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A New Light ' on Foreign Investments DEAD about it in the series entitled \Opening China's v Inland Empire\ now appearing in ASIA The American MAGAZINE on the Orient. The big business of the future is in ASIA. This richly illustrated magazine helps you do business in the East by showing you how the peoples live, think and act. America s future lies eastward of the Pacific. It is an essential to every American who wants to know how and where this nation's power and influence are most effectively to be spent. THE SEPTEMBER SHANTUNG ISSUE OF ASIA WAS COM PLETELY SOLD OUT ON THE NEWS STANDS A FEW DAYS AFTER PUBLICATION. WE HAD TO PRINT A LARGE SECOND EDITION, AND THIS WAS SOLD OUT. OUR OCTOBER ISSUE IS LATE SO THERE WILL BE NO TIME TO MAKE A SECOND PRINTING. IF YOU WANT TO BE SURE OF YOUR COPY, GET IT AT ONCE. IT IS ON SALE TODAY, 35 CENTS, AT THE NEWS STANDS AND BOOKSELLERS WHO HAVE THE BETTER MAGAZINES. GET YOUR COPY TODAY. 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Haiti - Panama City, Panama Cristobal, Canal Zone Cali, Colombia Harbin, Manchuria AMERICAN FOREIGN Banking Corporation 53 Broadway, New York Capital, Surplus and UndidJt J Profits octt $5,000,000 The Cobra's Grouch Eternal. The cobra, or which there are many varieties In India, probably contains more venom, vlcloueness and hate In its serpentine makeup than any other living thing, In zoos these snakes are usually shown benlnd panes of heavy glar for no matter how Ions they Va?tlvlty they aro relentless In their to do harm and never seem to become discouraged. Hundreds ot vieiou.?,\ the. day w IVf a ttw drops ot venom on the glass. 71 OFFICE N. T. City 87 Front Street 25 Mad ison Ave. OFFICE JAPAN Important Cities World n FAR EAST Organization intimate cooperation with our or- ganization is proving of great ad- vantage economical and efficient. Full information and suitable itineraries at shortest notice. THOS. COOK & SON NEW YORK 245 Broadway 561 5th Afenuo Opp. City Hall Con 46th Street Tel TeL 7100 Birchy 6171 Murray Hill SIBERIAN TRADE SHOWS BIG GAIN Railroads Report Heavy In- crease in Earnings. Omsk, Oct B. The entire Siberian press Is protesting vehemently against the suppression of the Colo Prlmoria, the Vladivostok newspaper, publication of which waa stopped by Lieut-Co- l. Johnson of the American forces in the far East. Siberian railroads during the second four months of 1919 earned nearly three times as much aa they did In the first period of that year. Conditions are greatly improved and it Is expected that further advances will be made In the Im- mediate future. An Improvement In the export situa- tion at Vladivostok Is reported here. Through the cooperation of American Consul John K. Caldwell with local au- thorities the requirements of the foreign exchange have not been changed, and American exporters are able to get the greater part of their goods In Siberia without great delay. Consul Caldwell has advised Washington that matters are progressing favorably. Exports from Siberia for the months of July and A'jgust of this year amount- ed to 372,000 poods of raw materials (approximately 13,400,000 pounds). They consisted largely of furs, hides, flax and dairy products and were valued at 116,000.000 ubles or at the present rate of exchange, $7,000,000. The Millard Canard Persists. The British, French and American Ministers at Fekln have severatly denied all knowledge' of the secret French-Bri- t. pact for the partition of China, alleged to be In existence by T. F. Millard. \This follows Millard's tes- timony before the Foreign nelatlons Committee at Washington, but conven- tional diplomacy Is ro discredited In the public eye that It will probably tako more than the denials of diplomats to dissipate the prejudice created by Mr. Millard's allegation, and particularly his views on the Inevitability ot war over the Far Eastern situation,\ comments the Far Bait RAILROADS GREAT CHINESE PROBLEM American Engineer Sees Ilan-ItOA- V ns tho Futuro Centre of Trade. TAPS WIDE TERRITORY Proposed Now Lino Would Go Through Provinco of 50,-000,0- 00 Population. Pekw, China, Oct. 22. C. J. Carroll, chief engineer of tho Szechucn-Honko- Hallway, has his faith rooted in railway construction ns tho solver ot a good many of tho problems confronting China. Mr. Carroll, who 1b In charge of the Ilan-- I and sections, of the lines, first came out to China for tho American International Corporation, afterward being transferred to tho Chinese Govern- ment aervlco on the staff of the Stems-Care- y Company. He has made consid- erable exploitations In the realm of rail- way construction In China. While In Pekln recently discussing current rail- way matters, Mr. Carroll said : \Hankow Is destined to become the futuro rail- way centre of China on account of tho freight originating on the Upper Ynng-- tszo and tho Upper Han River and the territory south and west of the Tungtlng Lake. AU that liasa natural outlet in Hankow, which will 'develop Into one of tho most Important future railway cen- tres in China, next to Shanghai. Almost all the freight that comes to Hankow goes to Shanghai. In point of fact, the commercial importance of Shanghai Is partly due to the freight coming from Hankow, which is the natural transpor- tation centre of China on account of Its general topography and natural drain- age.