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PAGE TWO MEDFORD 'MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFOKD, OREGON, FRIDAY, JULY 5, 1933. E PE Highly Diversified List Ex ported From Nippon Small Profits and Quick Returns 0rd6r of Day By RICAItTM) LEON United Precis Staff Correspondent LIMA. Peru. (UP) Japan has made an amazingly complete commercial penetration Into Peru. Nippon not only has exported a highly diversified list hero but he has backed up her sales by sending Japanese salesmen and store owners, to such an extent that It Is not at all unusual to find two Jnpnnese shops, cheek-by-Jowl In the same street, nelllng, apparently. In fierce compe tition. There la In active operation a sort of Japanese chain store system. The hold which the Emperor's traders have achieved oa the Peru vian market Is all the more remark able because It succeeds a period, only a few ynr hnck, when Peru as a whole united in a movement to "Buy Peruvian" and "Buy From Those Who Buy Prom Us." Born Shopkeepers The Japanese are born shopkeep ra. Their courtesy Is proverbial, their patience Infinite. Their Lima shops are for the most part small, the goods huddled together In a somewhat hig-geldy-plggeldy Btyle. But the shop windows are always carefully arratiR ed with an eye to effect, and th prices are clearly marked. This Is In contrast to many Peruvian-owned shops where the tendency Btlll exists to fix the price according to the cus tomer's apparent ability to pay and to make a reduction when the latter Jibs. Small profits and quick returns is. of course the order of the day. The advantape both to vendor and to cus tomer Is at once seen. Take, for In stance, the small employe the office clerk and the like. These, according to American standards, are usually miserably paid, but thoy have to keep up a good appearance. There Is still something of the dandy in all Peru vians from top to bottom. Shirts, for instance, are needed. tCvorywhre throughout Lima are to be found small workshops, often no more than a back room in a side street, where Japanese men and women may be seen busily engaged In making ar ticles of men's wear. Of these, shirts, well-flnlshcd. made of attractive ma terials and durable, sell Cor prices ranging from seventy cents to $1.60. The American or English similar costs, at present rates of exchange are anywhere from 3.20 to $4.60. Cot ton or near-silk socks of Japanese make find plenty of customers at from 11 to 14 cents, as against three times the amount for similar quality socks from the United States or Eng land. Latterly the Japanese have started factories in Lima where men's felt hats are tnrned out at retail prices averaging about 1.8fl. The un deniably better and more enduring American or English felt hat costs 7 00. But who with a lean purse Is going to buy them when he cau buy for a third of the amount a hat which, for several months at least, . will look Just as good? i Apart from their cotton goods which constitute two-thirds of their Imports into Peru, the Japanese have nought and aro conquering other fields. Last year, for tnstiuice, thoy commenced to Import rubber tires of the former English make. "Brldge Htone." made In Japan. So far as Peru Is concerned, this trade is only in the Inltiitl stages. But the prices are de cidedly Japanese, and th tires by those who have tried them, are pro nounced "distinctly good." Prices Tell Htory Details are not yet available of the number Imported into Peru last year from Japan; but the price works out nt 3.5B per kilo an against f5.88 rer ! kilo in the case of American tires and 6.75 per kilo in the ease of English tires. Another field Is also In the course of belnp conquered In Peru, Thnt la In the cane of electric light bulbs. The Japaneso can sell his bulbs (up1 to 60 watts) in Lima at a wholesale price of about 39 cents per doen against t7i) per doyen for the Amer ican article and 11H per dozen for the Cirnnim article. In the Inst four years, Jnpanese ex ports to Peru h.ive increased from ?67,440 to H2.y67.000. Of this latter total, cotton goods accounted for 503.950 as nnti.st $1,747,200 (Eng land) and t.274.000 (United States) In view of the threat to the national cotton textile Industry which unde niably has been hard hit both by the prices and the. quality of Japan ese textiles, the government intro duced a provisional quota system for a six-month period commencing June 1. It alms at limiting Imports of for eign cotton goods during that pe riod to 2,458.209 kilos, based on the volume of cotton goods Imported Into Peru during 1929. Under this system English cotton goods will be allowed a quota of 845,387 kilos, the United States a quota of 467,804 kilos and Italy 448,190 kilos. But Japan la to be hard hit (and Japanese shops In Lima not less so, unless a tremen dous dumping can be effected before then) by a quota of no more than 204,238 kilos, a mere trifle as