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synthetic phenol plant (1 ton per day?) during the war but have discontinued
[[underline]] Mitsu [[/underline]] and Co make still [[underline]] synthetic phenol. [[/underline]] They say it costs them 15 cents a pound which is the price at which Sankyo import it now from England. Duty on [[underline]] phenol [[/underline]] is about 2 c a lb. [[underline]] Cresol imported [[underline]] from England about 12 cents a lb. delivered and duty paid. Some Cresol produced from Government Steel Works.
They make:
1/ [[underline]] Molded goods [[/underline]] from our imported molding mixtures
2/ [[underline]] Transparent bakelite [[/underline]]
3/ Sell imported Dilecto about 50000 yen yearly
[[underline]] 700000 yen [[/underline]] has been invested both as fixed and operating
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Capital (fixed capital = machinery, equipment & buildings) [[underline]] Taguchi [[/underline]] will mail inventory They have made 10% net after all deductions including taxes. Left [[strikethrough]] towar [[/strikethrough]] at 5:30 P.M. [[underline]] Shiolain & Taguchi [[/underline]] took me to a [[underline]] Japanese Restaurant. [[/underline]] rather hurried Japanese meal, shoes off, squatting on mats Geishas, turtle soup, tea, fish boiled, dried etc. - excellent sake', tea etc. everything in time [[underline]] to catch night express [[/underline]] which leaves 7:00 P.M. [[underline]] Taguchi [[/underline]] goes with me. [[underline]] Little train. [[/underline]] 2 double berthed narrow compartments with sliding door between much like [[underline]] English style. [[/underline]]
[[underline]] Feb. 24 [[/underline]] [[strikethrough]] Cold w [[/strikethrough]] Up early. Cold wintry landscape. Fields barren and no green but carefully furrowed. Little wooden houses, [[underline]] paper windows [[/underline]] must