\ The Hukuang railway Idea, explained Mr. Carroll, 1b to build a line from Han kow west to Ichang and through the Tangtsze River gorges to Krungking. thenco to Changtefu. At the present the province of Szechuan, which Is one of the most Important and most highly devel oped agricultural provinces of China, la Isolated from Hankow and other prov- inces by the mountain ranges that prac- tically extend from north to south. The conception of the Hukuang rail- way agreement Is to open up this rich province of about DO. 000, 000 souls, be- tween whom .and Hankow there Is a bar- rier of nearly a thousand miles, which presents a transportation problem of the first magnitude. The only outlet for the freight from and to Hankow is through tho Tangtsze River gorges unques tionably one of the most dlfllcult rivers .in the world to navigate. \The entire problem of the future of China,\ said Mr. Carrol In conclusion, \hinges upon tho question of transporta- tion. Frobably none of China's many problems will ever be solved until a proper transportation rystem is estab- lished, which means railway construc- tion. The present railway does not open up the country sufficiently. As a basis of future development It is necessary to complete the line from Hankow to Canton and a line from Hankow to Changtefu, as well as the Lung-H- railway up the Yellow River. With these three lines as the basis, future ramifi- cations further afield will follow as a matter of course. These are the neces- sary main arteries. The future welfare of China depends upon the solution of the transportation problem, which means extensive railway construction.\ Philippines Not Mere Dots. The Philippines, having an area of 110,026 square miles, are but little smaller than Great Britain and Ireland. While there are over 3.000 Islands In the group, 106, 823 square miles of the total area In the whole archipelago are claimed by eleven principal Islands, the largest of which Is Luzon, on which Is located the capital city, Manila. Formosa Cnmphor Allotments Made Commercial Attache James F. Abbott reports from Toklo that the allotment of camphor to the celluloid manufac- turers and camphor refiners of the United States for the last three months of 1919 Is the same as for the preced- ing three months, and with the same conditions. The price Is 378 shillings ($91.98) per hundredweight. AUSTRALIAN NOTES. SYDNEY, Oct 10. Production of mov- ing pictures In Australia with Australian talent on a larger scale la predicted In the resolution of the directors of Australasian Films, Ltd., and Union Theatres, Ltd., to handle Australian mads screen photo dramas wherever possible. Ths two con- cerns own the finest studios In the tiouth-er- n Hemisphere. These are located at Rushcutter's nay, near this city. The companies propose to producs pic- tures of purely Australian Interest on a scale hitherto not attempted locally. Aus- tralian producers will be employed and the scenarios will be written around Aus- tralian history and romance. SYDNEY, Oct. SO. Several Investigators will be sent by the Railway Commissioners ot New South Wales to study railroad and municipal transit In the United States with ths view of adapting American meth- ods to State problems. MEI.UOUItNE, Oct. :0. More than 1,200 applications for assistance to emigrate to ths dominions have been received bv the Overseas Settlement Department of the British Oovernrsent, according to press cables received from London. About 75 per cent of the applicants desire to go to Canada and tho balance to Australia and New Zealand. Many of the applicants for Australasian transportation have made In- quiries In regard to the facilities for fruit crowing. ORANGE. Oct. 20. Government assis- tance to fruit growers and cooperative marketing were among the suggestions made for the improvement of fruit grow. Ing In Australia by Minister for Lands Aahford In opening the fruit growers' con- ference here. BYDNEY, Oct 20. Late August rains throughout New South Wales so effec- tually broke the drought that It Is believed the wheat crop of the State will be saved. The dry spell which had been virtually continuous since Isst May had made It appear certain that prohibition of export ot wheat from the .State would have to be enforced. The rains seemingly have changed the situation. MELBOURNE. Oct. SO The Common- wealth Mercantile Fleet now comprises seventy-si- x