The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-10-20
PROGRESS OF JAPAN.
An Interesting Discussion in the
Great Commercial Congress.
A CHANCE FOR CAPITALISTS

A Representative Of tho Kobe Cham
Der OF Commerce Says Japan VII
Welcome Foreign Capital-Proposa
to Modify the Chinese Exclusion 4 ct
Philadelphia, Oct. 20.-The presidinl
officer of the first session Of the sixth
day of the International commercial
congress was Everett Fraser, consul
general for Corea, and president of the
American Asiatic association. The re-
Gently arrived Japanese minister, ]
Komura, accompanied the speakers
when they were invited to seats upon
the stage.
The days sessions were devoted
mainly to discussion OF Japanese in
dustries. Mr.. Fraser first introduced
Mr.. Komura. who spoke very briefly
Mr.. Komura said:
Having come in the expectation
that all l would have to do today
would be to listen and not to speak
will not trouble you with an address
very highly appreciate the courtesy
and honor Of being invited to attend
this session of the international COM
mercial congress and also appreciate
the kindly words of your chairman for
my country, Japan. The policy OF
Japan has always been and always
will be that of peaceful expansion in
the domain of commerce and industry.
The speakers who will follow me are
no doubt prepared to fully exhaust
the subject and tell what progress
Japan has made in the past years. and
the great promises held out for the fu-
ture."
Mr.. s. Uchida. imperial Japanese
consul general and government dele
gate, followed in brief review Of
Japan's export trade. and was follow
ed by Alfred ]. Ortheimer, who spoke
on Commercial Japan In 1885,"
Chairman Fraser. in calling the af-
ternoon session to order. said he re-
GREETED that the minister of Corea, who
had partly promiSed him to be present.
had found it impossible to change his
other engagements in order to keep
this promise. Sixteen years ago Corea
was a sealed book except to China and
Japan. Since then she has made great
progress. Americans are carrying on
large gold operations in Corea, and
Its products Of coal. timber, rice, hides,
wheat, seaweed and pearls are being
developed by American and European
enterprise. Six ports have been re-
Gently opened, and there is every pros
pect of much larger growth of our
present considerable petroleum trade
with the country.
Truxton Beales paper on the Grade
in Central Asia was read by Mr.. Fox,
of Washington.
Mr.. Yamamoto, delegate from the
chamber of commerce Of Kobe, Japan,
followed with a paper on Future
Trade in the Far East" He spoke
in Japanese and was followed by an
Interpreter. In the course of his ad-
dress he spoke of Japan's great strides
In commerce and industry in the last
few years. In dwelling upon Ameri-
can cotton and its import he said the
value of imports in American cotton
in 1894 was 100000 yen. In 1898 1t
had increased to 50,000,000. The quail
ity of American cotton, he said, is well
proven by the increase. but for some
reason each bale does not seem to con-
tain the same quantity, and there have
been some complaints. 1.-THE confer
ence between the United States and
Japan" he continued, has fiourished
to certain extent, but it has been
evident that the means for imports
and exports has not been competent.
We want more ships of greater ton
mage and better fitted out, and firmly
believe that the opening Of the Mica
ragua canal, in line with he open
ing of the rest of the commercial
world, create an era in our relations"
M. Okada, representative of the
chamber Of commerce Of Kumamoto,
Japan, in a paper on the Present Sit
uation of Japan said among other
things:
AT the completion of the war with
China, Japan stood before the world
as a powerful nation. AS a result of
victory various railroads have been
projected, industrial enterprises have
been made fmportations and exporta-
lions have grown enormously, educa-
tional facilities have rapidly multi
piled, and wages have advanced. Japan
has population of over 10000. 900, and
her people are intelligent and enter
prizing. But so far the Industrial en-
terprises have met with small success,
or with failure. simply on account of
the scarcity of capital. Japan wants
capital, and our arms are always open
to foreign capitalists"
V. R. Gandhi. of Bombay, delegate
from the Bombay Piece Goods associa-
ton, and other commercial organiza-
tons in India. spoke on trade rela-
lions between the United States and
India.
"lndia's imports are very large" he