The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1899-04-06
act most beneficently upon our agricul-
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tural industries.
The common impression that tn.
people OF Japan live mainly upon rice
is disprovcd by the number of acres
devoted to wheat, rye, ana beans tc
wit, 3,S79,277 acr, 8 against 6,977, 49,
acres to rice. Larg Q quantities OF beans
are imported from Cores aud OF wheat
flour from the United States annually.
Generally, at least one highly nitro
genous ration is provided daily for all
classes.
Industries that involve considerable
labor In proportion TO tho amount Of
land required are well suited to the
industrial conditions in Japan. Tea,
silk, and mating are examples. The
number Of families engaged in the pro-
duction Of tea was, in 1896, 7G2;G34.
The manufacture Of silk employed
600, 400 families. Weaving is mostly
done in the homes by women. or the
total number Of operatives l,OI2, SG6
employed in 1895 in the manufacture
of silk, 9S5, ,OlG were women. The mat
ting industry gives employment to
l03, ,0ll families. 1t is difficult to con-
ccivc how the factory system Of the
United States could be substituted gen
orally for the home system prevailing
in Japan without social revolution.
| Ii successful, it must be exceedingly
| gradual
| OF the fabrics, cotton and wool alone
nave m"ue much progress unuer .,lc
factory system anu Iills 10 y" inh W '',c
| iacl tnat thcy were not prouuceu to
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'actor'c9 ""t'c I"o po"tT 'oo'hS were
ass Sheu W one opSraCi'c oG oo''rIcu
tt'"V one or tnS M "U'er was t"te nosV o.
the Time: Inc many hc,p!uI indus
tries carried on at nome oy the Jap,
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| oe tu!c Is WorIhS Oh ihllal!oh'
The principal agricultural products
imported into Japan arc wheat, flour,
sugar, cotton, butter, cheese, Huu
meat. The annuui valuy OF the articles
is at present between twenty four aud
twenty-five million dollars in gold.
Under favorable treaty regulations
Japan viii import from the United
states nearly AL her Hour, batter.
cheese, and meat, tnrcc.fourths Of the
r." cotton Required, ANA from the
Philippines nearly their entire surplus
output Of sugar.
The great area, the large per cent
Of fertile !Hnds and the enormous
population Of CHINA, st,.ggc: the OBJ
server on tic threshold Of iuvrstiga-
tiun. Here. however, us in Japan,
! radical changes IN agrIcu!turai me.
! tnuus or products must be made very
slowly, If At al, because the food
supply can nov bo materially reduced ol
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