vessels, of which number twenty. four are still building. The total of seventy-si- x Is made up as follows: Austral line In commission js Former enemy ships run by th Com- monwealth ,..,17 Sailing ships In commission 5 Steamships building In Australia,....,; MELBOURNE, Oct. 20. It Is the Inten-tlo- n of the Federal Oovernment to advance between HtO.OOO.OOO and 1:00,090,000 to the Individual States for the settlement upon the land of returned service men. MELBOURNE. Oct. 20. At the annual meeting of- - ths Amalgamated Wireless (Australasia), Ltd., the negotiations for eitendtng the wireless operations were An offer. It was stated, had been made to provide a permnnent direct com- mercial service between Australia and F.ngland, If this service were established. It was exp'.anleri. all classes of messages could be forwarded by wireless at one. third less cost than by rable, MELBOURNE, Oct. 20 The French Mil- lion to Australia, headed by Oen. Pau, has Issued a report upon Its visit to the In mi. In which the neces- sity. ofa greater sals of Frsnch goods In Austrslls Is urged, and tsrlrt reciprocity Is favored. THE SUN, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1919. LABOR PROBLEM BEGINS TO LOOM IN JAPAN, BUT UNIONISM HAS LITTLE POWER AS YET Hardly More Than 1 Per Cent, of the \Population Could Become Parties to Dispute Class Question Not Involved, but Agitators Seek to Bring Occidental Theories Into Practice Workers in General Contented. Br TATSUYA KATO. Managing Director of the South Man- churia Mining Company. The labor problem, the world's popu- lar topic, has come td tho frqnt In Japan. The recent printers' strike of the Toklo papers Is the most remarkable symptom, but It is doubtful whether tho question yet has become a vital one to those very persons to whose Interest It Is being discussed. Let us examine the number of work- men who may becomo a, party to a labor dispute in Japan. Though accurate sta- tistics arc not available as to this point, they are said to number from 700,000 to 1,000.000 that Is, from 1 to l.G per cent, of tho total population. They lncludo the workers at ahlpbuldlng yards, railways, cotton spinning mills, machine shops, mines, &c Well, has a labor question becomo a vital ono with such workmen In Japan? Are they seriously claiming tho solution of a labor question as a class problem? If I might venture an opinion, I would say that no such question ns tho public l. making a ;uss about exists yrt among this class of people in Japan. So far as my observations go, it la a fac- tion of publicists that are making a mountain out of a mole Hill Or It may bo said with a regard for them that they aro ahead of the times so far as this question is concerned. Japanese Workers Contented. Thcso publicists aro enthusiastic peo- ple. They are anxious about tho future of tho society. But in a way they de pend upon tho West for their mental food, so they are apt to treat tho labor question exactly as It Is treated in the West They -- would see such Institutions as tho labor union applied to the cir cumstances of the present conditions In their country in Its original form. They would transplant Western labor legisla- tion on Japanese soil, so to speak. Thus In their discussions they are apt to leave out of account actual conditions In their country. It Is a question whether their opinions may be put In practical application with advantage. However, they are entirely left to take their natural courses: that Is to say, there Is nothing to prevent them from forming a labor union or party In Japan. Should the union be formed In a healthy way It Is'nlways welcome. From what Ihave seen of many fac- tories In Japan the Japanese workers aro on the whole contented. Though some of them possessed of extreme thoughts may cry for a reform of the social organization, they aro for the most part contented with their present status. As for the employers, ,only a comparatively small proportion of them are awake to the wisdom of the \welfare work.\ If \the Japa- nese workers must raise their moral standards or Improve their efficiency the Japanese employer must do what he ought toward the workmen. In short, there Is no real expression of labor discontent yet In Japan like that which we fee in Europe and America, but ns the number of Indus- trial laborers Increare and tho coun- try's Industrial organization progresses there Is sure to arise the labor question as It is understood in Kurope or America. It Is well then that we should take advantage of tho experiences of the JAPAN'S NEW ENVOY POPULAR AT HOME Shidehara, Ono of Nippon's Youngs Diplomatists' Coining to United States. The selection of Mr. Kljuro Shidchara, for Foreign Affairs, as Japanese Ambassador to tho United States, meets with general approval 'in Japan. Mr. Shidchara Is one of the most prominent of Nippon's younger diplomatists and has had a distinguished career. He has 6erved as Embassy Councillor at Washington and London and ns Minister at The Hague. As er for Foreign Affairs during the world war Ills Judgment was worthy of much commendation. He Is 47 years of age, having been bom at Kawachl In 18?:, and was graduated In law at the Toklo Imperial University In 1805. The Importance of the appointment Is emphasized by the Toklo Mainichi, which declares that \If Japan wishes to eucceed in her Chinese policy elio must first succeed In her diplomacy with the United States.