The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-10

floss silk and manufactures, S11, 7O3, 900;
coal, $9,960,0O0; copper, $6,374,400; tea,
$4,4S2, 600; textiles, 1926, 800; drugs and
colors, $3.50, 400; rice, $1,792,S0O.
The total revenue of the government
from all sources in 1912 amounted to
$13S, 74S,500, and the expenditures to $751;
943,712. The revenue is raised chiefly
from the land tax, taxes on sake and
other liquors, customs duties and an in
come tax. Among the chief expenses
ranks the army, for which 49, 600, 600 was
appropriated in 1900; the navy, $40, O00 600;
administration eff justice. SIS 600 900: edu-
cation and pensions, So. 125. 600; executive
and legislative departments, $500, 900.
Yet Japan's entire income is not half
as large again as that of this city The
national debt now stands at $255, 099. 500.
The stock of gold Is estimated at $62-
100000. The total amount of silver in
circulation is $3O,4O0. 600. and the paper
money amounts to SCI, 800, 900.
Rice, the chief food Of the Japanese.
is the most important crop, and in 1900
2O5,667, $50 bushels We're produced Rice
land Is worth nearly three times other
arabic land, and in 1900 nearly 1900 600
acres We're cultivated as rice fields A
great quantity of rice is used in the man
ufacture Of sake, and in 1900 173, 051, 900
.
hshments. Barley was raised in 1900 on
1,679,096 acres, yielding 81. 591 056 bushels;
rye on 1.697,S50 acres. yielding 37,176, 867
bushels; wheat on .147,747 acres yielding
Il, 0O6,77 bushels. In 1900 1856. 1893 acres
We're devoted to the silk culture. and
120,7O2 acres to tea, which produced S.
210,1O0 pounds. Japan raises more ce-
reals and other food products than she
needs herself, so even though she be cut
off by Russia from the rest of the world
she could support her armies as well as
her own inhabitants
The soil is held for the most part by
the people who work It, since the abolition
of the feudal system. The average hold
Ing IS about one acre, which is valued at
about 1S9 yen. The sum OF 500 500 600
was brought into the treasury in 19O1-'02
from the land tax, which is 21h per cent
and which amounts TO three times the
amount derived from the customs. The
rearing OF cattle for dairy purposes was
introduced in recent years into Japan. In
former times these animals were used
only as beasts of burden. AS a result of
the Buddhist teaching the people never
ate beef, and regarded butter. milk and
cheese as poisonous. Since the opening
of Japan to the thought of the West. the
government has sought to encourage the
establishment of dairies and the breeding
of cattle, horses and sheep. so that in 1899
there were in Japan 1,451,5 $50 head of
cattle and 1900, 900 horses.
Spinning and weaving have been the
most important industries of Japan since
time immemorial. Before the introduction
of machinery there were spinning wheels
in nearly every home Osaka is now the
center of the cotton industry. where there
have been erected so many factories that
1t has been called the Fall River of Japan
Japan has increased five-fold in the last
five or ten years In 1900 there were 1,135,-
Ill spindles in operation in seventy nine
different spinning mills, employing r.,
40 men and 1895 women. The present
high price of cotton I'm this country has
hurt the industry, so that now some of