2252 



C03IMEKCIAL JAPAl^". 



[December, 



PEXSION. 



For long service the company gives pensions according to the length of employment and rate of wages. 



Factories of All Kinds Employixg Moke than- 30 ^Iex ix Japax December 31, 1897. 



ARTICLES. 



BY MACHINE POWEE. 



I' 



HAND POWER. 



Number 

 of facto- 

 ries. 



Number 

 of ma- 

 chines. 



Silk throfid 



Cotton tJircad 



.Silk textiles 



Cotton textiles 



Maeliine and instrument for vessels 



Mining 



Tobneco 



Matches 



Kefiiio rice 



Printinj,' 



Brick and tile , 



I^ycing 



Saki 



Glass 



Paper 



Pottery 



Match sticks 



Hemp textiles 



Hcni p thread 



Th read 



Clocks. 



Straw braid 



Matting 



Cement 



Cotton 



Wire 



Klectricity 



RuKs 



Cans 



Cotton flannel 



Springs 



Ncc'lles 



Brushes • 



Wooden tubes 



Nets 



Hats 



Oil 



"Kauten" 



Powder 



Measures 



Leather poods 



Toothpicks 



Lanterns 



Lmnber 



Hand organs 



Lime 



Fans 



Bamboo Avare 



Sauces 



Wooden boxes 



■ialt 



Tea 



Murine products 



Chemical 



Medicine 



■itone chalk 



Lacquer 



Wool 



Wicks 



InstrumenUs for lamps. 



HiilUms 



Parasols, hone 



"Motoyui" 



Manure 



MiiuM-al water 



^uf:ar 



(ir.s 



Uubber 



1,939 



150 



16 



15 



144 



328 



42 



4 



29 



52 



13 



n 



10 



9 



47 



.5 



14 



6 



13 



11 



29 



2,721 



278 



»t 



19 



192 



1,074 



72 



4 



40 



63 



13 



13 



16 



11 



125 



5 



81 



14 



13 



15 



38 



Horse- 

 power. 



Employees. 



22 

 14 

 5 

 4 



44 1 



15 



5 



20 



4 



7 



31 



16 



10 



10 



19,796 



18, 526 



1,0.55 



2.792 



64,373 



48, 462 



1,193 



18 



798 



650 



391 



a5 



400 

 156 



6,693 



38 



128 



1,030 

 394 

 5.53 

 252 



2,660 !| 



429 ii 



36 I 



1,732 '' 



60 



76 



71 



202 



238 

 360 



194 

 310 

 47 

 30 



1,084 

 16 I 



40 \ 



50 



8 



144 



6 



400 



12 



216 



161,345 



130,133 



3,771 



5,793 



30,737 



124, 027 



5,809 



1,026 



1,425 



5,962 



1, 4.53 



804 



1,144 



1,238 



6,403 



407 



1,519 



2,702 



3, COO 



3,400 



3,482 



4,015 



1,691 



188 



324 



30 



805 



140 

 1,004 

 465 

 257 

 9a8 

 56S 



Number 

 of facto- 

 ries. 



.Employees, 



191 



160 



2,594 



104 

 192 



116 

 73 



100 i 

 842 

 15S 

 240 



2,080 

 120 

 730 



116 

 47 

 300 

 32 

 130 

 234 

 118 



153 



5 



120 



187 



44 



115 



143 



259 



1 



41 



S9 



19 



138 



28 



47 



53 



28 



4 



3 



36 



106 



4 



6 



13. on 

 ■77s 



7,156 



18,416 



2,234 



9,812 



27,742 



32,218 



36 



1,892 



10, 3-31 



£36 



9,795 



2,279 



2,682 



2,734 



1,734 



270 



384 



4,301 



6,928 



612 



263 



1,392 

 166 

 736 

 216 



437 



567 



1,0C7 



1,284 



220 



102 



135 

 2,416 

 534 

 639 

 CO 



aos 



1,226 



241 

 186 

 901 

 460 

 128 



ARTICLE III. TRADE. 



Tli.at tlio aninnnt of foroijrn trndo is the foIo and PufluMcMit moa^nrc of matori.il prorrrc'i' is stated as a morcantilo principle. Internal 

 trails is likcwi-i' iinpiirtaiit, c.^nccially in a country lilco the United Statc-^, but thi.-? indicates only a part of economic improvement and 

 is coninionly free and uniiupodcd. Tlien-fore let us oliserve the foreiirn trade here. 



Tlu' n'.<ti)ia1i(in in ISii.S alMiHshed all un.^uitable feature.'^ and developed all the favorable systems and regulations of trade, industrv, 

 law.**, traiisixutatiiiM, etc., and trade liecanie vastly more prosperous. The development of our foreign trade in the past few years has 

 been simply vvoiiderful, and within that period it has expanded to the western countries, where it lias been very preat. The.«e western 

 connlricH have offered us !j;reat competition for tlu- trade of China; the excellence and uniform cheapne,«s of our i>roducts def.v competition. 

 ]M)r instance, as I'rofessnr Muyo-Sniith slated, " l>own to the InvinniiiLr of the seventies China was almost the onlv source of tea .-'M^ply 

 for the Western Worlil; then .Japan came in as a competitor and now exports more tlian ?4,0C0.(H^O worth." The increase of manufactures, 

 the application of steain on lauil and sea, the p;rowth of juipulation, and a more liberal conunercial jMilicy develol^ed the country's trade 

 with marvelous rapidity. The movement of trade is accurately measured by the statistics of imports 

 are true. 



aud exi>orts, if all invoice values 



