The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-11-07
lAPANESEP[ANS
TOCAPTURE TRADE
Energetic Campaign In Orient and
America BEING Carried Out
BY. Exporters

;! {, ToKIo, October s7--Japan n Sbt6bo.
rnte effort TO Increase. her lforsigu nst.
,ksts~ Includes preparations To- send her
goods into every corner Of China.
Agents Of new Japanese Sempanies
t which have organized new enterprises
and, manufactures are circulating
throughout all parts of China, espe-
cialIyf eastern Mongolia and south
MSnchrria, where the Japanese gov.
Comment IL at present seeking add.
ttohad political rights and additional
X What might be styled tie economic
conquest ,bfE China - especially In tho
bauds Of the, japan Foreign Trade AS.
sosiatioh. Chang tsung- hsinng, the
nswi Chinese minister to japan, as n
guest Of honor recently at dinner
given by some sixty members Of this
.'ssooiatioh spoke with, frieudliness
towards JawF's economic ambitions in
Chinr. "No complication or collision
nf scntinr Mt" he said, "between the
two neighboring countries will severe.
y affect the c6mmercial relations be-
tween the two peoples, while the
growth Of commercial transactions be.
tween them IL sure to sweep away
sources Of Misunderstanding and con.
! tribute TO the building up Of mutual
good will. " = He declared that the re.
cent development Of Japan's CONNER
Nial interests was astounding and that
it called for the admiration Of the Chi
hese people. 49,. = = =.
Eeon1mic, AIianee
xMembers of the association suggest.
cd the formation OF an economic ALI
ahse between Japanese and Chinese
business men and; among other things,
the establishment Of q Chino J apanese
association and Q 'social club Of Japan.
esd and Chinese as a means OF promot.
ing better relations.
If the war continues for a consider.
able period, japanese trade, already
enhanced TO a remarkable degree in
the',hnes which Japan has already fol-
lowed, viii be swelled in new direc
In the, toy Industry Statistics show
that Japan has jumped to the position
pf leading exporting country in the
world, a. place that hitherto was held
! by Germany, The export of toys to the
United States above was valued q,
10000 yen In the first half of 1915,
but in the first six months Of this year
II had le6ped to 1000 900 yen, or $780,.
600. I The total export of toys to for,
eign markets vas $4,000 yen, or
about. $l,67o, 00a, in the first six
months OF. this year.
Uonfectiopsry Exports
The confectionery trade is also prof.
;itiRg by the war. Japanese sweet
meats had not been exported before
thei wer, although large quantities of
forriRn made candies were imported.
Recently large orders have been re,
ceived from China, Canada, Australia,
India and Egypt.
|. Lead pencils are largely exported to
Russia, as their supply from Germany
and Austria was stopped. Ladies'
ccmbs are also largely exported to
Russia. .ltv.l
i,,$Aithough Japan, continues to import
! paper from abroad, large quantity of
. .lnpanese., pnper& is now exported to
The MOST promising export to the
United States, after toys, is, according
to. the commercial museum, artificial
flowers for hair and hat ornaments.
The Japa nese estimate that about &c.
100000 is spent every year in America
on these flowers, and are planning to
build up big export to that country.
japan realizes that the export in mu,
' nitions of war 10 but momentary, and
is. shrewdly planning for a commercial
development that will prove perma,
| nent. The new industries now started
cover q multitude of articles which il
lie hoped to sell to China especially
but also to India, the South Seas gen.
orally, and to- the two Americas.