Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-31
OUR TRADE AFFECTED
Japanese Close Doors to Other
Countries.
MASTERS OF MANCHURIA
Exercising Today the Same Monop'
oily as Did Russia.
CONTROL THE RAILWAYS
Representatives Of New York Trad
ing Companies Saw Conditions
MASTERS OF MANCHURIA
,ROL THE RAILWAYS
Representatives Of New York Trad
ing Companies Say Conditions
Are No Better Than Before.

NEW YORK. December 31.-A London
dispatch, which quoted the Times Picking
| correspondents strong arraignment Of the
Japanese for their continued military oc-
cupation Of parts Of south Manchuria,
has aroused interest among several New
York firms trading with China and Man
churia. In the opinion Of several repre-
| sentatives of these trading companies
half the truth about the real trade mo-
nopoly established by the japanese in
the northern Chinese province under the
guise OF the open door has not been told.
So long as Japanese soldiers remain in
the Chinese province the open door will
continue to be joke, said these traders.
THE Japanese have taken advantage
OF situation created bv the war" said
representative OF one Of the largest
trading firms. las conquerors they have
entered a territory that does not belong
to them, and as conquerors they con-
tlnue TO exert a mastery over the trade
OF that country. No matter what the dip
lomafic representations of their states
men at Toxic may be, the Japanese will
dominate Manchurian trade to the al
most complete exclusion OF the trade Of
other powers until they are forced out.
Ihe question is, Who will do the forcing?
~ tHc present moment the situation
In Manchuria is identical with that lust
preceding the war with Russia In the
former instance the Russians were mas
tiers OF the Manchurian trade by virtue
or occupation and armed force; the Jap
Anese were the loudest professionals. Today
the Japanese have displaced the Rus.
SLAMS and adopted their role absolutely,
and other powers are the protestants.
There is no more open door than there
was before the war;
Held by Japanese.
An officer Of one Of the trading COM
pames who has been through Manchuria
WITHIN the last year seeking the causes
Tor the diminution Of the American trade
tnere explained the existing state Of at
fairs. There are two railways in south
Manchurfa. which form the only avenues
10 the trade Of the interior. One of these
the South Manchuria railway. tap
ping the port OF Nieuchhwang and Dalny
is in Japanese hands. The other. a
Chinese railroad running I'D from Pekine.
mas been halted by the Japanese Just at
the point where 1t began to compete with
the South Manchuria railroad for the
business OF the largest interior towns.
their goods into the interior have the
choice Of the Japanese railroad with all
or the unohicfa1 obstruction that can be
put In the way OF the shipments Of other
tu0i JdPduS6c BOOQS over lIS line. or the
Chinese railroad, which can only be ap-
preached through transshipment from
Tientsin and the roundabout route
through Picking.
The result Of this scheme is obvious"
said the informant. 'Tf one ships over
the Japanese railroad he must be certain
that his goods will be hung up at the
dock. side tracked at every switch along
the line, lost and found again after COM
peting Japanese shipments have long
since Yearhed fhofr destination Az
IN very recently all exchange in south
Manchurfa was on Japanese basis.
notes OF First Bank Of Japan, circulating
subject to various rates Of discount, ac-
cording to the color OF the skin.
Native Trade 1ntimidated.
"It is easy to see where the bulk OF the
native trade will go. Where there are
Japanese soldiers at every station and all
sorts Of Japanese flags hung out over
every conceivable ONCE and brick pile,
the native. not knowing, Of course, about
such things as the open door and Japan's
guaranty Of an equal chance for all CONF
ers. is naturally soing to buy Of the
sian when there were Cossacks In the
land. The Manchurians, suddenly
switched from the profligate regime Of
the Russians to the cheese-paring ad-
rninistration Of the Japanese. were so
confused and apathetic that they readily
adopted the newcomers as titular mas
ters As masters they remain"
The trader outlined a scheme recently
inaugurated with the assistance Of the
Of 1t denies the existence Of the open
door under japanese protection. BY this
scheme Japanese cotton textiles, made
chiefly in Osaka by operatives who work
the scale Of American cottons in south
Manchuria by more than half.
Less than two years ago q syndicate or
Japanese spinners was formed, which ap-
pointed the Mityuf Bassan Kaisha, one OF
the two great commercial houses OF ia
pan. as the selling agent. The govern
meut then made arrangements FOR an
easy exchange fund for the export Of the
goods to Manchuria.
Cause and Effect.
The syndicate's next move was to Sc
cure from the South Manchuria railroad
certain facilities for the transportation
OF syndicate goods over those lines.
Before the Japanese syndicate OF cotton
spinners had been in business year the
efforts of the governments aid and the
railroads special privilege became APP
parent. The import OF American calico
into Manchuria between February and
August, 1905. was 1900 bales: the Jap
anese import for the same period was
% 800 bales.
One OF the men interviewed by the re-
porter today touched upon the irritated
question Of trademark security in Japan.
1.-THE Buchanan whisky case Ia now
famous over there" he said but don't
believe this typical example Of Japanese
business integrity has penetrated as far
east as New York. A Japanese distiIler
Of Osaka got out a whisky which went
under the labal Of Black. and White.
When the Scotch manufacturers, whose
trademark had been duly registered in
the Japanese patent bureau, brought suit
against the manufacturer Of Japanned
Scotch whisky the court actually in
whisky In order to decide whether the
flavor and the price OF the spurious stun
were such as to distinguish It from the
imported. The defendant admitted that
Buchanan bottles and copied it.
The lower courts acquitted the jap
anese manufacturer on the grounds that