| Show ecbert parter en cn japan apa commerce robert nobert porter ex united states census superintendent who has been in japan for some time investigating vesti gating the industrial iodus trul trial condition of that country in relation to american commerce arrived lat la t week reel in the orient ho he depre k dented his own the cleve fi land world the philadelphia press and the birnes herald of chicago and besides thee theae the manufacturers jurers Ac association of the united states stater to all of which abich lie he will make reports report s of his invests in a eions when questioned in regail to ito the subject he said it has been commonly reported that I 1 went to japan to boom votes for toe the republican party such is not the case the question is not one of politics but of a serious danger threatening this country neither the wilson tariff bill nor the mckinley bill affects very much the articles exported from japan with the exception of silk bilk we are not imo importing orting any cotton goods the danger is ie not so much in the juanity of imports that we are receiving at the present time from japan as the rap rapid increase ot the importations aud and the stupendous possibilities of J japanese adanee man nt to illustrate it is only feces debes saty to say that in issa ten years ago ago the total exports of all fall textile idries fabrics from japan was a little blittle ot 0 er in they aliey leaped to nearly ir over forty fold anybody who und undertakes artal ces to reduce such a rapid progress as this to a certainty in ia the future must be a pretty reckless person in other 1 words the man who ignores japanese competition is either an ig ig 1 or is interested in tiel the I 1 I 1 re represented presente i in ia japan japa tse ese trade last laft year the increase in textiles is n not t the onla instance take matches ten years ago japan only exported i I 1 last year year they exported and in the cornin corning ing year the emnor excoriation tation will be ii this applies alro to |
