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

All told, foreign loans, domestic loans. war taxa,
increased customs duties. &C.. Japan has raised
nearly SS5O000.00O for war purposes. A. wages
In the Upited States are At least elk tines higher
is equal TO our raising Vs. Further, - the
population of Japan Is only +ooo,o 900. while ours
Ia AO0o0o0 we should really have 10 raise about
% 900 100000 to equal Japan's effort.
Taxation In Japan produced So. 0oo 900 In 1909
but NJ 900 900 In ls0tS gain Of S14.O00O00. The
income from State properties and monopolies rosa
from 100000 70 Isl 100000. an Increase OF "a
100000. Theso two increases alono aggregate
S27.OO0.Oo0. 100000 more than the annual In
terest on the SiO 100000 Of war bonds sold abroad
The ten years preceding the war 1soS-1sos. were
epoch yeAn 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 the
deposits IN Ae: banks increased hfseen fold. In
fact she trobled her national capital In those ten
years.
As evidence. In spite OF the war and the conse-
ouent withdrawal Of labor. that apan continues
to Increase her productive power. note that her
imports OF machinery In 1901. the mrs. war year
amounted to Hdso'ooo. an increase OF Nloooo
over 1909 tpeaec year, while In the nrst I'VE months
OF 1905 her imports OF machinery and engines
amounted TO IS oS3 900. increase OF 32S9ooo
over tho frst I'VE months OF 1904.
While Japsn's total exports have increased by
300 per cent In tho past twelve years. her ship
moro than 1000 per cent. In the ten years lsa'-
1904 her shipments to the United States rose from
S3s.0ooo0o 70 St,oooooo, or 100 per cent increase
From q total foreign commerce In 1895 OF 49,
100000 TO Of SsAs 900 In 1904. the war year.
an increase of S2So 900 In only ten years. Is
wonderful record for any country Of equal slaa
population and opportunities 10 Japan. especially
when that country had &c little 70 star! With e.
had japan.
The economy OF the entire Japanese nation for
~ NA<,N
Others, that the empires imports Of moussclne
de aine decreased from a. 100000 In 1908 10 100000
in 1904 OF cotton sAtns from $4,000 70 &s2SoO OF
fresh eggs from $4,000 70 t<7 900. and OF sailed
salmon and trout from $3.50 900 70 S2si ooo Al the
same time and for war purposes Japan's coal I'M
ports increased from 0o00 900 to S8O000 0o steam
vessels from $4,000 70 100000: blankets from
81 600 70 ~ 7O0,00 cotton drills from $4,000 to
100000: cotton ducks from $4,000 to sSos'oG
timed plate or sheet from $4,000 70 u $4,000.
Jspan's exports TO Asia grew from sr,oooooo IN
1892 TO s67 900 900 in loo%, and 70 China from s.
100000 70 $4,000 900 In the came years.
German houses In Japan complain To their home
frms that many Japanese orders are now beiae
given 70 British and American houses. What
more naturalf Tho Japanese know their best
friends. Tho hrut Japanese war bonds oouGnt
abroad were bought In London and New YORK.
and that at time when the outcome OF the WEI
was quite prob,ematical.
The japanese National Union OF Y. NJ. c. A.
WAS founded by Sir George Williams OF London.
who founded the first Y. NJ. c. A. In the world the
union has grown rapidly. IT now has hffy'wo
studeut associations. with 1850 members. ana
seven city associations. with l,ioo members fNe
new associations have been recently added. IN
GLIDING branches In the okAyma High school,
Osaka Medical School, and the Osaka Higher Iecn'
meal School. 49,
On April 80. leo4. after three months OF war inc
Japanese Postal Savings Banks had $685." &c.
postors with SIS 500 900 10 their credit, One ycA'
later and that war year. the depostors had IN
creased TO 6.0SS, lei and the deposits to s?oo'sW.
This increase under the circumstances, OF se6sh
dcpositors and Ss,i7S,O00 deposits Is remarkable.
In the Nve years 1901 Japan imported slo
10000 worth OF raw cotton and exported so '7oW
worth OF cotton yarn Tho cotton impor' IN wv
was larger than In 1000