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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-02-09

well enough to do TO afford the abOm-
Unable cigarettes, while in the latter
class they are mostly poor and use
pipe with a very small cup into which
they place a small pinch of tobacco
that is consumed in one or two puffs.
With such pipes they can not make
such rapid progress in vitiating the air.
While the fares in all classes are rel
atively cheap, there are no reductions
for through tickets and no excursion
rates. This also proves very cOnven-
lent in saving the economic traveller all
the time and worry of figuring out the
best time to go to set the benefit Of
rates" or to what place best to buy
through tickets to get the most adVan-
tageOus rates. In fact ali rates are 50
low that there is little occasion for
seeking special rates. There are eX-
press trains on most roads and these
make good time. They also have din
ing cars and sleeDeTs on some of the
principal roads, SO that one can travel
in Japan with practically all the COM
forts provided at home. In all the
larger cities. especially the open port
cities, they always have some English
speaking officials. and some of the
train guards can say few words in
English In the interior towns we
rarely find English speaking officials at
the stations. The way freight Is put
up and handled is more Japanese like
than anything else about the railway
service. It seems they do not handle
any of the ordinary commodities in
/ bulk, but everything is put up in pack
ages of a size convenient for one man
/ to handle. The rice and other grain
| is sacked in straw covered sack. The
/ packages OF charcoal and brush wood
! do not look far different on the outside
| from the rice packages. Even the
| bricks and lumber are tied into bundles
| by straw ropes. Theresare no elevators
TO handle the grain as we have them
| at home, nor cranes or derricks for
other freight. They do not even use
wheelbarrOws or carts. The labOrers
carry the bundles one by one from
| shed to car. The coal is carried i'm
baskets on poles on the shoulders OF
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A TOUR THROUGH JAPAN

An eleven days ocean voyage from
Honolulu, or altogether eighteen days
from San Francisco, lands the Ameri-
can visitor to Japan at the important
port of Yokohama. He is doubtless full
OF expectation to see strange scenes
in this extensively advertised oriental
land. He may be disappointed at first
by finding everything Except the peo-
pie themselves of a very European
like appearance. He will be ushered
into one OF the many fine European Cor
American) hotels, and will hear Eng
hsh spoken on every hand. Even the
people that he meets are largely Euro
peans. (Here in the start let US ex-
plain that il has become customary in
Japan to designate all whites, what
ever their nationality, as Europeans.
If, therefore, we say Europeans" we
may mean Americans as well.) The
passenger has landed in the foreign
settlement of Yokohama. This city is
more under foreign influence than any
other city in Japan. Kobe is next to
Yokohama in this respect. We need
not go far. however. even in YOko-
hama, to see streets that are decidedly
japanese.
At the pier one of the first sights
that attracts the newcomer is the line
up of tinrikishas, with their oddly
dressed-nOt drivers but-pullers, Gag
err to have the job of transporting us
to our hotel or wherever else we may
wish to go. AS soon as business mat
tiers allow a little leisure time we win
certainly want to make a round of
this busy city in a jinrikisha. Even
before we are ready the jinrikisha men
are after US and offer to take us all
around, all afternoon, for one and one
half yen. We proceed to our business,
YnOfiOOinp thpm that we do NOT want
them. If they have the least hint that
we will want a jinrikisha soon they
will likely follow for blocks, gradually
coming down in their price until they
are offering their services for a whole
afternoon at fifty sen each Zone yen
Is equivalent to 100 sen-fifty cents in
American money!. We seat ourselves
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-02-09

