The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-11-03
Japanese TTadeSmen Strive TO
Keep Industries Alive
DURING THE PRESENT WAR
Seeking American Markets When People
at Home Cannot Afford Luxuriea
Beautiful and Costly Embroid-
edies and Marvels in Velvet.

ESPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE by
MARK BENNITTl
Of all the foreign peoples seen at the
worlds fair the Japanese are the most
numerous The Japanese merchants
are everywhere. searching for i market
for Japanese goods in order that the
tremendous revenue necessary to main
tain the present war may be readily
forthcoming when the tax collector
asks for it. The Japanese at the worlds
fair are working with a patriotic sense
Of duty to keep the industries thrifty
at home by selling the products Of
their tabor abroad. Home people cam
not afford so many luxuries now, and
the tourists, who usually buy freely,
are few Ia number while the war lasts.
The exposition is sort Of headquar-
tiers for merchants who are extending
their markets to other American cities,
and Japanese art work and handiwork
Of all sorts Is becoming quite the
vogue The sales Of Japanese goods
have been something astounding % 9TH
er tradesmen. who do not hesitate to
include i few japanese things ID their
own stock
1t is suspected that III their hearts
many American people have a deep
sympathy for the Japanese Iii their
present struggle anr are willing 10 let
this sympathy express itself hi the
purchase Of Japanese things both Of
the decorative and practical sort. The
sympathy is the kind that Americans
have for the weaker party in any
struggle, and race feeling has nothing
to do with IT. As the closing days OF
the exposition draw near the buying
becomes more brisk, aud the big ba
zaar In the japanese imperial garden
looks like a bargain store on bargain
day Christmas stockings all over the
United States are certain to contain d
few japanese things this year, and
right pretty things too. In the big ex-
hibit palaces the pricing Of things Jap
anese is d part of every visitors privi-
lege ana one that ID freely exercised.
Here the prices run into big figures,
too, for some of tile exhibits are mar
Yels Of ingenuity. artistic sense and
patient skill
The city Of Kyoto is the Boston Of
Japan III that 1t Is the center for fine
art productions. The SILK embroideries
and hangings. the kimonos Of artistic
design and fine materials at the world S
fair are chiefly from Kyoto. Grand
prizes and gold medals have been gen.
eronsly handed about Tor these art ex-
hibits In the japanese section Of tile
Palace Of Fine Arts, west pavilion.
may be seen what are probably the
most expensive aud remarkable pro-
auctions iii Japanese silk cut velvet
ever exhibited III America These are
in the nature Of wall hangings, some oil
them as large as ~ by IA feet III size.
They are great paintings. with the
added qualities of lnster and softness
In the velvet One Of these hangings
represents d flock Of Wild ducks de-
scending from the sky and aboiI 10
alight on d turbulent ocean Another
is Moonlight on the I'll lsaplds a
third ls king Leo, ahuge lion at rest
and fourth Is peacock with It's mate
4 huge silk hand embroidery OH silver
ground represents some crows on a
snow covered pine These best exam
pies Of japanese art will not be per-
mitted to return to Japan Wealthy
Americans are already claiming them
Notwithstanding the prices range from
$500 to So, 200 for the larger pieces. IN
carved ivory japan ana China have
notable rivalry. matter III which
there IS . partisanshtp among the visit
ors TO both sections