The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-08-14
ThinGs japanese,

All told, Foreign lodns domestic iodnS, war dSeS,
increased customs duties. &C.. Japan has raised
nearly $3.50 .o00o 900 for war purposes. As wages
In the United States are at least SIX times higher
than In Japan, the amount raised BY that country
10 equal 70 our raising G Further as the
population Of Japan Is only ts.ooooo0. while ours
IL o., 900 00o we should really have 10 raise about
$1,000 90 70 equal Japan's effort.
TAXATION In Japan produced S73, 0o0 900 In 1904.
but ~ 900 900 In is0t-6. gain OF s24ooo.ooo Tho
income from State properties and monopolies rose
from s1s.ooo.ooo to si,oooooo an increase OF S.
100000. These two increases alone aggregate
S27 900, or 81 100000 more than the annual In
terest on the 100000 900 Of war bonds sold abroad
The ten years preceding the war. 1898 1865. were
epoch years for Japan Her foreign trade more than
doubled; the tonnage Of her steamships multiplied
itself by four; the earnings Of her railways. postal
service and telegraph did equally well: while tho
deposits In her banks increased fifteen fold In
fact she trebled her national capital In those ten
years.
As evidence. in spite Of the war and the conse.
ouept withdrawal OF labor, that Japan continues
to increase her productive power, note that her
imports OF machinery In 1904, the frst war year.
amounted TO s2.e50.000 an increase OF si,looooo
over 1903 (peace year, while In the lrst ve months
Of 1905 her imports OF machinery and engines
amounted TO SS.0S3.000 an Increase OF $s,2SS.0oe
over the nrst fve months Of 1901.
While Japans total exports have Increased by
500 per cent. In the past twelve years. her SHIP
ments TO Asia have risen 600 cent. and 70 China
more than 900 per cent. In the ten years 1885,
1904 her shipments TO the United States rose from
Sas 900 TO Sieo00000 100 per cent. increase.
From q total foreign commerce in 1895 OF sS3,-
Co., 900 70 one OF S3t5 900 In 1901 the war year.
an increase Of sz58,0o0,ooo In only ten years is
wonderful record for any country OF equal size,
population and opportunities 10 Japan. especially
when that country had so little 10 start with as
had Japan.
The economy OF the entire Japanese nation Tor
war purposes Is proved by the fact among many
others, that the empires imports OF moussene
do laine decreased from In 1903 TO s9ooooo
in 1904 Of cotton satins from $4,000 TO 1928 900 OF
fresh eggs from S4Os 900 70 900. and OF sailed
salmon and trout from 378)000 70 $2S5. 000 Al the
same time and for war purposes Japans coal I'M
ports increased from 100000 10 $80O0000: steam
vessels from $4,000 TO s. 900: blankets from
$4,000 70 100000: cotton drills from $4,000 to
$4,000: cotton ducks from 1000 to $4,000;
timed plate or sheet from S4so,0OO to 3,ss3,ooo,
Japan's exports to Asia grew from slioooooo in
1897 to Se7 900 900 In 1901 and to China from 50
100000 TO sN.ooo,ooo In the same years.
German houses In Japan complain to their home
INNS that many Japanese orders are now being
given 70 British and American houses. What
more naturalt The Japanese know their best
friends. The nrst Japanese war bonds bought
abroad were bought In London and New YORK,
and that al . time when the outcome OF the war
was quite problematical.
The japanese National Union of V NJ. c. A.
vas founded by Sir George Williams OF London
who founded the hrst Y. NJ. c. A. In the world The
union has grown rapidly. 1t now has hfty-two
student associations. with i%s0 members, anu
seyen city associations, with LOO members FlNe
new associations have been recently added, In
Guiding branches In the Okayma High SCHOOL,
Osaka Medical School. and the Osaka Higher Tech
nlcal School,
On April o. 1904 after three months OF war me
Japanese Postal Savings Banks had seSs'" a.
noa,torr With Sl6b 900 10 their credit One N"N
later, and that war year, the depostors had m
creased TO 5osb,iel and the deposits to s2o6'S""'
This increase, under the circumstances, OF iSloSi
depos,tors and Ss.17s,oo0 deposits is remarkable.
In the hve years iooo-4 Japan Imported 49,,
ITO ono worth OF raw cotton and exported sde 7ooon
worth Of cotton yarn. The cotton import In 1904
WA larger than In 1908.