This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1917 edition. Excerpt: ...all underground work, and practically demolished mountains of ore with gigantic powerdrills and steam shovels. The railroad Jackling built in on straight slant thru mountains and over canyons so that gravity does practically the work of transporting the ore. 1400 wordl. setback, owing to increasing scarcity of raw materials ' from overseas. Exports, however, still predominated largely over imports, especially as compared with the corresponding period of 1916. Ofiicial figures for the first quarter of the year gave 317,199,000 yen for value of exports and 226,315,000 yen for imports, a total of 543,514,000 yen, leaving a favorable trade balance of 90,884,000 yen for the first three months of 1917. As compared with the same period of 1916 this represented in exports an increase of 98,033,000 yen, or 45.3 per cent, and in imports an increase of 50,937,000 yen, or 29 per cent. A survey of operations for the quarter showed a remarkable development of Japanese trade in every direction open to it. There was a slight decrease in imports from Europe, but this was offset by an extraordinary increase in imports from Asiatic countries; while exports had experienced a wonderful increase to China, India, the Dutch East Indies and other Oriental countries. To Europe exports went as much as 130 per cent above the corresponding period in 1916, owing entirely to the demand for war supplies. Exports continuning to lead were copper, coal, cotton_fabrics, cotton yarns, raw silk, zine, refined sugar, habutae, rice, porcelain, timber, tea, hats, caps and sulphur, together with buttons, waste silk and camphor; while there was a marked decline in matches, cotton hosiery, woolen cloth, braids and leather goods. The decrease in exports of hosiery was, of course, ...