The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-11-11

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went on, "$51 100000 worth of goods a
year from foreign nations. 1t sells In
round numbers $50 100000 worth Of
goods abroad, and its imports are thus
nearly 81 100000 less than its exports.
The needs of the nation will grow with
the new civilization, and an increased
demand for our productions will be the
result. Among the chief things it now
buys are steam engines, clocks,
watches, hats end caps, iron, steel,
window glass, sugar, wooden and cotton
yarns. Its importations of cotton
yarns last year was $4,000 0OO and it
bought 100000 worth of wines. 1t
sells abroad about forty different
articles, and some of these will be new
to you. In camphor, there is an ex-
port of ST. 600, and in cutie fish a
like amount. Japan sells $1,000, 900
worth of copper a year, and it has one
of the largest copper mines in the
world. 1t sells ,000 600 worth of por-
celain, 81 COO, 600 worth of silk hand
kerohiefs, and $1,000 600 worth of tea
| We buy nearly all of the japan tea that
goes abroad. The sales of raw silk
amount to $19,0OO,00O a year, and of
cocoons to 100000 a year. 1t sells
$4,000 worth of mushrooms, and
81 100000 worth of rice. The trade OF
the country is susceptible of increase,
and Japan is by no means at the end
of It's material development"
| How about its future?" | ked.
think Japan has q great future, :"
replied Governor Hubbard. The ad :
vances the nation has made in the past
two decades have no parallel IN the
history of civilization. The country
has now railroads, telegraphs, COM
pulsory school system and govern
ment based on the plan of those of
modern Europe. 1t is bringing ma
chinery to the development of its in
dustries, and of its wonderful re-
erals, and its coal and iron will add to
its national wealth. Alphabetically, it
is susceptible of great development,
and only a small proportion of the
land is now cultivated. The great
island of Yezzo, which lies north of
Japan, and which contains 80 900 square
miles, or nearly as much as all the New
England States, with the exception OF
Maine, is undeveloped. This contains
good wheat lands, mountains of min
erals, and it is the home of the Amos
who are supposed by some to be the
origin al Japanese. There are, however
very few of these, ard the Japanese
government is now trying to COLOMBO
the island. The Japanese are much
like the French, in that they like home.
The only emigration of imp ortance
that is known of, is that to the Hawa-
iian Islands, where about 600 Japa-
nese have gone within the past few
years to engage in sugar raising.
Yezzo, however, is part of Japan, and
it is thought that there may be less
trouble in getting immigrants. The
only American railroad in Japan is in
Ytzzo, and it is intimated to ME thai
the government, in its extension of It's
railroads there, will build them on the
American plan. 1t is probable thai
American materials will be TO large
. lextent used, and that, though the
roads will be built under the direction
of Japanese civil engineers, the male
rails and machinery may come from
America. l believe that at present the
prospects for American materials anC
American trade was never better in
Japan, and | think that fair and free
lcompetltion will be given to all foreign
nations in the letting of the govern
sment contracts. With such state O.