Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-09
TACOMA GREETS
JAPANESE PARTY
MAYOR WELCOMES MIKAD0'S
COMMISSIONERS
NIPPoNESE BARON RESPONDS TO
RECEPTION
Beautiful SiIver-Mounted Cut Glass
Punch Bowl Presented by Cham
ber of Commerce to One
of Visitors
tBy Associated Press.l

TACOMA, Wash, Sept. SIN Connec-
tion with the reception given the Jap
anese honorary commercial commits
sioners at the chamber of commerce to-
day, Mayor Linck made a formal well
coming address on behalf of the city,
to which Baron Shibusawa responded.
This was followed by the presentation
of a beautiful silver mounted cut glass
punch service to Z. Nakashashi, presl-
dent of the Osaka Shoshen kaisha, \by
President Everett G. Griggs OF the
chamber of commerce.
Mr.. Naka ashashi made an appreciative
response. The set will be placed on the
Tacoma Maru.
Baron Shibusawa, in replying to
Mayor Linck, said the marks of con-
sideration and kindness which the party
had received had encouraged them TO
believe their mission a success.
Commissioners Separate
The commissioners divided into five
groups today, going respectively TO the
Northern Pacific shops, the ST. Paul
and Tacoma Lumber company mills,
the Tacoma smelter, the Washington
Pipe and Foundry company factory,
the Pacific Coast Gypsum plant and the
Tacoma high school.
At noon luncheon was served at the
Commercial club by the trustees of the
club, and those Of the chamber Of COM
merce jointly.
An automobile tour this afternoon
and a banquet at the Hotel Tacoma
tonight will fill in the remainder of the
time. During the evening the women
of the party will be entertained by Mrs.
Everett G. Griggs at her residence.
Would Conserve Timber
erich as is your supply of timber,
wonder if you can go on cutting It
down ruthlessly and have it last for
ever" commented Baron ShibusaWa
president of the First Bank of Japan, in
responding to a toast given today at
the Tacoma Commercial club luncheon
in honor Of the honorary commercial
commissioners and trade experts from
Japan.
The remarks of the leader Of the
Japanese party amounted to a tOrcetul
Endorsement Of the government poncy
of conservation Of natural resources.
Baron Shibusawa spoke of the Won
derfuI mountain, timber and water
scenery shown to the members of his
party yesterday. He was most i'm
pressed by the timber and the manner
in which the trees are felled and
handled afterWard.
He had been informed, he said, that
the supply was ineXhausible, but he
could hardly conceive that such thing
could be true.
1dBdiCSC ldAlklptt
I'VE have a tradition in our country"
he said. chat a land rich in one way
is deficient in another
"Oriental philosophy is not sufficient
to explain the phenomena we have seen
here, where you appear to be rich in
everything.
"There is an old legion in Japan Of
an animal with the head of a monkey
TO denote intelligence, the body of a
tiger to denote strength and the tail
of a snake to denote cunning. This
monster was 'Nuye.
''Your geople are as the nuye.
''You have intelligence, strength and
cunning, ingenuity and sagacity.
at may be that you will restore your
forests as you cut them for timber,
cannot say
5usiIy Occupied
The members of the japanese COM
mercial party today were more busily
occupied than on any day since their
arrival in the United States
They visited lumber mills, flour mills,
smelters, newspaper plants and a va
riety of other institutions in which
they were particularly interested. There
was a luncheon for them at noon and
In the evening there was banquet in
their honor at the Tacoma hotel.
shortly before midnight they de-
parted on their special train for Port
land where they will spend Thursday,
leaving there Friday for steamboat
trip to the Hood river country.
All of the members of the party are
looking forward to meeting President
raft in Minneapolis on Sunday, Sep