The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-12-22
Ardmorcite Special.

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modern Nippon Is preparing for war.
1t is not alone asainst the United
states that Japan is directing its
nrtlljE but against the whole
civilized world And 10 will be-
war not with battcships and armies
OF soldiers. but with the weapons of
commerce. The vast army with which
the mikado's empire hopes To Wrcst
the commercial supremacy OF Che
world Is now being trained m the
ways of industrial warfare, Nearly
q thousand industrial schools are
daily turning out hundreds OF train.
ed soldiers. skilled in the use Of
modern tools and machinery and
the latest scientific systems IF man.
urlcmring and Transportation The
Industrial education system Of all
other countries shrink into uNg.
niflcence beside that of Japan.
II is not alone In this country that
men are being trained Tor the great
warfare to come. In the United
States and in every capital and ir-
dustrial center OF Europe thousand,
of Japanese are enrolled i'm the ami
versities aud industrial schools ald
employed in the important shops and
seeing everything. hearing eve 'yhiEg
and doing oveprhu4 NhenaNer
they discover anything Lew which
could be utilized 10y the schools or
factories OF Japan, se.Ie. letter
Immediately starts on i;s way to
Toxic bearing the tiliEss. ln.sc
scouts of the Japanese in lusU nj
army are now dcployed throughout
the civilized world. and there is
lltu, in the way of iuveutloG e.,
improvement that escapes them
The Orient for Oriorjdls, once
Iapan's watchword in the way of
trade, has now been outg;awn. The
little brown men OF Nippon are
now preparing TO ioLuch a CONNER
cial movement that will make the IN
'uonce of Japan fe't n 'yr"v ruu-
try Of the world. Alrallg tloy hay"
secured portion of the trade of
China-that trade that was once so
profitable 10 the United States, Eng
land and other countries. The ennis
saries of the Japanese commercial
houses are now to be found in every
city of the empire of the dragon,
and In the course of few years
It is likely that Japan will exercise
at least commercial sovereignty
over the great empire at her doors.
Despite reports to the contrary.
japan has not the least desire to
fight the United States with the
weapons of warfare. The japanese
do not care whore the fleet of
Uncle Sam may 20, but they are
highly interested in the methods of
manufacturing any articles Of com
merce. In the coming warfare, the
admirals and generals of the United
| States navy and army will have
nothing TO do The captains of in
dustry will be kept very, very busy.
The japanese do not care what goes
on at West Point or Annapolis. What
they desire Is ammunition for the
educational guns of Jamus great
Industrial school system, Moreover,
they are getting it, and the great
commercial nations of the world are
today supplying the ammunition
which will later be used against
them. The best methods Of all ma
tions have been accepted by the
japanese educators, with the result
that the japanese schools are now "a
century mead Of those Of other coun-
tries in supplying industrial train
ing.
If a university or trade school in
America or ENGLAND of Germany dis
covers effective methods Of deyCl
oplng workers for new ndu tries, the
japanese minister of education is im-
mediately put IN possession of the
fullest particulars. If a manufacturer
In France I'm Austria, or sweden
perfects a new process, the techni-
cal schools of Japan and the man
ufacturers OF this country are imme-
diately notified. In short time Jap
anese factories will be turning out
the same machine or article, perhaps
improved by the genius OF Japa-
nese experts.
Jauan has more than fifty times
as many industrial schools, sup
ported by the government, as are
to be found in the United States
or any country OF Europe--perhaps
more than all other nations com