I''obrtiury 1000. OMAHA ILLUSTRATED Willi. Present Condition and Prospects of Japan (Copyrighted, 1300, by Frank C. Carpenter.) regular lines to Now York as booii as It Is OSAKA, Japan, Jan. ID, 1900. (Special finished. Correspondence of Tlio Uee.) I ilrst visited At the same tltuo tlioro are scores of other Japan ten years ago, and It ttiun had on tho steamships from the great lines of ICuropo seven-league boots of modem Industrial and tho United Stntcs in tho Japanese ports piogicss. 1 came again just beforo tho war every month. Tho trade is so increasing with China nnd found that tho country had that all want their sharo of tho freight again made giant strides. Since then Its Ono of tho latest In tho field Is tho North business has been growing Hkv a snowball German Llovd, which now has regular lolling down hill, and It Is now me of tho steamers from Kuropo to Japan, nnd which great manufacturing nations of the globe. Is said to bo about to put on a service Now mlllH of many kinds are going up. of lino vessels to ply between Hong Kong 4 Hero at Onka aro two-scoro largo cotton and San Francisco. Today tho freight be- 'factories oporatlng mioro than 1,000,000 tween theso ports is congested. The spindles and last year SO.000,000 p unds of Japancso merchants tell mo they cannot get cotton yarn wero exported to China. A their goods promptly, nnd that they have great part of iho cotton used in Japan Is to wait for months for the filling of their mndo here, nnd tho business -is bo growing orders. that In the case of tho division of Chlua 'I'l'o United State niul Jiiiiun. among tho powers, this region will bo turned Thoro Is a Rteany Increase going on In our into ono vast o. tton mill for making clothes trado with tho Japanese. I seo American for tho celestials. goods In all tho cities and nearly every Just above Osaka Is Kioto, where thoro nro now modern silk mills run by electricity developed by wnter powor and nbout hero nnd below at Kobo aro factories which aro making matches by tho millions of gross fcr shipment to China, Corca, India and Austrnlln. In Toklo, 300 miles to tlio eastward, soino Japanese hnvo Just completed a woolen mill, nnd have now 1,300 hands em ployed 'In making cloth to supply the Japanese dcMiinnd for warmer clothing, nnd at Nagasaki, tho cxtrcmo western nort of the empire, a shipbuilding yard has been established which Is making 0,000-t u steamers as good as any constructed la Ktuopo or the United Stated. liiiuui (SrotvliiK Klcli. The Japancso are, in fact, growing Into a 1 rich nation. They aro already tho nabobs of tho Orient, tho richest of the native races of the far caot. I do not mean that they aro wealthy In comparison with the Americans or tho Kurrpeaii3, but they are far ahead of any peoplo of their own kind. There are no beggars. 1 have not been asked for nlms once during my stay in tho country, and I seo no unemployed. Since tho JapancHO-Chlnew war wages have in creased from CO to 100 per cent, and men who wore working before that tlmo for STHHI3T IN OSAKA. lie sent out a notice to (ho American rest dents at tho tlmo tho treaties went into of feet nskliiir them to olimrvo tho new rcgu latloiiB and complimenting the Jnpane.se and air of proprietorship which Iho nnd It is believed Hint many others will follow. Thero Is no doubt but that tin Japanese will work for their sharo of tho Chlncso trade. They must do so in order to keep their peoplo employed. They have now In tho neighborhood of 15.000.000 people scattered over nenrly 4,000 islands, which, nil (old. hnvo an area not much greater than Cull fornln. Of this nroa not more than ntio lenth can bo cultivated, and tho people have to rely on tho outslilo markets for their tnppcirt. Tho population Is Inrrcniltiit, :ind It will noon bo a question where to llml work for tho surplus in this connection comes up the titr.ilm"! relations which nro snlil to exist between the Japancso anil the Russians. Tho people heie aro very bitter, and they feel that they will hnvo to light ltussla Bonner or later. Many of them would like to seo war declared now. beforo tho trans-Siberian railroad Is Unladed, and while Frnnco has Its hands full wild ho International exhibition at I'niis. There is no telling Hint wnr may not come between now nnd next mimnier, nnd ninny believe Hint tho Japanese aro not only preparing for It, but they will force It, rntder thnu lot ItiiRfiln go on ns II Is now doing. IIIINnIhII Illlltlt'HIT. 1 have met within tho last few days novt ral men who have Just returned from 1'okln. They nil speak of (do assurance ItllH- government on Its generosity In opening up hIhiik now mail neu ineio snow, iney go (do empire to foreigners. Inasmuch aB none nbout as though they ulrendy owned (ho Chi ef tho other mlnlHtor.s had tho foresight or "'w empire, r. -I I hey put their lingers Into courtesy to do this tho net has been greatly everything that Hie government do.s. They appreciated by tho Japanese. 