The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-05-18

II IL HON., the people know mo
nothing about taking are of thei.
from year to year, and little preven
ton is used to stop it. We have es
tabllshed vaccine farms and are Vacci
mating the people as rapidly as posi-
bic. We find it very hard to do this
especially in the country districts. Til,
Koreans do not understand what vac
cinatiOn means and they are NOR,
afraid of it than OF the smallpox
These same conditions prevailed a
the time vaccination was INTRODUCED
into Japan. 1t may interest YOU t,
know that / was the first baby Nacci
mated there. That was tifty-eigh
years ago. The vaccine matter tool
and I have never had the smallpox
| make it a rule, however, to be re
vaccinated every five years"
How about your hospitals?'
w have, as you know, just com
pleted a large one in Seoul. Thi
now has n hundred beds and is thor
oughly equipped in every respect
There is a medical college connected
with II, n We expect to educat'
young doctors who will practic,
proving the chief cities by cleaning
them. You see what is going on ii
Seoul. Similar work is being done il
Fusan, Chemulpo. and elsewhere
Korean Mines.
The conversation here turned t,
mining concessions, and / asked hi
excellency if foreigners had an,
chance to make money mining il
Korea. He replied:
They have as many opportunitie
as the japanese. The minerals, Wit
the exception Of coal are open to al
As it is now, some of the most val
liable mines are held by Americans
and there are a number Of large con
cesSlons belonging to foreigners"
rs the country rich, m~inerally?"
1t has minerals in many parts O
II, said the resident general, but
believe not in large quantities. Mos
of the mining properties are small am
50 far no great and valuable discover
les, outside of the gold and coppe.
mines, have been made. Korea con
tains silver, gold, copper and iron
There is considerable coal. but tn
supply Of fuel out here in the Tar Eas
is so limited hat we have special reg.
ularionS concerning it"
is there enough coal and iron tC
make Korea an industrial countryo'
Il think so. We shall eventually
have factories and ~foundries and WI;
make for ourselves many of the thing:
which We buy from abroad
h Open Door.
Does the open door exist in Korea
our eXCellenCy?'
Yes, according to the treaties, III.
goods Of all countries come i'll on TIL
same terms. There are no discrimina
tons in favor of Japan, and indeed
Japan has the worst Of it as to some
im~portations. This is SO with to
hacco. That is a monopoly in japan
and the government fixes the prices
Every one knows what the merchants
have TO pay for the japanese tObaccoS
Therefore the American Tobacco
Company and others can slip in THEN
wares and undersell the Japanese.
believe they are doing hat now.
LAS to our foreign trade. that vii
re- pidly increase under the new regime
and it is now approximately thirty mil.
lion gold dollars. Seven years 6 /
was less than twelve millions. The
growth is chiefly in imports. although
the exports have more than doubled
within -four years. n imports were
over forty-one million yen in 1907
What proportion of your trade
comes from Japan?
I'm 1907 our imports Il
tventy-seven million yen, or not quite
three-fourths Of the whole. They are
increasing steadily with the growth OF
! Japanese business houses here. 1t is
the same with the exports. Japan is
taking more and more Of h products
of Korea every year, and about three
| 1OuTtlS OF ali Ilt COdllt1S StiS hoN
comes to her. The greater part OF thl:
trade consists of agricultural crops anC
fish. the surplus Of which is used II
Japan. The biggest export is that o.
rice which in 1907 amounted TO in tht
neighborhood Of -four million dollars.
How about your trade VIII
America ?"
Your exports to Korea We're oVel
three million yen last vear. and 'hle !.
just a little under what Korea oough'
from Cr-ina and two million ven les
than what we bought from China anc
two million yen less than what sht
bought from Great Britain. 1T IS only
one-terth Of what was bought IRON
Japan
Tobacco in Korea
ON nv way back from the ~resldencA
general I looked at the tobacco stores
and the American goods sold in them
-. .ahoooo. ORC far more popular