New geographies . peaksare volcanoes. The mountains arestill rising, too, and as they rise, therocks now and then break apart andchange their positions, causing earth-quakes. Sometimes these shocks areso powerful that houses are throwndown, and there is great destructionof life and property. Japan has beenvisited by many such terrible earth-quakes (Fig. 284). Fig. 285. A third reason for the wonderful prog-ress of Japan is that labor is very cheap there, as 3. cheap and in China; «kuifui labor,and that the Jap-anese are very skill-ful workmen. Inthe United Statesone often sees es-pecially beau
New geographies . peaksare volcanoes. The mountains arestill rising, too, and as they rise, therocks now and then break apart andchange their positions, causing earth-quakes. Sometimes these shocks areso powerful that houses are throwndown, and there is great destructionof life and property. Japan has beenvisited by many such terrible earth-quakes (Fig. 284). Fig. 285. A third reason for the wonderful prog-ress of Japan is that labor is very cheap there, as 3. cheap and in China; «kuifui labor,and that the Jap-anese are very skill-ful workmen. Inthe United Statesone often sees es-pecially beautifulfans, parasols, nap-kins, dolls, andscreens that weremade in the Jap-anese make, theytry to make beauti-ful. In silk manufac-turing, especially,they have taken high rank. They arealso very skillful in pottery making,and they manufacture much cotton andwoolen cloth, as well as iron goods, suchas machinery and ships. A final reason for the rapid advance ofJapan is the opportunity that it has en-. - Japanese ladies drinking tea in their home. ASIA 227 joyed for ocean commerce. In this re-spect Japan reminds us of the British4. Advantages Isles. The coast is Veryfor commerce long, and there are plentyof good harbors, so that the productsmay be easily shipped in various direc-tions.
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