The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1904-04-08
Russia and Japan
At a Glance

at 500 2O2 GA and extraordinary expendi-
Japans public debt is $2Oe 100, 9o4, or
$4.73 per capita of population; Russias, 3d.
167, 800 OQ0, or S2456.
Japan's exports from the United States
aggregate $2l,162,477 annually; Russias'
Japans imports into the United States
total $36,S54692 yearly; Russia's, $685.
100.
Japans total exports annually aggregate
$l24,2OS, 1913; Russia's, S366, 800 242:
Japans total imports yearly reach value
of 1927 800, $50; Russia's, $500, 5S3, O62.
In one year in Japan 16s,976 arrests for
crime are made; In Russia, 6O3,974
In 1898 Japans merchant navy Included
l,l3O steamers of European type, 1,9l4 sail
Ing vessels and 1907 native craft; Russia's
in 1899 consisted Of 657 steamers and 2,143
sailing vessels.
In 1899 Japan had 800 miles of state rail-
ways and 1852 miles of railways owned by
private companies Russia had 4,4S5 miles
OF railway Of which 1851 miles belonged to
private companies.
Passengers carried on Japans railway In
a year totaled 9S,537, III; Russia's, SO, 1885,
In 1900 Japan had 1880 miles of the teIe-
graph, or 90, 1896 miles of wire in operations;
Russia, 93,052 or 271 ,O24.
The total number of kilograms handled
In Japan in year was 1893, 700; Russia,
1927, 23S.
In 1900 Japan had 1852 miles of tele-
phone or S1,213 miles of wire; Russia had
In 1900 Japan's postal service, including
4,4O4 postofices, handled 635SS6,S10 letters
and parcels; Russia's handled 632, 972, 317
letters and parcels.
Japan is 200 miles distant from Korea;
from Moscow, Russia, the distance, as the
crow flies, is 300 miles.
Japan has 11S separate, or 2,O22 miles Of
submarine cables; Russia has 10, with to-
tai of $40 miles,
Japans schools are non-sectarian, practi-
cal, and tend to enlighten liberalism; Rus
sia's are ruled by a tyrannical religion of
which the Car is the head.
The number of horses in Japan at last
report was 1857, 697; in Russia %, 1854, 600
The number Of cattle in Japan at the last
report was 1,2S0,OOO; in Russia, 37,413,-
The forests Of Japan cover 1867, 766
acres; Russia, 474, 100000
Japans annual production of silk, cotton
and other textiles is valued, according to
last reports, at 81 1859, $780, Russias cotton
industry proper employs more than 100000
looms and is valued at 2SS,O00OO0 a year.
Japans postoftices act as savings banks,
and, according to last reports, 1866, 49S per-
sons made deposits in one year aggregating
$1S,96O, 754; in the 5,351 state, municipal
and postal savings banks of Russia 1904
l4O depositors put total of $3l9,967, 600
The Nippon Ginko, or Bank of Japan, has
a paid up capital of S15,O00OOO. deposits
aggregating 5000, $4,000, loans totaling ST.
329, 532, 400, and eight branch Offices; the
Bank of Russia has 1l3 branches, capital
and reserve of more than $27, 500. 0OO de-
posits and current accounts aggregating
over S1T3, ,OOO.
Japan Mikado is the 121st descendant Of
the Emperor Jimmu, who founded the pres
ent dynasty in ego Il. c.; the reigning fam
lily in Russia descend from Michael Roman
of, elected Car in 1913.
Tobacco yields Japan an annual revenue
of but $4, 4G3, 600; In Russia there are $780,
254 tobacco plantations and the manufac-
ture of tobacco, cigars and cigarettes ex-
ceeds 80, 2JO tons annually, the revenue
yielded the government being near $4,000
900 annually.
Japan produces large quantities of sake
and soy, but little other spirits in Russia
there are 2.O55 distlleries, producing an
nually 2,245,TOO tons of spirits, and 1,017
beer breweries producing annually 115,S6O,-
600 gallons Of beer.
Japan secures an annual revenue of more
than $50, 100000 on spirits; Russias totals
are more than $17OOUO,OOO.
In Japan the sale OF spirits is regulated
by strict local laws; in Russia the Crown
has a monopoly in handling the sale Of
tity of vodka sold in year at 3O1 spirit
depots In 20 provinces amounting to 4,665,-
500 gallons.
Last reports give the total marriages In
Japan In one year at 1,217, births 1867
CD, deaths S0i, 437; in Russia SO9.S74 mar
riages, 1854, 800 births and 3,O63,Ol7 deaths.
The average height Of a Japanese is
feet inches; of a Russian, feet inches.
The average weight Of japanese is 100
pounds of a Russian, 10 pounds.
The japanese have no Oaths In their Ian
guage and never swear; the Russians are
notorious for their use of explosives.
The average density of the population
throughout Japan is 296 to the square
miles; in Russia the average density, count
ing all provinces of the great empire is but
Is per square mile