The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-09-25
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Tuesday last 20 ioox i1ts ne rnsfse~ =
freight rates on shgs~~n-s - c0ss8r s-or
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ssDsative u TIRE Japarese government ~srr>
time ago mat theTe are rot ero8xn ve<-
sels sailing from the PORE % sHsr9 &C.
cosnnofation for lsrS- shipments Hs n
teryiewed the Nsppon Yuser Kassna rerre~
serasives hsre \ fsy o. Two ago ard
write they offered what q. IRE present.
tine m.sht be considered a low rsts. yet
~ vss not satisfactory % Ar. yokso.
After interviewing the Northern Fac3ic
ofncias Hr. Yoxoo Wi proceed - san
Frsrcssco ard trers see the represerts-
tives - Oriental fresgh-erss re has A.
ready seer the Victoria llnes ard wren al
figures have been secured comparisons VIII
BE made and The port o1srsns ire l0wess
rate Of freight ufli secure the business
Before leaving Mr. Yokoo sasd. -what
you want IN Seattle 10 more beats. ms %
the best port on the Coast from which %
snip 70 our trade. Dus az yet you are not
prepared for an cnslaught Of Oriental
freight. Large ships are needed. capable
81 carrying not loo 20 8 90 tons but lSa9g
10 ZOO When these are secured Soztzle
win enjoy a trade with Japan which VII
warrant the establishment II q freight
rate that VIII be perfectly Satisfactory 70
our trade.
Il am going 10 ship aeosN seoe haies Of
cotton. which expect 70 secure IN the
South this fan. n I am Unable 10 securs
lower freight rate IN the cities ] vist.
before making the purchase. then I viii
ship TO Seattle and take the rate I have
secured here. But r. on the other hand.
! can beat the Seattle rate. then my bust
ness win go TO the port making the lowest
offer.
Il am but one Japanese merchant who
has money 70 spend In America There ara
many others, in the cotton and other bust
ne-ses. who VIII 10 likewise. American
Gotten s the best We can GET. Indian cot
ton IL too coarse for the finer class u
work TO which the mills Of Japan are now
our cheap China trade. but viii NOT do 70
put on the European market.
There are at the present tine about
z,9e cotton mills In Japan. but you must
remember that a large percentage Of eur
fabric product IN not made in mills. We
have thousands Of loose workers that
IT.. people who. having learned their trade
In the mills. establish themselves. in
little shop at home and turn out yearly
thousands upon thousands Of yards ~
cloth. The latter are the class using the
great bulk Of the indian cotton and eul-
ttyating the Chinese trade.
American cotton today is used more
extensively than the most sanguine. four
years ago, would have predicted In fact
We have only been using II a little over
two years and have already become pur-
chasers from the United States 20 the ex-
tent Of quarter Of a million bales. Most
Of this IL now being shipped TO US from
San Francisco. but with a proper line of
carriers IL will all come by way Of Seat
tie. az II IL the much shorter route. The
demands Of Japan IN this one product Of
the United States VIII be Increased four
fold within the next few years.
And 20 IL viii be with other products
The trade 81 Japan which, for hundreds
Of years, has been going TO England and
Germany, IL now turning toward the
United states. partly because Of our
friendly feeling for Americans. partly
because you furnish an goo. IL not q bet
ter product. and partly because with
proper facilities established IL In a much
quicker market. Japan VIII turn many
millions Of dollars into the United States
in exchange for her raw ard manufae-
fured products Just soon large v~s-
sells between this country and Japan are
put on and n low freight rate made"
Mr.. Yokoo will return 10 Seattle about
November /. by which time he will have
his cargo purchased