Ogden Daily Standard | 1901-08-29 | Page 4 | Trade with Japan Booming

TRADE WITH JAPAN BOOMING chance for an american hank to blake biancy there A report received at the state department in washington from consul general bellows at yokohama gives a comprehensive insight into the condl tlona in japan japans total exports in 1900 aggregated in value and per cent of this amount came to the united states or worth the imports from the united states amounted to making the entire volume of trade between the two countries nearly the united states takes each year fourths of japans tea nearly all her floor matting and more than half her raw silk and leads as a purchaser in many other lines on the other band japan gets nearly anc tiala oc her raw cotton from the united states and most of her locomotives and other machinery leather kerosene and other oils and flour ur fellows deplores the lack of a single american bank in japan and saya that an american bank with good connections in new york and san francisco skillfully managed should prove a paying investment and also aid materially in extending united states commerce in the east