. Seattle and the Orient. Offices and Store of Seattle Gas & Electric Co. 82 SEATTLE AND THE ORIENT. WE TAKE TEA AND SILK, The leading articles imported by thiscountry from Japan are raw silk andtea. The value of the silk imports forthe fiscal year ending June 30 were$10,010,885 in 1897, $16,510,502 in 1898,and $14,920,787 for 1899. The tea im-ports in pounds were 45,465,161 in 1897,26,233,407 in 1898 and 29,277,798 for1899. The tariff on tea has cut downour tea imports from Japan about 40 try to Japan for the fiscal year endingJune 30 last were, in order: Cotton,$5,775,784; petroleum, $2,461,
. Seattle and the Orient. Offices and Store of Seattle Gas & Electric Co. 82 SEATTLE AND THE ORIENT. WE TAKE TEA AND SILK, The leading articles imported by thiscountry from Japan are raw silk andtea. The value of the silk imports forthe fiscal year ending June 30 were$10,010,885 in 1897, $16,510,502 in 1898,and $14,920,787 for 1899. The tea im-ports in pounds were 45,465,161 in 1897,26,233,407 in 1898 and 29,277,798 for1899. The tariff on tea has cut downour tea imports from Japan about 40 try to Japan for the fiscal year endingJune 30 last were, in order: Cotton,$5,775,784; petroleum, $2,461,475; tobac-co, unmanufactured, $2,414,482; wheatflour, $722,910; manufactured tobacco,$512,218; scientific and electric instru-ments, $232,892; clocks and watches,$188,602; vehicles, $142,301. The ag-gregate of iron and steel exports toJapan is also large, the exports ofrailway iron last year from this coun-try to Japan being $1,150,766. Thenew tariff of Japan cut down Japans. Hotel Seattle, Junction of Yesler Way and James St., Known as Occidental Block,erected and owned by john collins. per cent. Bradstreets states that theJapanese delegates now in this coun-try for the purpose of getting our teaduties removed or modified claim thatsaid duties greatly hamper and like-wise threaten the trade relations ofthe two countries. Last year, saysthis authority, the average price oftea in the Japanese markets was $ 133 pounds. While the tax on teais $ for the same amount, so thatthe tax amounts to more than the orig-inal price of principal exports of this coun- total imports of manufactured goodsfor the first seven months of the year37 per cent and the imports from theUnited States 18 per cent. THE HOTEL SEATTLE, Hotel Seattle is located at the in-tersection of James Street, Yesler Wayand First Avenue, within from one totwo blocks of all the railway passen-ger depots and principal passenger SEATTLK AND THE ORIENT. 83 docks in the city. Ttiis lio
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