The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-08-18
b AUGUST IS, 1905.
JAPAN AS a COMPETITOR.


Washington Post: The 'open
door in Manchuria has an at
tractive sound. 1T hints OF past
commercial possibilities. IL seems to
make somewhat more concrete that
vague but inspiring abstraction, "the
commerce of the ORIENT But when
the probable results of the Russo
japanese war are taken into account,
the ssopen door in Manchurian be-
comes a term signifying the COM
mercial monopolization by Japan of
the neighboring coasts. OF what
avail is the open door to the United
States ii the Japanese can 90 in and
out quicker and cheaper?
Agriculture falling to feed the people.
says Count Okuma, concerning Japan,
1--WE must therefore look to COM
merce for the subsistence Of our
nation. AS fields for commercial
activity no countries can be more
suitable than Manchnria aud Corea,
where our influence is being rapidly
established. a prosperous commerce
will be established in the far east by
Japan importing raw material from
and exporting manufactured goods to
the continent Of ASIA
What figure will the manufacturers
of the United States cut In Asia in
competition with the japanese? II
the open door means an Impartial
tariff, in which Japan will have no
advantage over the Omitted States
and that is all and more than could
be expected-the American manu-
facturer will find two other doors
that can not Ie opened. One is the
handicap of distance, and the other
Us the competition OF cheap labor.
So the n ssopen door, of non-dis-
eliminating tariff duties will do him
little good.
Az to the rest Of China, it is per-
fectly plain that Japan intends to
capture that market. 1T is not clear.
how it car be prevented from capture
Ing it. Chinese and japanese inter-
ests are beginning to doveJail with
alarmIng nicely. We do not refer to
asmilitant yellow PERIL, but to an
Asiatic community of commercial
Interest. The impeachment of
China and Japan in this respect is
indicated in the Dragon Student, a
Chinese publications:
The relation between China md
Japan is becoming more intimate.
The Japanese victories on land and
1ea-yictories which no future event
will be able to rob them of their
~glory-are stirring the imagination
OF the Chinese. They see in modern
Japan a concrete example Of the ell
cheney and advantages of twentieth
century civilization. So they are
turning to Japan for leadership in.
matters military, educational, in
dustrial, and what not.
An industrial understanding has
been effected between China and.
japan. WorlSmen are crowdins Jap
anes arsenals and factories to be
taught tlse use Of modern machinery
and methods. The East Asiat,c
league deyotes itself largely to pro-
noting this side of Chinese reform. 4,
With China supplying the food and
raw materials to Japan, and Japan
supplying manufactured goods to
China at q cost OF production and de-
livery far below any figure that can
be reached by American producers,
that is lefty The commerce OF the
Orient so far as exports are coli
cefned, may simmer down to raw
COTTON, which will eventually 20 to
Japan and not to China. The EAST
Asiatic league gives promise Of be-
coming a yellow peril worth reckon
ing with.