The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-04-25
HOTEL AND CORRIDOR.
.sas>aear>acao>-oeruas 10000.

There arrived in the city yesterday a
party OF prominent japanese business
men who are on Il tour around the world,
incidentally looking to the spreading OF
their interests IN America and Europe.
They are n. Katdoka. president of the
NoponG Sea and Land Insurance COM
pany. and vice-Dresident of the NipOns
Life insurance company; X. NananJo,
secretary of the Sea. and Land company:
DIR. T. konde and S. Hashimoto, of the
life insurance company Before leaving
San Francisco they appointed Parrot *
Co. their agents for western America,
and st.ll another agency viii be estab-
lished in New York city, whittier the
visitors are bending their steps by slow
degrees.
Some idea of the insurance business in
japan may be obtained from the state
ment of Mr. Nananio who places the
capital of the Sea and Land company at
s.. 800 0C0. and that of the life insurance
company at 100000. These concerns have
their headquarters at Osaka. the pOpul2-
ton of which is 10000. II is now the
center ct the manufacturing industry of
Japan. its principal business being that
raw cotton are imported annually from
India and China. for manufacture into
yard threads. The American cotton has
been imported to that country for use in
finer articles of thread
Raw silk. green tea. and porcelain have
been the principal exports to the United
States. but Mr. Nananio says that since
the Mckinley tariff bill has been threat
ened porcelain and silk will not be
shipped to this country, because OF ex-
cessive duty.
American machinery. such as arricuI-
tural implements. scientific instruments
and locomotives have been received by
the Japanese with open arms. One of the
operating railroad companies has a COM
plete system of American car service.
The Jacanese are wholly satisfied with
the outcome of the war with China.
whereby Japan secured the island of
Formosa and S2oO.eOo.eo0.
W. c. Parle and James d. Mckinney,
of Honolulu, were Knutsford arrivals.
Both are young business men of that
city who are disinclined to air their views
about the politics of the island. Mr. Nc
Irmey was born on the island
Henry Hardness. of Chicago. a young
gentleman of about q years of age,
passed through Salt Lake Yesterday on
the way to Chicago. at which noint he
will have completed journey around
the world. which has lasted nine months.
During that time he. with q companion,
John Pratt. of BROOKLYN. n. Y. visited
Great Britain, the continent. Turkey.
Greece. Egypt. India and Japan. Two of
the most instructive months of the trip
were spent in India, when the seacoast
and interior was visited. and some time
passed in Ceylon. The Nile was voyaged
for 800 miles from the delta and the ruins
of Thebes inspected.
Apropos of the present struggle between
Greece and Turkey Mr. Hardness men
toned the fighting qualities of the Turk
ish soldier He thought the Turk looked
as thc---r 70 could fight we'll and was
in the Greek, probably be-
cause of the idea he had CLEANED from
school books. One glimpse of Abdul Ham
mid was enough 10 satisf-r him that the
ruler was a sorely perplexed
man. Mr. Hardness saw him during the
height of the Armenian atrocities which
may account for the worried air he
wore.
r. T Pettibone and wife. Mrs. c. VI.
Pettibone and Mrs. +. +. Leidy. from the
historic Wyoming valley of PennsyI-
vania. are at the Knutsford.
A. Bauerf. Paris, is a lone globe-trotter
who prefers to make his observations
solus.