The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1906-10-03

SAlIleu Workmen, more capital.
And now let us deal with the ran
idity with which she is acquiring
these. The financial world has conf
dence in Japan Therefore, it is prob,
able that money will find it's way there
as fast as she can substantially make
use of it.
10 economic production she is
forming the whole of the present cot
ton trade there into four or five big
trusts.
To make the best of the anticipated
increased demands for textile goods
IN Manchuria she is now making ar
engagements to carry her yarn and
cloth into this vast region almost free
OF railway costs.
To get a foot in China she is be-
ginning a system of erecting mills
there, and purchasing mills there, 20
be managed by Japanese men.
And now to her deyelopment-her
increase of spindles and looms. She
is the newest spinning and weaving
country, on modern lines, in the world.
She started thirty years ago-or a lit
tie over that-her present factory
system. Old mills are now being re-
placed by new ones. Many mills pre-
viously half-filled with machinery are
increasing their spindles, are taking
in additional looms.
She has now about fifty mills-spin-
ming mills-containing nearly 100000
spindles. She has in these mills 49,
600 males and $1,000 females. She has
nearly 5000 looms, whilst in 1904 she
had no more than 5000. She can man
ufacture nearly 70,00O,000 yards of
cloth a year. And her resolve is to go
on increasing by leaps and bounds.
All this may appear small compared
to our 50,O00,O00 spindles and our 7OG,-
GOO looms. And so it is small. 1t is
ten times smaller than the quantity Of
textile machinery in Oldham and dis
trict alone; it is three times smaller
tEan the progress we have made dur
ing the past two years.
Why Fear?
Why, then do we fear Japan? Or
have we any reason to fear her?
We fear the Japanese because they
are leaving no stone unturned to in
crease their output; because they are
seriously turning their attention to ex-
port trade; because they fully realize
the enormous possibilities in the coun-
tries around them for the sale of yarn
and cloth; and because it is upon
those countries that we shall have 70
depend largely for many years 20
come.
We may rely upon keeping India TO
ourselyes-to the output of our own
mills at home and the output OF Brit
ish-0wned mills in India. But how long
can we hope to have the lions share
Of China? How much of the new trade
in Manchuria can we hope to get IN
face of what the Japanese are dong
to capture it for themselves?
The willy Japs learned the best that
they know of working spindles ana
manipulating looms in Lancashire
mills Lancashire textile machine es-
tahlishments and Lancashire technical
schools. At present they purchase 30
nor cent. of their textile machinery
from Lancashire firms lover 50 pei
cent. is sent from Platt's, at Oldham).
They pick the brains of the agents
filters and mechanics sent out ~
these firms. They will not however
employ a Lancashire man In theH
mills if they can help it-and they al
ways do help it.
The textile industry is now the lead
ing machine industry in Japan Ihey
saw it is being developed for the JapS
for the Japs alone. And so tneS
have no respect for any nation thA'
NAV stand in their way OF gettlhs
hold of the Far Eastern trade, as they
develop their capabilities of securing
it for themselves.
They intend not only to spin their
own COPS. to weave their own cloth'
but to make the machinery necessary
FIR summing and manufacture A Jew
wears ago they could not turn out a
eingle machine for the productloh' VI
textile commodities. Now, however
thew have engineering works Tor man
ing looms, bundling presses "arplhs
machines and winding machines AT
engagements are also being made 10
begin a japanese make" OF mules anu
ring frames.
Their motto is to depend OF no one