Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-10-30

nese commissioners travel is one of the
best equipped ever sent out by the Pull
man company. with a select crew. II con-
sists OF one baggage car. one combined
! electric dynamo and baggage car, one
diner. one open Pullman car. four com
partment cars and one combined COM
partment and observation car.
Arrival in Seattle.
The honorary commercial commission
ers arrived in Seattle from Japan on the
! steamship Minnesota September 1. They
left Seattle September g.. and, after Wis
iting ffty-two cities of the United States
from Seattle to Boston. and returning
from New York to Los Angeles and San
Francisco, will sail from the latter city
for japan on the Chic Maru November
servatien and travel. extending over
eighty eight days and covering a dis
| lance of about 1900 miles within the
United States.
party, of whom thirty mine are conn is-
sioners. six are ladies, and thirteen are
private secretaries. Five Of the ladies
accompany their husbands and one. Miss
Takanashi, is niece of Baron Shibu-
| sawa, the head Of the party The ladies
dress in their native costumes and have
received marked social attentions upon
the Pacific coast and In all OF the cities
thus far visited. The ladies are the
Baroness Shibusawa, Baroness Kanda.
Nine. Horikoshi. Nine. Taxi. Mime. Mid
zuno ard Miss Takanashi.
Personnel Of Commission.
There are eight members of the Japa-
| nese parliament in the party, one Of the
house OF peers and seven of the house
of representatives. The two great bank
ing houses of Japan are represented
that Of Baron Shibusawa, by the baron
in person, and that Of Mitsui & Co.. by
Mr.. Keno 1wahara, its managing d.
rector. Six other extensive bankers are
also in the party. Nearly every line OF
industry and commerce Is represented in
the commission, including ownership and
| management of electric railways, ship
building, manufacturing Of silk and cot
ton fabrics, exporting and importing. and
stock brokerage. The professions of law
and medicine are represented. Some OF
the most noted educators, authors and
newspaper writer's Of Japan are included
in the commission.
Baron Eiichi Shibusawa. who is the
head of the commission, is one of the
leading men of Japan. both states
man and as financiert His influence in
undermining the business of Japan has
been greater than that of any other per-
son. He has raised the status Of men en-
gagged In business and commerce In Japan,
which in his youth was held in little re-
putC ne cStADllSUeu LHS HTS( DdHk III
Japan under the capital stolk system in
1873, and has been connected with numer
Gus manufacturing and other industries
lie is known as the father Of modern
financial and business methods in Japan
At one time he was the director of sew
enty companies. but he is now seventy
years of age and has of late been divest-
ing himself Of many respon siblities. He is
still a man of vigorous intellect, and while
he does not speak English. his addresses
in Japanese translated into English are
full Of sound sense and denote acute OBJ
servation. The baron. like all Of his
party. is polite to a fault, devoid of af-
fectation and democratic in his manner
He speaks French fuently.
Prominent as Educator.
Baron kanda is man of about forty
five and is one of the most prominent
educators of his country. He Is a grad
uate of Amherst College and has trav-
eled extensively. He speaks English per-
fectly and his addresses are character
lied by wit and eloquence.
Mr.. kojro Matsukata graduated in law
at Yale University. but he is nov a ship
builder in Japan and has recently turned
from his shipyards in Kobe two large
steamships for the American trade, the
Seattle Maru and the Tacoma Maru. This
line runs between Osaka and Tacoma. He
Is the president Of the Kobe Chamber of
Commerce and is still young man.
Mr.. X. Otani president of the Yoko-
hama Chamber of Commerce. Is member
of the house Of peers and is one of the
most extensive exporters and importers
in Japan. He is the head of many large
enterprises such as banks. water compa-
MES, ETC., well as beneficial and semi
public organizations. Mr.. Otani has en-
tertained many eminent Americans at his
beautiful home, among them President
Taft, and. q generation ago, Gen. Grant.
Mr.. Z. Horikosh is silk manufacturer
and has houses in Toxic. New York. Lon
don and Paris. Nine. Horikoshi accom-
panies him.
Mr.. Suyeo Iwaya is noted writer, prin-
cipally of children's stories. Of which he
has published many volumes, but he is
also the author of a history Of the Japa-
nese- Russian war. He also writes for
the daily press and periodicals.
Newspapers Represented.
Among the newspaper men in the party,
Of whom there are several, is MotOsada
Zumoto, editor and publisher Of the Japan
Times of Toxic, the only daily newspaper
in Japan published by Japanese in Eng
fish. 1t circuates extensively throughout
the orient.
The members of parliament are: *.
Otam. house of peers, and the following
members of the house of representatives.:
TamenOsuke Ishibashi Of Osaka, editor
of the Osaka .Asahi Shimbun: Buyei Ma
kano. president Of the Toxic Chamber of
Commerce. one of the leading statesmen
and business men of the empire, and who
has ably assisted Baron Shibusawa in
elevating the business standards of Japan;
kaichirO NedZu Of Toxic, who Is president
Of two flour milling companies, a brewing
company, railway company, and a d.
rector of numerous other railway. electric
light and other corporations: j. Nish-
mura, president Of the kyoto Chamber
of Commerce. a merchant and manufac-
turer; Bokushin Oh, president of the Sui
phuric Acid Company of Osaka-Mr. OF
Is the senior member of the commission,
being seventysix years old; Sakutaro Sa-
take president of the Toxic Electric
Lighting Company and representative of
the city of Kofu-in the line Of electric
energy Mr.. Satake Is one of the leading
men OF the empire: Kumejiro Taxi OF
Kobe. a manufacturer Of fertilizers.
The following are the presidents of the
six Japanese chambers of commerce.:
Yokohama, X. Otani; Toxic, B. Nakano;
Osaka. Michio Dol; Kobe. Kojiro Mat
sukata: kyoto, J. Nishimura; Nagoya, T.
kadono, vice president.
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