The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-08-22
A NIPPON HERALD.
Sboda, Of Tokyo, Predicts q
Growing Trade.
JAPAN STEAMER DUE IN TEN DAYS
Plenty Of Eeom For May Lines =
Adoption or Free SILVER Would
Interfere with Commercs.

aa< scAe.4ray axnd % 1As EAlEseT<srzz1
register nas sa< reporters cay g.as last
night 70 trs presence la Seattle ef oEse az
tic rsosx prominent e1rscsezs o. I@s Mp
yoz TGssa kw2is12 Ia r-spon<s % card
be came Into ths kAay ~lth the coarsly
Bow and po1sss1 so4ysEy fex sascn lie
japanese are f&znoas-a steeAssy e2s.l S1sa
or average heSgng. aks face sznoota saASsd
his roreheAa hlgh and Ints.isctaas. sis
dark eyes isauae yst SHARPLY ssssrsAns, as
thin lsps parting frscasntiy n szssls taai
lighted % hts face and made 1As stcw az
terancs positively attractive Dressed IN
plain black s2is. his zpotssSs sEsrS Srons
bearing angle plan god stse. as is
softer BACK ak. gray hat set firmly over
ms close cat olacA hasr. his delicate Tee
eac2sed IA pAEsng leather. ne sae NJ ms
sase. putting In rapid SUCCESSION q series
Of cigarettes each bed II turn ~ danny
Ettls bit OF useTschzam-
The Nippon stesmer~.
Mr. snoda - on hax return 30 Japan from
q business trip 10 Lon9nn. where ne has
been for sosne uaonths locking after the
opening % thS Nippon rassfs Few lne OF
steamers between Yokohama and LIVER
pool He came across the continent % the
Canadian Pacific, and On arriving Al van
co9ver came at cnce 10 Seattle. re2en2ns
here yesterday afiernooa. he VII return
20 Vancouver today an4 sali for Japan on
the Empress He spent most OF The even
Ing In consultation vita Manager Crit
nthx who dinsd with hln Al the Rainier
Grand, Judge Burke and some OF the
prominent business Hsn OF the city, sao
called to pay tAeir respects.
'sOur company. the Nippon fusen kwai-
sha-" sad Mr.. Sho1a. Ia answer 20 aaes-
tions. is now building twelve new steam
ers IN Great Britain That - 10 say ST
|. are actually under construction. three
have been contracted for aud viii De De-
-. fraAs go a /. =
been determined upon and every thing had
been arranged when / left Liverpool the
other day except the actual signing OF tns
contracts OF course. these contracts are
let 70 various builders: all Twelve vessels
would have been too big JOB Tor any
one yard Some Of them are euAding on
ta~ Clyde others at Belfast. They Ars
All 10 be OF the most approved modern
type ard equipment. and viii average
about 40 tons.
These twelve steamers are designed for
our new European line. For the pressrt
we are using our old stamsrs on that Line,
JUS, az we viii have 10 do al FIRST on the
line 10 Seattle. Two OF the steamers ar
rived and departed while / was Ia En-
gland. and the third was just ready 20
weigh anchor when | left They al had
good return cargoes. and have no doubt
that the line VIII be paying and per-
manent one. No. the cargoss were not
made UP OF any special article or even OF
a few speclaities. They were proniseaoas
freIrhts. taken just as they came 10
hand.
For our new American line. OF which
Seattle Is fhs terminus. we shall need six
Additional new stea 1sers. These VIII re
contracted for just as soon as the dlreSs-
tors can determine Intelligentiy ths typa
ana size OF vessel best adapted 20 the run
and the trade. Many important factors
enter into this question. and upon It's
urupsr solution the success Of the line
largely depends As soon a. the new yes
seis are built we expect TO put fort
nightly service on this line. The directors
are now engaged in discussing The plans
for the American line steamers. and /
presume they win reach an agreemsns
before 1 get back home.
ssTh> projection of these two new lines
Is really no new thing with US 1t has
bean IN contemplation for TWO or c1ree
wears. during Which period we have been
rapidly snlsrging our operations
Evolution of the seattle Line.
