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Show astFar East Trade for U.S.inModerieizlngGities I Wonderful Improvements in Tokio, Yokohama, Yoko-hama, Canton, Pekin and Othej Places Ages Old Start Unlimited Demand for Wide Variety of Material and Experts to Use It - By CLARENCE E. BOSWORTH r -Mil: destruction of old buildings the K I construction of new ones, together K with tho paving and repaying of M slreels, proved so disturbing to a recent Hj Frglish visitor to America that lie i- H msrkcd: "You will have" a most extraordi- H nj.'-y country here once you succeed In fln- Ishlng It. but It Is so young yef you cannot H hope for anything hut a continuation of all V this bother for years to come It is different m In England because w e are so much older " England cerlainly nas a reasonable claim to being an old established ountry. but It MITSUBISHI BNKl, NE.NX BUILDING UNDER. CONSTRUCTION T?e REBUILDING of TOVIO, UAnPN'S 0V 5vU) CAPITAL and LARGEST C1TV M" Te LEFT VvV CENTRM R.MLROAVD STATION end HOTEL I N Ttfe BfCK&R.OLIND eVT T?e RIGHT of T?o ST ATI OhP JS T9e CENTRAL POST OFFICE. .IN Te CENTRE IS T?e k'EUO BUILDING H is doubtful whether the physical construe- H tlon ot England, or any other country for B that matter, in finished 1 we are to Judge by present activities in the Orient Cities I, bi the Far East ce. talnly have a srentor H claim to being "old established" thwr any H 011 the Islani of the Ancles. The moulder- H lag Oriental cities were finished so long ago H that the dust of the ages h is settled thick: H upon ))illars. posts and roof top of tiie n.ot H recently constructed of them, and the Orl- H entals were enjoying Mie great contentment H of contemplating a wor. noblv ri r l.b-.i when H they were rudely awakened from t'.ieir rtec- H adfs of Satisfaction by the realisation that H thslr cities had outlived their usefulness that Is. In a physical sense even while they H were building. The whole thing must be B done over, ard these Trojans of Labor base set about their gigantic task, never ending H with characteristic Lhorougbness end deJ V rml It Ruthle.nly Direct, Too H Unaided age will hang a "touch not" sign H on nearly anything which becomes suffl- H' cl'.r'ly time tested, and these signs invlM- H, hi though they b io the Occidental, are H pinly seen by the Oriental, who never H tramples ban the earth around a sin "jep M oif the Grass," unless that sign has been Hn placed directly In the path to personal H profit in suet cases the Oriental proceeds H a - ruthlij-M ' and nn.ieenr, ; direct D oiiiitive as the most b.nse Qeefder. tal. It H is the readiness with which he vlel Is Ui the H apical o. ptollt that tl-e Oriental Hi tut BTSSp upon modernism and democracy Bi So the sacred walls come down because H9 tl boulevards and trollev lines which sup- I 1 1 hi them arc more profltablethe roysl palace moats nn- filled In t lessen the num-Wr num-Wr of mospjltoes npd so that JissirfS scores and rffloe buildings may contribute profit to the Emperor, King or President, and H in- subject partners; ud the rambling one H storied business buildings and homes Ye re- placed wll apartmo.n houses and sky-B sky-B Scrapers to lessen distances nnri to conserve B Space md time. Even time has taken uu'o V Itself vvtrlli iii those lands where value H hss been attached only to things which were H old and to learning which was abstract ami P useleoSa B 0-day it Id different. The scholar is .v'M 1 hi Id In ereat respect, but It Is tihe heart.. - respect dictated by a sense of propriety su h bs we have fo - an art masterpiece v filch we do nv understafid well enough to J 1 rectste, or a relic of anjtlcjuity which re- Blinds "s f s ijeoi)!e Ions sini ( sore ! nille we never knew and know of onl as hitVlng belonged to a period In the long riso i ot5ch had notVnp to do with us rartlcu- Builder U the One Loved. Bf JM The indlvidusl who is reallj loved .nd ad- n ted hy hlfl peot lo in the Orient to-dny Is the man 01 woman who Is helping 10 lift tr race up and up to the plane of the astern world, where all Is new1 and mod-cti mod-cti in iriflustry and san.tiry anJ comfort-noie comfort-noie in life. The Fnr llastern man of the hour is the builder, whether he be a builder of ships shops, rajlways, roadways, subways cr bridges, 'or thin Is the day when the minds of the Far East arc cent re J upon re-btl re-btl lilinjc the Orient The grsStCSt vmgis activity in the u.ove-uient u.ove-uient I- the development of Msrunoucbl, which is apldly becoming the great com-mercial com-mercial and Industrial rxecutUe centre of Japan's cvpltal cily. Tokio The Toklnns I Ci,ll this development the Mitsubishi vlllases. V.'ejiuse th tract of seventy-five acres was bought some forty years aso hy the Mlt--i nlshi interests from the War Department which was then urgently In need of funds. It was held as an open field until jbout t'-.enty vears ago. ot which time "apun's destiny had been pretty clearly indicated to Che master minds of the kingdom and the Hf need for such a business centre was felt. This great tract at the time of the pur-. pur-. iase rwis away out In the country" and served the army .