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Show JAPAN PLANNING RAPID PROGRESS United States Model for Industrial In-dustrial Program, Kyoto Citizen Says. Japan intends to develop all her industries,- better educate hel-' people and adopt the most modern methods used in 1 the United States for manufacturing, and especially the newest electrical ap-pliances", ap-pliances", Y. lah'.kava says. Mr. Ishi-kawa Ishi-kawa is manager of the commercial department de-partment and chief engineer of the chemical department of the Kyoto JEiec-tric JEiec-tric .Light company of Kyoio, Japan, who, with AI. Jshwara and S. Kubota of Osako. Japa n, jewelers, is in Salt !Lake on a tour of the L'nited States and Europe, Eu-rope, studying- e'ectrica! devices. Mr. Ishikawa says electricity is largely large-ly used in all the large clues of Japan, i He declared that Kyoto, which fifty-two j years ago was the capital of Japan, is furnishing- light for much of the sur-! sur-! rounding -farming district. Tie says the I total electrical investment, in Japan today to-day amounts to JoOO, 000,000. At present, he states, the hydroelectric plants are capable of producing a ' million horsepower, horse-power, but in the near future they are 19 be enlarged to five times that capacity. ca-pacity. Mr. Tshikawa says the United States 1 eails the world in electrical development, develop-ment, and declares Japan wishes to follow fol-low in the footsteps of America. Tho future of Japan is bright, though at present labor troubles arc coming i rapidly, he said. The high cost of living liv-ing is also worrying Japan, and Mr. Ishikawa says living has trebled, though he declares it is a little lower than in the United States. The league of nations discussion is now quiet in J apan, though Mi'. Ishikawa says his nation has confidence in President Presi-dent Yvilson and trust in the Paris peace congress. He says nearly even ship now .sailing for J apan ha s on it about 150 Americans, many of whom are investing capital in Japan or helping direct di-rect industries. |