New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-03-06

200; iron, steel and manufactures SIS 7S6 600:
sugar. $13, GOO; cotton manufactures, ST.
T9S.6O0; wooIlen manufactures, S11. 703. 000s
petroleum. S7O21. 500; arms, machinery, etc.
6,S22G0o; sprituous liquors. 81 O33. 500; PULSE
81. 800. 400: tobacco, SOS, 500 Japan's exports
in 1900 consisted OF raw Silks S24 3O2 400: cot
ton yarn. S10.209O0O; floss silk and manufact-
ures. S11TO3,O0o; COAL S9.960.OOO; copper. So
374. 400; tea, S44S2 GOO; textiles. So 2S6 500
drugs and colora. $2.639 400; rice. S1.792,sOo .,
The total revenue of the government from al
sources in 19O1-'O2 amounted to $500
and the expenditures to S137, 943,712. The reve1i
nue. is raised chiefly from the land tax. taxes
on sake and other liquors, customs duties and an
income tax Among the chief expenses ranks
the army. for which 100000 appropri-
ated in 1900; the navy. 100000; administers
ton OF justice, 100000; education and pen-
sOns IS, 125, 600; executive and legislative de-
partments. S1,5OO,OO0. Yet Japan's entire income
is not half large again as that OF this city,
The national debt now stands at S255.O99.JoO-
The stock of gold IS estimated at ST.. 600. COO
The total amount Of silver in circulation 10
S304O0OOO, and the paper money amounts to
SOL oo'OVo "A
Rice the chief food Of the japanese, IS
the most important crop. and In 1900
20J. 667 .0S0 bushels produced Rice land
is worth nearly three times other arabic
land and IN 1900 nearly 100000 acres were
cultivated as rice fields A great quantity OF
rice is used in the manufacture Of sake, and IN
1900 173.Oj1. 600 gallons were produced from
% IS9 establishments. Barley raised in
1900 on SO O96 acres. yielding ~ sol O56 bush
els; rye on L697.SJ0 acres. yielding 37.176.S6l
bushels; wheat on 1.14T.747 acres yielding H.
COG. T76 bushels In 1860. 1858 acres were
devoted to the silk culture. and 12O.IO2 acres TO
| tea. which produced 63.21O.1O0 pounds. Japan
raises more cereals and other food products
than she needs herself, so even should she be
cut of by Russia from the rest Of the world
she could support her armies as well as her
own inhabitants o.,
The soil is held for the most part by the peo-
pie who work IT, since the abolition OF the feudaI
: system The average holding is about one acre.
which is valued at about $50 yen The sum OF
$23. zoo 900 was brought into the treasury in
1901-'02 from the land tax, which is Pa 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 used only as beasts of burden As
n 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 mas
sought to encourage the establishment Of diaries
and the breeding Of cattle. horses and sheep, SO
that in 1899 there were in Japan 1.4Jl.5SO head
I
Spinning and weaving have been the most i'm
portant Industries of Japan since time imne-
mortal Before the introduction OF machinery
there were spinning wheels In nearly every
home. Osaka is now the centre OF the cotton
| industry, where there have been erected so
many factories that IT has been called the Fan
| River OF Japan. The amount OF raw cotton i'm
/ ported into Japan has increased hvefold In the
| last five or ten years. In 1900 there were l.
49, III spindes in operation in seventy-nine DIFF
/ fereut spinning mills. employing 12.1IO men
/ and 43,315 women. The present high price OF
cotton in this country has hurt the industry.
| that now some Of the spindles are idle About
| 500. OOO.0OO now invested in Japanese cot
ton mills The following figures show how silk.
cotton and other textile manufactures have in@
creased: 1856. S14.240OOO; 1896. S55492. 100:
1897. $50 055 200: 1888 81. SCI, 600: $780, $751;
| 45G. 800.
Although China is the original home Of lacquef
work, Japan now excels in this art and has
driven out Chinese wares from many of ths
worlds markets. In 1899 the value of the OUT
put of lacquer finished goods amounted to S.
I $50. III japanese porcelain has also brought
this product in 1899 was nearly S3,OOoOvO Inc
! japanese are also dexterous in working in
metals and especially in bronze and in 1879 the
bronze and copper product S6Jl SO. The
manufacture of paper employs n greater pro-
portion of the Japanese people than II does IN
any other country. japanese paper has proved
superior 10 that OF many countries OF n far older
llyro Of manufactures and O,DalA