111 Tientsin, and nro making tdoiu Mlnimer Duck, by tho wny, tins made Halves Ml mi far ninth tin Hankow, in the dlmsclf very popular here, not only with VanglHo valley tho Japanese, but nlsn with tho foreign ' '" IM'vpean d plomals who has colony, by his plain, practical common- '""''v visited I', kin tolls mo the Itus- senso Americanism. He believes In the sn"s "lrondy practically own Manchuria, and it..ui a.o.D ,i i- i,.nva ,ti,. ...1...1 Hint tliey nave loriiiimen mo uiiiiicho ho enn to ndvnnco no Hympatliy wit Ji nny not manifest the saino disposition. I heard to Its interests, nnd 'he has Rlv concessions t any but IM.ssla.is for any American who docs n.n.n.raeturlng there. I do i. .1- ONK OF JAPAN'S NEW IJRIDUIOS. a curious story tho other day of his treat ment of ono of our citizens who tried to go back on his country. Tho man was orlglnnlly Bont out hero ns n missionary bv the Christian or Camj.belllto church, but ) demonstrated his unfitness by his un charitable attitude twoard Japancso man ners nnd customs that ho was forced to resign. Ho remained In Jnpnn, however, found other means of making a living here nnd was regnrded ns ono of tho members of the Amcrlcnn colony. Now, It Is tho custom of mnrlnnna nf TnnfiM In tin 1 1 n tnirntlint l0 first tlmo to work rlco caters, nnd In tho nrmy bren.l lias nnd r1vc snmo ,lm, r a celebration on tho mio mo u.eu- ,..,.. ,.. ' . w treaties foreigners been lately Introduced ns one of tho rntlons. Kourth of ,lt wl)pn th(, mnn wnH ,,. that they were now moving nlniig the to,. nnd sell goods In any A great deal of Hour is used for paste in proncho(1 for his portion of tho contribution 0 11 1,1 ,,c" ,ml . . lleforo thov went Into tho fan and other manufactures of paper, ,t Vfnr lin rtrnw lilmnnlf iin nnrl rnnlloil HUHBlii to have passports so that tho demand for tho Amcrlcnn article , havo nnlhnK lo R,V(V Ym, ,, for tl, ground to rn bo I usslan ';'"''' " ( If lhn,r ..nf nlltu.ln In olv HmnH na prfVlt tin IV fin It WflS tl'll VOarS . - -HI BIIII1 pil lllllllltlll HI llllou " IT"' money States. I do not clnlm citizenship there. My citizenship Is In henvpn." This -wns beforo tho now treaties had gnno Into effect, nnd It wns only a few days nfter ihe occurrence Hint the man wanted n eight and ten cents a day aro now getting steamer brings over commercial travelers peoplo aro becoming bread caters as well as tno A iwumy aim iweiuy-iive, aim more inun wj10 i,avQ como for th doublo tho prices paid for tho samo class tj,o trade. IJy tho ne oi iaoor in union nnu uorca. wages nro cnn Ilow do business steadily rising and, though they nro still nart of tho omnlre. not more than onc-tcnth tho sums paid our effect they wero required worumcn, iney aro cnougn to do ricnes to from tho covernimcn the peoplo here. They nro so high thnt tho treaty ports nnd all of tho business was ago many of tho working peoplo nro saving d0no by Jnpaneso middlemen. Our drum- Xw Trcallpa mill lie American, money. Thoro Is now moro than $12,000,- mors can now tako Interpreters with them As to Juet how tho new treaties will work 000 on deposit in tho postnl savings banks, nnd tako their orders direct. tho Americans hero aro undecided. Mln- owncd by about 1,200,000 depositors, nnd As to tho foreign trado of Jnpnn, It now Istor Buck thinks they will bo to tho nd- thls notwithstanding tho people chiefly In- amounts to enough to bo well worth our vantngo of our trnde, nnd seoms to have pnosport of Minister Ruck, In order that ho vosi incir savings in omer ways. consideration, it was moro tnnn u.uuu,- no Idea but tnat foreigners will liavo tlieir might go Into tho cooler regions of tho In- Ae to tho growth of wealth nmong tho 000 Inst year, and of this tho largest share rights nnd Justlco In the Japanese courts torlnr When do presented himself nt the