The Washington herald., 1907-08-26

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this behalf. is in the tropics. and domicf-
idti0D IN the tropics is obnoxious % the
japanese. and as for Korea, she is al
ready crowded with her own native
hordes
There is no place in the Orient upon
which Japan could dump any large lrdc
ton of her surplus population without
insufferable over-crowding. And SO Ja-
pan must face the necessity Of finding
work for her people at home The work
shop and the mill are the only solution
to her problem. But the workshop and
the mill viii not solve the problem unless
a market can be found for their product.
Asiatic Market Indispensable.
That market must be found in Asia,
among the millions who swarm over the
Orient. The policy Of Japan therefore is
and must be to promote manufactures at
home. and TO dominate the neighboring
Asiatic markets. She has already entered
upon this dual policy. I say dual policy.
although II would be more accurate 10
say that the two things are 50 allied and
are So inseparable as to constitute but
one stupendous national scheme.
What Japan Is doing to establish her
dominance in Korea, Manchuria. and
China opens up a question OF such large
proportions that I must defer a discussion
of il To some future occasion. Suffice it
now 10 say that she Is developing her
policy in this behalf with masterful
diplomacy and with great promise Of sue
/ cess.
ITO promote the industry OF manufac-
turing. the government has. as / have
said, entered upon the policy Of giving
direct assistance 70 private effort. This
| IS done in several ways
"First-By lending money at low rates
/ Of interest 10 manufacturers. The great
banks in which the government or the
imperial household is interested borrow
IN Europe at the lowest obtainable rates,
and then reloan the money 10 manufac-
turing corporations The money is really
borrowed abroad for that purpose.
we axe told that the imperial house
hold and the banks are usually interested
in the stocks Of the corporations they as
sist. Thus are great governmental
/ agencies employed. and thus is the credit
/ OF the nation at least indirectly pledged
! t. secure money at the lowest possible
rates for use IN manufacturing.
Again, the taxing power is used ia
the way Of tariffs and subsidies in aid OF
the manufacturer, and special rates of
transportation are given them over the
railroads, all OF which are owned by the
government.
Industry Must Succeed.
1T follows inevitably that an industry
So favored-employiu the best business
talent OF the empire. and having the gov
ernment behind il with its money, its
credit its taxing power. and its control
OF transportatiou-must grow apace Ttth
marvellous r3pidity-at least grow as fast
as markets can be found or made for the
product
What effect this policy may have upon
individual development is question with
which Americans are not 50 Immediately
concerned; but in so far as the policy is
intended TO concentrate the energies OF
the nation to the upbuIlding Of national
industries. we are vitality interested. II
is a policy Of far-reaching and deep sig
Eifcance to all the nations who would
compete for a place in Oriental commerce.
With this stupendous industrial machine
other nations viii have 10 reckon.
In closing have two regrets-first, that
1 must PASS unnoticed so many things
Of interest, and. secondly, that in saying
so much l have said so little. IN half
century Japan has risen from semibar-
barism to proud place among the first
nations of the world
That she is a great military power has
been demonstrated on both land and sea
/ That she is already an important factor
I IN the industrial world IS beyond dispute
and equally certain is il that she is des-
/ tined soon 10 occupy q commanding posi-
tion I'm the vast commerce Of the Orient
Not only so. but in the higher and
lnObler realms Of pure Intellectual achieve
ment. in art, science, and literature. her
sons are carving out a place for her
among the most enlightened peoples OF
the earth,
JapRn's Potential Future.
I'm short. Japan in future is sure 70
exercise a potent influence in shaping
the destinies of mankind. This IS what
the japanese, left TO themselves and act
ing for themselves, have accomplished
Tor Japan.
AS 1 view Japan, standing here in the
/ Orient, stalwart and supreme, I cannot
but reflect what might have happened
If IN Perry's day, instead OF opening the
/ empire TO civilziug influences and then
leaving the people to work out their own
destiny we had conquered and held them
in subjugati0n How widely different
might the story have been
In all probability we would still be
holding them with strong hand under our
paternal guardianship.
I'VE would no doubt stil be engaged
upon the arduOus bur GOd-given duty
OF fitting them for self-government-a
task we could not in current cant.
abandon without a sacrifice of national
honor.
There would have been no Chinese
japanese war; no Russlan-Japanese war;
no recognized world power in the Orient
Lesson for Us.
"On the contrary. they would probably
stin be our sullen. Unappreciative, re-
fractory wards and the process Of be- /
nevOlent assimilation would still be run
ming its tOrtuOus and turbulent course. /
is there not a lesson and a moral for
us IN this japanese example? The Japa-
nese and Filipinos are essentially the
same kind Of people. Shake a hundred
OF them together In a box, and you could
not distinguish the one from the other.
rs not Japans marvellous DEVELOPMENT
suggestive Of what might happen to the
FiiipinOs If they were blessed with SINH
lar opportpiues?'
HELP WANTED.