Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-10-20
TRADE WITH ALLAN
TIC sgAPoRTs TO BE OPENED
TO ISLAND EMPIRE.
NEW OUTLET FOR EVER.
INCREASING POPULATION
Gmisrants Viii Have Easy Route 70
Eraxii and Csher South American
CountfiSs-Freish by Slips to New
YORK and othsr Eastern Cities Of
Un.tsd Stat-s-Subsidixsd Marine

4CH!O, OCl Eu--J2pan e4pectS 10
make long strides in hcr foreign COM
Eler>e as - result OF the opening of the
Panama oa!.al. The ports on the east
srn coast OF both South and North
America are at once opened up to ner
export trade, and everything possible
Mi be done to find markets there for
japanese goods.
The present trade routes from Japan
to European ports by way vi the Suez
canal miii MOI be affected by the OPP
erauon OF the Panama route. Japan
csc steamers HiIi Continue running by
way or Suez, lor they are thereby en-
abied TO pick up freight at many ports
On the way In China, incla anu in the.
Mediterranean. hence it has been de-
cioed mere that it viii be Improbable
TO divert Steamships to Europe by
way of Panama, as no freight can be
delivered or OBTAINED in the long
stretcn acl oss the Pacific. But new
lines Of steamers eventually will be
sent 10 new York and 10 the eastern
coast OF South America, where Japan
hopes to find big markets for her china
and lacouered ware. her straw mat
tings and straw braids, as well as her
teas. and at the same time increase
her markets for raw silk.
/ Freight to Be Diverted.
! Another important result Of the
opening Of the canal will be the diver
sion OF much OF the freight which now
is transported to points on the Pacific
slope OF the United States, and thence
shipped by rail to eastern states. A
considerable economy in freight charg-
es Will be effected by either despatch
ing this merchandise direct to New
York from Japan by steamers, or send
ing it round from San Francisco, after
Japanese steamers have called At the
| Pacific metropolis.
An exhaustive study OF the effects OF
the Panama canal on Japanese mar
itims commerce, both for the present
and the future. has just been COM
ple:ed by the ministry OF commerce.
The departments experts ngure that
so per cent economy will be made by
shipping direct to New York by
steamer. instead OF sending 1t
across the continent by rail from the
Pacific coast 1t is unlikely, however.
that any change will be made In the
manner OF shipping raw silk. OF which
the exports to the United states
amounted to s57 100000 last year. as on
account OF interest charges merchants
will desire their payments at quickly
as possible. At the same time the
lower cost of freight will enable japan
TO import from the United States more
raw cotton, machinery and locomotives.
Chance for Japanese Emisrants.
Another important benent to japan
will be that OF permitting her to send
direct to Brazil. and later possibly to
other countries. japanese emigrants
who are expected to go TO South Amer
lea In Increasingly large numbers. Five
thousand laborers were sent to Bra
I'll last year: three thousand were
transported there this spring. and an
additional three OF four thousand de-
parted during the month OF Septem-
ber-alI to labor in the coffee fields
Of Brazil. The steamers carrying these
emigrants now pass by way OF the
Suez Canal. They will go by Panama
as soon as the new waterway u OPP
ened.
Tho Japanese government is now
considering the question Of increased
subsidies for japanese steamship lines.
which would permit the building Of adj
route. The three great Japanese COM
panies are the Togo Kisen Kaisha, the
Nippon Yusen Kaisha and the Osaka
Shosen Kaisha. All Of these concerns
are now building additional vessels,
most of which are destined for the In
creased commerce to European points.
II, as seems likely, the government
viii increase the subsidies. 1t is prob
able that steps will be taken to lay
down ships which will sail to new mar
ke.s in the western hemisphere.
Sees New Opportunity.
| To sum up the situation, japan ex-
poets to benefit greatly in CONNER
ciaI sense from the opening OF the
Panama canal. AS years go on. she ex-
poets to occupy an increasingly I'M
portant place in the western markets
and hence a greater position in the
worlds commerce Manufacturing Is
steadily developing In the industrial
centers Of Japan, and the empire easily
can supply additional world markets.
Increased exports mean increased gold
supplies, and gold Is the metal Japan
needs to build up and strengthen her
self at home. and to care for the grow
ing wants OF an increasing population
that is already 100000.
The population is augmenting regu-
! lsrly At the rate OF 100000 a year.
Many Of these people will find homes
j in Korea: some will 20 to Manchuria,
| and some to Formosa and still many
/ others will find employment iii the
growing factories of the empire. The
Panama canal looms up as welcome
solution of Japan's economic prob
+! lem. It promises increased markets.
Z! and II will carry to South America
(, great numbers OF Japanese, who are
unable to find the means Of hveli-
hood at home.