New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-11-18

Indeed. she seems already to he doing II. at
rate that Is giving some Of the British more
concern than would be imagined from thclr
Prime Minister'S easy optimism.
They reckon III who regard only Japln's prog
ress in civil government and in the arts OF
war Her Industrial progress has been equiily
remarkable. Take, f'r example. the cotton III
dustry. as recently reviewed by a correspondent
~ "Thp London Times" In 1885 Japan I'M
ported SSOO.OOO worth Of the raw material 10
supply the $1,000 splndlcs Of nineteen HILLS
In 1894 she imported $I0,5O0,OO0 worth for the
100000 spindles Of forty-sx mills As result
her importation Of cotton yarns Is rapidly dc-
clinlng. In 1885 1t was G2, 100000 pounds, ana
in 1894 only 900 pounds. few years
more will see such mportations reduced to Zero
and in their place formidable export trade in
those goods. Indeed the latter has already be-
gun. In 1894 Japan exported 100000 pounds
of cotton yarns. most Of which went to emma.
Tho cotton industry is profitable. too for last
wear all Japanese mills paid handsome divl-
bends. Of from IL to 20 per cent while those
Of England were run ut an actual loss. sim
liar development of other industries is to be
observed such M the manufacture OF boots and
shoes. hats clothing umbrellas paper and many
from s5l.5lT in 1885 to SSlOO.O0O in 1891 tx
ports Of coal have in the same time more imam
trcblcd until now Japanese coal has practically
driven the British product ont OF every marker
that side of the Straits and is Formidable
rival Of II in Calcutta and Colombo. Inc ac1iisF
tion of Fsrmosa will enormously increase
Japan's importance in the tea trade, ana VIII
make her supreme. in that part Of the world. IN
the production Of sugar And now that japan
has. under The Treaty Of SimOnoseki all the PRIV
ilcges Of the most favored nation In Chlha' IL
Is ONLY reasonable to expect her to secure
large share Of Chinese trade and manufactures.
Surely this seems TO he rival Great Britain
might well fear
The outlook IS not. however. after all SO
ominous for Great Britain. The rivalry Of Japan
Is apparcnt. rather than real. Or II II be real
II offers ample compenSati0ns As the CORE
spondcnt we have quoted shows, British trade
with .Japan is on the Increase 1t almost keeps
pace with .ia;mns industrial expansion. In
1880 Japan's total imports were S2S.0oO.O0o. in
1894 they were S117.0OO.0OO. OF these Great
Britain had Il goodly and increasing share.
amounting in 1894 to more than SiOWOWD0. or
considerably more than twice what they were
in 1885, In the same period British shipping at
J,nancsp Dorts Increased from less than l.IOo,-
600 10 nearly 3.OOOOOO tons Great Britain has
now 40 per cent of all Japan's foreign trade.
and the balance Of trade Is overwhelmingly in
her favor her exports To Japan being more
than seven times her imports from that coun-
fry Still more striking are these figures when
cornparcl with statistics Of the foreign trahc
of China From 1888 10 1894 the Chinese trade
increased from 3O,OO0,0U0 10 Si3j,OOo,0oO, or
less than 90 per cent. while that of Japan IN
creased from SCI 100000 to S230.0o0,0oO. or more
than 80 per cent At the same time Chinese
imports increased 80 per cent and Japanese
more than 300 per cent. Japan. with 4O.ooO.oo~
pcople has now MS great foreign trade -
China. with nearly ten times as many. had ten
years ago dozen years hence the trade of the
smaller country will slrpass in volume that of
the larger unless the latter mendS her ways
And Great Britain has been gaining far more
in progressive Japan than In conservative
China These figures show that Prince Bis
marci's rule Of do NJ des" obtains in CONNER
cial as well rs in diplomatic affairs. The prog
ross Of one nation benefits every other with
which II comes into contact The marvellous
development of Japan will not drive British
trade from the Eastern seas. but will cause Il
to grow in volume and ii profit Lord Sails
bury is right The Legitimate progress of one
nation cannot imperl the legitimate interests of
another.
The good Of one makes for the good of AZ.