Show oriental trade the little country of japan ona on a silver basis is worrying great britain the great gold standard country of the world the british vice consul at japan has sent home an extended report on the increase of japanese trade which is analysed ky by the london economist it says taking the value of the imparts and eap exp experts arta sit at intervals ot ten years and in the pa at tour loar years in iii silver which was wa s and remains remaina japanese cm rency the oros Droz resa ress his has been as follows year Im imports exports tta tita MOS itel 6 7 sq IZ 03 1852 I 1 1 0 79 4 53 1624 I 1 88 3 2 I 1 8 11 37 I 1 aini 2017 im iMO 24 1 attus in the space of twenty four years the silver value of the imports importe increased nearly fire fivefold lold and that of tho the exports over five and a half fold while the increase in the wainly waa only arout 25 ver oer cent cant the brown rif ot japa aiesi jese trade in tha past part year is all ail the more rem as aa at me ibe bogin ginning nin and during tha early stages ol of ih i ht war with check was given tn t the consumption of articles which were not absolute recai saries while the in monopolization 0 of the greater part of th 1 shuping ping and railway transport fa cil cities by the government Bove rEment for mili tarv cea decre aaa in the of the ja anese firmer farmer and stoan placed upon the market or sate sale tn t foreigners fore ignera with the conclusion C oi deaca however the industrial revival son surpassed isi ia extent auT thin ex ced in th previous prey iona history of the tae total value valna of the foreign trade of janan lat year having amounted to tn report this amount great britain and her de api contributed 10 GW the united states Q franco xa 3 arminy and china which shows how tine is the interest of this thia country in japan until anite recently japins jap ins ma principal pd aea from f om the slates kites were kerosene oil raw cotton colton aud fl fi nr mr none or of x boea eny direct I 1 anter t for blitsh manufacturers but bat america inow tending sending mabins rv and tn japan WHAT a great gathering a national convention je is anyway great not only in size but in the magnitude of its work it is a gathering more potent than that of princes and ai kings because it is bound more firmly to the people by ties that are common only to a republic A convention of a nation like ours is a ventricle of the heart of a 9 great reat countr country y and public sentiment I 1 centers there like the blood of the human ay estem ys tem from the convention radiate radia tei the political life of our nation refreshed and invigorated it is a grand thing to live in a republic OUR oun county schools this year have done good service bervice the only fault being that the funds ra nan short and the schools had to be discontinued a little too early in most districts the corps corp of teachers as evidenced by their work at the U 0 T A are zealous workers in the cause of education they have pushed utah county ahead go 0 o it ranks I 1 among the best in the state THE tae cheers of the alie silver men at st louis are weak but shrill so 1 the dispatches patches es tell that may be but those same silver stat states es can block the wheals of legislation if need be until the white metal is recognized it IS may to teach the east t be Ilem necessary sarY ye yet that the west cannot annot C be entirely ignored |