The Boise citizen. (Boise, Idaho) 1906-1910, 1907-08-02

months ago went through the great Kawasa yards
Kobe there ship after ship Of construction near
ing completion asked what these vessels for Th is the
Chinese navy mygude told -Four yearago the orders
for these ships would have gone the Tyne the Clyde Today
Japan getting he and receiving orders for other foreign ships
IS well.
Japn the future going be great shpbuldng nation
She already turning ships nearly twenty thousand
She only going build her navy but also she will be
great shpbulder for other lands She further rapidly coming
to place great shipping nation All the Pacific finds
in port after port that where the oriy of shipping years
ago British the greater number of ships arriving today Jap
anese.
This of course does apply all ports The japanese
ment is carefully fostering its shpbudng and shipping industries
by heavy subsidies The British firms which try compete with
them find that they fighting individual but
with great of credit behind it.
Japan becoming manufacturing country
The Japanese factory troubled by humanitarian laws
He employ child labor with little restraint The japanese mills
today largely womans labor at fraction over ve pence
per day This labor aided by children, who any
thing from penny three pence day The paid an
average of about eight pence day.
These mills working day and night cope with the orders
pouring into them from apan dependencies They obtain
special rates for their goods into Manchu they able
during the last year, freely Dan, where they had duty
while the British have had go Newchwang where customs
duty is added to the cost of the goods.
The Japanese exporter finds that government money be had
of interest help his external trade The Japanese
behind every stage of pans commercial enterprises
helping way that makes the thorough and careful support
given by the German government its nationals sink into nsg
nihcance.
The foreigner who establish himself in Japan finds that
he is hapered by many him. He land
he cannot favored industries and he controlled
by constantly charged with favorng their own
nationals.
stance British American tobacco manufacturers managed to
build up great tobacco in Toxic and elsewhere The
Japanese then passed law declaring that the manu-
featuring of tobacco national monopoly.
Japanese government started competition with them IN the Chm
ese and other markets
But the commercial competition Japan nothing what we
will have China The japanese amateur in trade
the Chinese the ceveres merchant the world Already factories
are sprnging UP along the Yangste valley Once the factory
system comes China the white worker will have fight for his
life never before
China today is coming into line West in many
The old being thrown off, and Western teaching
and Western ideas spreading everywhere
China is now the greatest railway building land earth Foot
binding the and of the Chinese woman IS now beng
abolished by Chinese themselves The opium curse by winch the
seemed likely to be led into the sleep OF decay anu ded
now being bravely fought
It is for us to use when China maleabe to con-
,neher by generous by example and by our d
rect teaching that if she she must follow not alone
our commercial efforts alone fighting ways but the dea
the faith morals that have made England what she IS
l. for one am prepared scof the yellow peril But
certainly am not among who believe that do nothing
TO meet this rising world power 1t for take precauton
it for lead lead we but rise to our opo
tunties these coming people of the Pacific
II is for us to see that the yellow into line with the rest
of the world his development and prowe are along the
lines of world peace.
The Lewiston Tribune pepetrates the following Friends OF
Senator La Toilette last extorted from him sanction OF his
own candidacy the presidency by grace OF the republican party
Senator La Toilette will be apt get the nomination 1t may
be doubted he hopes achieve than to defeat the am
on of Mr. Fairbanks other reactonay who coyets
the nrze Nevertheless Republican party to continue It's
velan course conceive of available than
b same Senator La Toilette logic dictate the convention
he would be chosen unanimously His political complexion IS Roose
eerest Toilette in the White House would