The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-01-13
,attle Holds the Key to Com
merce of Pacific.
/. .so AND OCEAN ADVANTAGES.
s~~ns~se Commefctal Company
So. eo Work for Development of
International Trade Its MAN.
.~<r LanEuished Ten Years In
,-sn~a because Of His Aavo-
e~v sf Government RefOr0s.

orange bending Of romance and conn
-re ! mar who could hardly be the
.x.ses az aEy save an Oriental country,
"a. crss,ly today In a Seattle bssssrsess of
= r. h O. TaEaaaka, local manager ~
a. f,rg4 stsI Trading tsampaay p nose
90 efssees are n Jorai-ess- Tos os1aEsla.
F., Yamaaka belongs 20 anz Of issA Old
ss.las<x Of Japan. He hsd tss- aiis.os urse
81 .nfn.gase slightly the era II progress
- reforns that has dasnpd 40 brightly
- III Island empire, and as 8 result
n q efforts 81 the dirs.iiDn az govern
~sntai changes he ~as cast INTO oflxon.
sAkre he remained for ten years.
n vas onsy three years Ago tina; By
axHamsntaEy rsaasat 10 tsae emperor Mf.
Esmaokas pardon vas secured. and he was
sIeeeee from his lons confinement to be-
- an active member OF the Liberia.
s.ysy. the leader Of wii.ck IS The former
Ssutsier Of the interior. Count sfagski.
= much for the romantic SIDE As 10 the
erxrtsxal Mr. }amaoka has been in Amer
- for about SIX nonihx with a view to the
fryesopmsat Of trade between this coun-
~ and Japan After an examination OF
a. various cities Of the Pacific coast, ne
k,xaEed that seaItle Was by all odIs the
rspt pscmlsng field for the development
yvra q commerce. and month ago he
eened oaires in this city, and has been
sadly At work since. opening large
afreSponaence with Oriental firms and
Nh business houses throughout the East
N American states.
The prime object % our company" said
r. Yamanka ysss~raay. ''ls -he develop
rent Of trade between Japan and America.
kssw careful examination / have decided
non boating permanently III Seattle as
- city best calculated TO afford US q good
- ton fJ.. la. fi4Fa
Nuntry has been too brief 10 allow ME 10
unment with any degree of authority apon
~ mutual trade of the two countries; but
Ian at least prepared 10 say that Japan
gong TO take a very large quantity OF
HBh<r. eos.oD -four. Gained goods. pro-
Nneas machinery and other products from
- country. In return fer which Japan has
number of products 70 offer. ana Our
nnpany Is simply taking stefas 10 avail
~ OF this interchange Of products.
III Il true that fist nov and for some
- PAST the carge@s from America 10
han are much heavier tnan those bound
~ way This Il accounted for ors the
epund that Japan's imports have for sew
nj years exceeded her exports. and for
~ natural reasons Japan has been de-
Nbping rev enterprises. manufacturing.
ePisglturai and commercial. Hundreds OF
eAe have sprung rp All over the empire
~ all kinds Of Industrial plans and
thnfs For these raw material has been
Be factories going. and cotton has been
4eedea 10 feed them America has been
md Is now IL a peculiarly favorable po-
taisr TO supply these. Japan IL turning ns
Intention more 10 manufactured products.
and - a result Of the supplies obtained
from America she IL sending out these
Yotuets 10 other Oriental countries.
"A, the same time believe that In the
epswe of time the cargoes from Japan 10
Anefisa will become larger. This VIII
tsme about by the natural gravitati3n Of
commerce As Japan fakes more Of Amer
fxn Products America viii take more teas
eshs. eurfcs. oranges and other things from
1ASans
Pr the development % this intefoation-
q e1mmerce | look upon Seattle as
natural and ne seseary center ! have tx
ahmed 81 refuii9 and personally the other
rfssic coast ports. and feet tGet ! can
spsak with some degree Of confidence on
- point, Seattle e nearer by ocean 1lA-
nnce ~ Yokohama than san Francisco,
nd at the same time Seattle enjoys The adj
Wninge of having hree tFanecont!nentai
Ines of railroads ceniering heTe. ="