The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-07-16

/ numerous agricultural experiment sta
| tions, after American patterns. which
are scattered over the fertile Iiozkaido
in which the Japanese husbandmap
obtains valuable instruction in modern
methods Of farming, In every drec-
ton is manifested the ambition to
make Japan independent Of the outside
| world.
BY far the most important Of oil es
| Establishments Of this kind Is the i'm
perial powder plant at Itabashi, which
Is again located In close proximity 70
the capital. This is practically an ex
pertinent station where the merits Of
new inventions and discoveries are in
| yestigated and put to a practical test
! 1t il Of all plants the most complete,
1 making every kind Of ordnance pow
| der viz. black, brown and smokeless
| grains. leaflets. tube or macaroni,
cordite. etc. for firearms Of all sizes
| up to the largest. Its chemical labora
| tories and the apparatus for the numer
GUS auxiliary processes and manipula-
lions are most complete, practical and
4 efficient. AS matter of course il il
seldom that foreigner is admitted
within the high gate, All the officials
from the director down, are natives,
and concerning them | want to say
that not only the chiefs Of the various
departments. but their assistants as
well, are highly trained experts, each
Of whom has spent several years at
/ 4 tfea
| acquiring a thorough mastery Of bis
speciality and getting his mental hori-
zon widened to the farthest extent. so
that he might return to his country
exceptionally well fitted for the posi-
ton be was to fill Scientists Of the
first rank, who anywhere else would
be hailed as stars Of the first magni
tude, work here unknown to fame
satisfied to devote their matehless gen
ius and knowledge to the welfare and
, the glory OF their country not with
blind fanaticism, but with the enthusis
asm Of conviction, the noble fire of the
fdealist The individual counts fol
nothing; the country. the emperor, fol
! everything.
) Meguro. Iwahana, Udji and Itabashi
are under the superintendent OF the
I war department, while the navy de
! partment is more especially supplied
by the factory at OFT whose specially
/ | is smokeless powder for naval guns
/. ana the charges for the proiectIles in
|. tended for explosion with lyddite eff
! feet The establishment Is situated Q
i little to the north Of Tokyo and Is Of
J very recent creation. 1t is planned on
r the very largest scale, and IL IL needless
: to add that here. too. are found all the
!. admirable features embodied In the
other plants,
In Tokyo itself is located the arsenal
, for small arms rifles, complete with
!. bavonets; small field guns and sabers
) for the cavalry. 1t is housed IN the
) fortlike residence Of an old time pro
. yincial governor or daimio, and the
!. original moat and rampant that pro
! tected The estate fl turbulent times are
! stiIl preserved. The age Of the place
y can be surmised from the venerable
! old sycamores that have grown on the
3 very crest of the wall The buildings
\ lie III the center Of an exquisite Ole
japanese garden, full Of delightful
/ hooks and picturesque yistas, fine ole
!. trees rising out Of q mass Of lowering
= shrubbery and messy rocks. reflected Il
I. pellucld sheets of water through whief
I. goldfish dart in all directions or vel
Il vety lawns, glitterlng cascades, grace
. full bridges over pretty streamlets
atI The beautifully proportional, wide
i halls, in which feudal lords once dwell
4 lin state, are now filed with machin
n cry. shafting and betting, and the hun
4 and rattle Of mills and lathes, Of piston
II land hammer. OF gearing and saws On
i. section is given up to the manufactur
: Of rifle barrels, al Of small calibeF
4 The blanks for these are mostly IN
- ported IN the required length and size
50 that they have only to be bored am
n, grooved In another section the riff
81 stocks are made: Ia a third. the smal
n parts Of the weapon are produced an
M assembled Still another section fur
IA nishes the bayonets, and when th
s rides are complete and adjusted the
IL are taken to the proving grounds, wher
y a corps Of sharpshooters systematlcall
~ tests each one Those which prove
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