The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-11-15

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- Shanghai. just prior to his departurs
eenvoznatiou with James J HIN. in which
- MetE ae1ed him 10 look especially into
- ceSeou manufacturing industry In Japan
- C1eBa. With . view 70 asceYfaining the
1en9 ~ INV cotton froEi America Mr.
- - acceas 70 original sources OF En-
g1q1eo n MI three of these important
sR96a 0auufActurin9 cenrers. and. an -e-
49, . the time. he found in all three
oee1oed disposition to petroEixe the Amer
be4m eottoo market.
- Ar had this tendency already extend
- that In both Osaka and Shanghai Amer
- COTTON had actually been hought from
eyeepeoL This. Of course, meant that II
- - y shipped more than tkree-soarths
- ne way around the globe. Az pointed
- - INST ttme, the attention OF the prac-
0e1l buyess and manufacturers OF Japan
and China had already been called to the
1a0ktW route and cheaper freighssge to
~ Orient from the Pacific coast, and even
~ - senaIl shipments Of cotton by way OF
expesfnneut had been made to Osaka AMI
- Shanghai. In both these cities Ar. Bruce
Nae personally assured by such authorities
- Jardtne, Nataeson & Co. the largest
3mnurterD IN China, that the experiment
hA4 been attended with marked success.
an that the results. both A. TO quality and
pftces, we're most gratifying.
A. Wa fully written Up in the Post-In-
4elt1Gencer IT that time, through the lett
tern Of it, special correspondent. no feat
Ute IN the life OF modern industrial Japan is
1oee marked than the rapid expansion oil
it, manufacturing interests. Among these
TIE cotton Industry holds leading place.
In Japan the center Of ffss industry IL az
ObakA, where within radius or 100 miles
Hare = & tributary population OF 1000. $50
people. Osaka has well been termed the
Manchester OF Japan. As stated in the
Reot-1nteIlgencer last fall. the total lengin
Of factory chimneys In Osaka alone In more
than lo.ooo feet. Her exports OF cotton yarn
70 China alone for eight months last year
amounted TO q, SO $50
The equipment for all the factories in the
Ofient Ii the best that could possibly be
obtained. The enterprising Japanese are
not blind 10 the fact that II British mills
can import raw cotton across one ocean.
manufacture II and then send II across two
oceans At profit. Japanese mills can make
= greater profit by importing the raw ma
Aertal across one ocean and manufacturing
Il Ia the very presence OF the markets
where British mills have for years found
one Of their most important and valuable
Dufchascrs.
No cotton mills in the world can be run
% sheapiy as those OF China and Japan.
They can be run for less than half the cost
Of aimilar establishments In the United
8tafer and Great Britain. Careful sisfis-
tIcIans have figured out tina, the cheaper
labor In the Assatic mills will mere than
pay the freight on the raw cotton and the
manufactured product from and TO
the United States. The manager OF
Jardine, Matheson a. Co. said 10
Mr.. Bruce at Shanghai last year:
I'VE find the grades of American
cotton entirely satisfactory. and this In the
- a;
ns to patronage the British market"
China herself seems eminsBtly fitted for
. cotton-growing country. but thus far her
people have made little or no progress In
the cultivation OF that staple.
According 10 statistics prepared by the
government bureau and from reports OF
consular agents in Japan, II IL shown that
Japan's consumption OK raw cotton from
the United States has grown remarkably
in the past three years. For the year end
ang June 30. isa5. Japan had imported from
this country cleo bales. Her importations
for 1896 we're approximately $500 bales.
and for the twelve months ending August
81 last she imported from the United States
exastiy eI106 haies.
In like measure. the cotton spinning In
dustry In Japan has grown rapidly la tsss
last few years. In 1855 there were twenty
four factories. operating 1885 spindles.
In 1914 there were forty-fiye factories in
Japan. In which was Invested a capital OF
u. 3Os 030 yen. operating 47s.i23 spindles.
In December. 1876. there were sixiy-four
mills in operation In Japan. in which was
invested =, 1sl .35s yen and operating Ss2.i D
spludles.
The greater par. OF the cotton shipments
which the Great Northern IL sending
Japanward originates In Texas. II Is ship
ped by rail 10 81 Paul and there delivered
10 the Great Northern. The latter road
has as feeders in the cotton belt several OF
the most prominent lines. among them the
Missouri Kansas & Texas and the Cotton
belt line. OF course other roads than these
contribute 10 swell the Great Northern's
receipts.
1t IL In organizing these forces In the
heart OF the cotton producing district. and
having the shipments of cotton routed Via
The Great Northern and Nippon Yusen
Kaisha that the officials OF the traffic de-
partment of the Great Northern railway
have distinguished themselves.
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