Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-04-30
THE ISLAND EMPIRE

ably other countflt-
The banquet given tnis week to thc
Japanese Admiral uichi ard Dis men
40 Los Angeles and the friendly iutar-
views of the American and Japanese
naval commanders. tend to demon
strate that Japanese civilization IS, iu
many respects. as real ana as worthy
as that of our own country That is,
there seems 90 be- a similarity Of gem
eru views and national ideals. ln 90
general way. tho idea of war between
the two countries is entertained only
far enough To- be renited
Tho geucal misundeT nudins of the
status or the Japanese az nation and
peoplc probably accounts for much ~
the war talk n the Japanese are
anything ike ourselves. m motive or
foresight. they win be- most unwilling
90 enter upon a hostile contest with
our country They have made much
progress 600 recent year. but they are
Ear from rivalinc this country iu re-
sources. Industries or productive cap
acit,
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aiding their commercial and industrial
situation az home. Il is customary for
the japanese Government TO send
abroad students and others who have
shown exceptional ability or aptitude
for the purpose of studying Industrial
and commercial conditions. methods
WAYS aud means. and also 90 search
out markets for Japanese goods The
system commenced shortly after the
Chino-Japancsc war. The number thus
sent has increased from T. in 1896 20
S. lon 1906 These OF course do not in-
cmde private students iu colleges IN
foreign couutrics. special agents of
private companies. or manufacturers
going abroad 20 investigate and pur-
chase machinery FOR private plants.
The countries To- which these invcsti-
gators are sent are the United States.
England. Germany France China,
South America; Australian fact
anywhere that special subjects are to
be Investigated. processes learned,
conditions observed or Information
gained likely 20 be Of value 10 the in-
dustrial or commercial development
OF Japan
This plan seems 20 us an admirable
one Whenever nations on people come
TO the conclusion that they cannot
learn from foreign nations and shut
themselves up. SO % speak. they soon
rotrogradc. japan has seen a notable
illustration Of this general law of pro-
gress in the case OF her neighhor
China. and appears Co be very anN-
ious 10 avoid falling into the same nit.
There was time. tho historians say.
when china was farther advanced in
most of the arts and ideas that con-
stitutc civilization. than perhaps any
other country. Then followed . per-
Tod of eXclusiVcness aud a refusal TO
deal with the barbarian" nations outs
eiue of china. The result was that
China was soon outsuipped by ths
very nations she formerly dosplsed
ana excluded from her borders
We think Do Was Archbishop Whate-
rs who maintained with many learned
arguments and Illustrations that mo-
tions arc usually civilized from with
out-from tho ideas which they ass
simulate from others rather than from
exclusive devotion To- the ideas and
institutions that originate within.
Jnpanoso Labor formerly paid only
few cents per dHy now receives n
much more substantial rocompcusc.
particularly in milroading enterprise.
1llckmcn receive about so cents moro
than day laboror,. who now receive
an average OF 20 cents O. day. There
SIRE $50 many varied occupations COM
ucctcd with the building OF the mod
cn steel vessels m Japan. as ehc-
where. that mo- statistics are mruish-
Cd.
Mr. Babbt American representative
at Yokohama, notes tho change of
diet and clothing now rapidly going
ON iu Japan
Bread. meat and putatoes have been
added to the former diet of the Ja-
punosc, which consisted of nsh ANA
the vegetables indigenous to thp .ouu-
u1 Tho men 8t the front during the
lsuHso-Japaur-e war were often led
ON beef aud bread or biscuits made
from American Hnm. and thH create
cI il.to or appott, which had 90 bo
'aioicd to ou th,u r0uru and other
articles followed, .l tHtt during and
oIirr thc Nar th,r. Was CON. idcrabl,
Increase FOO tho u.e off mettr uui nour
canned goods fresh and condensed
m.ik. butter. aud foreign foods son.
orally
There Vas gradual adoption o.
t'Ieign american ANA European
tl'lr oi clothing for manuel Iahorers
o. Cine demand for such Iaborcrs bed
creased. Ihe usual Japanese cos.um,
iN-fwted Cor tho workshop. fac
hn ur store whore rIothire Drr
hitting freer movement is required
bhd foreign dress uas made eompuI
cory Boo r"rum occupation. ForeIrn
tl''r c'o'hmg being also required I.
'N' lm' and uau ltd 20 mcraasr
iN'.iN.rIF with BE- and Increased Ia.
h"nd aIt0r tho uaI
NnHr .ao Japanese ar. t1U. i.,ro
ha much from us. it t uaew..o cer
''h hat Ne can lram man, tbips
on .hem that enl be of the higa,
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