that among the Japanese they usually
have no scruples against several and
even opposite sexes occupying the bath
room at the same time. We find evil
dences on every hand that the Japa-
nese ideals of modesty differ quite ma
terially from those of Americans and
northern Europeans. Yet no evidence
of greater immortality is observed by
the traveller in this country.
Japanese Railway Service.
The railway trains and station ar
rangements are patterned after Euro
pean or American models in almost
every particular. Some cars have the
central aisle lengthwise of the car,
with end doors and direct passage
from one car to the next. Others are
divided into compartments like Euro
pean cars, and have the side doors.
The stations are called from the sta
ton platforms. With timetable in
hand, a passenger, even a stranger,
can keep track of the stations better
than in America for at each station
there are signboards on either side of
the track at frequent intervals, the
length of the station platform and
from any part of the train we can see
on these the name of the station in
English as well as in japanese char
acters. Along some lines, they even
indicate on these signbOards the names
of the next station in each direction
This feature we think well worthy Of
imitation by American railway mana
gers. Coaches are provided for first
second and third classes. The fares
for first class travel average about
three sen a mile, Zone and a hall
cents; second class about two sen. anC
third class about one and One-third SCI
mile. This brings railway traVe
within easy reach of even the poor
The main crowds of japanese go thirC
class. AS there is no prohibition
against smoking in the cars, and as
Japanese men and women nearly al
smoke, the atmosphere often gets very
dense, and on a long ride we often get
quite thoroughly smoked. 1t seemed
to be really worse in the second class
than in the third class coaches. In the
former class, passengers usually are
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languages than English we seldom
hear spoken by any Japanese, even at
the seaport towns. When, therefore,
in our travels, we alight from the
trains wherever night Overtakes us, as
is our custom, we often find ourselves
in small, Out-Of-the-way country
towns. While the strangeness of the
language puts great difficulties in our
way at such places, it also affords US
interesting and often amusing exper-
fences in getting along with hotel ar
rangements, etc. Without stopping at
such country towns we would miss
much of the purpose of this trip. We
desire to study the life of the common
people and observe the agricultural in
dustrieS, rather than the social or
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age makes many of the wells more or
less dangerous.
The building itself is an open frame
work supporting the floors and roof.
Only few inside halls are perma-
nently partitiOned off. Partitions be-
tween the rooms and also the outside
walls are composed of light removable
panels about the size of an ordinary
door. The outside panels are an open
lattice work, covered with translucent
paper. In daytime in warm weather
these are all slid out of the way and
the room is open to the street or court.
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outside of the rooms and running all
along the front of the building there
is a narrow walk or porch which at
night is also closed from the street by
wooden panels, thus effectually shut
ting up the house from outside intru-
sion.s There is no means of locking a
room against inside intrusion. and the
servants are liable 20 bolt in at almost
any time of day without giving any
warning. Separate bathrooms are new
er provided, and even the water in the
tub is not changed during an evening
except upon special request. We learn
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part is comfortable enough, but the pill
low is quite unsatisfactory, consisting
of small round bag or roll tightly
filed with something that feels about
like oats. We can usually make a good
substitute for a pillow out of an extra
quilt rolled up. In the morning the
beds are again removed and we have
the entire room to sit in while drink
ing our tea and eating our breakfast.
The plentiful supply of boiled water
for tea is very acceptable for sanitary
reasons in this land where the meth
DDS of fertilizing the land with sewer
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Continued on Page 8.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1908-10-22

The Importance of Democratic
victory in the State rises to par
amount interest this year in
view Of the fact that the Nation
al Republican platform declares
for the reduction Of Southern
representation on. account of
the disfranchisement Of the ne
gro as a voter shall cease, and
the State Republican platform
endorses and approves the Natl
onal platform. all Of which dem
onstrates.. conclusively that. if
the Republicans are returned to
power in the State, they would
appoint Republican registrars
and we would Instantly have a
horde Of ignorant negroes placed
on the registration books, and
the good effects of our constitu-
ctiOnal amendment would be null
flied, Iand this fair Common
wealth again disgraced with a
vast gang of negro Office holders,
and meaner white, men. elected
to Office by negro votes,
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1908-10-22

Congressman Crawford will
make four speeches in the coun-
try districts Of Henderson county
this week. visiting Edneyville,
Clear Creek, Mills River and
-Etowah. Mr.. Grant can find
him at Barnwell'g school house,
Edneyv1lle township, at / O'Clock
Thursday afternoon.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1908-10-22

= - Il
The Importance to North Car
DINA of this election can scarcely
be over estimated. When we
recall that there has never been
an hour in this States history
during Republican rule when the
State was at peace and the peo-
pie prosperous and happy, there
is every incentive to put forth
our best endeavor to perpetute
the rule of demo cracy and forever
preserve the political supremacy
Of the great Anglo-Saxon race
and conserve the moral, educa-
tional and material interests of
this great people. !. :,
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1908-10-22