com pared with last year, when nearly twelve million yards of Japanese cot ton goods were Imported. The quota. It Is clearly stated in the decree, Is to be provisional pend ing new commercltl treaties with cer tain countries. Including Japan. But there are many tn Lima, even best patriots, who will lament If It should become Impossible to "Buy Japanese" to the same extent and to the same benefit to the pocket as In the past few years. FLYING ALARM CLOCK CUTS SARDINE CREEK SLEEP NEAR DAWNING SARDINE CREEK (Spl.) A new sort of alarm clock has made Its ap pearance In the upper stretches of this canyon. It Is a very decorative as well as effective alarm clock, Its grace and beauty being as Irresistible as Its t,p peal to rise. Its color scheme Is quite modish: a body of ebony black, a top of strongly contrasting scarlet, a pen point of Indefinite yellow. The new alarm clock came to the notice first of your correspondent who was awakened at 6 o'clock one recent morning by Us unusual though not unpleasant sound. Prom the bed room window the sound was traced to a near-by plum tree around the trunk of which was a sheet of tin Intended to keep squirrels from the luscious fruit above. The sound was a metalic rat-atat-tat-tat. At first your correspondent was genuinely puzzled, for there seemed to be nothing In evidence producing the rhythmic tones. Presently, how ever, the alarm clock came Into view. It was a red-headed woodpecker, pecking away at the sheet of tin. Whether the scarlet-topped bird did not know tin from bark or whether It used the metal as a sharp ener for Its beak, your correspondent ventures no opinion. The red-head, however, has continued to rat-atat-tat upon the tin at S o'clock every morning. It Is a gfod alarm clock but It goes off too early for a city bred fellow who likes to sleep laM. "That only goes to show." contin ued the sage of Sardine Creek, "that It Is the lazy sleeper who hates the early bird." AI OREGON STATE COLLEGE, COR VALLIS (Spl.) Miss Margaret B Younger, daughter of L. N. Younger of Medford. who Is one of the 57 high school graduates of the state recently awarded scholarships by the state board of higher education to attend Oregon Btato college this year, made an exceptionally creditable showing as a student at Medford high school, her record shows. TheBO scholarships were granted only to students from among the up per one-third of their graduating classes. Miss Younger was highly reor ommended by C. O. Smith, principal. and others of the community to re ceive a scholarship. In addition to maintaining a high scholastic record throughout her high school years. Miss Younger played an unusually prominent part In numer ous student activities especially in the field of music. She was a mem ber of the glee club, the Latin club, the commercial club, the school hon or society, the Oirls" Athletic associa tion, and the Olrls League council, and took part in tennis tournaments and operettas. Miss Younger' application has been accepted to enroll at O. S. C. wheie she will register In lower division and speelallo In nursing education, which Is. administered hy the school of sol- LOS ANGELES t' ' fill! I rliB.' VOCMIOH At the corner of Fifth Avtnue sad "A" $tret-$anp(o fins Hottl with n unsurpaied location Only on block from all Theatres end Storst NEW POPULAR PRICt RATES $1-50 Up bedlam foodlnthe Hotel Ssndfcni Still J B ZILUP Ht Vfw Most convenient 7ieJSest accommodium OHe Finest mails Grill Tavern Coffee Shop i Ebsv choir, ileep-inspirlnq beds brc)e room with luxurious fittings IruurpoMed service and luxury ore youri at omoiinqly low cost ence, as Is the work In pre-medlca. She will enter the state college this fall In time for freshman week, which opens September 23. No Punctures CARSON CITY. Nev. (UP) Motor ists are being given a break by the state highway department here. A huge magnet has been used In clear ing the Btreets of nails and ether bits of metal that might puncture tires. Malicious Thieves SALT LAKE CITY. Utah. (UP) Adding Insult to Injury, thieves stole a bag of laundry from a parked laun dry truck, and then released the brakes so the vehicle would roll down a hill. Made aStrlke TUSCARORA, Nev. (UP) The first excitement of decades In this ghost town of early mining days came when Forest Kllborn found 1500 worth of nuggets in a rusty tin can. Spirit of Competition RICHMOND, Va. (UP) A bantam hen owned by Dewey L. Wllkerson was prize winner In a poultry contest. To cinch her victory, she laid an egg while being judged. Widow at 14 RUTLEDGE. Tenn. (UP) Mrs. Berry Dalton Is a 14-year-old widow. Her husband committed suicide by shooting himself after leaving a fare well note to his bride of nine months. A True Fish Story WALNUT RIDGE. Ark. (UP) A 93-pound catfish was caught in Black river near here by Jorn Beeman. local fisherman. It was feet 9 Inches, long. 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