The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1909-12-02

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burn coal SO economically that they
air able to sell about ten million
dollars worth TO outsiders each year
A grade oy hard coal said 10 be prac-
1icalIy smokeless IL now bein' mined
in Western Japan
The islands produce a great Varie-
" ov timber. but air too thiekly set
tied to leave much room for q large
lumber business. The camphor tree
grows to perfection here. The ex-
ports ov camphor gum amount 10
about one and a half million dollars
a year. The bamboo liz the most use
full tree in Japan as hit furnishes
the poles TO frame all lightly con-
structed buildin's. The poles make |
water pipes, fences, picture tubes ana
fshin' poles and many other useful
| things
In wood carvin' the Japanese hev
| long bin famous. An abundance oV
granite il found and stone-cutting liz
big industry. Osaka liz the center
ov that industry. Much work IL done
in iron, many foundries havin' bin
esta blished in the past twenty years.
But in iron, az well az in nearly
everything else, foreign workmen
had to be sent for to teach the Jap
anese. They learn quickly, however,
At Kajoshima liz a tannery. The
owner spent several years in the
| United States and learned how to
produce good leather. There air 9TH
err tanneries in operation at various
points.
Some splendid cotton mills air in
operation. One mill at Osaka oper-
ates seventy thousand spindles. Chi
ma uses much ov the products ov the
Japanese cotton mills. You can get
an ideo ov the rapid growth ov the
cotton mill business from the follow
in figures, which air accurate: In
1882 the cotton mill exports from
Japan were less than four thousand
dollars; in 1896 they were more than
s2,OOO,O0O. In 1898 the exports
amounted to ten million dollars.
!, Now they air more than twenty mil
lion dollars per year.
Tooth, nail and hair brushes air
made in large quantities. Bristles
air bought in America for this in
dustry.
Porcelain and other grades ov
earthenware air manufactured at
many places. The exports now run
| far above two million dollars per
t year. "Satsuma" ware, a peculiar
= lookin' product, liz manufactured in
/ large quantities, much ov hit goin' to
America.
Bronzes air produced in many
large and small shops, Osaka and
Kyota bein' the principal producin
points for this class ov goods. Some
+ ov this ware il inlaid with various
O metals to form pictures ov birds
flowers, etc. Damascene ware liz anvil
so turned out. Beautiful embroidery
: il produced, awlso fine pictures made
L ov cut velvet. Another fine work i;
- the cloisonnene products. A box OF
q vase liz made ov metal. A design i,
drawn upon hit by an artist; thi!
s design liz then outlined with threads
y or wires made ov gold or silver and
Il filled in with various colors ov enam
a cling The enamels air then allowed
; to harden, an air polished. Beautiful
e il hardly a strong enough word t.
/ describe the product, or, rather, tn
IS articles thus produced. This class o.
l. goods sells high.
It In addition to the industries men
toned above, Japan does a large bust
It ness in paper maxim, fancy wall pa
pers and the like. She PRACTICAL,
o makes awl ov the matches used in tn
: East-China, Russia, and the Phil
e lipines. The maxim ov umbrellas
n fans, paper napkins, lanterns and tn,
l. like furnishes employment for man.
d people.
e A prominent and wealthy bust
l. ness man in Osaka hez recently VOL
l. the title ov the Japanese Carnegie.
He gave the city a beautiful publi
library buildin' and a great collec
/. ton ov books.
The total exports ov goods from
d Japan in 1890 wuz only eighty mil
d lions ov dollars. At present, the ex
ports air about four hundred mil
+ lions ov dollars per year, which il
: another way ov tellin' how the Jap
# anese air 1earnin' to do things
nj In the ocean-carryin' trade Japar
hez made wonderful strides. In ter
% years her ocean steamers increased
from four hundred and sixty tt
, twelve hundred and twenty-four He
!, ocean-goin' sailin' vessels increased
!. durin' the same period from on,
!, hundred an ninety-six to three thou
= sand, five hundred and twenty-three
The size ov the vessels were increased
y very much durin' the same period
:, awlso.
Japan hez more than two hundred
q private ship-buildin' yards. They
build about three hundred vessels pei
year, includin' many first-class
steamers and ocean-goin' sail-ships;
in fact. only ocean-goin' steamer:
d and sail-ships, registered vessels. all
: included in these statistics. One
t company, the Japan Steam Mail-shil
s Company, hez paid up capital on
: eleven million dollars and run.
t steamers between Japan, America
s Europe, and Asia. Hit pays 10 pei
t cent On hits capital stock.
It Fifty years ago but few ov the
J, JaDanese could read or urito To