Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-03-16
Russia and Japan
AT a Glance


Mt 1910. eo2. Ola and extraordinary expendl-
Japan's public debt is s2os 100, 1904, or
sd7s so per a capita q population; Russia's sa-
Japan's exports from the United States
aggregate S2l,i62,477 annually; Russia's.
Japan's Imports Into the United States
i iso Ss0s' so2 yearly hussla's' 1920
Jnpan's total exports Annually aggregate
S124, 20S, 323; Russia's. $a6s,055,242.
of .sl27, s96, ESQ; iussia's, s322, $50 ,0fs22.
In one year In japan 16S,9I6 arrests for
crime nre made; In Rnssin, 603014.
In 1888 Japan's merchant navy included
l,13O steamers Of European type. 1,014 sail
ing vessels and 10,097 native craft; Russias
In 1922 consisted of 0o7 steamers and 2.14S
In 1890 Japnn had $40 miles of state rail-
ways and 1862 miles OF railways owned by
private companies; Russia Ind 34,dS5 mile,
of railway, Of which 1901 miles belonged
private companies.
year tetaied os,Ss7, lii; Rnssia's, ss'7Sos,
In 1000 japan had 1a,sTs miles of the tc.e
Russia, 1862 or .271 ,o24.
| The total number Of kilograms handled
1 IL 5Hp sss in year was 1853 7oo hussa
In 1890 japan had 1,5c2 miles Of tele;
phone one or 3l,27s mics CT wire; Russia had
In 1900 Japan's postal service, including
4,404 postofiices, handled cSa; ss6, $40 letters
md parcels; Russ!a's handled 632, 972,S17
japan is 200 miles distant from Korea;
from Moscow, Russia, the distance, as the
| crow files, is 5000 miles.
| Japan has Is separate, or 2,022 miles of
submarine cables; Russia has 10. with to-
| tai Of $40 miles.
Jnpan's schools are non-soetarian, practi'
| cal, and tend to crlishten liberalism; Rus
| SlQ'S ruled Inv tyrlnniCGl religion OF
| which the Car is the head
The number Of f. horses in japan ~ n at last
Fhs number & sattle il japan it re 1s Il. list
seRR was l,2so,ooo; In Russia s1,41s'
The forests e o JaP csn cover l7,se7'7ss
Japan's annual production, of silk. cotton
last reports, at ST. $3.50; Isussin's cotton
looms and Is valued at S2ss. 100000 a year
Japans postofi'ccs act as savings banks,
and, according to last reports, LEGS, 40s per
$is.0e075l; in the 5,351 state, municipal
md postal savings banks Of Russia da- 3, 5
40 depositors put total of SS19.867. 900.
paid mp capital of S15,000OO0. deposits
agSrcgating $1,000, sS4.OoO, loans totaling 81
800, 49,, 400. and eight branch Offices; the
and reserve of more than s27,5c0.0oo, de-
over SITS, $40, 600.
Japans MiknGo Is the 121st descendant of
the Emperor Jimmu. who founded the pres
ent dynasty In GEO y. c.; the reignins fam
lily In Russia descend from Michael Roman
Of, elected Gar IN 1913.
Tobacco Yields Japan MI annual revenue
of but $4.,i63, 900; In Russia there arc $780,
251 tobacco plantations and the manufac-
turc of tobacco. cigars aiiI cigarettes eX-
cecds $3.50 tons annually, the revenue
yielded the government being near $4,000.
coo annually
and soy, but little ether spirits; In Russia
there are 2,055 distiilerics.. producing. M.
nually 22t5,70O tons OF spirits, aud 1911
: beer brewcIies producing Annually 115,SG0,
600 gallons OF beer.
t japan secures nm annual revenue of moro
4 than S28,T0G,000 on spirits; Russia's totals
/; are more than $170,Co0GOS.
by strict local laws In russia the Grown
8 has n monopoly In handling the sale OF
: Spirits in many provinces. the total guam
e tity of yodka sold In year ut 3u1 spirit
depots in 20 provinces amounting to 1866
c 500 gallons.
!. Inst reports give the total marriages r
q japan IN one year at Hill, births $50
riaaes. 4,634,so0 births aud 3GG3,0i deaths
n I'he average height Of a Japanese Is !
5 feet 3 inches; of n Russian, 3 feet s inches
= The average weight of n japanese Is 15t
: pounds: OF a Russian, 10 pounds.
1: The Japanese havclno oaths In their Ian
/ suaGe and never swear; the Russians arr
e notorious for their use OF expletives.
!: Throughout Japan is 2He to- the -sqsrS
miles; In Russia the average density, count
: Ing all provinces Of the great empire. Is but
J ! 10 per square mile.