The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-11-18
JAPANESE GIVEN
WARM WELCOME
Representatives of the MikadO
Are Entertained in Salt
Lake City.
SPECIAL ORGAN RECITAL
GIVEN IN THEIR HONOR
Time in Zion Short. but Visitors
Are Shown Every Posi-
Bile Courtesy.


commission from Japan, which Is Gu
route home after a tour of the country
made at the invitation of the associat-
ed chambers OF commerce OF the IA
cic coast. was in Salt Lake City less
than two hours Wednesday morning,
the cmissaries Of the Mikado were cX-
tended welcome which WAS equal 10
shat which they received in any city
OF The country. Upon the Arrival OF
he special train carrying the members
Of tho commission, together with a
number of American representatives,
at the Denver & Rio Grande depot at
s clock Wednesday morning, they
were met bv Senator Reed Smoot. Gov
crnor William Spry. Mayor John >.
Bransford. President \. j. DAVIS of the
city council, Secretary Joseph +. Game
of the Commercial club, Chairman Les.
ter D. Freed of thc transportation com
mijtee OF the Commercial club and b.
ID. Hashimoto, leader Of the local ia
pancsc colony. with automobiles.
The members of the party, who rep.
resent the leading commercial laleut Of
Japan, were immediately taken TO the
Mormon tabernacle, in automobiles,
where an organ recital arranged cspe-
cially for the occasion was rendered by
the tabernacle or9anist Prof. j. j. Nc
Clollan. AT the gate to the Temple
II. Winder of the first presidency or
the Mormon church. Apostle Hebcr j.
Grant and G. " Niblcy of the prcsid-
ing biShopric Of the church. The pro
gramnc OF the organ recital was a
beautiful one, and the members of the
party were greatly cnthused with the
music which they beard. At the con
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of the party were taken about tho city
on Il sightseeing trip in automobiles,
after which they were conveyed 10 the
depot and the train left for Ogden
about 10 o'clock
Why Trip Is Made.
AS was previously stated thc tour
of the country was made at the iuVi,
tatiop of the associated chamber, of
commerce of the Pacific coast, which
embraces the chambers of commerce
of eight principal cities on the coast
San Francisco, Los Angeles. san Diego,
and Oakland IN CALIFORNIA;; aud Seattle,
Tacoma, Portland and Spokane. IN the
northwest, About year ago the cham
hers Of commerce Of the five leading
cities Of Japan Toxic. Osaka. kyoto
aud Kobe, invited a visit from repre-
s"ptativcS of the chambers Of commerce
pof the Pacific co3st TO Japan. which
Of the cbombcrs made tour of The
oriental country. In return thc eight
associated chambers of commerce of
thc Pacific coast invited visit 10
this country of representatives Of The
chambers of commerce ana the great
commercial interests OF Japan. and
planned the present tour Of tho United
states as tho only adequate way in
which the kindness TO their representa-
lives could be reciprocatcd. In doing
this the associated chambers Of com
morce Of The coast asked the assistance
OF the commercial organizations in the
various cities. which The tour included,
and the request IN every city WIS quick
" responded to. and ihc business OF.
carnations throughout tho country
combined with the chambers of com
mcTcc of The coast and made thc tour
n most brilliant success, as was the
case Of rho Commercial club Of this
city.
The United States government. rccog-
nlZlnc The International importance of
thr visit OF these japanese gentlemen,
sent with tho commission, on its tour,
three representatives.; Roger s, Greene
Of the state department, Prof, John
Paul Goodc of the Upiycrsitv Of Chi
cago. and Jackson :. Elliott, represent.
ing the department Of commerce and
labor. Other American representa-
ilves who accompanied the commission
on its tour aud who wcre in this city
with the party Wednesday morning are
j. d. Lowmau. president of the as
sociatcd chambers of commerce Of the
Pacific coast; G. II. HYDE, of the Tacoma
chamber Of commerce: Charles Stall
!nan, of tho San Francisco chamber OF
commerce; O. NJ. Clarke, of tho Port
land chamber of commerce; n. Y. Os-
borne. of the Los Angeles chamber of
commerce; G. Herbert Moore, of tho
Spokane chamber of commcrcc; Prof
=. W. Gilman. Of tho University of
Wisconsin, representing Milwaukee,. ST.
Paul. Minneapolis aud Duluth; w. If.
Manss. OF the Chicago association OF
commerce, representing Chicago, Des
MONIES lud Iowa; f; w. Roscnberger,
OF the Buffalo chamber of commerce,
representing Northwestern New York
Governor D. X. Francis, representing
st Louis and Kansas City
Fifty-eight in Party.
In reference to the personnel of the
commission. there were ffty-eight ia
panese III the party. Of whom thirty
nlne were commissioners, six were
women aud thirteen wcre private see
rctaries. Five OF the women accom-
panied their husbands while the sixth
Miss Takanashi. is a niece of Baron
Eiichi Shibusawa, the chairman OF the
commission, The women were attired
III their native costumes and formed
pleasing sight Baron Shibusawa IS
one of the leading men Of Japan, both
rs statesman and a fnancicr Nearly
every line of industry and commerce
was represented in tho commission. in
Guiding ownership and management Of
railroads, shipbuilding, manufacturing
OF silk and cotton fabrcs, cxportjn3
and importing. and stock brokerage
The professions of law and medicine
were represented, and some of the most
noted educators. authors and newspaper
writer's were included in The distin-
guishcd party from the orient.
The special train on which the COM
mission made the tour is ono of thc
most finely equipped ever sent out by
The Pullman company, and was perhaps
the best OF its kind which has ever
pulled into Salt Lake City. II consist
cd Of ono baggage car. one combined
electric dynamo and baggage car, one
diner, one open observation car. and
one combined compartment and obscrva.
lion car. Frank A. Wadlcigh. assistant
general passenger agent Of the Denver
d Mo Grande. accompanied the party