Show OUR SULPHUR INDUSTRY Dr Elliot of Australia Here to Make Inquiries A MATTER OF IMPORTANCE MAY OPEN A MARKET FOR UTAH SULPHUR The Visitor Talks ItttoreftinRly on AffaIrs in the Orient Was Present Pres-ent When the Coronet Queen Was Assassiimteel Effect of the Great IVar The Fierce Henrt of Old Japan heating More Strongly Than Ever Growth of the Aa la tiomil Spirit Dr J F Elliot one of the most prominent citizens of Sydney Australia Austra-lia accompanied by his wife arrived here direct from Jaoan last evening and is stopping at the Knutsford The doctor is a heavy operator in sulphur and while en route to London Lon-don learned that there were large deposits de-posits of that material in Utah as well as extensive works He stated to a Herald reporter last night that the mines in Japan were much less productive produc-tive than formerly while the increase in wages in that empire since the war had exerted a decided tendency to increase the price of sulphur The owners of the extensive works in Sicily Si-cily were Quick to realize the t effect of the situation in Japan and naturally desiring to obtain a higher price for their products were seriously considering consid-ering the advisability of closing down a mine and decreasing the output Naturally this will affect Dr Elliotts large interests and the object of his visit at this time is to see just how extensive the deposits are what amount can be depended upon as a steady output and finally if freight rates can be secured from Utah to he coast to enable him to ship from San Francisco or Portland to Austra la by the shipload on terms that will admit of competition with the sulphur sul-phur from Japan and Sicily Is Seeking Information In order to get all of this information Dr Elliot will today call upon Ferdi nand Dickert and others who can advise ad-vise him as to the situation Should the way be lear it will naturally nat-urally result in developing our sulphur interests upon a scale tot lieietofcre thought of and will be of great benefit The business il the past has been held back by tedious litigation by combinations combina-tions among heavy dealers and unsatisfactory unsat-isfactory freight rates Affairs in the Orient Dr Elliot is a most accomplished gentleman an extensive traveler and one of the best posted men on Oriental affairs that has visiteJ this iountry m I a long time He talks interestingly of the situation in China and orea where he has been for many months past and on many matters of importance import-ance in the Orient has more accurate information that has been cabled to the press Assaisliinlion of the Queen I happened said rhe doctor to beat be-at the Corean capital when the attack was made on the palace The affair was so shrouded in mystery that the real facts were difficult to obtain You see there are two classes of troops at the capital The old troops though drilled by an American are wry anti foreign and favorable to the Wing or Queens party She looked with disfavor dis-favor upon the favors bestowed by the old king on foreigners and specially the Japanese Consequently mere was quite a commotion among the factions taking an interest in the > o matters and it clt llilat d 3ii t before the massacre when the Japanese insisted that the new troops should be drilled at a holiday affair The new troops resolved to do away with the queen and seized upon this opportunity Evidently the thing was all prearranged for at an early hour in the morning when they attacked the gate they met with little opposition I was living near by and hearing the uproar at once went to the spot The attacking party evidently did not know the queen They simply picked out three ladies in waiting and on the chance > that one was the queen killed them all and cremated the bodies immediately im-mediately Now the fact is that no meiately 1ow direct evidence has ever been adduced to show that the queen was actually killed and there is good reason to doubt that the troops actually succeeded suc-ceeded in making way with her With the details as to what followed the recall of the soldiers the arrest of the Japanese minister and the investigation investiga-tion correct reports have been given The country when I left was in a very I disturbed condition French English and Russian war ships were corning in and it will be some time before order and stability are restored At the present pres-ent time there are only about 350 Japanese soldiers in the capital Mining In Corea You know doubtless that the exclusive ex-clusive right to mine in all parts of Corea has been granted to a party of Americans The country is very rich in minerals particularly gold and other natural resources but as yet I scarcely anything has been done in the way of development Coreas gold output will kloubtless become an important im-portant factor in so far as the values of gold and silver may be affected by an increase in the production of the yellow yel-low metal But I started out to say that mining there is conducted in a manner of primitive a to be ridiculous ridicu-lous to the mining men in Utah Of course the work has to be done at present by Coreans who are simply nonplussed when they strike water and quit They never heard tell of a pump and wouldnt know what to do with one if they had it THree thousand thous-and of these fellows are now t0US1 fields taking out gold As a rule they sink about twentyfive feet when they encounter a little water and then open up another hole The rock is hoisted to the ground and in a primitive fashion roasted When it is as hot as it can be made they throw water on it which splits the rock up into small between rocks pieces This is put big rocs hollowed for the purpose and ground into a powder When this process is finished they simply pan out the gold as fnishe your placer miners do The fact that mining under these conditions can be made to pay and pay well will give your people an idea of the richness of the country in mineral Of course development de-velopment has commenced and it will continue until Corea becomes an ex contnue oiirmi field for mining operations I could give more in the way of details doubtless be tiresome but tat would doubtess iresome The MiUmlos Empire As to Japan Yes I am tolerably familiar with the country and the people peo-ple as much so as a foreigner is likely after long residence to be even afer a reidence there Of course the empire is very prosperous after the great war The result in one way has been to increase materially the price of labor and she is Increasing her industries to a marvelous extent especially In the manufacture of cotton and silk In some lines Japan is already coming into competition with the world Jnpunesc National Spirit But the growing tendency in Japan since the war is to return closer than ever to the national customs The European craze is dying out rapidly Christianity is now not making any j di there at all 1paa Is quick to learn and having adopted whatever might add to her national strength her commercial and industrial progress pro-gress has drawn the line at any change in national life Having learned her lesson thoroughly she Is i now dismissing her teachers The leaders there have seen much to COpy from us on the lines I have indicated lnes but they are content with their own civilization I has grown up though centuries and with their training deepseated religious and moral convictions con-victions cannot be overthrown The fact is that the Occidental cannot understand un-derstand the native of the Oriental any more than the Oriental can understand un-derstand the Occidental They lool upon us exactly as we look upon them seeing much to admire and much thais tha-is beyond comprehension Environment Environ-ment tradition and training does i i all Commercially she follows the west but nationally the fierce heart of old Japan is beating more strongly than ever RnsHius Hand Russia has been agitating the question ques-tion of the withdrawal of all the Japanese Ja-panese troops from Corea This intriguing In-triguing has been going on for some time and when the troops are withdrawn with-drawn chaos will reign and that will i give Russia the opportunity she is I looking forto step in and settle matters mat-ters She is pushing on the great Siberian railway and is looking for some good port on the Pacific as a terminus The one she has is froztn up a good portion of the year and Yen Sin or Port Hamilton as i is called is an ideal place Russia will make that the terminus and establish there her great naval port on the Pacific Dr Elliot is a most entertaining talker in the social life of the Japanese Japan-ese and is observing conditions herewith here-with the same keenness and interest that he took in the Orient He is impressed im-pressed with the progressive spirit of the Americans and admires the country very much |