Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1899-07-08
BUSINESS In JAPAN.
TAG NEW TREATIES OPENING
rsE WHOLE COUNTRY.
COURTESY of ,hopAs.psrs s~h's
cd. Not Expeditions kaessh fer a~Fs-
yxxn. or Araefissas The >Asfss saosA
H,shAaze a queer Place

bring about sweeping anu laura
changes in the life Of the people ~ao
have been called "the Yankees Of the
east" says the New York Tribune
Exeep, IN the six ports nov permitted
to trade with foreign aatioas foAo-
hama. Kobe. Cor Hiosoi. Osaks. Ma
gasaki, Hakodats and Niigsta--And ia
1 thirteen other less important ones
where foreign commerce - allowed
under severe restrictions. the empire OF
Japan is at present closed 70 outsiders
so far al trafae Nth them is Goa
eerned. Practically the shols of the
/ interior Ia debarred from business Ia,
tereourse with people OF other nations,
( and the result Of this il. o. course. a
total un.amiliaFily on the part Of tbs
majority Of japanese vita the trade
customs Of the rest Of the ~oria.
Nov that the whoie soaHtFy Is 20 be
I thrown open. hO~eyef. there h sud-
den curiosity and eagsrnsss Ga the
part Of Is Inhabitants 70 snos sow
these strangers propose 70 carr &c
their commercial relations. and ~hiis
70 will be necessary. naturally. for for
elsners 10 conform IN some measure
I 70 japanese ways. Il Ia more necessary
still that the japanese Be Instructed
, in the more practical and ices eerv-
moniOus business methods and man
nsrs o. Europeans and Americans.
For this purpose treaty operation eoaa-
mittess are esins fosn.s ia all parts
OF the empire 70 s1piasn 20 the Japa.
neae merchants and the p~opLs g~nsr-
ally tbs nsost important points Of an.
ference between thsgr o~a ana for~is-
ideas. For the kuldane. Of tbs tor
eigners transiations Of the mere con
mon japanese lass are also b-ins pre-
pared Many a tourist In former PEARS
would have been grateful TOT this
piece Of xorE 4 II had been performed
sooner. for y Noaid have kspt hlra
from various nniatsaii0nal o-sra~s
against japanese iasss q correct be-
hayior
Above all thinrS. the subjects Of The
nikado are polite people. polite pita
patience and persistence whieh know
no limit, and the best efforts Of ! for
signsr 70 equal them ezanos faii 70
seem almost liks rudsn~as IN oosapart-
soa. No EuFope~a-and esrt.ialy 10
Amsriean-eoaia bos. Coz example. a.
does the Japanese KeatirxnAn sho
meets business fEiena IN the stre<t
His inclination l. a vsrttsbls eastern
salaam. and e Ia TO Be feared that As
will stare with gentle reproaeh at the
tsrky little rcd which his harryinE
foreign acquaintance Ia likely TO give
him IN return. Tile esfvnioaianm in.
auiriez regarding the honorable
health % the exalted frisad and his
iiiusirious family are often destined
u Is 10 be feared. to be disposed % all
too briefly for japanese notions Of
such Thugs. The idea Of haste and ~
business pure and simple. shoFn Of 40.
eial ceremonies. will come a. = bsr.
/ barism to the native mind. bot It ia
bound to be manifested whersvsr the
foreigners obtain a considerable foo,.
hold in trade, Many Of the Japanese
cities. too. wiil probably see striking
changes in their appearance after the
foreign traders have become veil e.
tablished in them. At present rnoss Of
the towns Of the empire are atm like
Eildernesses Of fimsy little buildings
scarcely better than wooden sheds
picturesque. Il is true. but frail. The
business portion Il small and romnars
In one place. but even here there ia
hardly anything to distinguish Il from
the rest Of the city There are no big
warehouses. no busy factories vim
their ~hirling machinery. no heavy
tFaffie In the streets. no hustle. no
noise Even in Tokyo this Htate Of
affairs IS to be found. There are some
horse cars. which charge the modest
sum of sen thslf cent? a ride and
there is one electric street raItwv
Other electric lines are either in nyor.
ess Of building or IN eontemniatio,
but there Is much opposition 10 ths,,
among the japanese.
"our cities are very pretty ..ia
well-edueated. Americanizsd Ianane.s
In this city the other day. "ans tbe
people In them think the carr a..
hsurement. | can't help sympa,hizInx
with that feeling to some estsnt n,
course. the electric cars ~ouls he
great convenience in many wavs h,,
they DO seem out Of harmony with ,hs
japanese surroundings. and. really ~.
lihrisishs. which everybody uSs.--so,.
s'snel' as much a. any one else-ls
not al all bad vehicle. II IA eon.
Portable, and the coolies who carr !,
are quick runners" The jinritish.s
also nave the advantage of being
cheap tue usual charge being 10 sen
" eehtp for t~o-mile trim Or.
may also hire them for din.r.n,
lengths OF time. at the rate OF 10 80
sn hour. % zen ON eentsl a aax 80
5 yen $3.50 a week. UT