Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1906-05-21

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grapned in groups but never a4onSt3
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mond P. Hobson. for congrs g 5
sixth district Of AIabas 81 ssrt
STORY. John Hollis b #
Hobson defeated for IN been
lis a confederate vetf . ID he
resented the distrfq a l, and
several years ago az YOU heen
f fg e tba naval c9 have pen pen
/ Hobson to there hn o,, Yes,
s,as for disabilit Of you. no to
Of duty Hobsow ne Con-
head preventeae a,ook round
mined him u the 49, kind OF
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are Ala0aniaa. 3, not with me-
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| papltS.ss carriage Is s. foley VI
n.4cisl It Is or fns
have received aferad his
recent discovery Of sno 49, iliyn aside. !
anese coal is expellfh9u
from China; the East n s.n,ys place
and competing with A, nv prom
throughout the Pacific
of the fears expressed fol Anew her
of far eastern. trade may i
but this is one that is at tnehester,a
day real, Commercial supreme YOU
ponds to a large extent on thenor'
troll of the coal supply of a counm
Manchuri8 and China have immens
coal beds, and "a recent article in tn
Tour de Monde. of Paris shows nc
only that Japan herself is rich in Goa
but that her infant coal trade is a
ready beginning to justify the fear
/ expressed by a large part of the con
mercial world. Before 1890 the tota
amount of coal mined in Japan varie
between 100000 and 100000 tons
year.
but suddenly vigorous develop
ment was given this industry and tn
coal mines followed the immens
strides made by Japanese trade an
commerce in general. The mine
We're fitted out with new machinery
connections were made with the rail
roads, and in 1902 the total amour
of coal mined was 100000 tons. A
first so per cent, then So per cent, 0
this total was consumed in the hom,
country and the rest exported, and tn,
same proportion is true for today
In 1887 Japan exported coal to tn,
value of $1,90O,O0O, in 1890 the expor
tation was $3,4OO,O0O, and in 1879.
Japanese coal had supplanted English
coal in most eastern markets from
the north of China, to Singapore, al
though England had previously beer
the only country which furnished Goa
to this section. At Hong Kong, where
100000 tons are consumed annually
only Australian coal and that from
Tonkin can compete with the Jan
anese article, and the same is true
for Singapore, where the japanese
coal costs. only 1925 a ton as com
pared with S. for English
Toward the east Japanese Goa
goes as far as San Francisco, compel
ing with Australian coal IN 1879;
the japanese took advantage of the
great mining, strike in England t.
strengthen themselves in. India, wher;
apanese coal costs half as much a!
English coal, and since that time the
Japanese coal trade has constantly
increased. The expectation of coal il
1897 was $5,90O,000, in 1901 5000, 600
in 1904 the amount, $6,75O,OOO, wa:
small because of the war; the Jap
anese now have control of the mar
kets in the Philippines; Hawaii, Inio
China, China, Korea, Siberia, and por
tons ct the western coast of America
The price of japanese coal, how
ever has Increased of late. In 1879;
1t was possible to obtain. good Goa
atsS2 a ton. but since that. time the
price has gone. as high as SIS,
The Islands in which the japanese
coal fields are found are Kyushu 1.-THE
most southern of 5apan} with u Goa
fields, Nippon (the central island and
the largest of alb with five beds, and
Yezo 1.-THE most northern) with four
coal centers. In the Kyushu mines
the coal is very fat and has great
heating power, the best known coal
coming from the Mike mine; this
Minis has capacity of $1,000 tons a
month, and is situated in the west OF
the island. There are also found on
the island of Kyushu mines of anthra.
city, but not in large quantities. This
island, however, furnishes TIRES,
fourths of Japanese coal, and conse-
quently the coal ports are the most
important in Japan. The five mining
districts of the island of Nippon ali
produce anthracite, the island Of Yezo
only bituminous, but of a very hard
variety.