Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1888-12-01
THE JAPAN OF TO-DAY.

$50 tNN SheH chnhl. IL is live dave
rom okohama TO Hong Kong and vet some
parts OF Japan are so near the Asiatic CONT.
nent 'hat you can cross la few hours in 3
canoe Two DAYS sail will bring You into
.orea ana hamschaika is within few hours'
journey OF the northern border OF Japan. II
ie q land OF islands aud the chain which con.
hilutfs u extends, saws one authority. a dis.
lance oil two thousand miles Most OF these
slAhds are small. hut the country ali told
has enough territory for a big nation. and
several OF Its islands are larger than many of
our American states The island OF Honlo
when is the main part Of the country. and
Tue one IN which the big cities are located
mas 600 population, and the area Of
Japan all told Is bigger than Italy, and you
cpuid lose Prussia inside Of IT, All the ter
F'torY Of Great Britain aud ireland are not
eausi 70 Japan. snd the state OF New York IL
only one-thlrd It's size. The country has 10.
day more people than we had 10 1870 and III
population Is about equal To that OF Great
Britain aud Irelaud.
The Japan OF the past was made nm az
farmers and warriors, aud IN The Japsn of
The present the farmer has cot materially
chAnged. The advances have an been made
oY me warrior class, and Japan Is governed
By the former soldiers. Tie merchants. who
formerly ranked below the farmer, are rising
IN rank, asd the almighty Collar is beginning
70 have the same power here that Il Las 10
America.
The Japanese call themselves the Ame,i.
cans OF Asia and they are 10 certain extent
right They are like the Americans 10 their
ready adoption OF new things sud in their he.
lng reair 10 risk the present for the future
lhe} are quick -Hltted aud iheF want 10 be 10
20 The times They lack, however am prone
70 believe, the American desire Of aceuintir.
lloh, MS Industry sud perseverance,, aud
hioFe all BILE wonderful creative faculty. Won
niii hnd patent Office at Toxic. but sou can
number the noted japanese inventions upon
tour fingers Up 10 this stage Ia their career
ihe Japanese have been an initiative rather
ihan a creative nation. What they have had
~ Tue pakt has been adopted from other ia.
tions The civilizations which preceded the
one nos coming IN was largely Chinese Tho
shiet religion Of the Japanese to-day Is Budd-
h.slu aud Il came from India. Iorea hoasis
II being tho author OF many Of Inc schools
81 japanese art aud japanese literature Is
largely based on Chinese characters. As
20 the present civilization, Japan is irving h
choose The beet from sill nations, aud II ho.rs
- make Up \ whole better than any It's
Imitation i not blind imitation. The Japan.
csc have always urided themselves on being
reasonable people. and they are using their
reason nov. Their code OF laws come from
fraaee. lhey are choosing their models lcg
arms discipline from Gctmany, bur their Een
riisa.
straknr Of the japanese ~ copyists ti,ey
learn 80 rariiT that manufacturers coming 20
Japan are very careful that ihe sscrels o.
itrif arts arc mol given 10 the peOp'c. ask
cd Yesterday 4 man who las esiablf. Lel 4 l
fla Iaa -
materials why be cmploYei only women Il, iils
a0tka, and was told that Il i as because be |
iesrci men. These japanese, said ir,
''Af. as tharn as lightning aud tics MIL start |
branch establishments as soon as thrT have
mastered the process and Will uudeFsrll me l
keen al NV formulas ia cipher and allow
no Japanese man 10 work az important pars
o.! the business Al for The women tllcy are |
more steady Than the men. aud they never
loak beyond their work We have a. good |
photographers here IS you VIA Gni any. |
where, and there Is IapGuese who Is manu-. |
featuring dry plates"
have visited during The past few DAYS |
some al the government DEPARTMENTS OF the |
empire and ] tiud they arc using many Ameri.
can inventions ln visiting the army saw |
troops, dressed exactly like the soldiers of |
Germany, going through military mAneuvers |
last Is they are laid down IN the |
tactics Of our military schools |
Hni 10 the arsenal whore Japan makes her |
rifles, her cartridges, ard her guauoWdcr the |
machinery was altogether like ours. The fac. |
tories barring the troHn faces, |
the era eyes aud tho bare feet az the /
tmrlopcs might ne wei have been ia Pitts
barg % In Toxic, and this much Is tie same /
With all the government institutions. The /
work, however, aud lie management Il an |
nader The control 81 tie japanese, aud the |
pumbeF Of foreigners employed by the gov. |
Srnmcnt decreases every year The Japanese /
hire foreigners merely as teachers. They study |
hard under tnrm aud when they have learned /
ihee srcclaltcs they arc very ready to dis /
mise them.
Al present nearly all OF tho employees of tho
government wear European clothes and this
"A required IN many cases. The clothes worn
ara well Citing aud rs rule of good cut but 4
incy make tic little japanese forms ! onl
smaller Than ever aud tic people arc more
handsome IN their loose, flowing gowns heltcd
Ia with rirdic st the bils The departments
" the government arc bulit ON the European
slylc and the state department. is not much
different IN ite interior appointments from
our department at Washington. II has mes.
seuper tu livery at the door. who bows low as
YOU enter and motions you into papered re-
cep,ipn room which has a brussels carpet up
DO the floor and an electric button IN the wall.
II IL The fashionable thing here now for the
Japanese uohlcmeu to live in a European
house, and there arc many houses here which
would rot look out OF place In Washington
ritr. Some Of the Young men who like Euro.
pean WAYS keep up establishments OF both
kinds and their fathers and mothers, who do
not take kindly TO the new WAYS are housed
Ia Japanese. The number Of Japanese
Ebrosd steadily increases, and there
eete in 1854 II, $50 Japanese living outside
" japan. OF thrso more than thousand
we're IN the United States and the purpose
or which most OF them went was for study
These men come back filed with new civilza-
ION. They learn EnRlish aud they advocate
he changes There are also number OF for
.igners IN Japan. This number oil told Is
bout two thousand. The most OF these are
merchants and not a few arc missionaries.
rbe missionaries claim 10 have forty thousand
Tapanese Christians in their churches and
hfs aids greatly in the work OF civilization.
Aa 20 japanese education the missionaries
nfgely teach through the aid Of the govern
nent aud English is taught IN many OF the
rhools Education is now compulsory In
fapan, hut the statistics show that only about
,aif or the children 70 60 school, The school
90 IL from 60 IA years, and the Japanese
,oys and girls go over their lessons in sing
onr tones, In bare feet and gowns There
re q 600 go of them in the regular schools,
nd the iechauical schools have s 500 pupils.
apan has 20 001 common schools presided
vpr by o. 600 men teachers and 4,6l0 women
cachera, aud the professors IN The Imperial
University OF Toxic number 100. This uni
prsIty ia kept np by the government IL has
ssh students, and 1t is turning out scores OF !
nrnd dnctnfa luWyprs. and vONrrlis