The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-06-23
Nippon Yuseu Kaisha Decides to
Maintain It.
JAPAN GRANTS 4 SUBSIDY.
Two Of the Three Vessels Already
Get q Bonus Of $4,000 Yen Zach
for Every Round Tvsp-Dir<ctors
Yuiiy Alive to the Demands OF
A-~rsc.n Trade and VIII Build
Their New Vessels Acrordingiy.


uka. who viii nov make Seattle MS 2oE'r'
taking a desk in the Nippon Ynsen kAAs'la
Offices In the Burke budding Mr- hafako
was for some sirae private Seers%sfT 10
General Manager IwaDagas 81 TIE Nippon
Yusea Kaissaa az the head office o. tne
cunpauy In Tokyo. WIKI him ia bis ne"
duties will BE associated yE. T. eagavo. a
nephew Of Mr.. Iwanaga. VINO recently
graduated from the University az Pennsy!-
vania. ard who after remaining Tor ts~
months ws:i. Mr.. Kafuku Il order to be-
come acquainted vith the American O1El-
ness Of the big Japanese company. VIII 80
back to japan to take position IN iIs Of
0ccs there.
No man perhaps who has recently come
20 America IL better acquainted with the
general business Of the Nippon yasen Kali
sha than Mr. Kafukg. Located az aie has
been for several years In the head Offices
at Tokyo. he has had abundant oDpoftu-
nifty 10 study the affairs Of the company
In their entirety and also 10 investigate
eae several branches of foreign trade along
which Il has begun OF late years 10 oper-
ate In addition to this he was specially
ceputed recently by the company to vlsi,
Hongkong and Australia for the company
with a view 10 gathering data upon which
~ Subsequent work IN those quarters
!. shonid b. based-- Ills presence In tbs Sc
attic office Will be q distinct gain TO the
company.
Dir kafuku was seen yesterday by
fpy e.fIf 4s~fest
correspondent for the paper had had the
pleasure of meeting him la Tokyo He had
she natural reluctance Of an officer Of the
company to discuss 4i.s affairs but his con
servatiyo statements are all the more valu~
abia on that account
with reference to The Japan American
tine" said Mr. Kafuku there IA n pres
ent some uncertainty. ! do not mean to
imply that the company entertains for
moment the idea OF disseminating the line
On tho contrary. / am prepared 10 State
on the highest authority that the line viii
be continGed At all hazards.
''As you know. however from your own
conferences with Mr.. Iwanaga ana Pres
idaht kondo the line has been operated
from the beginning al a loss to the con
pany. This less has been due largely 10
the fact that the steamers OF this line have
not had full return cargoes from Japan 20
Seattle. The cargoes from Seattle have In
every instance been fail and in fact more
than the steamers could carry and this
end u the business has been most crafty
ing - the company.
Quests 81 Casx0cs.
Just why the cargoes nave not been 80
heavy the other wsy Is not hard 10 figure
OIL. What IL a japanese vessel bound fer
America 20 expect? Well class hcr load
be Gnercha sisse such as teas and silks.
second. general merchandise: third pas
seagers Now for teas and aiks shippers
naturally desire quick passage, or 10 put
& mole strongly. the qalckes; possible pas
sage. In this respect other lines have out
stripped tz and have naturally had the
heavesst shipments ia these articles. This
VIII not always be the case. however. ami
when the new plans ~ the company are
fully matured. the Seattle line VIII get It's
share or these shipments
AS 70 tha general merchandise. word
r. sufficient, The general trade between
America ana The Orient Ia Yet In rs in
fancy. end there lines Aavs not yet sufYl-
c'entIy Developed 20 huiid up cargoes, As
10 passengers, the Nippon Yusen kalsi,a
has thus far made special bid for pas
senger traffic and VIII not uutfl It's pans
for ths Seattle line have settled upon j
mere permanent hasls.
AZ present. there arc three steamers
which are assigned regularly 70 the sect
tla run They are the tsloiun. the Kin
vaiu and the Yamaguchi TO speak more
accurately. the two first named are placed
regularly and permanently on tair line. AMI
the latter is assigned - IL temper 4fily. Fer
nome tans past as ven knew. th~ com
riny has hal in contemplation tho h,4.id-
a., - e4av. IL
plans in This r.~gsact have been lv.i in
allowance for two rrasans First becaN~.
~ has ALREADY under construction a large
number Of new steamers /; has now
Ready fer delivery twelve nov stes,g,egs
Mi Of large tonnage. for it.a Furopeeu .iac
and three more win ~ ready for delivery
az The cIose or thts year fer ttS Australian
line. II business man wsl think Tor
moment 81 ;ho cost ~ a single enc ~ these
big ocean steamers hr VIII realize tNat }h~
canlesGy. in providing for casss3 tvsVynent
fer these hfteon ve@~sels. haa afsfst I'D on
i,s hands THAT m ordinary corporation
would caFe 20 undertake..
Line Win lie Maintained
'Meanwhie n sVconi csuse vhieA ha-
operated ~ delay the plans gor the Seattle
line has aeen tho fact J1ai the lfrrctNrs
themselves have net yet fully determined
II SaEIf 0Aff ffaBfzss }ti@i Mtf&t .asta'~
sells WILL he best s,:i5ei - tAgs Hnr rhcy
ssrs heartily interested IN tlee fine. snd a.
have slready saM they are determined pr
main tain 1t At all h8xar>Iss sat - swaf,3ex
1ts development fisev believe that tt~y WI
eventually - BETTER able - tuigV OF "a
requirements than If they Rad acted hH<
tliy.
''Os t6e three vessels Row running uD thn
Seattle Tine two are entitled 10 q sItSsi.iv
from the JAPANESE government aUoGotfag
e. anon A@o ven cor osteh stsssa Ter 70
round tssp frssfa Konxkors - seattle s-d
return. i2eo directors aEe c,saaAsat t.at :
similar sastSsi}y can ~ obtained 80 sarh
subsequent Vesssl that nav ~ placed SEA
;i;ts ran You VII thas ~sa th4f even tn
ease The iiue ssH'ttl faN - pay SO the ra-@ss
OF actual frg cht 81 inag. "a tag ~ts&,1y = rs
gsase than cover thH deficit
"Another pneelsn which Is cotfson 'as
tho digertoF~s juSE naw. aud .sef} Gcrpt~E
which. IL view .. present eonsiass ivs
they 90 uot " SD - 80 la = sest~ - f. t
- the QGgs-'on as 20 vheter~ e Nj ~ ae@.
q have the Nss.s~ls, rvaAe tea ,sI a- t2Ns'-
f,.f rsf.ssHassf y..Eg