Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-12-25
JAPAN is FAST GAINING
IN TRADE With INDIA
Great Southern Asiatic Country Of
fcrs Tremendous Business
,a5 Possibilities.
AMERICA SLOW TO STRIKE.
Has Made Small Progress in Reach
ing Ont for Commercial C0Hnec-
~ tons in Onc OF Worlds Greatest
Producers and Consumers.
aY {. srENsEK sARLE.

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5nopula,ion of 32G.oC0. 600. according to
fsrcR OF I,SuOopo square miles. II Is
Z cbSio;s that the capacity OF India,
I boih ~ "A producer and as consumer,
us enormous iicr raw materials are
Kin demand in all The countries Of the
StworiI. and the varictic. OF her pro-
ducts are almost cndieSs. The mere
8bDid cnumcration OF her principal ar
STITCHES OF export as set forth in the
1ndian trade returns woUld I'll! several
8coiumns OF this journal ana would still
fieaNe unoet2iied almost as many more.
Eut the quantities OF the majority of
& the exports even in the best OF the
shoi NAL years are very small III COM
: ltariSon with what they might easily
SbecoEe under systematic development
5anu cnco fragment. r.ic markets are
aGpeH for Them, and especially. as will
4 Ire shown, the markets OF the United
States. but the products themselves
heed scientific exploitation
y noteworthy instance Of what can
lie achieved under tae pressure Of err
cuinsiances is afforded by the case of
snyesiGTs 10y a good many years Ger
many mad hooded the worlds markets
with synthetic dyes, and AS one OF the
) consequences the great indigo indus
s try OF India was brought to ruin
Field after field went out of cU;tiya-
4 t'on under t@e influence OF the rhcmi-
ca rrodu"t, ana wncn the war broke
pGi the ihGldn Industry had dwin,lna
- Daihi where the total value OF
h'f exports OF indigo MAS only "a frac-
Heitlon Was AUTOMATICALLY eliminated
~ the hostiiitics, steps We're taken
70 revive tic industry. and with such
success tina; the latest figures avail
,sbie give u totI. value OF uniy a lit;i.
less than S1.0O000G u tcnfold inrrr.,sI
~ !otF years No authenticated figures
10Y y, !. aier date than 1916 are ;st
.tEailable on this side $50 far as sy
po'ls OF indigo 10 America arc con.
SSsaneo' bu, IN mat year the United
STATES n.ro,; i9os Si.22S,oco worth as con-
N.
before. years
IND;a HAS GREAT
FORREST WEALTH
AhotAer instance or equal sisnin
caiice may hc cited OF British In
.. i G2o,oVoooo acres S5.oSuOoo acres
ire ricn forest lands. IboUmdtnr in ma
tcrtat for dyewoUds ..uns. n.dicirns
Hld iibers sufficient 10 aupp!v the nrn,,S
ot ne world for generations TO come
in these directions In uGdjtin,, ~
vast quantities OF timber ,vuilabI. ,n,
aohStrOctionai purposes. Durin. the
East hait century these forests have
b ;tn Splendidiy conserved by the In
oian Forest service. but only a min
SEte fraction OF their resources has
Seen drawn upon.
win the war came the establish
T diomt Oh a umpei br"neh o: the In
uiah Munitions I:oard and for the hrs,
tLnc indigenous products were utilized
toi inhumcrablc purposes for Nhic,
!nner had previously been Imported
v. a
aNiousiy utilized Were brauah; INTO no.
thd ~ was soon found in an Immense
huinner of instances that the local
~ oagS' was better than the foreign.
an ihtchts and purposes Il new IN
oustrY was thus brought into heinz
ana in the natural process OF its ~
;; 1t led TO The utilization of
many dyewooGs. tanstui:s and olber
mater lass which had not hitherto been
a'Npioited except in II more or less
casual ana uns:s.ematic manner. This
-. tufn Drought numerous collateral
Industries mic existence, so that un-
DER the stimulus of war needs a nr,v
source Of wealth arose, which will en-
pahd sun further under the stimulus
These and many other deye)onmen,,
OF like Kind have not only added
inhtcria!!% To the spending power of
l"e people and the country, bu; have
sven the iNaIaH W2Ss-ca.ncr, traJi-
aiuiAiiv AN eASN-&otng person. not ac-
ErnStomed 10 overeXcrtion. a glimpse Of
3tne Deter conditions which he can en-
JOY 1T the cost 81 e little ,nnrc ~
Tort His material prosperity, in fac,
ias increased 10 such an extent that
human nature being what il is he *
i.rNtf HhSlE to 50 back TO the days
'NneE a le" pence contcnted him so
lnhs as he cnn set shillinss jns;eal
ni renee; Ok lio!l&rs instead OF shil-
i'hHS, The ::rca'. "!nAus tri.l machine
t'"S heen 'et CONS - quicker pace
INTERNAL. rH0%rwnIri
VIII. i!titi:tSE IMPORTS
This Increase IN Internal p:osperi;y
must have i;a natural Consequences i'm
an increase o. Imports, and here OBJ
AMERICAN manufacturer IN the last
vo'np!eted Year prior 10 the war the
no,nD in,u trade OF Germany and AUS
nf S!I.G2r.500. The trade of the
lniied states with india in the same
car was under s3S5Vp.uD0 When the
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