MARKET STRUGGLE

Hokitika Guardian, 22 August 1933, Page 5

MARKET STRUGGLE

BRITAIN & JAPAN

EXCESS’ POPULATION PROBLEM,

(Uni tad rr«M Association—By. Electric Telegraph—Copyright.)' l - :i

BANFF (Alberta), August 20

Outlets'for the excess of the popula tion in China and Japan are so pressing and the struggle between Great Britain and Japan for markets for their cot ton industry has so increased, that the Conference on Pacific relations ha? decided to spend at least another two days in considering them in a session of a week.

The Japanese .people are hearing children at what may be ■ termed the Oriental birthrate, and the number of deaths in Japan is approaching the Occidental deathrate, so that the growth of the population is > almost limitless. This -is the proposition which Professor Taijiroi Uyeda, of the Tokio Univesity of Commerce, submits to, the . Institute of Pacific Relations Conference, . j The population of Japan was now about sixty millions, he said, and it would reach one hundred and eight millions by .1965 if the birth", rate of five years ago were maintained, mainly because industrialisation and education would invariably lead to birth control. The number of births had almost been stationary for the last four, years, while the.; childbearing group had increased, the inference being that birth ocntrol was being prac. tised. :i i v;

Four round table meetings will be held daily to consider the causes of possible strife amqng the nations bordering , the . Pacific. Attention will also be given ■ to possible methods of removing friction, but so vital ha s been the discussion on the excess of population and of the,textile industry rivalry • between /Britain and Japan that the question of control or remedies has still largely ,to be dealt with. Professor,.Uyeda. declares, that the population of Japan will .never f each one hundred millions, will, stop at eighty millions. ~y Other; ; ipembers ( ' ;,ofj the , Japanese group state that , emigration is not regarded/as the solution of the Japanese ; population . problem. : They say that comparatively few Japanese have ‘emigrated because other climates and other social .conditions ; .-are unsuitable for them.

On the other hand, the. Chinese delegates are urging strongly that the Chinese must have room for their increasing, population, and that no barrier be tiirpwn up at -Manchuria’s borders to keep out their people.

“MADE IN JAPAN” SLOGAN.

GOODS ON BRITISH MARKET.

V .- • ' LONDON, Aug. 10. The “Evening News” says; The “made in Japan" habit is beginning .to supersede the "made in Germany” habit, prevailing before the war in Britain. VAn astonishing variety of Japanese articles is flooding the British markets, at prices ’ with which competition is impossible owing to the low wages and long hour of' Japanese operators. Japanese competition is the chief topic with leading Manchester shippers and ' manufacturers-' dealing with Austrailia. Japan’s present drive affects every type of cotton and artificial silk piece goods. It was learned with interest that a Japanese cotton delegation is arriving early in September, when the question of competition in every market will be discussed.

INST-TUTE TO EXTEND ITS WORK

(Received this day at 10.15 a.m.) BANFF (Alberta), August 21

IMr Edward C. Carter, of New York, has been chosen to fill the newly created -post' of V secretary-general to the Institute ‘of Pacific Relations. The institute Has created the position in view of the growing responsibilities, and the demands on itis programme, with members assembled from China, (Japan, the United States, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Britain, the Phillipine Islands, and observers from France and the League of Nations international labour office.

The Institute is' preparing pla% for the 'further extension of it s work during the coming two years from the central headquarters of the Institute at Honolulu, and by means of frequent trips to the national oouncil offices bordering on the Pacific. Mr Carter will supervise and oarfy out these plans, ■ especially j n .connection with tlie research programme.