Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1904-07-07
JAPANESE ENTHUSIASM
Sacrifices Of the People For
Their country's Sake.
OLD AND YOUNG aIvETHE1R MONEY

An Aged Mother Who Saved IN nr,,.,
. Tombstone For Her Son Gave All
Her Money to the War Eund-A
Servant Girls Denial TO Help-chi.
nese and Korean Residents Euual-
~ Eager to Aid-Japan's Financial
Resources.
Inc newspapers show the peoples
enthusiasm rising to the highest water
mark. with every demonstration Of
patriotism, says a japanese CORE.
spondent Of the New York Globe writ
Ing from Tokyo under recent date.
The money for the new fund and war
charity is flowing in 1t has reached
to tremendous amount already. There
Is On old LADY who saved money to,
build tombstone for her son by mend
ing clothes for her neighbors, and gave
It all to the government. a boy of ap-
parently wealthy family gave up his
Jinriktsha ride to school to walk three
miles every morning, and contributed
the rickshaw money for one year. Many
papers print the letters Of children
which come with their contributions.
Let me show you some Of them: Master
Yeikichi Of Nagoya gave % yens IA
yen equals so cents), and wrote as fol-
lows:
@This Is the amount I saved in the
hast five years, now 10 cents from my
father for doing an errand, and then
20 cents from my grandmother for rub
hing her tired legs at night. l put the
money IN my bank and the bank put
some interest on it. I am q grammar
school boy, aged fourteen. l heard
often from my teacher that many boys
and girls helped our great soldiers by
giving money during the China-Japan
war. believe this Is the time when
we must empty our pockets for our
country's sake. told about that to
my father, who was awfully glad to
hear 1t, and added s yens to mine. I
am small boy, and cannot go to fight.
So, my dear officer Of the treasury de-
partment, buy the biggest bullet pos
sible with this money, which will kill
ten Russians at once"
The following was from Sueichi
Hatoba:
Last spring my mother gave me
8 yens when I Joined party to go
to see the Cherry Blossoms, and did
not spend them all, saving yens out
Of them. And l saved 11s yens at
last Bon Feast Of All Souls, and
also 3 yens witch my uncle from
the country gave me when he came to
the city and took him around. Now
contribute all Of them for our beloved
soldiers. Last night my mother said
that they must have been suffering at
the front. sympathize with them. If
only could go with them to fight the
Russians!"
A servant girl working for 2 yens
q month contributed is yens. A girl
gave up her long expected new dress
for contribution to the fund.
And the enthusiasm is not limited to
our japanese people. The Chinese resi-
dents and Koreans are equally eager to
help US. Son King Hung of Kawa-
guchi, Kobe, contributed 1000 yens,
and Go King Don Of Osaka 1000 yens.
The Chinese in Yokohama are going to
move together for collecting war con-
tribution. Ri Sho Keng, a Korean of
Kioto, contributed 10000 yens, and
another Korean sent the japanese gov
eminent 1900 yens without telling his
name. And the report from Picking and
Seoul says that the money collecting
movement is going on rapidly there
also.
The other day the japanese govern
ment issued the first 1O0,O00,0OO yens
of war bonds In Tokyo alone the
amount reached 100000 yens. Be-
fore the war some foreigners were
skeptical as to where Japan could get
money. Our country is not so poor as
she was supposed. Our national wealth
has increased nightly in the last ten
years. Our population increased to
100000 from 100000. And our
government income advanced to $780,
100000 yens from 100000 yens- The
personal income tax increased to 81
yens per hundred from 10 yens and so
cents. We have 300 miles Of railroad,
while we had 1,45O miles ten years ago.
And our steamships tonnage increas-
cd to $4,000 from 100000. Our pro-
duction reached 1,620,O00,000 yens
from 9sO,OO0,O0O yens, and our foreign
trade advanced to 490,O00,OOO yens
from 100000 yens.
Besides the war bond we can increase
our revenue If it is necessary by the
following means:
In n1llion
yens.
land tax doubled. IS
Income tax Increased by 80 per
cent? ..................... ..'.....''''
Business tax Increased by 30 per
ssEe Tax Increased by 10 per cent? s
Home tax tobacco tax, sugar tax. 70 TO 80
.l6ministrative reforms. 10
We have enough wealth. We raised
$50, 700 yens for the Cmna-Japan
war comfortably. There is no reason
Aoday why we cannot raise 300,O0000O