Reports from the Consuls of the United States (varies Slightly), Հատոր 1,Թողարկում 1-3

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U.S. Government Printing Office, 1881
 

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Էջ 36 - Lawrence, the great lakes, and the rivers connecting the same, to another port or place within the territory of the United States as aforesaid: Provided, That a portion of such transportation is made through the Dominion of Canada by land carriage and in bond, under such rules and regulations as...
Էջ 36 - Canada by land carriage and in bond, under such rules and regulations as may be agreed upon between the Government of Her Britannic Majesty and the Government of the United States. Citizens of the United States may for the like period carry in United States...
Էջ 157 - You are, therefore, requested to prepare and forward to this Department reports upon all subjects which may be calculated to advance the commercial and industrial interests of the United States...
Էջ 210 - Theatrical performances are popular, and traveling troupes of actors go from village to village, erect bumboo and mat shelters, and give entertainments for a week at a time. On such occasions the laboring classes turn out in great numbers, with all their holiday finery on, and enjoy every incident of the performance. Laboring men, in the evening, go to tea-houses, drink a light wine made from rice, sing songs, play games of skill, and recite in dramatic style from the old historians and poets. Women...
Էջ 33 - States, or any such vessel destined from one port or place in the United States to another port or place in the United States, shall give at least 24 hours...
Էջ 193 - ... civilization, of an island empire, with an area of 150,000 square miles and more than 35,000,000 of people, was then first presented to modern times for study and investigation. Since that time libraries of books and pamphlets and volumes of letters have been written upon every phase of that civilization, except the status and condition of the laborer. Of the importance and power of .'35,000,000 of people as added factors in the products of the world there can be no question. In this paper I...
Էջ 206 - There is hardly a house in Japan where some mechanical trade is not carried on. Even in the households of the higher classes, silk, cotton, and other goods are made by the servants, and the members of the family have some knowledge of the art. Every farmer's house has its wheel and loom. Many of the smaller merchants make more or less of their goods. In this view there are many more artisans in the country than are shown by the census of 1875. The number, as I have previously stated, is placed between...
Էջ 200 - ... wide enough for carriages, but, in the whole of Japan, it is safe to say that there are not more than 1,000 miles of carriage roads. From and to the interior districts all the products and all articles of trade are carried on the backs of men or horses. Such carriage is slow and costly and ruinous to both producer and consumer. As a tax, it bears heavily on the shoulders of labor, and will do so until better roads are built by the Government. So much man-packing is not only laborious, but degrading....
Էջ 208 - Jinrickishas, or man-wagons, introduced into Japan by a foreigner, in 1870, are now in use in all parts of the country, and it is estimated that they number between 300,000 and 400,000. A man is expected to go from 30 to 40 miles per day, pull this carriage, of some 50 pounds in weight, with a man weighing 150 more, over all kinds of roads, and he gets from 35 to 60 cents for it. Some own their own jinrickishas, but in most cases a company or guild is the owner, and for rental of a vehicle the coolie...
Էջ 199 - TRANSPORTATION. The islands of Japan are long and narrow. There is no point in the center of the larger islands more than 100 miles from navigable water. Cheap ocean transportation is, therefore, everywhere easily available. On the alluvial plains of the eastern and western coasts, besides the tidal rivers, there exists an extensive system of canals. In the interior, in former times, there was no general system of roads worthy of the name. It is true, the Tokugawa Tycoons, and some of the...

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