Show COMES AFAR TO i BUY MACHINERY I S Junsuke Represents Represent Larg Largest rg est st Copper Mines in Japan Jap n I WERE WORKED YEARS AGO CO 5 4 5 OWNER IT aAS AS RELATIVES IN THE TEE N AT WASHINGTON W 5 Junsuke Ju euke a representative of the wealthiest t mine owner of Japan I Is Ja 1 registered at the Knutsford and I la IC laI I I making his hw first trip to this country I for tor ue te th purpose of ol buying improved machinery The erty which Mr represents Ie re Includes the famous copper opper mines ml owned by Jun wa second son of Count late minister of foreign affairs in Japan and younger brother of I II Count Mutsu of the lega legation legation I tion Uon of or Japan in Washington Mr lUima said The mines are ar among the oldest in the world being worked JOe years ago They are four fourteen fourteen fourteen I teen In number and produce GM pounds of refined copper The Tho T largest producers are the Be si with an output of or pounds of ore and the Kosaka Ko aka with an output of or pounds The other mines have an output of or from OW to pounds of copper coP r ore The are the largest copper mines in Japan and are located d in province ee in the northern part pert of Japan and about miles distant from and from Yokohama Most of th tb copper mines are In the northern north rn cen central cen central central western and southwestern part of the country Studies American Methods Meth ds Mr IiJima who is known in his country as as 5 a S doctor of ot en engineering engineering America SOY sev several se has been In eral oral weeks for tor the purpose of studying stud I Ithe the mines of this country and to fa familiarize himself with American meth nieth methods methods He was educated in where he h studied with an American professor sor He speaks sneaks excellent English Ac Accents Accents Accents cents bother r him but he hits has no trouble to understand Bd when a person speaks speak slowly and pronounces his words care carefully carefully fully tuny He Ee writes an excellent hand and In fact can read and write Eng English English lish link better than he speaks because then He e is not troubled with accents My purpose here of course Is to buy machinery for the toe mines which I represent rep nt he explained Before I leave the country I expect to place or orders orders orders ders for tor furnaces two tw con converters converters one blowing machine one traveling crane a d auxiliary In my travels to Inspect mines and machinery I have been to Seattle San Francisco Arizona OH Mexico Mex Colorado o Omaha Chicago Pittsburg Washington Baltimore I New York Montana and here While hile in the east ast I also stopped off at Ni Niagara Niagara agara gars Falls I expect to leave here hero tomorrow for San Francisco and wIn will put In several weeks there Government Owns Iron Mines Since the war Japan has been very prosperous and business has been forging ahead The mines of the country are owned by b private individuals individuals 1115 the government owning only th thIron Iron tron mines The mines I represent em emoy employ ploy oy about e e men but we want to increase our output and this we cannot do with our present methods I am deeply impressed with the manner In which not only mining but everything I else Is conducted In this thin country Everything Is done on such a colossal scale Mr is rather a late laie man under the medium height and well in informed inforMed informed I formed on the political affairs of this and his own country countr He JIe has hs large intelligent eyes and a pleasing ad address address dress 81 |