The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-01-12
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a reporter of the Evening Daily
Telegraph, interviewed Captain Jones
of the Yamashiro Maru on Nov. eth.
The Japanese people, Captain
Jones observed, g are in very much
the same position as the people in Eng
the population of Great Britain and
Ireland; they live in an island country
of the same area; and they are becom-
ing dependent upon foreign countries
for a large portion of their food. With
the lapse of each year, and especially
since the war, this dependence on out
side sources is increasing. Japanese
authorities have been very much con-
cerned to know why their people are
smaller than the European races.
They believe that they have discovered
the reason. They have concluded that
it is owing to their dieting almost ex
clusively on rice and fish, and to the
want of meat. The Japanese are con-
sequently now becoming meat-eaters,
and the movement in this direction is
a national one-almost patriotic one.
The heads of families make it a point
of giving their children meat once a
day if they can afford to do so. and
when they are drilling or working
hard, Japanese men have meat twice
a day. The old generation do not take
to meat very readily. The taste for 1t
has to be acquired; but when Japan
csc does acquire the taste for Europ-
can food, he cannot do without it.
with this change in habit the live
oh IN, Tnr ic MD 1xy
ing Eight or 10 years ago / could
purchase roast of beef in Japan for
cents, or Adj, per pound; now it cannot
be got under % cents, or 13d. With
these facts in mind the Nippon Yusen
Kaisha expect that there will soon be
big export trade in frozen and timed
meat from Australia to Japan. AS the
Japanese are prosperous, go-ahead
people, and as they number 40,000,0 900,
there is the possibility of a tremen-
dous trade of this description, for Aus
tralia is essentially a meat producing
country.
Another trade that is bound to as
sumo very large proportions is the
wool trade The Japanese, whose
clothing has hitherto been cotton, i'm
ported from India, are taking to wear
ing WOOL Wooden clothing is more
suitable for the climate, and the de-
mand for this material has already led
to the establishment of one or two large
wooden mills. Australia is a wool-pro
ducing country. That is a second JUS
LITIGATION for the establishment of the
Australian line. Then a demand is
Springing up in Japan for tallow and
leather-tWo other staple Australian
products. Tallow is required in con-
nection with the new Japanese indus
tries and manufacture. AS to leather,
vast quantities of that will now be re-
quired annually for the army, for sad
dies, accoutrements and shoes.
There is another line in which
very large trade may be done with Aus
traIia. Japan has force of about 20
900 cavalry. Japanese horses are small
and useless for military purposes. The
attempt to improve the breed by the
of high-class stations has
practically failed. When, at the out
break of the late war, the Japanese
made drafts upon the Government
se-breeding establishments, it was
found that only per cent of the horses
were really serviceable. Yes, only
per cent The class of horse the Jap
anese want is light, medium-siZed
animaI-a class of stock you have in
plenty, and which is not accepted by
the Indian Government. But TO devel-
op this trade cheap freights are neces-
sary as these horses are low-priced.