capitalists nnd tho business classes this Is of tho exports went to tho United States. still more remarknble. ""hero Is no end of Wo tako, In fact, nbout one-fourth of nil factories, bnnks nnd companies of various tho go ds Japan sells to foreigners, nnd it kinds which aro paying good dividends. Is only lntely that we have been selling Tho Nippon Vusen Kalsha Steamship com- hero nnythlng llko our sharo In return. Wo pany, for Instance, la paying 25 per cent, buy more of its raw silk than any other and thoro Is n horse railway In Toklo which nation, our exports of this alono footing up Is paying 35 per cent. Tho rend Is the only '"oru J12.000.000. Wo pay it more ono In n city of n million nnd a half populn- th $3,000,000 a year for tea and an equal Hon. Its owners wore recently asked to In- am unt for Ellk BoodB- whl, wo annually creaso their capltnl and equip It electrically. buv N.MO.OOO worth of Japanese matting. They refused, aiylng they wero doing very Wo 80,1,1 300-000 a y,car to J"Pin for drugs well and they doubted if they could pay a nn1 c J"nlcalB and a largo amount for cur os, bigger perccntngo by tho electric system. Porcelain and other such things. V,o buy There is no doubt, however, but they will mar, "n, moro car' but, 11 ls soon havo to mnko tho change. atf lhnt our flales havo increased. , At present wo aro gaining moro rapidly Tho railroads of Japan nre paying, even , Tnnnna mnritn i,nn nnv niWr ,. ... 1. t 1. 4. I. .. . ' ...... V uune wiwuii ul'iuiih id liiu "vtwiiiiicui. itnn ne.-o giivernirent das iK'cn waineil Hint Mancdiiilii belimigs to IliiHHla, and Hint any Inclination to permit otders Hum llus sl.ms t" come Into It will bo considered as mi encroai hnient upon Russia's preservis. nnd will be treated ncrordlngly. Not long rgo un Ameiienn atti'iiited to gel s mo gold mining concessions In Manehiiiiu. hut wan told that they could only do h 'cured through tho ltUBslaiis. 'I'd In Amorlenn trnveled cxIimihIvi ly through Siberia nnd spent conslileinble (lino Mining tho ItiiBslnns In Muiiehiiiiu. lie found that (ho ciiniinon feeling nmong tho KusBlniiB wan Hint nil Asia was bound lo Thero aro now between 2,000 and 3,000 miles of track In tho empire nnd moro hnvo been projected, As to hanks thoy nro to be found every where, nnd ns n rule they nro doing well. Twenty years ago we furnislied only nbout 5 per cent of tho Japanese Imports and Kngland furnished over 50 per cent. Now wo nro supplying 15 per cent of nil thnt Japan buys nnd tho Kngllsh have lost nbout half their trado. During tho last Two per cent n month Is not an uncommon few years tho Americans havo been send Intorest rate, nnd tho banks ns a rulo pay ng locomotives and rnllroad machinery to Interest on doposlts. Tho total nmount of Japan, and our exports of iron and steel nntlvo cnpltal now used in this way fonts manufactures now amount to m ro than up moro thnn $125,000,000, tho Ilnnk of $2,500,000 a year. Wo nro having nn In- Japan alnno hnvlng a capltnl of 30,000,000 creased trado In wheat and flour, some of the yen, or $15,000,000. Tho banks do business Pacific coast mills being run nlmcst entirely Just ns our bnnks do, keeping their nc- to supply tho Japancso markets. Tho counts nnd lending money in tho samo way. They do no "thank you" business of any kind, nnd chargo their customers for nny and overy favor. Thero aro largo stock ex changes In Toklo nnd Osaka, nnd the yol low, almond-eyed bulla nnd bears fight here over tho rlso nnd fall of stocks Just ns our white, strnlght-eycd ones do In Now York and Chicago. Money lu SIciiiiinIiIiih, In tholr steamship lines tho Japanese nre making wonderful progress. They now hnvo lines of steamers which go to nearly every great port. They havo twclvo big steaimers which glvo them n fortnightly Borvlco to Buropo via tho Suez canal, a lino of largo ships to Australia via Hong Kong and Manila, regular steamers to nil the Chinese, Corean and eastorn Slbcrlnn ports nnd two lines which mako regular sailings for Seattlo and San Francisco. They nro experimenting nnw with a lino to Peru, nnd hnvo sent several of their ships to Mobllo' nnd Now Orleans to test whether it will pay them to Import our raw cotton for their mills hero In their own steamers. Lnst year tho Nippon Yusen Kalsha added six vessels to Its line, tho six aggregating a tennngo of 34,000, nnd It now has twelve steamers which average moro