The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-02-23


american value OF tbs manufactured srfs-
ssss- American wz-ch-cAxe makers are SELL
| -1S 20 sAcA1 cases for excellent MONUMENTS
Hees there for thss market.
:. There can BE no concez1nsns OF TIE fac.
that some Of eur manufactures frerssr.es
Are graveiy rrsnace6 by this rivalry Of q
country where sk1iisd labor may Be has
~ cost az ~ 70 Is cents a day. or less
fsAn ous-ferth tie cost OF such labor IN
| or own country. Your COMMITTEES does
Tot ears 20 discuss the causes OF tails men,
! ace. or the methods BY which the pertI
may be avsrtse. We believe that the ra-
toEai association should however take
cogEizancs o. the matter. and should ask
/ thai congress shall lnYessf9ate the sub
| tect II q thorough and comprehensive mar
nfr. % that the peepls may fully under
stand II. We therefore recommend thu
/ adoption % tzs following resolution:
Resolved. BY the National Association
| Of American Manufacturer fn convenstoa
assembled IN Chicago. January - isss tiaas
the senate OF ths United States 10 hereby
respectfully requested 20 appoint q com
mission or 20 direct one OF It's own commit
| tees to inquire respecting the alleged tn
vasion OF our market and the menace Of
fers6 70 American manufacturing Industry
b. the products Of cheap Oriental labor,
and 20 6eferrnsrs what tssthe cause Of this
menace, and what means should be adopt-
~ 90 avert the threatened injury 10 do
nestle producers"
Warner Miller suggested that the memo
rial be sent To the congress OF the United
States instead OF 20 the senate. as the
house % Representatives wax the only body
that could inaugurats revenue billa The
resolution was amended In accordance with
the suggestion. and committee OF swo ar-
pointed 20 present the memorial 10 con-
gres=- The reading OF the report came as
great surpsEe 70 very many OF the manu-
facfurers. and there was much earnest talk
on the subject OF Japanese competition
during the remainder OF the conventlon's
sessions
Last week there was also a meeting in
San Francisco Of the COMMITTEES appointed
TO Investigate the Japanese invasion"
ana 10 devise means 20 stir Up congress and
the manufacturers In the East. This COM
fnittee reported a great deal Of interesting
Information about Jagan's Industrial ae-
tfyfty. 10 was shown that until recently
japan had imported large quantities OF
leather from this country. There are today
four extensive tanner1es IN Kobe. two In
Osaka. and q number or smaller tsnnerles
In various parts OF Japan. All these tan
neries are doing a big business. and are
supplying a great part Of the leather con-
sumed In japan. The exports OF leather
from San Francisco have diminished great
Is, and II IL highly probable. II not
Inevitable. that very soon Japan will not
Import any leather at al from this country.
Within a month a representative OF
Yokohama concern has visited San Fran
cisco and purchased at retail samples OF
the latest novelties and designs In fancy
leather purses and travelling bags. which
ne said he was going to take to Japan TO
be duplicated. he stated that tae concern
he represented was In position TO dupli-
cate exactly any leather goods manufac-
tured In this country. and at cost that
would enable II TO place them In our
market far below the prevailing price.
One Of the committeeman reported that
the facilities for producing rubber and
cotton In Japan were very good
They have also large machine shops"
he said, where they now manufacture
their own looms and spindles. Their cot
ton looms surpass ours. for they are all of
later design"
Attention was attracted in san Fran
cisco some ten days ago to the large ship
ments OF raw cotton from Texas points
and from New Orleans passing through
that port for Yokohama. This fact was
commented on by the railroad and steam
ship people and had not come to the at
tantioG OF the committee referred to
above Tho circumstance Is further cor
roborativo Of the remarkable activity OF
Japan in the manufacture Of textile fab
RIGS. II was lsarend that up to ten days
ago the Southern Pacific railroad had
hauled TO San Francisco 1900 bales OF
hama. and some 400 bales were known 10
be on tho way at that Date. The railroad
officials said they expected 10 turn over
10 thu steamship companies before tho
close Of the season a total Of 5000 bales
Of cotton destined for Japan.
Mr. NJ. MatzBmi. representative Of the
Japanese manufacturing syndicate I'm
porting this raw cotton. told the railroad
people that no fully expected TO put out
orders during the season OF 1895 for not
less than 10000 bales. 10 be shipped by
way OF San Francisco.
This. Of course. Is pleasant for the cot
ton growers and tho railroads. but II is
causing the cotton goods manufacturers
10 fesI somewhat glum. IL indicates that
Japan will diminish her imports of cotton
goods by just 30 much. and also indicates
the extreme probability OF rainous COM
petition in American markets later.
The story OF the awakening or Japan
from the stupor Of feudalism and
meiIsevalism and her astonishing prog
ress Ia the adoption Of Western ways IL
now old as a story, though comparatively
nav "a an event Just how great a change
10 involved no one can tell. for the change
f. ssiIl going on. IL is the testimony OF
the most recent travellers and or our own
consuis that the japanese are by no
means the merely initiative people they
have long been considered. II has been
proyed many times OF late that In indus
trial departments where originality II the
chief element Of success. the japanese IL
quite the equal OF the Westerner. And
this proof has destroyed a belief that was
fer many years a satisfaction and q con-
ISOLATION TO Western manufacturers.
Another point on which there has long
been serious misconception ~ as TO the
populasaon OF Japen. II has been popular
IN UNDERESTIMATE ~ millions. To-day ia
nan RS. a population az IS eoo. 90 thres-
fsurrhs Of the population OF the United
States 10000 more than the population
Of Great nrstasn and ireland. some 5000
90 rno-e than France. and not far from
az rnanv s.4cr,ia a. there are fl united Ger
many. The territory in which this enor-
Mons number % people i've 10 only about
a. large az Sweden. Japan ranks IN ter
rsserv as IRE eleventh ans IN population as
pea aeth aower in ma world These figures
are from the latest consular reports 20 the
state department
Put /. t. IN the chsapness OF labor that
rs,an,. great strength "a o competitor
,sssn western nations Hes. n the souihern
80, 90 rapan native workers n TIE iron
.~,ssf. nsrfcrn the same Skilled Fabog for
~ .a,t~ a aay that commands 81 and 81 %
aay IA American iron mills. All other
$500 !. IN propor.toa. In fhe factories
$50 4 "a * cents day Is paid for labor,
as rnux-A 90 IL costs less thaa 10 cents a
aAy. 60. .,
Ths oar-ui-wsnsrsi ~ Shanghai is ot
~. opsrlon shxt ne wre@fes CANCER 70
..,.-s,a- manufacturers VIII Ae n the es-
.ssrssr,sns az manufactures In China by
yav..a.s raostAtists Wages In ChtBs sre
$3.50 h@,,- chose pzid IN Japan, waile re
!. n, ~. e,s,srson that the quality Of work
60. ~. sn4 C-Ntrrss - "a every way equal
- thRt 81 she japanese. he thinks ne
Industrial character % ne tA,nese hss