sST,he Nippon Yusen. az you probably
know. Is the ousgyowih OF an earlier eosn-
panv and q later consolidation IRE
Nirsu Blshs company was doing good
rasstsna business az far back as twenty
.nvsn wars ago The Union Steamship
C,oruosny came into the fed IN iss5 and
so- a tsrna there was the keeness possible
nosanetg-ssn between the two rivals. This
rs ihrouxh. 70 an end within the year By
a consolidation, the result OF which vas
TIE present Nippon Yusen company me
Mlssn Bishi had begun carrying the nNliIs
an fs-s ard the new company Is. as It's
$500 ,rgssoatss. aIso q mail carrier. It's
r,x.rurra.n, subsidies you have already
rn.s,.t Well. al the tsTne cs the coasoh-
saffon the company had a good trade. bur
~ vas mainly a coasting trade along the
rananese. C-ainsse. Korean ana SIBERIAN
eass.s Three years $50 the company
reached cernste policy % reaching oat
nv sstahssshirg Hues % foreign countries,
"a s,,,,s-,,--atsss the policy with a line 20
po-rhav. Al TIRE end Of last year the de-
.-s.f,,, xsrss reached % estsD4iS1 a Inc WIN
1st-s,,A and another with America As
,cs,,it az TITS decision tie European nne
vvas established last March, ana the nFst
vessel on the American hae VII Eesea
Seattle within less than ten Gays.
Mistress or the Orient sea.
.sTn this reaching out after foreign
.-.s~ there - good deal OF patriotic
-. a., ,,,r directory. We, as japanese.
a. 20, w4'lsng to sit Idly By and see our
.m-~,-sns- trade drift into the hands OK
1921 gse.ntrsea. with you "a the United
ss~afss IRE case IS somewhat di1srent.
you have a vast country here. a. larSs
ax nc whole - Europe. fou aave been
~
s-,,revernpnts that you have let ocean
s,.s,,,,,,.rsse aiora. perhaps you could anoTa
- ~ 20 Rear IN mind that Japan Is a
. .n.,- small country-~thst Is. with
,,,s~nfrx smile. ''in paint OF aTsa-ssnd
every acre % e hss been long occupied
ard highly developed II japan 'sere-
g.. now wishes extension OF any KIM
~ha naturally hooks 20 the sea
s.,-,,a future promises US even far more
49, .Aa -Yezsffs IN fuTthsrfag cur Efforts
a. aavs10rrlent AZ rTrSert foTSssu trade
g. Yaoan Is very limited. TIE restrictions
ser Imposed are such that VITA the sx-
e~urfon OF ERE few treaty ports 'nsre Is M
800 IN Jacan where a foreign buyer or
ssm- ear come into direct contact with
- ns4tve producer and ire native cen
s,,r~nr -sFix business Ger RE present -
ear~ses "a through TIE hzrcs q brokers'
1es-ates IN the sreatv ports But three
years from COW all iris All - changed
a. 80. tty-sS - nex treaty between ire
fr~ys~.f SsRses ard japan wsG come tnto
,~,Aratfs,a ans ~ x every portion OF Japan
.rsY4 ~, fsraesscsitv thrown open e your
,,.r-,sa s,o~ business. [ 0dsr taaf In pu8ss
arr foreign trade WI necessarily take On
-ax ard vas: p-uporsto1s- FoT th&t u
ture cur company = nov PREPARING We
~sa9, "a Already 70 tire aslt aAesd - sny
r,.~<sela css-s p.esftors. ana Cor tse immense
s~asa shzt wsfi thsr surely cgnse our way
~re ran nov a1u-d 20 DO a great deal &C
preparatory WORK
To Euffd ITn Bis Trats.
We sxcect q goe6 tra6e right away
- ger r~S Nrs ar4 We are sssly se-
terri Ea~a 20 meet tfe deE,A71s e re trE-s~.
n-re.~~ great rnew nay he- Y stx
~n~a-r~rs arr ret e1opxe - hs161e re
traffic. ws SasE pax 81 uSre. ! a. -
W~hsea AZ to Ela1ly rNsce1roa VIZ wAscn
tse sssa hss~ezseSE e tks 41as eas En@s "a
this eoansry. ar I ssncereiy h0pe that g
~ n~sv % eezaers re f,onss - friendship