The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-11-02
Japanese Touring
the United States
Party of Commercial Leaders
Will Spend As Days in
Leading Business
Cities

New York, Oct. 28.-One of the
most important business adventures
since the war is the way some lead
ers of industry in New York re-
gard the arrival at Seattle of a
party of japanese commercial lead
ers who will spend As days in the
United States, journeying from
coast to coast.
The party, due next Thursday
from Yokohama on the Kashima
Maru, numbers %, headed by DR..
Takuma Dan, general managing di-
rector Of the combined Mitsui in
terests, and a graduate of the Mass
achusetts Institute of Technology.
Their visit returns those made to
japan by three American groups
within the last Is months. Be-
sides conferring with Chambers of
Commerce throughout the country,
the delegation while in Washing
ton will meet President Harding
and his cabinet
Discussing the immediate results
Of the tour, Ebert H. Gary, head
Of the United States Steel Corpora
ton, said:
Il believe all that is necessary
to insure continuing and perna-
nent friendly relations between ia
pan and the United States is per-
sonal and intimate acquaintance be-
tween the leading citizens Of the
two countries, and this will be Sc
cured by the visits Of the japanese
to the United States and by the
Americans to Japan. These visits
are increasing and the results are
already pronounced
New Workers have arranged an
extraordinary reception for the
visitors. Industrial leaders here
hope that, as a result of informal
conferences, the United States and
japan will take the initiative in an
international adjustment of trade
relations in the Far East.
Darwin P. = .gsley, president of
the Chamber of Commerce of New
York city, holds this view of the
visit:
1t represents the passing of the
old diplomacy in favor Of a frank
and cooperative discussion of mu-
tual problems by business men,
who, after all. are the ones chiefly
concerned. The spirit which has
prompted this visit by the Japanese
merchants will meet prompt re-
sponse from American business
men all over the country This in
sures not only better business rela-
tions but better political relations
between Japan and the United
States"
<Masanao Kobayashi, chairman of
the New York reception commit
tee, explained that the mission
would give and receive such infor-
nation as to business methods and
policy in the United States as will
render more practical and efficient
whatever mutual endeavors in the
! sphere of cooperative undertak-
ings may arise in the future.
The delegation will visit Seattle,
Chicago, New York, Boston, Pitts
burgh, st. Louis and Washington,
with supplementary trips to Du-
luth, Gary, Fort Worth, Houston,
Galveston, New Orleans and Allan
ia.
Besides DR.. Dan, the delegation
comprises:
Ginjiro Fujiwara, director of va
rious industrial companies; Ryutaro
Fukao, steamship man; Yukinori
Hoshino. banker and insurance
man; Shinjiro Ida, member Of the
Chamber of Commerce of Kyoto;
katsutaro Inahata, manufacturer;
Takashi Isaka, insurance man and
manufacturers! Tetsu Ishii, steam
ship director; Shosuke Itami,
steamship director; Morimatsu Ito,
banker and business man; Jukuro
Kadono, business man; Manzo
Kushida, banker; Kyohei Makoshi,
capitalist; Taro Masuda, manufac-
turer; Kenjiro Matsumoto, manu-
facturer and banker; Seiichiro Mi
yashina, cotton manufacturer; Tat
sunni MOchida, manufacturer; Ba-
ron Kumakichi Nakashima, mem
Der of house Of peers and manu-
facturer; Shintaro Ohashi, publish
er and business man, member OF
municipal council; TsuneZo Saito
business man; Tokutaro Sakai,
steamship director; Gisaku Taxi
gawa, manufacturers; Norihiko
Yashiro, banker, and Umekiohi
YOneyama, banker.