Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-09-29
VISIT OF COMMISSIONERS LADEN
WITH INTEREST TO IS
LAND HOME.
FRIENDSHIPS AND
AUGMENTED TRADE THE
OBJECTS SOUGHT.
Madison, Sept. - %

!1lSSiOn or peace and prosperity. me
gentlemen who are today being enter
tanned in Madison are among the fore
ps0st men IN their country. They
come to US seeking 10 promote friend
aip ard increased trade through 4
better acquaintance and knowledge of
5 tions in this country. They are
( fbe representatives of financial. poll
aa', Industrial and educational ia
pan They are our friends and come
70 us IS friends who would enter into
foser business relationship.
Their efforts to promote trade inter-
course are being received in the same
spirit In which they are made. This
nation is in position to enjoy a
asst volume Of commerce with Japan,
provided we do not neglect our oppor-
unity. The Japanese are kindly dis
posed toward us and We have always
ed them In high esteem. Their SEN
t.ments toward US ana their position
in the orient makes 1t possible for US
TO profit immensely In the east. They
send to us now their representative
men seeking industrial cooperation.
He should not fail to grasp the sig
ficance Of what Jnov are doing
The japanese business men real
ling few years ago that better
understanding Of conditions in the
Countries is essential to closer
trade relations, invited the commerce
sci organizations of the Pacifo coast
send Representatives TO Japan to
udy Japanese resources and meth
eds The Americans crossed the
Pacific last year and we're given every
opportunity to see for themselves
what Japan needs and what 1t can do
industrially. The present tour of the
country is in response to an invitation
10 return the visit of the Americans.
Here Three Months.
The Japanese visitors arrived In
Seattle on September and will CON
tinue their tour until December Z,
when they will sail from San Francis
60. There are thirty-nine commission
@rs, besides a staff OF secretaries ana
artists. They are the leading men
in their lines in Japan. Headed by
Baron Shtbusawa. president of the
First bank of Tokyo, the party IN
cludes Japan's leading merchants.
manufacturers. shiptuilders, engin-
GERS scientists and educators They
are here to learn what they can, buy
from us to advantage and to ascer-
tain how they may go about it to In
crease their market here
And we should recognize that the
commissioners are not over here for
! the sole purpose of finding out what
we haze to sell to them Their visit
undoubtedly win greatly stimulate our
exports to their country, but they al
so hope to make it increase our Jap
anese imports. They desire to know
what we need that they can supply
to US for improved methods of manu-
facture and trade; for ideas that will
enable them to make best use OF
their laboring population.
Japar's FarSighted Policy.
The United States is tremendously
rich in natural resources. Nature has
been most lavish towards US. We
have the raw material to make us an
immensely wealthy nation. Japan has
no such endowment. Its one great as
set is its vast volume of intelligent
labor. The empire is seeking the best
methods of developing that resource
There are in Japan millions of
workmen who need only the oppor-
tunity to become skilled artisans
They are all educated in the schools
of their country. They are trained,
alert observers. They have been
brought up to think in the logical, d.
rect manner characteristic of the
Japanese.
They are a resource capable of de-
velopment 10 almost unlimited possf-
| bilities. There are not in Japan the
iron mines of the Mesabi range, the
forests of Minnesota and the Pacific
coast, nor the fertile acres of the Da-
kotas to give employment to those
| hands, But the Japanese working
classes offer just the foundation up
on which to build prosperity and
greatness as a manufacturing and IN
dustrial nation Japan has an oppor-
| tunity to become the New England of
/ the orieut 1t has the laborers. They
lave the skill All that is required TO
insure success is to put them at work
/ in factories making things TO sell at
| home and abroad.
/ Looking to the Future.
/ The representative men of the mi
kado's empire are here to get ideas
/ from us and to become familiar with
/ conditions of this country: to find out
what they can get from us to adyanr-
age and What it is possible for them
/ to do to increase their sales in this
country. And they are collecting a
vast amount; OF data that will be IN
valuable to them.
While the visitors are being enter
taiued wherever they go. they are NOT
/ permitting the pleasurable features
of their trip to prevent them from
I learning as they 80 along The kindly
+. way In which they are being received
is the best evidence Of the success Of
their mission in the interest OF more
friendly relations between the people
/, OF the two nations They appreciate
the attention that is being shown TO
them. but they are not losing sight or