The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-04-27
Manufactures in Japan

none Of them Is more than twenty-one.
is conducted by the mill. Mr.. Fusl,
4 eafsa nana 20 Of 81 he ss
crs. and II cheerfulness Of demeanor
counts for anything, they are all
ha FRY immense boarding house is .
great wooden building. The hands are
, each !, family e pTesldsd eyer By :
for tho. s"y wS se'r are sis aRf AMI
mends clothes. The seriously Ill go
to the hospital. Forty cooks prepare
h thn ri rice and fish which make up the
The water is all distilled the plumbing
Is modern, and on the whole these
;;,,o young japanese may be said TO
better than they ever knew before
rl1e younger operatiyes, those who
day at Work, are compelled 70 60 70 q
schools within the factory inclosure2-
one . for boys and one for girls. From
Is compulsory for all the younger
mon elementary branches and. in addi-
ton is given. II the school teacher
who. daily lectures these children on
mechanics would walk across the Yard
cleaned some maehines it would 60
better for the mill, But everywhere
N Japan ono sees evidences OF a cer-
tain tain inability to coordinate theories
lar mill is It's theatre. great s,ruc-
ture. built after the American order.
two curved d" gaiieries 81 and d'g an ineiin.d
floor. is fitted with 1000 American
opera op ch chairs Contracted to the lap;
Aladdin's palace. The electric Lighting
features provide for all the stage NJ
fects of the ordinary Occidental play
ten a peee ners Which psys
music. In this theatre three perform.
ances a week are given, free OF charge,
to the mill hands.
into Presbyterian church. There Is
an early morning Sunday school. Z
MOI morning preaching service; and an
1ority Of the operative. ar. not Chris
tians. attendance at Sunday services is
voluntary. Usually there are over 1000
at the morning service. Sunday ~.
ular lecture In the theatre. often IL
Illustrated with magic-lantern pictures.
and generally aimed at giving the
Japanese mill hands peep into TIE
outside world.
The entire manufacturing OUTPUT Of
year. and of this more than half
handicraft industries are carried on
as they have been for centuries. But
the machine is slowly and surely forg-
ss s Sas dns h nso the the h ms
That the factories are already taking
steps. to amelierate the condition OF
these people when t.anspianted from
a fact which Will cause rejoicing
among humanitarians OF other lands.
Ten years ago there were 65oooo
100000 persons wrought on hand
looms Now there are only 100000
weaving houses and 10000 hand
weavers. During the same period the
to ESQ, and they now employ soono
people. However the principal mills
in Japan limit themselves to spinning
cotton or to winding silk. and the
made up OF the half-wrought cotton
yarns and raw silk.
The government, which. once went
out OF the manufacturing business. re-
turned to ii when tobacco manufac--
turing was made state monopoly. and
It has made some costly experiments
supply its own shipyards and arsenals.
ates thirty-four manufacturing con-
Germs empoyns over oo esn,. day
Japan is burning with desire 20
become a great manufacturing ma
ton. despite the fact that 1t must al
ways depend largely upon other coun-
tries for raw material II those ex-
are to be credited. this is'one Japanese
ambition which VIII never be realized
until the Japanese manufacture be.
gins to care more for the health OF
his machinery and less for the size
OF his dividend.
copyright, 1905. by Frederic ]. Has
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MISUNDERSTANDING in japan