The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-06-02
JAPANESE JOURNALISM.
THE DIFFICULTY FOUND IN SET-
 TING TYPE

When Four Thousand Letters Are Used Eighteen Representatives Are in St. Louis--Japanese Worlds Fair Journal to he PubIished-First Time Japan Has Been Represented in Press 2 Parliament.
 ! Eighteen representatives of Japanese Newspapers are in St. Louis. One of hem, MT. Hoshi, editor of New York Japanese publication. is busy at little Apace in the Liberal. Arts building, |S here he proposes soon to publish a Rpanese Worlds Fair journal, which Fill deal chiefly with matters concern Ag Japanese exhibits.
 He has ten thousand characters of Fpe on the way here, and the prepara- pns at his space are guarantee of the Ernestness of his intention. Side by ! fie with the Japanese articles w:.i be English translation. Doubtless this u mple of Japanese journalism will be interesting study for every visitor to e fair.
 Enough the Press Parliament has ad- hrned, it is still apropos to remember Rt Japan for the first time was rep sented at gathering of the kind. Harada read a paper on Saturday Srning which was a summary of Ja- n's progress in the publication of Wspapers. The facts then presented startling when seriously considered, indeed any any resume of Japanese felopment during the last fifty years atartling.
 Then it is realized that twenty-four y newspapers are new supported by population of Tokio, it appears that proportion of readers in the two ion population is very large. The ulations average between fifty and hundred thousand, the latter benig of the largest and most successful erss
 le; city of Chicago has about two ion souls and supports five morning five afternoon papers. Of course, e are in addition. trade journals, the eirculations of several Chicago es run above one hundred thou wet, in round numbers, the f1g- show about the sanre newspaper ing population in Tokio as in Chi K. Miyamatz is among the fore representatives of Japanese jour m now in St Louis. The chief ob- e to newspaper publication in Ja- he says, is 8 technical one-the number of characters which are in the written language.
 is quite the same,' he remarked, there were four thousand letters English, and all of these charac- were necessary in your typesetting. fdingly, your electrical typesetting ines are impossible with us as obviate the difficulty, the progress clement of Japan is attempting to about a revolution Git is tre- pus undertaking) by abolishing hinese characters. The purpose is to accomplish written expression gh the Japanese syllabry or forty tters, or to make the change com and adopt the Roman alphabet of y-six letters.
 ave great hopes that this will be
 said MT. Miyamatz. Tn fact, l re that it will be done eventually. yement to do away with the Chi usage was first begun twenty ago. It seemed beyond feasibili- the time, but am confident that xt few years will witness success. h is now taught in all of the S, and the advantages of more pient alphabet are being inn d yearly upon larger and a
 element of the population. The must come when the majority of ople will be ready for simpler ore direct system of writing"
 bose who have watched the hand-
 ter ill America pick his letters he numerous sections of the case
 k has appeared extremely com q. To set type well in English
 S a skill which is not easily ac-
 But the Japanese has not only
 case to handle; he must select
 many cases which usually are
 around large room. He must
 where to find any one of the fou1
 ld characters in common usage;
 meet the demands of daily paper
 be must "set up hastily written
 ript very quickly. Typographi-
 Is are performed under such ad-