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1902 was $1,005,744, of which only $101,329 came from the United 
States. 
Seaweeds.—Pending the time when the valuable seaweeds now going 
to waste on the United States coasts will be utilized in various ways, 
it may be possible to market large quantities of the raw weeds in Japan, 
where seaweeds are among the most valuable and most widely used of 
water products. Those species which are convertible into vegetable 
isinglass (anten) and into the preparation (fwnorz) used for stiffening 
fabrics are in greatest demand and command high prices. The best 
markets are Tokyo and Osaka. 
The products which the Japanese would like to export to the United 
States are salted bull’s-eye mackerel, salted herring, salted and canned 
sardines, salted cod, smoked bonito, and various preparations of sea- 
weed. In view of the large quantities of salted one salted her- 
ring, and canned sardines now imported into the United States from 
rope he home supply being inadequate—the importation of con- 
siderable quantities of these commodities from Japan could be under- 
taken without detriment to our own fisheries. 
