1901.] 



COMMERCIAL JAPA2T. 



Important Akticles Classified. 



2257 



ARTICLES. 



Agricultural: 



Kicc 



Tea 



Flour 



Peas . 



Marine: 



AlRffi 



Leeelies 



Manure: 



Residual product of oil. 

 Mining: 



Coal 



Copper 



Chemical: 



Camphor 



Alcoliok 



Raw materials: 



Silk, raw 



Silk, noshi and waste. 

 Cotton 



Wool 



Iron ores 



Tobacco leaves . 



Iron, bar 



Iron, sheet 



1809 



Yen. 

 10,282,012 

 8,498,783 



7Sn,009 

 1,362,008 



15, 164, 867 

 11,383,358 



1,754,496 



62,627,721 

 4,074,085 



1893 



Yen. 



5,001,158 



7,420,371 



939,410 '. 

 1,420,782 



'o, 28.S, 843 

 2,033,820 ,1. 



1,308,611 



28, 167, 411 

 2,792,764 



Total raw materials 



Manufactured articles:* 



Silk fabrics 



Silk handkerchiefs 



Cotton, spun , 



Straw braid 



Mats and matting , 



Matches 



Umbrellas 



Porcelain and earthenware . 



Sugar , 



Indigo,dry , 



Aniline dyes 



Calicoes 



Printed cotton 



Satin 



Wool cloth 



Mousseline de laine , 



Flannels 



Satin 



Rails 



Iron nails 



Iron pipes 



Watches 



Machines for spinning 



Locomotives 



Steamers 



Cigarettes 



Paper for printing 



Petroleum 



15,799,014 

 3,461,572 



28,521,438 

 2, 770, 178 

 3,717,489 

 6, 890, 666 

 933,547 

 2, 181, 336 



3,553,601 



3, 899, 646 



59, 176 



378, 349 

 1,723,3S3 

 3,537,974 



589,273 

 1,577,191 



62, 210, m 

 4,324,427 

 905, 5M 

 5,088,004 

 2,003,677 

 3, 139, 141 



15,2»4.898 

 425,120 

 743,553 



330, OSS 



17,645,230 

 2, 903, 829 



9(M,013 

 3,575,191 

 1,43S,245 



949, 7.i0 

 2,004,198 

 4,350,934 



374,959 

 1,132,575 



435,054 

 2,223,432 



933, 436 



237,716 

 3, OSS, 762 

 1,968,374 

 3, 620, 982 



760,594 



748.414 

 7,918,149 



10,452,026 



444,208 



405,017 



2,315,124 



635,903 



^%i,998 



"-'1.408 



•2.: -..VS 



1. --•,714 



1.4-.),3(» 



667,108 



887,790 



4N4.0S6 



2,960,211 



1,912,013 



l,xHi.2T3 



8, 2" 12, 549 



•2:?2. 344 



2.i7, S57 



4,401,041 



» Raw silk and other threads and straw braid may both be counted as raw material and manufactured articles, for there are many factories manofactmiiig 



raw silk from cocoons. 



Trade movements show that the country is becoming more and more a manufacturing one, increasing in her imports of raw materials 

 and machinery and decreasing in imports of manufactured goods, except sugar and petroleum, which are necessarily imported to a larger 

 and larger extent with the increase of population, transportation, industry, trade, and the wealth of the nation." The imports of raw 

 cotton are enormous, but at the same time the export of the goods manufactured from it is equally great. 



The whole trade shows a general increase and is very prosperous. 



ARTICLE IV. CONCLUSION. 



The invention of the steam engines, and application of electricity, and the adaptation of mail facilities gave the world quick and 

 easy communication, and western civilization is due very much to them. These facilities, especially in transportation, were the greatest 

 phenomena of the nineteenth century, giving opportunity for domestic industry and for transporting'the products to market. Tlie United 

 States has grown in the midst of this exciting era, being born in the latter part of the eighteenth century, and has gradually developed, 

 till at the present time she is the star of the world. Unfortunately these facilities reached Japan only at the middle of the century, and 

 only now is she beginning to get into the partnership of civilization. Gradually the countiV has been adopting every means of cheapening 

 production and transportation, making the most intelligent use of her workmen instead of treating them as mere machines, evolvin"' 

 plans and schemes of labor saving, discarding worn-out methods, adopting tools and machines suitable for special purposes, giving close 

 study to the best and most economical forms of power applicable to the particular business, adopting the most eJKective means of 

 advertising her productions, and generally keeping in the march of progress. Thus transportation, industry, and trade have flourishetl 

 the passed few years in an extraordinary and perhaps unprecedented manner, and a continuance of this prosperity is anticipated with the 

 utmost confidence, especially ihe development of the manufacturing industry, which, having a number of immense firms, is lxvomii:si more 

 prominent. The increase of the wealth of the country is shown by the enormous increase of the budget of the country, which the people 

 can stand for the payment of immense amounts of taxes, to feed the great standing army and to maintiiin tlie maguidcent men-of-war. 



Numerical Steengtu of the Aemy and Navy. 



And 226,170 tonnage of fleet. 