\ As a general comment upon tho duties of the new Ambassador, the Herald of Asia prints the following editorial; \For some time Japan's, relations wlth the United States have not been quite satis- factory. By this we do not mean to proclaim ourselves alarmists or to cry fire when there Is only a little smoke from smouldering Irritation; but there Is nothing to be gained on either side by refusing to face the facts. The peo- ple ot Japan and the people ot America appear to be mutually dissatisfied with each other; and It Is the duty of both countries to examine carefully the cause of this untoward state ot public feeling and to remove It It possible. Just whoso fault It Is we do not now undertake to say ; but It' Is safe to affirm that the ceu so Is due more to the mistakes ot officialdom on both sides than to any deepseated aversion ot the two nations to each other. The millions ot Japan and the millions ot the United States bavo really no quarrel ; but their repre- sentatives have failed so far to make this fact convincing. In the United States and In Japan the contemporary' press Is loud In mutual complaint, and riven aspersion and blame, each country endeavoring to show up the other ns Imperialistic, militarist, nnd aggressive, Yet Japan has taken, Is taking and In- tends to take nothing from America or Americans; and the same may be said ot the American people In relation to Japan. The American press and some American officials are charging Japan with assuming an attitude menacing the Independence or Integrity of China; and Japan, while denying this, Is blaming America for unfair and even unfounded allegations and undue meddling In re- gard to Chinese affairs. It not In the Far East generally. \There are three sorts of mistakes, to one or all of which a Japanese Am- bassador In America is likely to suc- cumb without proper advice; tho mis- take of talking too little, of talking too much or ot phrasing what Is said In a manner unsulted to the American mind. No Japanese, no matter how able or ex perienced, can sense public opinion In j ths United States so accurately aa to know when to speak and when not to speak, and to know Just what to uy advanced nations In tho West, eo ns to avoid tho difficulties they havo been meeting in such matters. An Instance of Japanese attltudo to- ward cooperative motives of capital and labor Is the recent formation of the Cooperative Association, or \tho Kyocho-kal,- \ organized by euch captains of in- dustry in Japan as Mr. KoJIro Matsu-kat- a of the Kawasaka Shipbuilding Company, Mr. Sanjl Muto ot the Kan-gafuc- hl Cotton Spinning Mills and Baron Nakajlma of the Furukawa Mining Com- pany, who nre making every effort to improve the welfare and prosperity of their workmen. Tho object of tho association Is to mako efforts for tho fruition of har- mony between capital and labor, In- vestigate various matters pertaining to social politics and help toward the ex- ecution of such matters. Besides a head office In Tqklo the association will open a branch In every Important district throughout the country, where separate Investigations will be made and pamph- lets containing the results of such in- vestigations will be distributed. The association will opjn public libra- ries and hold popular lecture meetings as a means for the development of tho Intellectual faculties of tho working peo- ple. It will also make necessary ar- rangements for offering service as a cen- tral Intelligence office; mediate or arbi- trate labor discussions and mako various other arrangements as circumstances may demand. The association will be a foundation on the basis of subscriptions by its mem- bers nnd contributions from outBlde. through sympathizers. It will have a beard composed of men of various call- ings. At the banquet given at the opening of \Tho Cooperative Society of Labor and Capital\ at Kyochokal Mr. Kei Ifara, Premier of Japan, Indicated the Govern- ment's attitude on the labor question when he said : \It Is the most essential necessity at this moment to cooperate capital and labor nnd I Indorse such an attempt by the Influential people who represent the labor and capital and wish to render my heartfelt assistance to Its bucccss.