The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1906-02-06

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directions Toxic. tH- aplt4E GE- is
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papers besides these tH-r. ar- mag
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circulation ~ 5000 u..eH Ie9l~ Wifu
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kEEshu island. / fouuul 81 prosperous
daily called ths ka@oshlua Sh8uIa#
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i has ( circulation of a.6Ha f""a h-
Ing Iu the city.
At osaka / noticed d Lu.laEa" ~ b.-
rdtclE decorated. IL front We're ltre.
haGs ou balrI"o poles ana smaller
HagN strung OF cords. u.ail- |Japau-s.
lanterns were present ia procI@i3n.
= none II the buildings JlpnanI it
N1f" decorated. / inquired aud f4lIHa
that the decorated building was tnt
Office OF the osaka Asian News. and
n a iht dper was celebrating tlf.
Withdrawal of The government ord.
which for two weeks nad suspended It's
publication. The issue for that dav
contained a large size picture Of tl.
Goddess OF Liberty. When the riat-
ing occurred at Toxic. just AFTER IA
treaty OF peace with Elseia. an order
vas issued authorizing the arbitrary
suspension OF any newspaper contain
ing utteIances deemed i0c.Hs1arN.
Jnder this order the Aehahi News re-
ceived notice To suspend publication
uniI permission WAS granted ~ rt-
sumo, The Withdrawal Of tn. notice
was duly celebrated and the paper an
nounced that its readers rather than
the ..aner z reason TO complain of
the suspension. This paper has tn.
largest circulation Of ans iii Jayn.
about 0,o00, and the order suspend
ing it has been the subject Of much
editorial criticism.
Besides the newspapers which are
conducted rs business propositions,
there are papers supported by associ-
ations formed for the propagation Of
various reforms. For instance. "a pa
per called Romjai is published moaul-
~ at Tokio-Japanese words being
spelled with Roman letters. in the
place of the present Japanese charac-
terS. \ society was forlnel some 2G
years g for the purpose of urging
this reform, and Il paper advocating
it was published for three years. but
finally suspended from lack Of support.
This fall the Romaji was established
and hopes for u better fate. While
this reform would be very acceptable
to foreigners who are trying To learn
the language, the movement does not
seem to have gathered much
tum.
In one of the leading papers. the
Hochi Shimbun. Mr.. Gensai Mural. q
novelist of distinctions. published a
continued story running daily through
six years. 1t is not yet completed.
having been suspended during the war.
In this story the writer presents q
large moun of information on ma
tion9l. political. economic and social
questions. at the same time putting in
enough fiction to sustain the interest.
Progress along some other lines will
be treated under special heads. | find
that there is some tendency here to
resent the statement that Japan has
borrowed largely from other nations.
Some native writer's insist that new
Japan is out the natural development
of old Japan. There is q measure of
| I r-IJf n in thiCZ haaar thnra l. no
growth except from a living germ; m
| yet il cannon be denied that Japan
has appropriated TO her own great adj
vantage many foreign ideas, and it is
not to her discredit that she has one
so. Both individuals and nations Dor
row, imitation, not originality, is the
rule. 1t viii humble the pride of any
one TO attempt to separate that which
he has learned from others from that
which he can claim as his own by
right Of discovery.
Steam is the same today as it was
ages ago. and yet millions upon mill
lions watch it escaping from the ket-
tie with no thought of its latent pow
ct. one man showed mankind the use
to which it could be put. and all the
rest profited by TIE idea. Shall We
refuse to ride upon the railroad or
cross the waters in an ocean grey
hound for fear Of employing the con-
ception of another? Electricity is not
d new agency. The lightniugs have
illumined the sky from the dawn Of
creation. and the people saw in them
only u for fear. A few decades
ago one man thought out a method by
which it could be imprisoned IN I
wire. and now widely separated and
are united by telegraph lines. while
cables traverse the oceans bed.
shall we refuse to read the news that
che current carries or reject a mes
sage from home because we must en-
ploy an idea which sprang from an
others brain? He is stupid who re-
jects truth. no matter from what
source it comes: that nation is blind
Which does not welcome light from
anywhere and everywhere. 1t is to
the glory. not To the shame. Of the
Land of the Rising sun. hat her peo-
pie have been quick TO obey the in
junction.: prove all things: hold fast
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