The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1906-07-26

this acquisition has furnished in large
measure the means of going ahead tc
secure prestige in the realms of peace
| Manchuria will be feeder of raw ma
terlal for the mills and factories soon
TO dot the cities and towns of its pos.
sessions.
i Japan first decided to nationalize
It's railroads. Not long afterward it
/ became known that Japanese ship
ping interests were getting options
Oh the great Pacific steamship lines,
including those owned in America.
and this, in connection with the aid
extended through subsidies by the
Japanese government on a tremend-
Gus scale, led to fears in other quar-
tiers of the globe for the commerce
not only of the Orient but of the en-
| tire Pacific. Already Japan has estab-
llsned lines between it's own ports and
the western coast of South America
Now attention is called by Consul
General Miller to the fact that Japan
IS about to launch out into a new form
Oh government interest-the manage
ment and direction of industry.
The new tariff law recently passed
by the Diet says Consul General Mil
ler the action of the government in
supervising loans for industrial and
commercial purposes, the considera-
tlon by the state council of a large
scheme for the development of Man
cnurla all indicate a clear purpose on
the part of the japanese government
to protect, supervise, develop and ma
tlonalize all important industries. The
naturalization of the railways was
single step in the great plan of in
dustrlal naturalization toward which
the country is fast approaching.
One OF the prominent statesmen of
Japan is also advocating a single pur-
chasing department for the govern
ment by which all supplies of every
nature would be secured. Should this
plan be adopted, as it may be. it
would be only step further for this
department of the government to be-
come the purchaser of supplies for
all the great industries of the country
that are falling under the protecting
guidance of the nation
In the opinion of Consul General
Miller the world has made mistake
in it's accepted views of the character
OF the Japanese. They are great in |
imitation, but they are greater in adap-
tatlon, he points out, and have the
faculty Of fitting to Japanese require
ments, conditions and character the
machinery, science, industries, meth |
DDS, political and economic forms nee
essary to their development. The
great war SO successfully carried on
is already thing of the past, and
Japan, he says, is now most active
in the marshaling of industrial forces
of every nature, with a view to becom-
ing the master in the commerce of the |
Orient.
The financial world, continues Mr.. |
Miller, Seems now to be in keen com.
petition to provide Japan with money
for almost every purpose and the lack
of wealth is not likely to retard her
industrial and commercial expansion. |
In viewing this great Japanese ex- |
pertinent of naturalization of indus
tries, it is not wise to PREJUDICE it and
assume that it will be a failure be-
cause it would fail in European and /
American countries. A thorough
knowledge of Japanese history and
character will cause any thoughtful
person to hesitate before pronounc-
ing it inpracticable.'
The remarkable Japanese business
combination under way is shown in I
a quotation from the Toxic Asashi,
which states that five cotton textile