\ Position of the Consumer. Mr. Tokonaml, Secretary of the Inte- rior, speaking on the same occasion, de- clared : \Labor and capital should combine with each other to enjoy mutual welfare. However, there Is a party who Insists that the, two never agree, and must fight one another to attain their object; but of the latter take, no consideration, as there Is a third party outside of tho two that Is, the consumer. When con- sidering this complicated state of aTalrs there Is no reason why the two should not cooperate.\ f Private Individuals are also trying to promote the public good by studying It from a sensible viewpoint Thus, to my thinking, labor conditions In Japan are steadily Improving. According to some foreign critics, notably Germans, Japanese factories .arc next to Jails and Japanese workmen nre but slaves. That statements of this kind aro only misrep- resentations by commercial propagand- ists must be evident to anybody who takes the pains to Inspect tho actual conditions pervaillng In our factories. The Japanew; are a thrifty and hard- working people. The nation must work hard, utilizing its land, capital nnd labor as economically as possible. Of course we cannot claim that tho condi- tions of labor in Japan arc superior to those in Kurope or America. I know and how to say It unless he has ade- quate advice from American friends. Japan has many foreign friends both In the United States and In Japan who would be only too glad to do anything In their power to promoto better relations between the two countries.\ FAR EASTERN TRADE NOTES. The Japanese Government is seriously considering the advisability of establish- ing a labor bureau In the Department of Agriculture and Commerce. If such a bureau is created it will not begin opera- tions. It Is said, until after the Japanese delegate has returned from the Interna- tional Labor Congress which Is to be held in Washington during the present year. According to a report of Consul Gen- eral E. X. Gunsaulus, Singapore, Straits Settlements, the Singapore municipality Is seriously considering tho construction of a new power station which will sup- plement the existing power plants. During the period of the war It was practically impossible to secure materials necessary In extending the electrical service and applications for such service were refused, but now that these ma- terial markets are becoming normal thero will probably be u rapid develop- ment in this direction. It Is said that the Increased acreago of corn In 'the Province of Surlsao, Phil- ippine Islands, has been of material effect In offsetting the shortage in the available supply of rice. In August rice was selling at 40 cents to 50 cents per ganta (ganta equals 8.10 quarts). There are now moro than 300 private schools located In the Philippines. The enrolment In the private schools last year was 48,000, an Increase of 70 per cent over the attendance In the preced- ing years. There are located in Antung, China, about 20 large bean oil mills, and this city ranks second to Dalrcn, Manchuria, in the production of bean oil and bean cake. Japanese firms located In Antung take over practically the entlro output of these mills for export, the Chinese manufacturers themselves not engaging to any rcat extent In the export trade. In 1918 the value of bean cake exported from Antung was j:,33:,i::, while tho value of bean exports was $1,617,323, and that of bean oil was 1372,238. In order to effect a saving In rloe and at tho same time combat tho high cost of living potatoes will be sold In the municipal markets ot Nagoya, Japan, at half price, which Is 22 wen (10.9 cents) for two kwamme (16.53 pounds). Wealthy residents of Nagoya havo voluntarily contributed a large sum of money to defray the expense of this experiment Millions of ducks are killed annually In China to supply the feather Industry. In .1917 the exports of this article amounted to 7,083,333 pounds. Before the war Germany was the chief Im- porter of feathers, purchasing from South China alone 4,000,000 pounds annually. In replj' to the report that certain re- patriated Germans would return to China as Danish subjects, the Consul-Gener- al for Denmnrk at Shanghai states that this Is very Improbable, as permanent residence In Denmark for fifteen years is required to becomo a Danish subject. It Is said that the fill In the London and New' York vegetable-oi- l markets in August has had little effect on tho Phil- ippine oil Industry, because all the oil manufactured since the decline In prices has gone out under contract avt ths for- mer market price. they leave much to be desired, and It Is well that wo should strive to Im- prove them gradually, Introducing Into Japan only that which Is good In the Westorn system.'' . Hcc Dnnicer ot Unionism. Japan is a century behind her West- ern neighbors so far as tho labor ques- tion Is concerned, but she need pot re- peat? the history of disputes and dlfli-cultl- they have had. Take labor unionism, for Instance; In some countries tho Institution Is attended with serious evils