The San Francisco call., 1905-03-02
BUYS COTTON.
FOR JAPANESE
DR.. Eastlake of Toxic Here
After Making Heavy .Pur-
chases. in. Eastern Market
MATERIAL is FOR. ARMY
Visitor Who Served at the
Front Praises in Highest
Terms Valor of Brown Men

DR.. w. 'Delano Eastlake of the Jap
anese Red Cross Society, who has been
in this country for several months rep
resenting the spinning mills of that
country for which he has been buying
material, Is at the Palace Hotel await
ing the departure of the next steamer
for Yokohama. He was delegated by
the Japanese Government to come to
the United States. and contract for cots
ton yarn for the manufacture of gar
ments fer the Mikado's army. While
in this country he has visited all the
big cotton mills and has purchased
100000 pounds of what is commonly
termed hosiery yarn.
Japan is now operating twelve spin
ming mills, of which five are located In
Toxic, where the force employed : is
about 1000. Discussing his visit yester-
day, DR.. Eastlake. said:
The mills of Japan are turning out daily
for use in the army 10000 dozen pairs OF
socks. 500D dozen suits of underwear and 1000
dozen cweaters. The socks are peculiarly
knitted like n bag that the wearer may
turn them around on his feet and thus avoid
annoying foot sores. Each soldier is allotted
three pairs of socks. two suits of underwear
a sweater. and two pair OF gloves. and when
he diess all his wearing apparel. except his
overcoat. is buried with him on the battle
american cotton yarn and would have also
bought your wooden yarn but for the pro-
of that article from Germany. The main pur-
pose OF the Government is to place its spin
ming mills in closer touch with the American
mills by buying direct and this was my mis-
sion to the United States. BY buying direct
the japanese save from Is to 25 per cent that
would otherwise go to middlemen 1t is a
cash proposition, letters of credit having pre-
eeded me to this country. and upon these we
draw.
DIR. Eastlake has been living for
twenty years in Toxic, where he was
at the head Of a medical college up TO
the opening of the war Un February
l OF last year he volunteered his SER
vices to the Japanese Red Cross So
ciety and Immediately went to the
front He was wounded twice in the
early engagements, the last time in the
battle of Kiurenjo. or. as the Japanese
pronounce 1T, Kee Lieng Chung. On
that occasion he was ripped open by
a wounded Russian whom he had
picked up on the field of battle. His
first wound was from a. portion of a
Russian shell that had spent it's force.
In speaking of the frequent reported
atrocities of. the Russians he said that
during his experience at the front he
found only two instances, and they
were undoubtedly committed by the
Russians, for he found two Japanese
soldiers with their eyes gouged out.
OF the Japanese DIR. Eastlake re-
Marked
1t is a mistaken Idea that the japanese SOL
diers are guided by fanaticism. On the con-
traFy, it is the loftiest kind of patriotism that
has buoyed them along IN this war. which
hinges their future national freedom. AS 20
their Red Cross work on the field I doubt If
any nation has made will ever make
better record Although the great army Of
the Mikado has been confronted with the worst
of hardshiDS. IL has yet to be attacked with
typhoid and the medical corps has yet 70 re-
cord OF blood poisoning.