recent development OF manufactur-
tnr industries In Eastern countries, par
sserIariy In Japan. and of the appearance
n he American market Of the products
OF these industries. which products are Of
fered al unusually low prices" a commit
zee had been appointed TO inquire Into the
matter. This committee made It's report
10 the convention last week. The report
SAID
'-The movement for the establishment OF
manufactures In the countries referred to
IL Of a remarkable character. Practically
n begaI within the last ten o. fifteen
years aid II has continued. with accel-
sratef force, until the present time. I'm
1873 the first cotton spinning mil was
erected In Japan. with 1856 spindies. The
business did not at first show signs of
ransd growth. but In 1858 there were SIX
teen mills. with 800 spindles. In the
report OF the Yokohama Chamber OF Com
msrcs for May S. 1894. the following statis-
tics we're given. Al the end of 1853 there
we're sixteen mills. with ss,7oo epindiss: at
the end Of 1855 there were twsnty-four
mills with ssii1 spin1les: at the end OF
fsse there were thirty-nine mills. with
aasi4 spindlse: at the end OF fss3 there
we're forty-six mills. with about 6oo0ND
spindles The same report adds: a s;iil
more rapid Increase is expected In tho
near future: large orders. II IL known.
have been placed for more machinery,
same for yarn OF the finer qualities This
promise Of increase has been fulfilled.
New cotton mills are being erected, and
Iapan threatens 20 become bold ana
large connection for the trade Of ths
voris in cotton fabrics. The japanese
nse the latest improved American and Eu-
ropean machinery in this and other indus
tries established by them. They begin
With mechanical appliances that are SUI
perlor 10 those found Ia some American
mills"
More recent information than the COM
ris'ee appears 20 have had shows that
there are today In operation IN Japan mr.
ty~seven cotton mills, with sgs. 900 spin
dies. and u ts expected that within ffteen
months the number OF splndlss viii be
fully i.ga 90. Labor I'm japanese cotton
mills costs on an average II cents q day.
TIE difference between n cents a day and
the wages paid I'm American cotton mills
Indicates what American manufacturers
have % fear.
The japanese are also starting cotton
mills IN china where labor - even cheap
e. IN the recent treaty of peace hetwesn
rfins and Japan there - an article siv-
frg % the japanese the right 30 engage
- ell kinds OF manufacturing Industries
N the open cities. towns and ports of
China. and 20 import into China ell Kinds
~ machinery. Already there are three
enstou mills AZ work IN shanghai Three
more ara building and viii soon be IN or@-
ration. and three others are planned.
jus, now most of the raw cotton IL I'm
Parted into Japan and china. but 10 -
sssa that IN the valley az the yanTtse the
sosl T. perfectly adapted fer cotton grow
fns. while the supply % labor = practical
" iaexssustih1e, The report of the c-nr1-
r'sfee % the Manufacturers Association
tees on "a saw
but ianan does not conf ne herself -
spanning cotton. Her people are tufrnduc-
lsx great variety of manufacturing In
ess,ries all us'nw improved machinery
knf Troy are initiating tho patterns rnd
'rvsr'ions - the Western nations with tnl-
fsnity because there IS no protection for
tfasr the ratents or trade marks OF fer
vans ln Japaa."
ls,;er Is quot = from William NJ Bunk
- editor - the san Francisco Daily Re
feFt Sheh rsner has been making
'aNFeugh ln0uirv Into 'he effects ~ lapse-
competition on the faclne coast The
bite saws.
Articles ~ japanese manufacture. sfnee
- close ~ thstr var are essnw received
eqpal quality with American nanufas-
tlEt8 geo3s, ana ~ pr'ces 50 lew thai our
tAAaefart0Ti fs - those articles must close
ss3sss relieved hv congressional sctseu.
sfeiea are being established Fast Rnd
49, no. hv representative 81 japanese
seAses The agency here Is now selling
- Best parior matches fl fin-fnsA hex.
- aHi ease lots - nttv gross IN a cssr.
ssferea 10 TIRE merchants. freight snd
ss'T ra'3. a. " rents PER srssx TIE stso
- e1aFS ssshes. biin5s ara al articles
seNifneFaFr cooperaEe stock. ete.. q
eAsAHFSe nss nufaeffre a. fren - - ~ ner
less tbsn fheF ear - manufactures
- - TBS country. wtth al freight ard
i4id as 5he Japae~se tefpartsrn, si-o
As watches. Bicycles. Noata. shoes
s-ng bats. caps. gloves. fancy EeaAs
h9l rs. e- s.Hsasr terrrs Thrfr agents
fx eeftaa NH ma hirssy ard shts-
= q ga japan ard sk5 take auf cotton