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Show aneae lumbermen have tiled to Induce the government to increase the customs cus-toms duty on lumber, ar. l th a the cabinet cab-inet has rfuned to i.n, th imp'-r-tations k-ep down the prices of the products from the lora! fon-sts. and nJ -r-dy the coat of consiructln is en hig-h that Investors will not birld hotisee, of which there Is a grt j shortage. One American firm hsei shlpiHid to Japan a fw ."ready made"! houaes, but thus far tnere h is not !een j a great demand for tln-se. j The rrodern Japanose wanta a eeml-i foreifrn house, fhs w.fe nd daughters.) m like the men who hsr tiv-ud j abroad, have not learned to appreci:it the comforts of central haina. ti.ed ( baths and modern aanltary fittings.; They wa nt at lea at some Jo paneee rocms, above all a room for thfli teal ceremonial, which to a Ji'ineae arirl i is as important aa a irac-'iatum to tl-t j average Am-r.can s-irl. Mnnv of th ! men, too, like e-ccHSiopally to -evert to f the "comforts" of their ch.Mhood. When th cost r,f btbor. cement, j bricks, plumbing and other acceav-t l a 1 are reduced the importation of .t.m-' ber will be further increased At present pres-ent the skilled mechanic here ren-ne comparatively hlch waxes, but th- primitive tools they use prrvent them ' from accomplishing nearly the amount , I of worMsdatly which the American riiea , with his up to date contrivancea. The , Japanese have not y-t appreciated it..- ' I HOUSE BUILDING IN JAPAN TOO COSTLY, SAY II OMESEEKERS TOKIO, Oct. It. A Japanese merchant, mer-chant, long resident abroad,' where he learned to enjoy the comforts of American Amer-ican household conveniences and utensils, uten-sils, has Just completed a residence south of Yokohama, every stick and fitting of which was lmportd .from America.. It cost him. so his bids show. , Jgsi half as much as it would favej I cost had It been built of Japanese t m-1 m-1 ber and materials, and he and his family declare the comforts are not to be compared. This is one of the reasons for the increasing importations of lumber from the Pacific coast states of America. Amer-ica. Another reason is that Japan, owing to the disturbed conditions in Hiberla, is not receiving aa much lumber lum-ber aa heretofore from Huaaia. Javn- |