The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-06-30

/ ''is progressing year after year. owing
to the rapid development of her agri-
culture, commerce, Industry, and navi-
I CATION. In 1901 the total value Of i'm
ports and exports amounted to $247.-
/ 100000.
This amount is twelve times larger
than that of thirty years ago; eight
1 times larger than that OF 1881. and three
/ and one-haIf times larger than that Of
/ 1891. This is all the more remarkable
since it owes but little to the increase
in population. which is little over 10 per
cent in every. decade: $35. 75S, 547 in 1879;
/ s40,OT2.O2 in 1889. and 44.260.6 04 in 1899
1T scarcely need be said that the
{ Continent of Asia holds the most init
mate relations with the foreign trade Of
japan. The total value Of the articles
exported 10 that Continent amounts 10
over two-fifths Of the total exports +
Japan. and the value Of articles import
ed from Asia into Japan amounts like
wise TO over two-fifths OF her total i'm
ports
Exports to America.
The amount Of exports TO America
scarcely reaches one-thiTd, and that to
Europe is only one-ffth OF the total
exports. while the imports from America
into Japan IS little short of one-ffth,
and that from Europe is nearly two
ffths of the total imports. Imports and
exports in the case of Asia, however,
include those from and to Hongkong.
which have naturally a character Of
transit, and consequently if proper al
! Iowance be made for Hongkong trade We
may safely say that the products Of
Japan are equally distributed in Asia,
Europe, and America. and imports from
! Europe to Japan are nearly equal TO
those from Asia
/ THE principal articles exported from
Japan are raw silk. habutai, cotton
yarn, cotton tissues. matches, floor mats,
/ tea. camDhoT. fishery products, copper,
coal OF these raw silk is predominant,
and the increasing demand for il is
yearly extending the area Of lands de-
voted 10 the cultivation Of mulberry
/ trees. the present average being 767-
( 600 acres
The manufacture Of habutai is at
( present solely BY hand, but there are
/ prospects OF the manufacture being
done by machinery and on more extend
I ed scales IN the near future, when the
I defect Of inequality OF qualities shall be
got rid Of
Cotton yarn Is mainly exported TO
/ China and Korea. There are in opera
ton IL the country ninety-f1ve cotton
mills with 1000, 0o0 spindles AID IA
! coo workuen. The power loom weaving
Of cotton is now progressing. there be
/ ing 81 600 power looms and T0S. 600 hand
/ looms.
Many Match Factories.
..The number Of match factories in
Japan Is 27S. with 1900 workmen en-
plcyed
Besides the above. the production
and expectation Of various other arti-
/ cIes are also yearly increasing. Tea is
/ the only article the expectation Of
which is declining. owing to the levy
/ ing OF war tax in the United States
The countries to which Japan's prod
ucts are exported in large quantities in
/ Asia are H0ngkOng and China, and the
I demands for japanese articles are also
rapidly increasing IN the Philippine ISL
ands- The United States Of America Is
! the largest consumer Of japanese ex-
/ ports. her share being over one-fouTth
( Of the total exports.
.
country are raw silk, tea. floor mats
/ and straw plaits. IN Europe, France
; IS predominant. as she consumes a great
deal Of our habutai, silk tissues and
he like; the expectation TO Italy has
/ decreased during the past two years
owing 10 the increased demand for raw
silk. umbrellas. fans and other articles
made of paper. OF the exports to Great
Britain. though the return Of the trade
( Goes not indicate any remarkable in
crease, Il must be remembered that the
/ exports TO HoHgkong are in many in
stances re-eZPortsd to Great Britain
Need Machinery.
The articles OF which japan demands
the supply from foreign countries are
mainly r.achineries OF various sorts
iron. petroleum. sugar. cotton, tissues.
wooden fabrics. ard some others The
largest items CT import in the matter Of
machineries are spinaing machiGeTies,
mining machineries. locomotive. engine
ana metal working machineries. Iron and
steel are chiefly imported from Great
Britain. the United States. Germany and
Belgium.
@The demand for most of the articles
above enumerated IS due to the recent /
rapid progress Of our Industries. and 10 /
sudden advancement CT he standard Of
living among the people at large How /
ever. il is now expected that most OF
these articles. with the exception Of
wool. Will be manufactured C produced !
in Japan
The machine tools are being already /
manufactured in japan: the iron in /
dUstTy is now in course Of Inception. /
petroleum mining is already In working /
order. and the production OF sugar is 4
20 be increased IN Formcsa. On the |
whole, the trend Of Japan's foreign trade /
is promising. the imports will in future |
increase in raw materials ard decrease >
In manufactured articles.
''The countries from which Japan i'm
ports mainly are British India. China.
the United States, Great Britain. and