The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-07-02

" OkOHAMA.-NO country has prof
tied 50 much by the Japanese
Russian war as the United States.
In all likelihood our sales to the island
empire this year will exceed those
of England and, if this result is shown
when the balances are made up. il
VIII be the first time that Uncle Sam
has ever outdOne John Bull in this
market The English have long been
masters of the situation here. but the
americans have made steady gains nm
Il II seems they are now in first place
II Is impossible to get exact figures
because the monthly custom renorts
SNOW only such goods as are dutiabIe
Inc bulk of the increase in American
StIeS Is being made direct to the gov
eIhInent, and is coming in without du-
", hence the official statements are
misleading i'm that they fall short of
actual totals "a
Although the fact that the Ameri-
cans are foremost in selling ia the
Japanese must lack official subs+a,,-
tiduOn for the time being. still those
IN position to judge assert that il
Is undoubtedly true. This favorable
state of affairs will be cause for much
congratulations because we are already
Japan best customer. affording her
a ready market for about 40 DeT cent
OF all she has to sell A diIigent can
Nass among the American bf5sit7ase
men in Japan has brought TO light
much information that is worthy of
consideration
Converts to Bread Eating.
Japan is now buying about s2oo ooo
Upo worth of goods annually. The
I'VE leading items i'm the long list she
Is procuring from the United States
ere hour cotton. kerosene. leather
ana canned goods. The flour trade is
having "A boom. Thousands of men
VINO have heretofore -subsisted on rice
are learning TO eat bread in the army
ana IL - argued that when they re-
turn TO their homes they will become
hour customers and convert their fam
ines ana friends to it's use The ex-
Perts are busy figuring on the possi-
nihtles OF the future. 4 pound of flour
costs the same as pound of rice and
granting that its nutritious quality ie
equal. the question of supply follows
Inc JAPANESE are so quick and apt
az Imitation that il is predicted they
VIII no more than acquire the Ia bit
or eating bread before they will beoiu
10 raise their own wheat and grind
Ihelr own flour. Both the northern isl
ana OF Japan and Manchuria contain
much good wheat land. but there is
one point in favor of the Yankee mill
ers which II is claimed the JAMS can
not overcome Sometimes American
uour sells by the barrel for a price
no greater than what the raw wheat
costs on its face this would seem
TO mean that the millers are working
Tor nothing. But they are not They
realize a profit from utilizing the by
product Of shorts and bran. The JaDs
nave no way of doing this, because
they have no stock to feed IL 10 co
the American millers have this handi-
cap over their Oriental tmitators.
The Worlds Hungry Mouths.
The forecast Of conditions liable to
affect the future goes even further
~ a recent exposition i'm Japan the
dhadlan mlllers were on hand bak-
ing bread and giving il away TO the
crowds. Some one wanted IN know
where were the huStling Yankees The
reply was that the demand for Ameri-
can Hour was so great that there was
no need OF giving any awav in ex-
ploitatiOn. The new grain fields Of
Canada, as we'll as the areas in the
Orient which may be put under cuItf-
walton, are not the menace to Ameri-
can interests that some authorities con-
slider them. Our ability to produce
~heat IL decreasing and our consump-
tive capacity is increasing. consequent
" our surplus for export will naturally
olHliniSh- Even If irrigation Should
greatly Increase the yield of American
Helds- and new foreign areas produce
Quantities not now reckoned upon. the
worlds supply of wheat will hardly
increase faster than the hunger of the
millions ready to eat r.
Inc impetus TO the leather trade is
accounted for by the need of shoes and
utIIess 10 equip the men and animals
OF me army. The same argument that
applies to bread holds good in regard
TO shOes-the soldier will always want
lealher footwear when he gets used
10 II. However. the leather people will
not find as plain sailing as the mill
eTS, because the article they wish TO
substitute is much more expensive than
what their customer has been used to-
y pair of wooden clogs. or straw san
dais, cost only a few cents. while any
Thing In leather which would be with
IN the means Of the average Jap would
be SO himsy that it would not be ser
viCeable.
Inferior Leather Goods.
The earning capacity of any people
regulates their purchasing power, and
there are many things which the Japs
cannot utilize simply because they
cannot afford them. This will be p
poor market for shoes for a long time
on this account. All leather goods
made in Japan are cheap American
limitations ] had a pair of shoes
made here, The shoemaker showed
me samples and agreed TO duplicate
the hve-dollar pair I was wearing for
half the price. The job looked all right
when completed. but II had neither
the material nor Workmanship of the
originals Ny American shoes are the
cheapest because they are the best
II is the same way with valiseS Ia
boxes. trunks. and all articles made
Of ieather-they are merely inferior
copies of American made goods. cheap
or it is true, but more expensive be
cause they are not nearly so durable.
The Jap is n natural born imitator.