The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1918-09-03

period to 14.ls7.ooo yen for the
1918 period.
Cotton cloth exports increased
from 5s,s22,ooO to s5.e21,OOO yen,
the two periods considered, despite
the fact that Japanese cotton spin
ers experienced great Inconvenience
from British embargoes on raw cot
ton exports from British possessions.
However, the United States stepped
into the breach. and Japanese i'm
ports of raw cotton rose from 1884,
100000 to 312. 100000 yen. an in
crease Of nearly 100 per cent. Thus
did the free trade cotton planters Of
the south reap rich profit from
their business. while at the same
time the cotton spinners Of the new
England and Northern states re-
ceived added competition. although
they are far more heavily taxed.
Porcelain exports from Japan al
so show large increase, the 1918
over the 1917 period, with 6.S4S,000
yen for the first six months Of 1917
and s,347.000 for the first six
months Of 1918. Porcelain suffer-
ed = severe cut in duty under the
Democratic law. While In these alb
normal times competition from
abroad Is perhaps not 30 injurious
to domestic industry. It should be
borne In mind that Japan Is finding
opportunity to build up rer market
here. and she has hopes Of retain
ing and enlarging 1t IL we continue
under the Democratic tariff policy
after the war.
Following on the heels OF this IN
formation from Toxic, comes word
Of the rice riots in Japan. The AS
ISOLATED Press account Of the mob
uprising there states: while the
war has created millionaires and in
creased the luxuries of the rich, It
has also increased the misery of the
poor because of insufficient wages
being paid" Yet the Democratic
tariff policy gives to these million
aires, who will not pay even a jap
anese living wage. practically FREQ
access to our market, and one days
pay of the average American labor
er would feed Japanese laborer
nicely for at least a week. An in
stance of food rioting in the Unit,
ed States can not be recalled, but
before the war cut off European
competition, and glutted our mills
with orders, the bread line was a
common sight in many of our large
cities because of the blow to our in
dustries dealt by the Wilson-Under-
wood tariff law; and most of us re-
member the period under the Will
son-Gorman tariff law of the early
COS, when Coxey marched his tat
terdemalion army to Washington to
protest against the poverty to which
that law had reduced the country.
Our imports from Japan for the
entire fiscal year 1918. ended June
80 last. total $2s5.00O,0OO. or
something over three times the val
ue Of our Japanese imports for the
fiscal year 1918. under the protec-
tive tariff policy. While 1t is true
that our exports to that country
show an icrease. It is to be remem-
bered that the markes Of Europe
are practically closed to aJpanese
buyers. Other considerations are
involved In the future. The. senti-
ment IL cr,stalising in Great Britain
for a return tn the protective tariff
policy. The countries Of Europe al
ready have 1t. but they plan to en-
phasize 1t. It may we'll be that, at
ter the war. japan finding the pro-
tective tariff unanimously adopted
by the countries Of Europe, an dab
solutely disowned by President Will
son and his followers here. will bend
still greater effort toward monopol-