The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1905-10-12
now JAPAN IS
PUSHING TRADE
Bound 70 Reach Ends Of World
to Buy and Sell.
a1eHs OF ACTIVITY EVERYWHERE

lsland Kingdom Has Thirty Ports
open to Foreign Trede-osaka, Ja-
pants Liverpool = verttable Bee
hive OF Human Industf1-How Ro-
rean Commerce Has Been ProHot-
I'd - Scientiac Methods Overcoming
Natural HindFances.
Japan, now that peace has been Sc
cured, Is evidently preparing for an
era Of commercial development which
promises to be unparalleled In the his
tory Of the Island. Kingdom, says the
Wsshington correspondent Of the New
York Tribune. Already reports have
reached the bureau Of manufactures to
the effect that japan = to estab1sh q
nne OF steamers to South America for
the purpose Of importing food prod
uces The officials Of the bureau say
that the purpose Of the line h to get
cheap wheat from Argentina Rice eat
Ing, even in the army, Is giving way to
the use Of bread made from wheat OF
from a mixture of wheat and rice OF
other cereals. As will be seen by refer
ence to Japan's wonderful work In
l904-O5 in trade, that country is bound
to 20 out to the ends of the earth to
hiy and sell. The Japanese govern
nfent recently charged its representa-
tives In Brazil to collect and report In
formation concerning present trade re-
lations and possibilities between Brazil
and Japan, with view to their further
development
Reviewing recent commercial devel-
opment In Japan, the bureau Of manu-
factures says:
Japan has thirty ports open to for
eign trade. At four Of these in 1902
Japanese vessels registering 19,6O9,743
tons and foreign ships Of R,092,615
tons cleared. Osaka, sometimes called
the Liverpool Of Japan, as Japan is
often called the England Of the east, IS
a yeritable beehive Of human industry.
Day and night there Is a ceaseless
whirl Of wheels, murmur Of machin-
cry, a rattle of carts. It has million
Of people. Eight years ago 81, ,250, 900
was appropriated to build docks, I'M
prove its harbor, etc., with a view to
what vii. be wanted when the Pana-
ma canal Is cut. Nine million dollars
have been spent. It is thought that
from s15,O0O,OO0 to $20000,000 more
will be expended before the city has
what its engineers deem necessary.
Everywhere one finds the people busy
not only in the work Of today, but
building for tomorrow. Breakwaters,
dikes, piers, wharfs, warehouses equal
to those Of Liverpool, London or Ham
burg are being built.
In 1884 the imports Of Japan were
valued at $25,O0O,000, Of which the
United States supplied $2,000000 and
Great Britain S11,O00,000. In 1904 ia
pan bought $1s5, 100000, Of which we
furnished $29,OOO,OOO and Great Brit
ain $37, 900, 900. The chief items were:
Mineral oils oo,oo
Flour .......................... 4'oU'vVv
Raw cotton &,oVV,VVV
Machinery ........................... I'VVo'Vvo
Iron and steel goods ................ 100000
Leather ........................'. 4'iV'VV
Cotton manufactures ............... 100000
followed by wheat other cereals,
canned provisions, cars and carriages,
leaf tobacco and coal, in the order
named, the last five showing figures OF
less than $1,000,000.
Japan's exports in 1904 amounted to
S159, 100000. The principal buyers
were:
United States .......................$O $O.421oU
China ........................... S3,Ss7OO0
France ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 1S,0oIWO
Hong Kong ........................ 4s'o1s'VW
Korea .......................... 4VIos,VV
Great Britain NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. a1Sl,o0
I1aIy ........................... eVAA'0V"
The purchases Of the United States
amounted to one-third Of Japan's total
exports. The growth Of Japan's ex-
ports in the last twenty years IS shown
by the annexed table, which gives the
values for the year terminating each
decade. The share Of the United States
is also shown:
Year. Exports. Our share.
1854 .................$2e.o 10000 &u.5oo.ooo
1894 ................. ba.0oo,0oo 1-boo,0oo
1904 ................ liz, 900 100000
OF these exports the United States
took
Raw silks and waste ...............G $50, 900
Silk manufactures ................. 100000
lea ........................ o'ooV,o"
Mats and mating ..;.......... 100000
Porcelain and earthenware ....... 100000
followed by camphor, straw braids,
wood chip braids, sulphur, tooth
brushes and rice, ranging downward
from $620,000 to about $500, 1000 each.
1t is one Of the remarkable features
of Japanese development that even
while the recent war was In progress
the commercial promotion Of Korea BY
Japan not only never waned, but 1t
even increased. The year 1904 was
one Of the best in Korea's history. The
war helped rather than hindered trade,
the commercial hiphways being held