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Show JAPAN'S MILLIONAIRES. Tsa BKk Ma In failed Stales to On la Japan Tha JIJ1 Rhlmpo baa made a curious census of the rich men of Japan. Tha object of It Investigations waa to ascertain as-certain how many persons there are In the empire possessed of a fortune of GuO.OOl) yon, which Is equal to $250.-000, $250.-000, ssrs Japan and American. The tola) number of these itiartnr-mll'.lon-alres Is 4tl. One-third of the number reside In Toklo, and the great majority major-ity are found, of course. In the capital and the progressive cities of Osaka, Koto, Koli and Yokohama. The result re-sult ahows that thure am ten rich men In the Unltvl Htutea to one rich man In Japan, even when II, 000,000 I accepted accept-ed as a "tumlnrd In the Uulted Htntea and f.'.O.Ouo m the Japanese empire. Tho proportion, however. Is not so much sealant Japan aa may at first appear. ap-pear. The rlc h men of the latter country, coun-try, evou the bankers and financiers, have their Urgent holiUnjcs In hind. They have not yet specialized the business of money making ss It has been In this country nnd therefore the basis of fortunes la mor stable Again. It Is estimated that a dollar In Japan Is cuual In the amount It will purchnso of comfort tad luxury, to four or five dollars In the United 8tute. With this consideration In view It will bo seeu that the apparently small fortunes for-tunes of the Japiiiiesx wealthier classes class-es are really much larger than they seem. The p. rlod of business and Industrial In-dustrial development ),, y,H P0K,in and fortunes are being mudo more rapidly rap-idly now than they were ten or even five years ago. Thla Is shown by tha tremendous growth of the Japanese shipbuilding Industry and In the accumulated ac-cumulated fortunes of many financier of Toklo and Yokohama. It 1 conceivable con-ceivable that another derad may See Toklo Vfi great financial metropolis of the Kast, a Uindon I ot Kurope and Now York I of the American ron-tinonL ron-tinonL Japan' day haa Juat dawned, and It Is Idle to contrast the beginnings of fcer accumulations ot wealth wltb the results ot acquisitions In thla country and In Kurope. New York Pros. |
