The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-01-08

and to maintain her people in comparative comfort without any marked problems of unemployment to and trouble, such as we have had in the United States. It is not the purpose of this brief survey to search out detailed analysis of Japans indus trial problem but looking the figures we see
 that of the 30000000 people engaged in work; rough ly half engaged in agriculture A glance at the figures for the past ten years shows that the agri- cultural population has remained stationary and has shown a tendency to diminish in it's ratio to the total population. Japanese authorities say that the population of the rural districts because of absorption by the rice and silk industries of all the labor they can possibly absorb is steadily declining Prof. Uyeda, an authority, says the population of the rural districts has not only reached a satura- tion point but that a state of actual over-popula ton exists. To this observation inclined to agree result of drive through the farming districts Yokohama, Kamakura and later on in the around Kyoto. We saw every available piece of ground being cultivated to the strips of spare land along the roads
 That the Japanese are attaining high state of industrial efficiency told every hand The Japanese are reluctant to show foreigners through their factories In industrial town like Osaka with a population of something over two and half million, American commercial attaches told there are less than forty foreigners, and scarcely of these has been within the walls of the huge factories that seem going night and day throughout this territory.
 When you consider that in the entire kingdom of Japan there are but 2O43 Americans resident, you realize how closely to themselves they keep their business We know but little concerning many of her industries, but have seen her increasing exports to our shores but when the figures really are broken down, as a British economist recently to ipdica ito that the threat of Japanese domination of world markets is a serious
 Whereas, in 1929 Japan's export trade was 293 per cent of the total world trade, it increased, in 1933 to 313 per cent At the same time, it's im- ports had increased from 280 per cent of the total world imports to BOA per cent of the total by 1883 The outcry that has been made against Japanese encroachmehts in world trade by country that has only three or four per cent of the total trade of the world seems out of place. but when the figures broken down to manufactured articles alone, Japan's proportion of the world trade in manu- factured goods rises to ten per cent
 Sixty-one per cent of Japans imports in 1884 materials such as cotton rubber, wool, ore, oil and metals. And glance at the exports shows that Japan's export trade 62 per cent of manufactured articles, and 23 per cent semi-manu- factured articles In short, Japan takes the raw materials of other countries works them into prod ucts that will sell undersels others because of lower production costs and concentrates her trade activities systematically and carefully that she can sell and deliver at minimum cost. To all of which activity a cry goes up from centers of trade and industry from Manchester in England and from the indus trial East in own country. But not word is heard from the producing sections which sell materials to Japan's hungry industrial machine nothing from California where the product of oil He iS eold from he where percentage of American cotton goes to keep Japans spindes turning
 Perhaps in all this is lesson for own industries, lesson in the problem of organization manufacture and distribution. Japan has national interest in the of her foreign trade even cursory examination of her budget will show In the year 1884 Japan's Government rendered in aid to industries subsidies B million yen, or roughly ten million dollars Of this roughly al third went to aid in shipping and merchant marine. Twelve and half per cent went miscellaneous grants for industrial research and organization, which includes such items as silk research" pot tery research" encouragement of inventions "guid and control of small-scae industries "elec- trical research" encouragement of trade-exhib tons" and also contributions to expenses of CO., operative export" Here are examples of the thor oughness with which Japan seeks out ways of help ing her industries go ahead. Exemptions from taxa tion are also given for small industries which the Government desires to help for limited time.
 Commercial missions are being sent so all likely countries, where foreign trade may be expanded. Even while we in Tokyo announcement was made of new commercial mission to China.
 Japan's recent conquest of Manchukuo is show ing one effect in the trade balance sheet already. Textile shipments have jumped sharply, and Japans mills will have a long-term contract, without doubt, to supply the future needs of the population of this conquered Chinese Province The thing shows in the export of steel materials From 1881 to 1884, steel tonnage exports to Manchuria has gone from 23000 metric tons to 271 900 metric tons.
 That's why Japan wants territory-for her people live for her factories to keep busy for her ships to ply the and her trade to prosper.
 When we look back into American history of the period of territorial expansion in the late