Show PROGRESS OF JAPAN there is no precedent in the history of q nations for the wonderful progress made by the japanese the country is is lie becoming coming less and less dependent on other oilier countries for its supplies it iss is only 40 ye years as since the ports of japan have been opened to commerce it is but 28 29 years since the first labor abing a ing machine was set up in the empire the cx exports ports and imports now exceed it is said that the quickest way to in fruct the p in any handi handicraft craf t is to let them g fro 0 o through the works and look bokon on almost insch instantly n aly they are able to repeat the proc pro cP cys the best native watch watchmakers mke get only 20 cents a day the industrial resolution now going n in japan is in its way quite as interesting as the political devolution revolution of 30 years ears ago until recently all the manufacturing fac turing done in japan was carried on M in the households and een en now 95 05 per cent of the skilled labor still is occupied in the homes of the people this foes docs away with the conditions which surround ur round the wage earners in all q ther other |