Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-04-10

tricltv Tho Ccntcr OF th. ''ec-
industry is about Osaka. v.bI.t 'las
The center OF the spinning irs. also
Lnat GUY mas more than 10000 bos..-
Whicn weaving is done 10 hne .'. N
or large factories. and Tho .t...t .pfet
their stacks makes the town '.'. irom
like Pittsburg than amy Ina T.t,. more
is now az big az phladeIrtI. lAa
years i'' Few
JAPANESE MATING
This region is the center os Ola.
ting industry There are mat
tories about Osaka hav ANA Iac-
Kobe which makes millions , m
or malung Tor export and mIu..-.
mats for homo consumption T, DO
pancsc do not use msttfn- fs N' Ia-
exported 90 the United Sfgtr .lt
most common carpet hero Is r..4 lne
OF white straw woven into r.. ln
inch thick yard wide and t,.. IN
lohg' Ihesc mats are the unit d gus
race measurement FOR almost ...
thing Tho rooms OF the hone lF-
recnngu lhr ana their sizes arp r.t...,..
ed az the number Of mats It fs 'l-
cover them. when "a man .n
house built he directs that 90
OF So many mats and the cost ... l'
slrucuon Is based upon that ast.,,...ll-
These mats are bound vel,f. '.'le
cloth, and as they nc closor. d.. ,.lh
Is covered with a number .. no'f
white rectangles surrounded E.. WYE
Japan uses over fourteen million .,,-,
mats every year. and also az sum
four million pieces of ordlna,.,. ,...... nr
Of the same shape. The vain. ... .9.t
whole Is several million dollar.
As TO mating for export. ma l.....
tacture Of that began less chan ,.....
" years ago, and IL now Ir.r...
something like i've million 5.If7,. 'l
year Almost the whole OF hid.
port IS to the United States ,,. N'
chases OF japanese mating amman.
amounting TO something IU.a 49,
million yards. The most OH trf.g
cheap and coarse. but other y4r.sif.s
are as hne as "a Panama hat rb,..--
now making new patterns with r,t-3
figures. ] have just ordered IA r.rl s.-.
home. which looks Ike br0cade5 In,
woven Of straw. ''A
This mating is made out OF "a rs,5
which grows about here. 10 has r'
knots and is much like rice. artbargt
It's seed has no value. ID is rlaptS5
and cultivated IN the same v5y s,9
is well dried and bleachcd bef5r. ~
Is sold. The mating Is dyed v.I.b an.
line cOlors. IL IS woven like .i,tt
but all the pieces have 20 Doe uut 4.
nN hand. The work Us tedious ana 10
the finer varieties two men and u,
assistant can make not mono bg1
three rolls per month.
The japanese are now veavl,.
beautiful straw rugs iu flow ems any
other patterns and these are evsseF
ingly cheap. I have bought s,,g.
about six by ten feet in Size IA 3.
OF 60 cents ouch and the hfrbes.
price have paid for any matt8g Ia
less than 20 cents gold per yard.
THE NATIVE COTTONs
Tho most beautiful cottous rsss
here are intended FOR native consume.
ION They are not much more chan
foot wide and are artisticaIy printed
in designs far different from the Iona
ugures used on the goods Intended
TOR the United states market The Cots
ton crepe for home use is beautiful
ana IL would have big sale I'm M
United states for curtains III % were
sent there. The Japanese use Il f,r
their everyday summer kimQnos
Another interesting mauuf9cture NJ
cotton Is that which the native np0ra
employ here for towelnr These have
gay figures printed ia white and buf
Every firm has It's own design ana Do-
a few Of the native hotels give auav
towels Of this kind 20 their guests
Within the past few years quite
craze has sprung up among the for.
eign- adies-Visiting-Japan to make co-
lecttons of these towels, and [ know
many who buy pieces of them Tor use
as fancy tablecloths and napkins
FRANK g, CARPENTER