Show lOUR TRADE WITH JAPAN Some alleged Japanese statesmen are talking ot of Inaugurating a boycott on American goods by way of retaliation for the California outrages I It Is a poor gme game that holds only one of play The Japanese might find that their revenge wa was very costy costly It would be the most natural thing In Inthe Inthe the world if Japan should boycott American goods for fer America to boycott Japanese goods Ad And the figures show that Japan would lose more than Anier Amer AmerIca lea Ica In the boycott process During the last fiscal year the United States sold more goods to Japan than than any other nation sold Eold that count country The total volume of business wa was In round number numbers Of this sum was paid out by Japan for American goods We pad paid Japan Thus the balance of trade In favor of oC the brown man was 2000 00 I If Japan thinks she can afford the luxury of a boycott she is welcome The United States Is in a much better position than Japan to institute a boy boycott boycott cott We e Import from Japan practical practically ly nothing that Is ab absolutely necessary to our happiness or wel well being and certainly nothing that could not be pur purchased purchased chased elsewhere The bulk of the Im Imports pors ports during the fiscal year 70 per cent to be ext exact wa was made mado up of sik silk In te the raw and manufactured state Some people may ImagIne that they cant live without silk silk To thorn them we may sy say they can buy sik silk of American manufacture ture or they cn can go to China or half halfa a dozen other countries for It it The rest of our Imports was made up of porcelain tea matting earthenware and camphor India China or Ceylon could furnish us with te tea In abundance And we can als also buy the other articles mentioned In various lands Nor would they cost us any mor more than we are paying Japan lot fot them perhaps s not as much On the other hanl hand Japan Is compelled to come to us for tor many things For ex example example ample coton cotton flour machinery kero kerosene acne sene These she cannot buy anywhere In te the world to anything like the ad advantage I vantage at whIch she can purchase from us There must be In Japan statesmen who are w well ll acquainted with these facts And in our judgment the possibility of a bycott boycott Is a as ab absurdly surly remote as the possibility of war wa |