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Show BUSINESS IK JAPAN. THB NEW TREATIES OPLNINO THE WHOLE COUNTRY. CearlMJ ' Hhi.pWe.per, N.,. ,,,,. ,l. Mil Mtl"' .T..,, fr,lrm ,.nt M smerliuM Hi. K.,, ,lo.. Kirliansr a U I lara, y "When tne "" treat),, go into effect next Jul) op""''" Ik whole of Japan to trade with forelgn.rs thr Mil bring about swi aping at njtt change In the life of the people (,o have been called "the Yankee of the east," sa)s the 'New aork Tribune. Hircpt In the sit purls now permitted to trade with foreign nation oko-hama, oko-hama, Kobe, (or Illoro), Osika Nagasaki, Na-gasaki, Hakodate nil Jiltgata - and In thirteen other le Important ones, where foreign commerce s allowed undtr severe restricting, the empire of Japan Is at present twti in ou eidem so far as traflli wllh ihrm tH ,. cerncd. l'ractlcnll) the whole of the Interior Is debarred from business Intercourse In-tercourse wllh peoph of other nations, and the result of this Is, uf rourne a total unfnmlllarlty nn the part of the majority of Japanere with the trade customs of the rest of the world Now that the whole country Is to be thrown open, howovor there Is a sudden sud-den curiosity and eagerness on tho psrt of Its Inhabitants to know how these strangers propoee to carry on their commercial relations, and white 11 will be ne rosary, naturally, for foreigners for-eigners to conform In some meaiuro lo Japanese wa)s. It Is more necessary still that the Japanese be Instructed In the morn pracllcul and less ceremonious cere-monious business methods and manner man-ner of Kuropean and American. For thl purpose treaty operation committees com-mittees are being formed In all part of the empire tn explain lo the Japanese Japa-nese merchant and Ihe people generally gener-ally the mot Important points nt difference dif-ference between their own and foreign Idea. Kor the guidance of Ihe foreigner for-eigner translations at the more common com-mon Japanese law are also being prepared. pre-pared. Many a tourist In former year would have been grateful tor this piece of work If It hnd been performed sooner, for It would have kept him from various unintentional offenses against Japanese Ideas of correct behavior. be-havior. Above all thing?, the subjects of the mikado are n polite people, polite with a patience and perslatence which know no limit, and the best elTorta of a for- i elgner lo equal them cannot fall to seem almost like rudeness In comparison. compari-son. No Kuropean and certainly no American rould bow, for example, a does the Japanese gentleman who meet n business friend In the street. Ills Inclination Is a veritable eastern salaam, and It la to be feared that he will atare with gentle reproach at the Jerky little nod whleh hla hurrying foreign acquaintance f likely lo'gles him In return. HI ceremonious Inquiries In-quiries regarding Ihe "honorable health of the etaltea friend and hi lllustrlou family" are "en destined. It 1 to be feared, to I disposed of all loo briefly for Japuese notions of such thing. The Ides of haste nnd of business pure nnd simple, shorn of social so-cial ceremonies, will "" barbarism bar-barism to the native mind, hut It Is bound to be manifested wherever the foreigners obtain a considerable foothold foot-hold In trade. Many of tho Japanese cities, too, will probably see striking changes n their appearance nfter the foreign trader he become well e I tahllahetl In them At preaent most of the town of the empire are still like , -wildernesses of flimsy little buildings, scarcely better than wooden sheds-picturesque. sheds-picturesque. It Is true, tut frail. The business portion la small and compart In one place, hut even here there Is hardly anything lo distinguish It from the rest of the city There are no hlg warehouses, nn busy fsctorles with their whirling mchlnery, no heavy trnltlc in the streets, nn bustle, no noise. Kven In lokyo this state of affair Is to be found. There are some horse cars, which charge the modest sum of 1 sen (half a cer.i) a ride, and there la one electric street railway. Other electrle lines are either In proc- I ess of building or In contemplation, but there Is much opposition, Jcrlhcm among the Japanese. ( "Our cltlea are err pretty," said well-eduraled Americanized Japanese In this city the other day, "and the people in them think tho car a dls- , flgurement, 1 can't help sympalhUIng with that feeling to some extent Of course, the electric cars would b a great convenience In many ways, but ihev do seem out of harmony with the Japanese surroundings, and, really, the Jlnrlklsha, which everybody uses for-elgnera for-elgnera as much as any one else Is not at all a bad vehicle, n comfortable, com-fortable, and tbe coolie who carry It are quick runner." The jlnrlklsha also have the advantage of being cheap, the usual charge being 10 aen (( centa) for two-mile trip One may also hire them for different lengths of time, at the rate of 10 sen an hour. 75 (n l37' cents) a day, or I yen (11.50) "M. |