The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-06-16
JAPAN PLACES
 AUSTRALIAN AT
 HEAD OF TRADE
Makes Exception to New Policy of Disseminating
 Foreign Advisers.

Tolzio, June 16.-Making an excep- tion to her present day policy of gradually disconttnutng foreign ad- visers, Japan has recently enlisted the services of such an adviser to the department of commerce. The object is to procure expert counsel in the movement now undertaken by the Japanese to push their trade in all directions. The appointee is Alex ander s. Browne, an Australian, and his special work will be to advise the department of commerce in the de- ve1opment of trade to Australia and the South Seas generally.
 The gradual relinquishment of for eign advisers is a striking evidence of growing Japanese conviction that Japan is now able to deal with for eign nations in her own way and through the medium of her own peo- pie. It is an indication that Japan feels. she has absorbed sufficient knowledge of the west to make her efficient by herself in dealing with the west. The abandonment of for eign advisers has been brought about by refraining from appointing success sors to the able men who have ren- dered valuable aid in the past when either resignation or death has ter minated their servces. The most inn portant instance of this consciousness that Japan is able now to carry her affairs without foreign aid was the decision not to fill the place when left vacant by the death of the late Henry w. Denison, the distinguished American, who occupied the post of adviser to the department of foreign affairs.
 The great war, with the temporary elimination of Germany as com petitor in the markets of the world and Japan's natural desire to expand her trade, led to the decision to em- p1oy a commercial expert.
 The Japanese point of view is that to compete successfully with the for eign countries she must adopt the standard of these countries and be familiar with all the commercial and industrial methods which obtain abroad. ome Japanese business men have. been very desirous lately of raising the standard of their com mercial products and of convincing the foreign buyers that they can ex- pect, the same efficiency and re- liability in Japanese products and
 manufac ctured goods as in any other country.
 very frankly with members of the Tokio chamber of commerce He porters did not bear the best name in Australia. Inferior goods and ir- regular shipments had caused no end of worry and inconvenience and some exporters even refuse to deal direct ly with Japan as their experience has been very unsatisfactory. This repu- tation was due to the fact that some firms want to t'get rich quick and grasp the shadow instead of the sub- stance" He had discovered, he said, while visiting Japanese factories that very often exporters receive larger orders than they can handle The orders are then distributed among several small factories with the re- suit. that products of different grades, shapes and finish are shipped Jap anese exporters should establish a thorough system of inspection and have only one standard for export. MT. Browne said he thought the reason why Germans had secured such a vast trade was the fact that they had applied science to produc- ton. Now Japan has her great op- portunity and if she takes advantage of it and lives up to a higher stan dard of commerce and industry she would not only be able, to obtain but to keep an important part of Aus tralian trade and that of the South ern Seas generally. Of course, Great Britain and the United States would be competitors in the southern mar kets but Japan would be sure to get her share if she convinced the buy CTS that she will oppose inferior goods i and indifferent shipments.
 ] There are many other 1nd1cat1OnS ] of Japan's determination to extend her markets in all directions, espe- cial1y China where her interests are I constantly augmenting.
 | Next to the American Pacific Mail stamers the great bulk of merchan- disc is now carried across the Pa cific in Japanese steamships which constantly increasing in number. Japan is desirous to increase her trade relations with the United States and American business men here re- gard this a powerful incentive to establish her friendship with Amer ica on a solid and lasting footing. Now that she has taken an Important part in the exposition at San Fran rcisco, Japan's leading business men are arranging to send a delegation of
 prominent merchants to the exposi- ton added indication of the de- l sire for wider relations. It is ex- pected that Baron Shibusawa,s who is one of the foremost and most popu- l lar of Japanese business men, in com pany with many other leading ner- chants, will go to San Francisco and perhaps visit other parts of the Unit
 ed States.
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