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Show JAPAHESETHADE PARTY EN ROUTE TO RHJEIRO Members Are Chiefly Engaged En-gaged in Manufacturing and Will Seek Outlet for Goods in South America SEATTLE, Wuh, Auk. i '(By A. P.) With tha Intention of atlmulatlnj and rebuilding trada relatlona between Japan, Ja-pan, Braiil, Argentina and other Houth American countrlaa and alao ropre-aentlhf ropre-aentlhf Japan at tha formal openlnc of the centennial axpoaltlon of Brastl. to bea-ln at Rio do Janlero September 7. a party of nineteen prominent bual neaa men of Japan reached Heattle thla week on tha ahlpplnK board ataamer Preaident MrKlnlay, leaving for tha eaat via Portland, Ban Ftancleco, rhl-raro. rhl-raro. Waahlnfion, Boaton and New Tork. Tho party la headed by Relao Tama-ahlna. Tama-ahlna. artlna; preaident of tha Also-elated Also-elated Chambera of t'ommerce of Japan. Ja-pan. The membera are chiefly encaged en-caged In manufacturing and trnde with South American rountrlee. They will aatl for Klo de Janlero from New Tork on Auguat II and arrive In time for tne-npentrir ttT tna- eTnoTTTnn" tn-d-dltion to tha preaenca of thla repre-aentatlve repre-aentatlve party of Japan'a hualnena people, that nation will be further represented rep-resented at Rio da Janlero by three warahlpa, which are about duo at tha Brazilian capital. WAR HURT TRADE. Before the European war, Japan's trada with Braill, Argentina and several sev-eral other natlona of Houth America had been In a rather proaperoua condition. con-dition. Early efforts at trade development develop-ment with tha ftouth American continent con-tinent had hrought commerce to tha value of approximately 111. 000. 000. Thla. however, dwindled until It la leaa than 12.000,000 annually. Ao-cordlng Ao-cordlng to Mr. Yainaahlna tha dele-gatea dele-gatea will attempt to do all that Is poeelhle In recreating Intereat In thla pre-war trada with tha hops that It may be Increaaed. In the Sao Paulo district of Brail!, Japan haa for eeveral yeara past been InresfnaoonlxatlonpIaTvBnd before tho outbreak of war she was represented In that part of South America by a ronsiderabis colony on-gaged on-gaged in agricultural development and local trade. In Mr. Yamaahlna's party aro IVutaro Aoyagul of tha KalgaJ Kogyo Limited, Tokk; Jiuktchl Iwakl of tha Japan Spinners' Association of Osaka; Tadoa KrntyofthcNJP limited, Toklo; aCanJ.ro Kaahlwa. Su-sukl Su-sukl A Company. Koba; Kmnetaro Ka-takura Ka-takura of tha Kat&kura Raw Bilk Manufacturing company of Toklo; Hat Jlro Kato of lb a Yokohama Chamber of Com mere: Rlhlu Kuroswa of tha Nineteenth Bank, Tuoda; Katstiml Noo of tho Mitsui Busaan Kalsha limited. lim-ited. Toklo, and Choso Ohats. of tho Toyo Tuaen Kalaha, TV'o. |