The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-02-04

gratitude which the women feel toward
him.. It is also interesting to know that
Mr.. FUkuzawa believed in the dignity
of labor, and taught that each person
should Be IAN independent worker be-
sides being his own bread-winner."
While he taught patriotism, he also
taught that the people of all nations
ARE brethren and that mo discrim-
nation should be made in dealing with
Them
The emperor sent him, just before his
death, so, 900 yen as a recognition of his
eminent services, but he Immediately
turned the sum over TO the KeiO-
GijUku.
The Jill Shimpo, the newspaper es-
tablished by Mr. FukuZawa, is still
conducted by one of his sons, with
whom we had the pleasure Of dining.
Another son is an instructor in the
Keio-Gijuku.
Newspaper development has kept
pace with the development in other di-
rections. Toxic, the capital, has six
teen daily papers with sufficient ciTcu-
lation to make them known as large
papers. Besides these, there are mag
azines, periodicals and papers pub
liShed in English. The Kokumin Shin
bun is known as the government organ
while most Of the others are regarded
as independent. The Toxic Times is
an excellent paper, published in Eng
lish. There is a weekly publication
called the Economist, with a circulation
of 5.000 which deals with commercial
financial and economic questions. Yo-
kohama has papers published in both
! languages, and the same is true Of the
Other large seaport towns.
All of the cities are supplied with
daily papers published in Japanese. AT
Kagoshima, a city of about 50, 900, sit
uated at the southern extremity OF
Kyushu island. I found a prosperous
| daily paper called the Kagoshima Shin
! bun (ShimbUn means daily newspaDer)
1t has a circulation CT $500, 5000 being
in the city.
| At Osaka I noticed a building elab-
OrateIy decorated. In front were large
| flags on bamboo poles and smaller flags
strung on cords, while japanese Ian
terms were present in profusiOn. AS
none Of the buildings around it were
decorated, / inquired and found that
the decorated building was the office
of the Osaka Ashanti News, and that
the paper was celebrating ~the with
drawal of the governmental order
which for two weeks had suspended its
publication. The issue for that day
| contained a large size picture Of the
/ Goddess Of Liberty. When the riotine
occurred at Toxic, just after the treaty
/ VI HSdC0 Will IltSSldy oil OLOCA as IL
sued authorizing the arbitrary sUspen-
sion of any newspaper containing ut
| terances deemed incendiary. Under
this orde., the Ashanti News received
notice TO suspend publication until per-
| mission was granted to resume. The
withdrawal of the notice was duly cele-
brated. and the paper announced thai
| it's readers rather than the paper had
reason to complain Of the suspension
/ no 7n Ia cir lot 10
of any in Japan, about 0.000 and the
order suspending it has been the sub
| ject Of much editorial criticism.
Besides the newspapers which are
conducted as business propositions
there are papers supported by associa.
lions formed for the propagation OF
various reforms. For instance, a pa.
per called Romaji is published month
| ly at Tokio-Japanese words beins
lspelled with Roman letters, in the
place of the present japanese charac.
tiers. A society was formed some twenty