and has come to bo used as . weapon against the employer classes, Japan must be free of such evils. If tho object of an organization consists in tho promotion of tho real welfare of laborers It Is well and good. But a union formed with tho dangerous Idea of tyrannizing capital by organized force ought to be kept under control by all nations. Another thing wo should bear in mind Is tho wisdom of refraining from mak- ing tho labor question a political Issue. In Japan there has existed an ancient and peculiar relationship between em- ployer and employee. This fact must not be lost sight of. In Europe and America the relations of employer and employee are thoso of buyer and seller; while In Japan there is a human clement in the relationship of the two. It Is something like the relationship of lord and retainer. If this peculiar feature be preserved. It the employer treat his workmen with a warm heart as If they were members of his own family, and If they work for their employer with something more than a. cold, calculating head. It Is not Impossible to secure harmony between capital and labor. Tho prevalence of such systems as profit sharing is a straw showing which way tho wind blows. This being so, it Is not Impossible that Japan may steal a march upon the advanced nations In Europe and America, nnd bring the labor question to a successful solution. But we must not forget the fact that the Japanese laborer le Inferior to his Western colleagues In point of efficiency. This may bo attributed to various causes tho lnsufilciency of technical knowledge, the Inferiority of physical energy and comparative lack of expe- rience. Grentrr Ulllclcney Needed. Under the circumstances our working people should strive to heighten their efficiency by removing the causes of their inferiority. For this purpose it may be necessary for the employer to complete the arrangements for the pro- motion of their welfare, but ,lt Is at tho same time necesaary that they them- selves should learn to work in har- monious coopclatlon with their em- ployers. And. last but not least, the capitalist who has many workmen in employ should be fully awake to the sltuatlon.f He should realize the truth that the labor question Is not only a question for tho workmen, but that It Is also a question for himself. In tho interest of the nation at large as well as In his own he should do his best to contribute his share to the successful solution of the labor question. And as he Is In direct touch with many workmen he must be nblo to appreciate the value of harmoni- ous cooperation between capltil and labor. I believe he Is in a position to contribute moro than other people to- ward the desirable end. For this reason I expect more from the awakening of tho capitalist than from that ot the laborer. PARCELS FOR CHINA SHOULD BE TAGGED Agent at Shanghai Gives In- structions for Sending Mail Packages. Advices of the Post Office Department from the United States postal agent at Shanghai, China, suggest that declara- tion tags or Invoices should be attached to parcel post packages sent to China. Although the Shanghai postal ngency has all tho parcel post privileges of a post office in the United States, all par- cels received must, nevertheless, pass the Inspection or the Chinese Customs. Addressees aro often caused much In- convenience nnd needless expense because the sender falls to forward the Invoice In the samo mall as the parcel or to attach a customs declaration tag or Invoice to the parcel. China ndmlts duty free merchandise for personal use to the value of ten taeis. When Invoices or customs declaration tags are attached'the parcels are passed and delivered Immediately; otherwise they are held for customs inspection, ana not a little difficulty is experienced In obtaining delivery. Parcel post mall Is handled from the Pacific seaboard as first class matter. Unless tho invoice Is put Into the mall on tho samo day the parcel Is mailed It frequently occurs that the latter catches an outgoing steamship and the document Is left behind, arriving In Shanghai k week or two later. In some cases American Arms have neglected to send Invoices altogether. Parcels accumulate needlessly in the postal agency awaiting the documents. Some firms apparently do not understand that Invoices may be Inclosed In invoice envelppes nnd attached to the parcel without cMra postage. Too much emphasis and Insistence cannot bo placod upon this point. Inas- much as It has been found to affect the reputation of American business In China, The time factor consequent upon tho distance should not be complicated, with avoidable delays. Particularly Is it advantageous for senders mailing merchandise to banks for account of customers to attach dupli- cate Invoices to the parcels It this Is done, dollvery can be effected much quicker In a majority of cases. TOKIO JOURNALISTS FIGHT HARA CABINET Complain