Evening journal., 1909-09-18
The United Pub
Saturday, September l8. 1909
WHY NOT VISIT WILMINGTON.

w Commissioners from Japan and the
American trade experts who are now touring
the United States and inspecting industrial
plants to visit Wilmington for day? The itin-
erary of these trade ENJOYS from the Orient in
cludes Philadelphia and Washington, and the
party will have to pass through Wilmington on
October 25, while enroute They have not deem
ed il of sufficient importance TO devote day 10
observation and inspection of the manufacturing
establishments of this city, but we believe they
would be repaid and Wilmington's industries
might profit immensely il the Japanese COM
mssioners could be induced to give this city
the attention which its industrial prominence
merits
The Japanese Commissioners were sent out by
the government of their kingdom to investigate
}ihe manufacturing industries of this country.
Hapan requires machinery, cars manufacturing
srp6Tes. and is looking to the marts of the
United States as the most available to supply
her needs. 1t is a tribute to Americas indus
trial supremacy. to the brains and Drawn of the
producers of this country. The itinerary OF Wis
tations of the Japanese Commissioners and
American trade experts includes most of the
large cities of the country, and it is singular
that Wilmington IS not included in the sched-
ule
Wilmington's industries rank second to none
This is essentially manufacturing city, and the
products OF the big plants of Wilmington are
uneNcelled for variety or for quality. VIII
nington-built cars arc operated In many foreign
countries even in Japan and China. Whining
ton-built paper machinery reels out its webs of
tissue in mills in the European and the Amcri-
can continents. Wilmington-built boats ply in
all cmes. Wimingt gunpowder de-
tonates around the globe. Wilmington-grouud
-four is eaten by the residents of frozen Green
land Wilmngtonzbuilt refrigerating plants
bring relief to the parched throats in tropic
climes. Wilmngton-made car wheels sing their
avhirring song in all realms and run rails that
are not Wilmington-made but which we hope
some day will be produced here. Wilmington
finished leather trods the highways and byways
and Wilmington-built bridges everywhere. And
so it goes
With Wilmington supplying the world, why
not bring at first hand and close range this man
ufacturing superiority to the attention of the
Japanese Commissioners. A Wilmington expert
IS accompanying the party, and doubtless he will
lose no opportunity TO portray the industrial pre-
eminence of this city But that is not sufficient
Let's try to have the Japanese experts to devote
day to Inspecting the shops of this city We
do not imagine that the Harlan and Hollings-
worth Corporation is erecting its immense car
shops merely to supply the American demand
for transportation equipment. No doubt Mr..
Coke, president of this corporation, would eX-
perienoe a keener feeling of industrial conquest
u his plant should receive an order to build cars
ior Japanese railroads. 1t is not TO be supposed
the big shops now being erected at the Jackson
and Sharp plant of the American Car and Foun-
dry Company designed merely TO turn out
cars for American railroads, or that the Pusey
and Jones Company would reject any oppor-
tunity to make some Of It's big immense paper
manufacturing machines for use in the land OF
the Mikado.
Here IS an opportunity for the Board of Trade
AT least 1t is worth the while for that BODY /,
try to induce the japanese Commissioners to Wis,
Wilmington and TO inspect this city's industries
10 learn OF their facilities and the superiority O
their products An effort to have the commits
sioners to devote day to Wilmington may no
cause them to change their original itinerar,
but it certainly is worth while to try
Kent county's economical Democrats Lev
Court, in the process OF safeguarding the coun
TVS moneys, has seen fit to increase the allow
ance to the Democratic sheriff Of that county
thirty cents day for the board OF each prisone
Republican sheriffs were granted tVenty-hv
cents a day by Republican Levy Courts 10 fee
the prisoners. live mistake not, this same Den
ocratic Levy Court in Kent county is the bod
that declines to provide money with which
improve the county roads under the provision
Of the Soper law. the ground that the count
sannot bear the financial burden. And if "