New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-06-05
JAPANESE SILK EXPORTS .
FOREIGN TRADERS PROTESTING A"AiN'A
THE BOUNTY LAW PASSED 1f
THE PARLIAMENT.

Yokohama Nav 1G The feeling or foreign eA'
.or,ors nero Is at present strongly opposed to
certain measures adopted BY the rarhaiheh' ~
oorseouence OF pressure brought to bear on vari-
ous members of the Diet by number OF SILK
producers ,o.,, Glib
Until December Of last year the iocai SIN
market was in bad way. Ihere were '.ei
$4,000 psculs of raw silk, mostly oi '"e oea
t,ra ON rho market and no purchasers Inc
Government always ready to encourage ana sup
nor, rho trade In the two great staple exports
tea and silk intinated to the local 'apa"ese
hanks that they should make advances ireei!
-, ,,o rov silk unable to frd at the moment a
market abroad, and this went so far as seriously
20 rapdicap certain banks and call forth strong
nro,os, Half a dozen years ago two large cor
variations composed entirely OF Japanese Uaa
ore wore called into existence in order 10 aNou
aea,irp with the foreign middleman' ana SNIP
Glib 6iract 70 consumers in the United states ana
Europe II speaks we'll for the push ana ac'iNN!
Of these two concerns to find them no" e"po''
ing annually between three thousaho anu NV
thousand bales. or more than any oie WA N0
eisn firm except Messrs Siber Brenh"aio ""u
ono,ber German firm trading under the style OF
Nohbolz g. Osenbrtggen. Now, the idea OF 'he
snk.producers was that If their own ie'io"
countrymen could command the market ana oe"i
directly with the outer world, TRACE wouio iio' 81
greatly ductuate but would steadily improve 0o
their first duty was to interest members VI RAJ
lament in direct export, and theh' IL posS' eN
the Government TO give bounty
A number Of men deeply interested in the SILK
trade are also members of the Imperial Parma
nent. and so it came that after considerao'e
,.,,h,,,ng ard much opposition on the part OF
chose who better understood the SITUATION Dill
he. of
Zoo, tbo, the Government should pay henceioi'h
49,, ,r a certain limited number OF years
bnnntv of from 20 to 30 yen HSlV 10 So , U,a
every bale of raw silk exported drectiy D! na ho.
n,oducars or traders. IL is worthy OIL ho,e nc ZIG,
p,,. -Siu ,yas nassed before there was any KnoWi,
edge Of the extent to which the bNiSte! oi
wound go and how high the tarill Woui" ,iU ~
ably be in future on silk piece goocs anu HAHN
or course, the immediate result OF inns o, :,
4, docs as in the natural course Oh enens -.
MD receive the imperial sanction VIII oe "
W. toroign export trade in silk. For the re,
ceiyers of the bounty will at all times pe eliaD, ~,
10 undersell their foreign rivals, anu nus aSo,s
mand the American and Contnehtal ma a G no.o
meeting of the Yokohama Chamber Oh III
nerce was convened toward the emu W 4uat
wherein the chair van spoke empire Do
against the bill as '.'.ea oE a ,Ie naSsed TO the
Noment and resolution was PASS. a. W .ari
eject that the Ministers representing ,iie WI a
Gus treaty Powers should be requested ~ Pr
tes, against the bill and urge an lnPt,i" 49,
7, ;s % question however whether such Neto
would he CONSTITUTIONAL; the Emperor nli i
however. use the imperial prerogauVe u Msep
the bill In allegiance. ,..,o Gonna ,as
Edwin Dun. dean of the Diplomatic CORPS. i.a'
recently refused TO take any action IN J,,e n'" 20
ter He has been superseded by Mr. Hu ~
Georgia. and 1t is understood thas ne e',atas -
kccniv his retirement, and therefore hesita'es ~
take any steps prior to the arrival OF ,ne , rem
Minister Other foreign representatives na o, tbn
onnroached and Sir Ernest Mason Sa.oW, ti,c
pritsh Ambassador will probably take tne ma, a.
ter in hand Sir Ernest is warm Ireno oi o.e
japanese and one Of the finest nN YIN, fron hav
Scholars: hut this xiii not prevent MN from nav
60 imstica dome to his fellow countrymen
81 the time Of writing the SITUATION Is one
critical interest and it is the hope OF nro,npty
baro that the new Minister VIII proinptd!
nsnouse the part of the foreign sik-expor'ers s
The japanese Papers indignantly conaeasi an w.,
idea of interference by foreign MH mn, n,a
hint that something might be done IL '"e Diiie'e'
hi we're toned down to suit Japan