That Needs of Masses Are Neglected. Sptclal Cable Df patch to Ths Sex. Tokio. Oct 14. About forty lnflu-enti- al journalists met recently nnd agreed to start a crusade against the present Japanese Government A dec- laration was adopted that the existence of the Hara Cabinet could not 'be toler- ated, as It was totally blind to the gen- eral trend of the world's affairs as well as .to the conditions prevailing In Japan. The document denounces the pre-wn- t Government ai being too intent upon the extension of tho Influence of the Setyti-ka- l, while quite Indifferent to tho dis- charge of Its proper duties of ailmlnls. tratlon. II. Is declared that although the masses ot the Japanese people are thrown Into distress by the exorbitant prices of commodities the Government shows ttselt entirely Incompetent to devise good remedial measures. JiSrT, , , TV 'TK\WAi ' \J ATLANTIC . WUlflt OCfAN Essentials in Far Eastern Trade An honest product A knowledge of markets A strong banking connection The first is dependent upon the The facilities of the Park-Unio- n Foreign Banking Corporation meet iully the need of the others. Our branches !n Yokohama and Shanghai enable us to render not only the strongest kind of banking service, but also supply ac- curate trade and credit information on the markets of the Orient. Branches in the United States at Seattle and San Francisco. Direct connections with the Dutch East ' Indies, Latin America and Europe. Let us confer with you on your foreign trade needs. OFFICERS Charles A. Holder, President T. Fred Aspden, Vice-Presid- ent E. B. MacKenzie, Secretary & Treasurer ParkHJnion FOREIGN BANKING CORPORATION 56 Wall Strtet, New York Paid Up Capital and Surplus, $2,250,000 SIAM IN MARKET FOR METAL GOODS United States Beginning' to Share in Trade Once Mo- nopolized by Europe. Practically all of Slam's requirements in metal manufactures of all classes aro supplied by foreign countries, for the reason that the local Industries in these lines remain entirely undeveloped and according to the present outlook these conditions may continue for an indefinite period, according to United\ States VIce-Cons- ul Carl C. Hansen at Bangkok. Hallway material, structural iron and steel, galvanized Iron sheets and wire nails make up the leading Items In Slam's Imports of metal products, but nearly everything that may be men- tioned In the hardware line Is also In active demand. At the present time, owing to the shortage of stocks on hand and the fact that two of tho largest wholesale and retail hardware houses, which were closed for Uie duration of the war, may not reopen again there appears to be an excellent chance for those Interested In opening up new business In the hard- ware trade In Bangkok. The bulk of Slam's Imports of Iron and steel manufactures has hitherto come from European countries, but dur- ing the last few years, however, the United States' share In this trade has advanced considerably, amounting to (345,015 worth of metal manufactures and JSD.781 worth of machinery In the fiscal year 1917-1- 8, as compared with $22,196 and $22,046 worth, respectively. In the pre-w- ar fiscal year ended March 31. 1914. Lack of direct shipping facilities be- tween Slam and the United States has greatly hindered the progress of recip- rocal trade relations between the re- spective countries. However, besides the actual consignments by foreign ships, many American products have found their way to Slam through transship- ments, so that articles of all sods manu- factured In the United States may be seen In every part of the Kingdom; but In order to push business American dis- tributing houses are very essential, and of such there are at present only two or three In the'yantlre kingdom. The aggregate declared value of the Imports of mnchlnery through the port of Bangkok was $754,611 In the fiscal year ended March 31, 1914; $538,294 In 1915; $457,712 In 1916: $521,611 In 1917, and $293,145 In 191S. Among the more Important Items In the machinery imports were marine engines, rice mill- ing machinery, sewing machines, railway locomotives and machine, tools. The total value of the Imports of all metal manu- factures other than machinery amounted to $3,262,364 In the fiscal year 1913-1- 4 ; $1,731,694 In 1914-1- 5; $1,492,276 In 1915-1- 6; $1,638,335 In 1916-1- and In 1917-1- 8, The cutlery and tool Imports, not Including machine tools, are classified separately, the value ot the shipments of the former being $57,253 In the fiscal year 1916-1- and $96,489 In 1917-1- 8; and of the latter $214,249 and $141,689 In 1916-1- 7 and 1017-1- respec- tively. The Import duty on all kinds of metal products Is 3 per cent, ad valorem and Is levied on the entire cost of the ship- ment. Including packing, freight. Insur- ance and all other charges to the port of landing. Practically all the shipments from for- eign countries to Slam are