re
A Visit to a Progressive Japanese Factory
How the Factory Operatives Are Looked After
Stricter Factory Legislation Coming.

V. Does Japanese Competition Menace the White Man's Trade 34

A Study of Japanese Industrial Conditions
Japanese Labor Cheap but Inefficient
Actual Cost of Output Little Cheaper than in America
Laborers in a State {xii} of Deplorable Inexperience
Illustrations of Japanese Inefficiency
Some Current Misconceptions Corrected
Labor Wage Has Increased 40 Per Cent, in Eight Years
The Burden of Taxation
High Tariff Will Decrease Japan's Export Trade
Subsidy Policy Destroying Individual Initiative
Japanese Competition Not a Serious Menace to the White Man.

VI. Buddhism, Shintoism, and Christianity in Japan 48

The Artistic Touch of the Japanese
Religion Without Morals
Buddhism in Fact vs. Buddhism Idealized by Arnold
Official Notices Prohibiting Christianity
Christianity "Puts Too High an Estimate on Woman"
The Worth of the Individual Not Recognized
The Elemental Significance of Japan's Awakening
A New Type of Civilization.

VII. Korea: "The Land of the Morning Calm" 60

I Have Become a Contemporary of David
The Fascination of a Primitive City
Some Odd Korean Customs-A True Romance and an Odd One
Many Faces Marked by Smallpox
A Typical Monarchy of Ancient Asia-The Honorable Mr. Yang-ban
Six Men to Carry Fifty Dollars' Worth of Money
Japanese Annexation
Splendid Work of Foreign Missionaries.

VIII. Manchuria: Fair and Fertile 70

Some First-hand Stories of the Russo-Japanese War
A Bit of History with a Lesson
The Site of the World's Next Great War
Manchuria: Fair and Fertile
Fat Harvests of Food, Feed, and Fuel
A Land Where Everybody "Knows Beans"
Golden Opportunities for Stock-raising
Better Plows and Level Culture
Graves as Thick as Corn Shocks

IX. Where Japan Is Absorbing an Empire 78

Manchuria the One Great Oriental Empire Not Yet Developed
Its Strategic Importance
Why the "Open Door" Concerns Us All
Japan's Shrewd Policies {xiii}
Contempt of Chinese Authority
Japan at Home vs. Japan in Manchuria
How the Open Door Policy Was Violated
Will Manchuria Go the Way of Korea?
A Bit of Chinese Wit and Wisdom
Truth Is in the Interest of Peace.

X. Light from China on Problems at Home 93

A Chinese Martyr-