Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-09-09
JAP BOYCOTT
! ON IN CHINA
Chinese Goods for China"
Slogan Of New Republie
in East

peking, Sent. S.-"chla lS . gpcdo
for China" is the latest sloganAn} the
new republic 1t, representsaffhe' poy.
colt against Japanese goodssin$a Aod-
flied form, a form against which ia
pan a offer little objection.
President Yuan Shi Kai's decree that
there should be no boycott against
Japan as a result Of tle Japanese de-
mands upon China, has had no ERECT
In fact, %Doycotting has become more
marked. 1t is an affair who'll oe-
yond the control Of the Chinese gov
eminent. .a .s.
But the boycott has been given a
new twist by the Shanghai chamber
of commerce and other commercial or
Plantations wlich have started the
Homemade goods movement inc
campaign is ostensibly directed
against all wares not manufactured
in China, but the Chinese have SHOWN
q greater disposition to do without
Japanese goods than the products Of
others4nations. al us # s.
Cheap cotton goods and cigarettes
have suffered more than other Japan
csc products, perhaps, as a result OF
the boycott. Japanese goods are "
in China through Japanese selling
agencies. Consequently, Chinese nler-
chants have, no trouble in avoiding
the wares of the country gains
which they feel a grieyaneeE$4Ihe
falling off. in. the sale ofchean @anNan-
eesei eotton goods slas been . aulafked
that Japan is Seeking a market IN In
dia. A commission recently visited
that country and another Japanese
commission is to go later.
A delegation from the Osaka cham
Der of commerce visited Hong Kong.
Shanghai and other Chinese cities Ill
an effort to conciliate the Chinese
merchants. 1t was announced that the
feeling against Japanese manufactur-
ers was due to misunderstanding
which could doubtless be removed by
closer personal relations. Similar
'"'get acquainted movements have
been organized by, other Japanese
commercial associations, but apparent
~ without marked success, 9nss
japanese shipping has been especi-
/ ally hard hit by the boycott. The
| ships of the lToyan Kisen Kaisha,
which formerly carried several 3np-
dred. Chinese, .iner the steerage each
trip, now seldom carry a single Cit
zen Of the new republic. Chinese
freight has also been diverted from
the Japanese lines whenever possible.
Chinese coolies and Chinese CONNER
cial concerns Of large influence are
lending a hand alike in the boycott. I
One Of the features of the home
made goods movement which may be
Of great interest to the United States
is the effort to stimulate cotton IMAM
ufacturing and cotton grew.inss%=sJa-
pan.formerly supplied largely quaint
ties of coarse cotton goods to Chinx.
EThes Chinese now hope to supply this
and are striving to intef-
Fest capital III the enlargement Of
Espinnirg works operating in Shanghai
ana Hong Kong. 3GM
r., No reliable figures are available con.
corning the cotton manufactures Of
Japan, but it is estimated that tie
number Of, spindles, in the republic
varies from 100000 to 1926, 900.
| LlulltCu 4udllLACICo vi tNOo1SC ClOCL
are made in nearly every province on
hand looms. Coarse twist of foreign
and home, manufacture has been used
in making this cloth. Printed cloth.
as well as plain, has been made-this
printing having been chiefly IN sec
ond Inland presses purchased in Japan.
The wooden looms used by the print
tive Chinese factories are mostly op-
Grated by hand and the output Of
| each leon of this character is about
| three yards an hour: Machinery for
| ginning, Spinning sand weaving Is
mostly very crude and incapable Of
supplying the finer grades Of plotl
now bought from England, tle thitel
States, France and ctucr Europeah
countries.
China imported about $1C5 ,t0O,ONO
worth of manufactured cotton in 1912.
OF this amount asout SGT 900, 900
worth was coarse fabrics and yarns
of a sort which Chinese factories
| could produce. The s&ire wear it is
estimated China raised Slightly more
than 100000 tons of native cotton, on
ly a small percentage of the amount
required by its own factories.
Cotton is growing in eight of the
southwestern provinces and in tie
Yangtze provinse. but the cultivation
is so clumsy that the yield per acre
is small. Definite figures are not
available, but the highest yield per
acre is said to have been 176 pounds
Of cleaned cotton. Poor seed and bad
cultivation are responsible for the
Short crop.
GERMAN EMBASSY