Greymouth Evening Star. AND BRUNNERTON ADVOCATE. SATURDAY, JANUARY 6th., 1934. JAPANESE COMPETITION.

Greymouth Evening Star, 6 January 1934, Page 6

Greymouth Evening Star. AND BRUNNERTON ADVOCATE. SATURDAY, JANUARY 6th., 1934. JAPANESE COMPETITION.

JAPAN is having a “better

j Press'’ of late, and this is to be welcomed, as tragic harm might spring from misunderstandings of her methods and ideals. Japan, like the rest of the great nations, wishes to have a lair share of the good things going, and none should blame her for that, least of all the; British. Jneidentally. the birth of aj son and heir io the Japanese Em-! peror may have important influence on Japanese policy, as undue risks will not; be sought to the new prince’s inheritance. No one nation can afford to challenge all the others, and doubtless, this is realised by the more responsible of Japanese statesmen.

Satisfaction appears to be general at the successful outcome of the Indian-Japanese trade negotiations, providing for quotas of the respective imports and exports of textiles, and the happy effects of this deal should be reflected in th© conferences to be held between'

Anglo : Bfitish representatives. The Japanese must be given the advantages of any efficiency of organisation or equipment they may possess in certain classes of manufactures, the duty of their competitors being to re-model their own methods, if they wish to compete successfully with their enterprising rivals. Trade jealousy must not he permitted to endanger friendly international relations. Those who feel strongly about Japanese competition have the remedy in their own hands; namely, io refrain from purchasing Japanese goods. It is a. great temptation to buy in the cheapest market, but it should be realised that every foreign ar--1 iclc bought, means less demand for the home product causing unemployment with its relief expenditure and other costs. The savings in the first instance are more than lost by this consequential financial burden. Estimates of what is really cheapness need revision in the public mind, apart from any special duty they owe to their own nation in the matter of purchase.