-is n drill ground As mentioned men-tioned tefore, the army was urgently In need of funds and SlarunOUOhi, which m. ms within the castle walls, seemed tc the army heads to be their quickest asset, so the War Department offered It for sale, in - tine tid.v rom the .jrreat financial interests of Japan. Unfortunate!) for the department, there was no sreat rush to secure the property 111 fact the scramble to secure the land was so noticeable by Its absence that 'he Mitsubishi Mitsu-bishi Company secured it for about 12.300 -000. It Is now worth SO.f'Oo.O00 and It Is not improbable that this value will double Within the nexl fifteen or twenty yeara All Euildinjrs Fireproof There sue no "matchboxN buiidius in ?laruuoucht with their matting floored of-luci of-luci and clerks sitting upon them before nih.iatuie desk. No. Indeed' All the building build-ing are fire proof, and they are eouipped with electric elevators, telephones, teregrpph call boxes and the fllres are equipped with mnhbgnny desks, ste. i iiin.: cabinets, ami triere ire velvet carpets on the floor and in w ami then we find .'i marble Interior to : t ho n v. bank buildings proper solidity tti.C dlcnlt bout all that remains of the old style r.fllre Is the tea table, and even this has t 'ken on long )vxr. In Its centre Is an out-ft out-ft for sniokers and lh( visitor i. no more than Seated when the ubiquitous "boy" ar-lives ar-lives with a cup of steaming tea. It makes no difference whether you have come to buy ir to sell, lhe same hospitality and courtesy is extended i In the cold weather, one usually Rndg an n MOM T TOKK. ' i S IB 2 WnSttRi b&U CHAMBER o-f COMMERCE WHITE BUILDING IW m f fgeHl W'tS CENTRE IMPERIAL THEATRE AT EXTREME LEFT - ; ' TAo EIJO OFFICE BUILDING IlF ft y , , 1 i-c A t- r 1 n; S 11 regulation is 1 rim , I T FEATURE JjM " , J ' lHacn at tne side of the table. To the Western visitor the MbocAi bobs up us an old friend in time of need This Is also a lie-itaite from the old days, but when the i' eat her i;; .old und damp and the caller Is -hhled through this brazier with its live curcoal gives cheer and comfort 1 Miies tne DUtl0ings airesuy eroctea mere an- now under construction In Marunouchl tsenty-four large buildings, and many mure will shortly be commenced Among th.m will be a thoroughly modern hotel of a thousand roomy, with bath for every room, and n new office bulldlni; twice as large as the Kaijo Binding, which covers 43200 so lie. re feet of ground area. Three hundred uij fifty companies now have their headquarters head-quarters in Marunouchl and the Mitsubishi Company has applications for accommodations accommoda-tions from 400 more. Even the new building build-ing will not be sulllcient to meet the de-rr.ande; de-rr.ande; now made for accommodations. The entire acea Is restricted No building .hall exceed one hundred feet In height, or seven stories, and all bulMi.ngs must be fireproof fire-proof in construction. None of the crounJ Is sold, but leases are made, according to Japanese law, for a term of twenty years ;ro longest term allowed but a supplemental. supplement-al. contract is made with each lease for renewal, so that the lease is practically Into In-to mlr.ablc except through default In payment pay-ment of rental. In such case the lessee Is cheated to clear the ground Neither in casei of default of rent payment pay-ment nor at the expiration of the lease do the buildlncs pass to the ownership of the lessor When through with it the leasee Is bound to clear the land and leae it In as mar its original condition OS possible Whii the leases are executed It is stlpu-j.ited stlpu-j.ited that sixty per cent, of the ground must built upon, that proposed buildings must be completed within fo-ir years after the lease is signed, and suMeasIng Is prohibited This last provision is made by tho owners lo prevent speculation In leases which might cause large areas of the tract to remain Idlv and unsightly for many years No factories or objectionable Industries are allowed to lt.cate in Marunouchl Every effort Is made to have every building build-ing