The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1904-02-17


upon foreigners are very formal. Their
homes are spotless clean and they are
personally clean. No Japanese, not
even the lowest coolie, would think
of permitting day to pass without
taking bath. There is public bath
in every village and hamlet, and in
this respect the Japs are far in ad
vance of the foreigners.
The japanese are greatly retarded
by their poverty. The per capita
wealth is about 81. If the Japanese
were wealthy they would do wonders.
They are people of infinite patience
and are great in small things. For
instance, great many farmers raise
peaches. When the peach grows to
full size and is apt to be attacked by
worms each is placed in a paper bag.
Nothing seems to be too much trouble
for them, and it seems be q pleasure
for them to carefully tie paper bag
around each peach on the tree. AS a
result their fruit is magnificent. 1t
is only during the past few years
that apples and pc.ches have been
raised.
"The extravagant forms Of enter
tainment in which foreigners delight
do not appeal to the Japanese. They
are lovers Of nature and of children.
The devotion of the Japanese mother
to her child is wonderful. She does
not kiss the child and fondle it, after
the style Of the American mother, but
her devotion is equally strong. Oscu-
lation does not prevail in Japan aud
they regard it as q foolish practice.
1t is great pleasure to the Japanese
to look at beautiful flowers. When
che cherry and plum blossoms are il
bloom thousands Of people will go out
to look at them. It is always good
natured crowd, too. IF JAP posses
ses chrysanthemum Of remarkable
beauty and coloring he will invite his
friends from miles around to come
and look at it and his friends will
enjoy the treat aud be under obliga-
tions to him for the pleasure he has
afforded them.
"Of course the moral standards of
the Japanese ere somewhat different
from ours, but during the entire period
of my stay there I have never seen an
immoGest or vulgar woman. The wo.
men never even show their feet when
sitting in the street cars, and fox
this reason they sit with their toes
turned inward. They walk pigeon.
toed in order to hide their feet aud are
taught from childhood to walk in this
manner.
"There are no labor problems in ia.
pan. Such thing as strike is un.
heard of. The labor is cheap and
good. The skilled labor is as good as
the same class in America, and while
the Japanese do not work as hard, one
does not expect it, considering the
small pay they receive. I have 9
skilled engineer in my factory who il
receiving $3.50 per month. He is
giving good service, is satisfied and il
living well on his salary. Theirs are
girls working in the factory for II
cents day and feeding themselves
The coolie class IL unruly and difficult
to deal with, but the better class Q.
labor is as good as could be desired
The servants are scrupulously clear
and excessively polite. Everyone
keeps house in japan aud there il
never any difficulty about securing
good servants. They do their work
we'll and are always contented.
Japan has made great strides ID
the matter of sanitation and the hand
ling Of infectious and contagious dis
eases. AS result of this they seen
20 have absolute control over the bu
bonic plague. There is perhaps no,
another country that handles such
questions 80 we'll. AS soon as q case
Of bubonic plague or any other infeo.
tious disease is known to exist the
patient is isolated. The entire block
is fenced in With galvanized iron
fence, which is driven :a:c the ground
in order to preveps the possible es.
cape Of any rats that might be in the
section. The police take charge Of
the block and every house is cleaned
and everything is taken out, even the
floors. Chloride Of lime is freely used
and in extreme cases the government.
buys the entire block. This is why
one never hears Of more than four OF
five cases Of cholera alta time il, ia.
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