The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-03-15


y hawaiian 1slands.
San Francisco Call
The vlnr \ taken from . letter ~
ee1ved ! "a Francisco merchant:
Tbs erooeAments Of the japanese IA
Ieoe aes here are viewed with the
Creates arm. and the small trades people
are &C. n,fne the necessity OF holding
public pftneu With the view OF asking
remedtG |. ,te,assou at the hands of the
coming nature. No assistance can be
expscte from the planter element. who
are s1so = principal Wholesale merchants
here. e e yapanese are indispensable to
their p =, tons a. iaborers. who come to
tne inl1D under three years contract to
work the cane fields. and are turned
loose u tho towns to md employment as
best tn rzn. Every month nearly brings
US frou6 10 Loo OF these contract labor
ers, an liz viii continue indefinitely until
this coC IN vii be completely Asiaticised.
There oKnov close upon 5000 Japs In the
counfry56nd the cry IL, still they come.
They - r,onopcsizinx all Of the smaller
trades. - In the wholesale and jobhing
line thW are looming up into aggressive
c. mpety. Tho trade with Japan is ex-
pandinok alarming proportions and open
ing up - Of buziness that would surprise
you.
StrAU hats are now sold here Ter ID
and q MS. which are the counterpart OF
those Id srto Imported from the States and
have b selling here for years past for y.
$50. <10nd now they are sending shoes
here at per cent. lower prices than the
America article Is selling at
All h. Of canned goods are coming
In now y competition with the American
article. . such terms that the latter can
not poG1ly compete Last week a ship
nlent of1hrniture came from Japan. made
after th1Iatest American patterns. and CT
fered afpricss which made local dealers
here tul4 their attention to Japan for flu
ture suUies. and ! am informed by enc
OF the d4fers that he will. by the next out
ward n, place an order there for many
articles 1hich he has hitherto been import
ing frQU California and the East. In
CLOCKS - watches they are paralyxing
the tow and 1t an auction sale last week
they sdo4ciocks st 81 and $50 which were
prevfout retailing In this market at S.
ana Is y Japanese agent Is here with a
sample q brick. which IL fully as good
as the 0ticie Imported from San Fran
cisco. - he In making contracts to land
them - at n less per thousand than
they ceobe laid down here from your end.
SAX rs almost entirely suppianted
- "t'ts1s Sdhl ID u japanese Dew
eraSe. uois from aichohol extracted from
rice, wlth can be landed here for Jess
than thepoorcst California wine. 1t comes
In kegs Resembling firkirs. A disagree
able 90 denotes Its presence at a dis
lance NE rays of the sun cause fer
naeHtat and when one OF tho firkins
bursts uem that or any other cause II
creates noxions stencil for a great dis
lance. ms importations at the mort ~
honoiu9 Tor the last four years chow how
sakt y wing out California wines vol
lowing - the correct figures of saki land
ed here In ln2. 500 gallons: 1sas ne,
gallons 1s4. $500 gallons. For eleven
gaIlom S' AVN"
so ~ viii see that San FRANCHISE, "a
losing - trade here through Japanese
compressor. The ratives turn 10 every
ming ceeap. and California cannot nos-
sihiy cenpefe with Japan. JAPANESE ara
Chineseore encroaehing on an i,,ss -.
week cr licenses were issued to a Ian
ahese - one to Chinese to one, 81
looms 80 They sell the viles, st,sy ~
asinanse but 1t supplan,s California ,r,yas
! couid 90 on enumerating insta,cs. =,
si'iiiar sIhd' showing how We are Iosins
GROUND here endlessiy, but think N ~.
above VII sufficiently demons,r,.a .s -e
situation and that II were ,,r,a 90 she
rranasee mercants 10 take some a,,tan
II they rish TO retain any mart ., ION ,.
island tmde," part OK the