Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-03-22

49, OKYo. Japan.-rhe Japanese
I'M are about TO establish a bu-
reau Of foreign commerce Par
lament has already discussed
the question and the plan ha7
been outlined, There VIII De
n a central department at TOKYO
ana branch Offices IN London
pahs Berlin New York. Boston CHI.
cauo and other places, The business u
tbe bureau VIII be TO look up openings
for Japanese trade ana inform japan.
ese merchants. II win be soIneWra'
ike our bureau OF commerce OF lne
state department, which Is said 10 Dc
the best Of lts kind in the world
The Japanese government 10 stralninB
TO capture the trade Of the Pacific ~
hopes TO make Japan the workshop OIL
the orient and has commercial ana ln'
dustrlal training schools under way TOT
that purpose II rs also suDsldlIlns uS
steamship lines, giving industrial 'S'
hibluons and encouraging foreign Uauo
in other ways,
JAPAN's COMMERCIAL MUSEUM
The government Is nstltutlng com
merclal museums at the ports OF the ar
east. | found one In Singapore under
The management of the Japanese CON
SUI there. The plan is much ilke lne
Philadelphia museum, save that lls
goods are all japanese lhere are
clocks, shoves hats, fans ana brushes
ali made In Japan. There are samples
of Japanese rugs stationery umbfellRs'
trunks and satchels. rs well as OF Six,
linen and cotton goods There are carts
and jinrlkshus the latter forming one
az the chief exports TO the different
centers of the far east Japanese jim
rikshas are used IN Pekln, Shanghai
Hongkong. Saigon and Singapore. There
has been an attempt 20 Introduce them
into the Philippines, but 80 far our gov
eminent has frowned on using man as
q cab horse and the attempt has not
been successful.
Singapore N an excellent place Tor
such a museum II is the halfway sta
ton on the trip around the world ana
II IA where the water highways 10 dlI-
ferent parts Of the orient cross. Fhere
are ships from India, Siam, the Phllip-
pines. Australia, China and Europe al
ways at anchor In It's harbor. Fifty
five thousand vessels come into II every
year and its annual trade amounts TO
s2sb 100000, The Japanese catch the
traders as they so back and forth
working not only the Singapore trade
but the countries which import through
Singapore. TO Singapore alone the Jap
anese exports already amount to about
s3OO0,0O0 gold
THE CARRIERS OF THE PACIFIC.
The japanese hope TO be the carriers
of the Pacific They are among the
best sailors OF the world, They take 10
water like ducks. Their country con-
slsts OF about 1900 mountainous Islands,
running through the Pacific In the form
OF crescent as long as from New York
city TO Salt Lake. The most Of the is
lands are small and the bulk OF the
population lives near the sea. The re-
suit Is that every man of them can ham
die boat and IN past generations they
have been noted for their junks and war
vessels They have always done a great
freight business with China and Corea,
Today they are levying toll on all The
world in freight and express charges.
They have as good ships as you viii
find anywhere, and they are building
some OF 5000 tons each in their own ship
yards. These shipyards are at Nagas-
aki and are under subsidy from the
government. The Japanese have been
also buying modern steamers Of Eng
land and the United States, They are
continually bringing In new vessels
from the shlpyards of the clyde.
They have today 1,l00 modoit steam
ers In their merchant marine and about
1000 sailing vessels OF European tyne,
They have 10000 native vessels and %
Vulnerable small boats. You can now
go around the world in a japanese
steamer There Is a line OF twelve grea,
ships from Yokohama TO London by the
Suez canal, and there are several good
lines from the United States TO Japan
The Togo Klsen Kaisha has three
steamers Of 5000 tons which sail regu-
larry from San Francisco 20 Yokoha-
ma by way OF Honolulu, and thence on
10 Shanghai and Hongkong. The Nip
pom Yusen Kaisha has 6,0OO-ton steam
ers from Seattle, and other japanese
steamers call at Portland and Tacoma
1t Is now proposed TO establish a line to
a A . . 4.