People's Pilot, Volume 5, Number 45, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 May 1896 — Japan Is Wide Awake. [ARTICLE]

Japan Is Wide Awake.

San Francisco, May 13.—J. W. Copman, general manager of the Standard Oil company in Japan and China, arrived from the orient on the steamer China Tuesday night. Mr. Coprnan has great faith in Japan as an important factor in the commercial world. He says she is forging ahead in all lines of industry, and he thinks she will soon be a hot competitor with Europe for the oriental trade in many kinds of manufactured goods. This competition, Mr. Copman says, will affect Europe more than this country.