landed at Bangkok, which Is the most Important port In the kingdom and Is also the cen- tre for distribution by rail and water- ways of merchandise to all parts of the country. Most ot the Bangkok firms are general Importers and handle metal products of all kinds. SIBERIAN EXPORTS READY. Vnst Quantities of Itnvr Material In AVarehonses. Omsk, Oct- - 21. Advice Is received here from the officials ot the United Credit Unions of Siberia that the or- ganization has In warehouses at Vladi- vostok, ready for export, more than 600 tons of flax fibre, 20 tons of bristles, about 100 tons of merino wool nnd other raw materials. More than 120 tons of raw furs havo been shipped to America already. Iargc quantities of raw materials nre In tho Interior of Siberia availnblo for export as roon as the market develops. The United Credit Unions have re- cently contracted to furnish the Omsk Government with raw materials valued at 130,000,000 rubles, slightly more than 140,000,000. EGYPT HEW FIELD IN PAPER INDUSTRY Bice Straw Yields Pulp of Good Quality for Manu- facture. A Government committee of technics tidvice on printing In Egypt has Issued a report on tho possibilities of man- ufacturing paper in the country and points out that rice straw, old cotton rags (mostly colored) and waste papf are already available as raw materials In Egypt, and that several other tn terlals papyrus, reeds (bourdie. &c and bagasse (sugar cane refuse) ma. eventually prove useful for paper mak- ing. Samples of Egyptian rice straw were sent to England by the Ministry of Finance for testing. The results ob talned confirmed those already re. ordt-- l in the United States, and showed tba the straw when treated by the s oda pro - ess yields pulp of good qua!it suita- ble for the manufacture of white paper Tho straw could also servo for tho pro ducUon of straw-boar- nnd brown papei If treated by either the soda or lims process. Eice Is growri In very large quantttln In Egypt and a sufficient amount of straw at a low price would always available to guarantee the continuous running of a paper mill using rice straw as a raw material. The land annuallv put under rice In both Lower and Upper Egypt, on the average of ths last li years, Is approximately 225,000 feddam fcddan1.03 acres, and each feddan yields about 1 ton of straw. Tho yield of cellulose from papyrus Is about 48 per cent, and the material U easily bleached. Many experiment havo been carried out, and it Is est- imated that a fair quality good wnUi paper can be produced from It, but no practical testa on a commercial real have yet been made. Papyrus, however may eventually prove a useful raw m- aterial for paper making. Experiments with bourdie were mads on behalf of the Imperial Instltuw ti March, 1918. The report, however wis not very favorable, for, although b. u' dlo can be treated very cheaply for production of brown paper, the product is poor in comparison with pap.r mao from ordinary straw. The pu p li on'y of moderate quality and difficult to bleach, and the yield Is low Bagasse, the fibrous residue of sugar cane after tho cxtr.irtlon of (tie Juice, is frequently assumed to he i suitable raw material for paper nrakins; but experiments In Egynt ha mi Proved commercially successful In di? trlcts where coal is scarce it 1 r\\r9 profitable to use bagasse as fuel From the above It will be seen trist the Important paper making materia'' available In Egypt are rlco straw, \ol ored cotton rags and waste paper, none of which are suitable for making tint class papers, and their use would ba lim- ited to the manufacture of cheap pnp'r! cardboards and wrapping papers - rus. reeds and bagasso may even'taiv be convertible Into good white r T\\8 bv new and Improved methods, but run- time tley could be used on'v as i l\ tlonal materials for carribo.ud ' il wrapping papers. ( LIMIT FAR EAST CREDITS. American lliporlem Chnnite Mow Payment System. Salesmen returning from the l'nr East report a decided chance In ' ' ie i,' of buyers toward credits. TVs tlS was brought about by tho war a In American exporters, who lns'el rash In ndvanrn or easli tip \ '\ of tho goods nt the Eastern p '' was tremendously dlfllcult for sa' -- n.-to do business upon these trrr ' i\\ hut American salesmanship fli. i'y Pu' the thing over. Tho granting of indefinitely - k U a slovenly way of selling b''1 was the common praetico of European nations to meet their tntem-tlona- l competition through such exten- sions. It endured for so marv vears that the retail buyers of the hast be- came Indifferent to qu.ilitv and ' cued the lines of least resistance I ' \J nut real Anierlenn Knlesnti-- tnto tr East and they soon showd t r i en that prompt payment Im n tsul Hi l'arin Tlxlit lu .Inptin 1 In Japan three quarters the average amount of liuid o- -1 vatlon for each person engager \ ''\ Ing. Two crops a year aro ufusi'y cured from all (arm lands. t