than 6,000 tons each. Japan is vory anxious to seo tho Nicaragua canal built, and will undoubtedly have its RAISING COCOONS FOIt AMHItlC'AN MAKKKTS nirV JitOSibjajsSBKBM for tlio great war of tho future. The army will soon bo followed by emigrants, and HusslaiiH nro nlrcndy coming lu along tho lino of their now railroad. Thero nio regu lar emigrant steamers which come fioni Odessa, bringing rolnnlstH lo Siberia. Theso will soon do directed to land their pnwsengers nt iho UuhhIuii port on Iho V-l-low sen. At present (ho HushIuii soldiers nro, I nm (old, bringing their fnnilllcs with them nnd nro colonizing nil along tho lino of tho Htisslnn-OhlnoHo rnllrond. Tho Invasion of troopH has been going on bIuco 1807, nnd It Is claimed that thero nro now 150,000 Uim Blnn soldiers In Manchuria and eastorn Si beria. The IliisHlnns take tho Innds nlong tho lino of their rond, paylnf, their own prices for thorn, nnd nil their notions go to show that they consider Mnnchiirla their own territory. They look upon -Mongolia In the Bnmo light, nnd In thtw two great countries havo perhaps tho most valuable provinces of Chlnn. Manehiirln Is naturally rich. It has great nrens of good wheat lands, nnd It will In tho futuro bo rno of tho bread lmsknls of Asia. It cnntnliiH vnl uablo minerals and deposlto of gold and silver. Mnngnlln Is Bald to he rich In ItH agricultural nnd mineral resources.' It Is tho chief horse-breeding ground of east Afila, nnd ns such will bo of vnluo to the TliiBHlnns ns n feeder for Its cavalry. At the samo tlmo tho Russians nre work ing their way morn and moro Into Cnren, nnd It In this Hint the .Inpnneso moBt ob ject to. Tho Husilnns do nil they can in HPCiirn tho friendship of tho Corenns, n feeling which would nnturnlly go to Japan, hnd llo peoplo not nngored tho Coreanp by their rudo treatment of them after they had defeated tho Chinese. The Jnpaneso hnvo been vory conceited In their nctlnjiB toward tho Corenns. They nro domineering legntlon, however, Mr. Duck told him that ho could only npply for passports for citi zens of tho United States, nnd ns he had denied haying any such citizenship ho would ,, nt tmcH vory ,nmming. Thn Tlusslans. respectfully ndvlso him to npply for n puss- port through tho powero of tho locullty In which ho said his only citizenship existed. Tho result was that tho ex-mlssloniiry n ninlncd at homo. At tho samo tlmo our minister Is a strong frlond of tho nctlvo mlssl mnrles nnd I do ing nil that ho diplomatically nnd consist ently cnn to further tholr work here. Inpiiii 'mill Clilmi, on tho other linnd. nro cnnclllntery. They nro employing the Cnrran nlnng the nnrth nrn boundary of tho country nnd nre doing nil thoy can to gain their good will. Iiiiuiii'm PrciiiirutlmiM fur War. Hut what Is Japan doing? She Is by no mentis Idle, I cnn tell you. Her preparations nro going on both openly and In secret. She In perfecting her mll- Itnry organization, nnd sho could 1111 C rea JAI'ANICSH WHO WOKK FOIt TWKNTY C 12 NTS A DAY. Colonel Duck tolls mo that tho Jnpaneso with troops within a fow weeks. She has aro anxious thnt American capitalists should today ono of tho best Meets of war vessels como hero and look over tho ground with alloat. and, ns It Is bolloved here, far better n vlow to uniting with them In building fnc- prepared for a long struggle than Russia, torles to capturo the great markot of China Japan hn her spies all over Iho Chinese as soon as that empire Is opened up by the empire. Thoy are Jnpnneso who under- powors. Thoy bellovo that such a combl- Htnnd and speak tho Chinese language quite nation would bo Immensely .profitable nnd a9 wn a3 tlio natives, who wear pigtails say that tho cheap labor nnd und uibtod skill iko tho Chinese nnd nro supposed to bo of tho Japancso would ennblo tho goods to chlncso. Tho great variety of dialects and bo made hero moro cheaply than lu tho feature In tho different provinces of China ..'!.. n a,,CS rh, proxl"l ti' " J,nl,an 10 make such spying comparatively easy, hi! i ?WCdB,KllC,ViV?T T "I'' nro 1,10 emVy to Jnpa- u n n Z t T,t tCS' a' nV, l ,,.0,a, nose government, nnd make regular reports M n f t It Somo of them nro supposed to bo base of operations, they claim, would bo , , . .i i , very Important factors In the problem. On, nh,nM0 mirf;"antB' ot,lcrf' arc 'nployed on such combination has nlroady been made, (Contlnuea on Rlghth l'ago.)