embody the latest in desisn and equipment equip-ment and all plans for structures must he submitted for approval to the construction department of Mitsubishi, which Is made up ol about one hundred specialists, seventy of vt'om are technical graduates, architects and engineers Dr. K Satcursi, chief archl-(ect. archl-(ect. Is planning a visit to America this ear for further study. There are some Interesting side lights to this great enterprise Forty vears ago It was far from the city nnd transportation to ."nd from tho district was most Inconvenient .Nnw tin- Tokio Central Station and the connected con-nected Station Hotel are In the very centre of the development The erection of these buildings has made such a demand for American technical assistance that one of the largest construction companies In the 1'nlted States has formed a subsidiary Jad- nnesi company Which Will phi) an impor- tar', part not only in helping to carry on this work, but also In the 3ene1.1i rebuilding I of the Orient, for this development m MstunOUChl Is only a Mr2l example of what IS taking place all through the Far East We have used t, describing It In some oe- H tall, only as nn example because it happened to be the most conspicuous .at present and H M e most convenient for purposes of lllu tra" H tlon of the trend of the tlm-s. H There is hardly a Far Eastern city which H h.'" nm made unmc rort of start toward rebuilding, Down Jn a district in Yokohuma B little freipientrd by foreigners one suddenly comes upon a sixty foot wiJe street with Bidewalka and new buildings along ea h ' - H side Tim Mayor arid his Council acted at nn irtune tlm pn ented lo Muni by the H great Ore of 191 S and started with the re-hubiiltatlofl re-hubiiltatlofl ot tha burned area to rebuild Xdicohaihs. T.",. In Seoul, or Keljo. as lt Is more prop-rrlv prop-rrlv ealled. 'n Coren. mud houses and turn-bledown turn-bledown ' uslnevs shacks are being replaced b the some claes of buildings which are going up in Tokio. v 1 :m fus.iri to At nng similar rebuild-lug rebuild-lug Is being carried out. L'p In Feng "ien. H or Mukden, as it Is commonly called bv fyr- e gncrs, great sections arc being built up jafjj along modern lines and along fine new Sjmj streets. China Is not behind, either, for Tekln boasts of many new buildings and n fine new S hotel and hospital, and even old Canton has iSS come under tho spell sufficiently to iear Bjl djwn tlie old wall and replace it with a wide fjftf boulevard and a trolley line which will en- (SI circle the city. Even Soerabaya, down there jKi in Jea. has caught the spirit, and will: the n f , harbor development goes the work of build- , I; g a sort of model waterfront city to house HJ the traders and the workers whoso activities HB-.I depend uron the sea and Its ships. 3S1 The transition is dramatic nnd Its labor HQ Stupendous, and in it all America is playing Kjj a prominent part The Ideas for the designs Kg an1 construction of the new buildings are ih neurly all American and so are the Ideas pfcl tor equipment This great rebuilding pro- Kft u-amme Is making a tremendous market for PM; American structural steel, building mate- rials, builders' tools and machinery, and for fjfl' building, office and factory equipment Si'ji And these buildings are not being erected along the old narrow-, binding streets HS' either New streets are being laid out and paved not only to give fitting access to the new buildings, but to provide for the traf- kh; fl? whi' Ii !? being modernized fully as fast as the buildings. And this means a great GjH pinrket and more opportunity for things KB American in road building materials and 3tE machinery and for motor vehicles to run ixifj upon them Buine Life Changing. The business life of the whole Far East la ?f charging, has .hanged, and that Is why this I rebuilding Is going on. and this Is only tho l-eginning. 'j With the new homes for business, cornea SfJf-the SfJf-the call for new homes for tho people, and s.tortly we shall see modern apartment iiJgS houses erected to give comfortable and sanl- jlJr tary housing to from four to seven times as many people as occupy the present one-storied. one-storied. fllms unsanitary and, to the new generation, uncomfortable houses as now occupy the ground upon which these sky- reselling homes will won be built. w ' '' The tremendous market which the war de- Tti veloped for American products is small in M comparison to the demand for Western materials, ma-terials, which America may supply to the . Orient for this rebuilding if America cares enough about It to proceed intelligently and Kna S3 mpathetlcally, |