The tide in National affairs in
dicates unmistakbly that the
great American people are goino
to sweep from place and power
the Republican oligarchy at
Washington, and establish there
in It's stead a government Of tba
people, formed and fashioned At.
ter the manner of Jefferson, and
having at its head that Creates
living American, William J.,
Bryan, whose administration of
four years shall restore the high
Office of president to the pristine
purity of the days of jefferson
and jackson.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1908-10-22

Every democrat ought to get
busy and assist in. bringing out a
big vote. The larger the vote
on November Ord, the greater
will be your county's representa-
ton in the state and district con-
vention two and four years hence
Try to get all our people to the
polls and let's show what a gem
uine effort can accomplish.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1908-10-22

This is another year when
every democrat can afford tosup-.
port the party ticket with en-.
thusiasm and boast, of the priv
ilege. The plat forms are admir-
able and It's candidates aen of
character and ability. The par
ty certainly deserves to win and
will win, if every democrat does
his full duty from this time until
sunset on the 3rd day of Novem-
Der. Shoulder to shoulder,
brethren. and the enemy will be
utterly routed at every point.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1908-10-22

) Vote for Crawford and take no
chances on having a representa-
tive in congress who is true to
the people. When you've found
a friend who is tried and true,
change not the old one for the
new. w. T. Crawford grew up
among the honest tillers of the.
soil and is in full sympathy with
their needs and desires. Rich.
1nond Pearson, used to say pri-.
yately that it was well nigh i'm,
possible to get the boys up the
branches away fronnIC Crawford"
And he was right. No change,
either.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1908-10-22
reduced fares

Another enactment of the last
Legislature in the interest of the
people, which was so clearly just
and proper that it passed almost
without opposition, was to make
a reduction of % per cent from
the local freight rates on ship
.n1ents between points in the
State over two or more roads
from the total of the two or more
local rates.
Still another enactment in the
interest of the people Of the
State was the empowering of the
Governor and the Corporation
Commission to use all reasonable
means within the power of the
State to correct the discrifnina-
ton against North Carolina cities
in favor of Virginia and South
Carolina cities, which are SO
thoroughly outrageous and un-
justifiable that in all North Caro-
lima there has been found but one
man to defend them, the Hon.
j. Elwood Cox. the Republican
nominee for Governor.
3 Governor Glenn and the Cor
poration Commission. acting I'M
der this authority are now prose
cutting suits before the Inter
state Commerce Commission to
correct these abuses. =
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1908-10-22

Hon. Locke Craig is down east
in the thickest of the fight for
democracy. Governor Aycock
and Senator Simmons are also
doing valiant service for the
cause and these three splendid
orators are arousing the greatest
enthusiasm wherever they 60.
Senator Simmons speaks in Hen
Jacksonville next Monday.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1908-10-22

Josiah William Bailey, Fourth
Congressional District.
Walter Murphy, Eighth Con-
gEeSsional District.
Walter L. Cohoon, First Con-
gressional District.
Noah James Rouse, Second
Congressional District.
Hampton D. Williams, Third
Congressional District,
Rufus S. McCoin, Fourth Con-
gressional District.
Powell w. Glidewell, Fifth
Congressional, District.
Henry L. Cook, Sixth Con-
gressional District.
John T. Bennett, Seventh
Congressional District.
John L. Gwaltney, Eighth Con-
gressional District.
CASTOR Ellis Gardner, Ninth
Congressional District.
William w. Zachary. Tenth
Congressional District.
Democratic Candidates for
Congress. se
First District: John III. Small,
Beaufort County.
Second District: Claude Kitch-
i'm, Halifax County.
Third District. Charles r.
Thomas, Craven County.
Fourth District: Edward w.
Pou, Johnston County.
Fifth District: Aubrey L.
Brooks, Guilford County.
Sixth District: Hannibal L.
Goodwin, Harnett County.
Seventh District: Robert N.
Page, Montgomery County.
Eight District: Richard N.
Hackett, Wilkes County. 81
Ninth District: Edwin Yates
Webb, Cleveland County.
Tenth District: William T.
Crawford, Haywood County.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1908-10-22
Senator Simmons to Speak.

Hon. F. NJ. Simmons. United
States Senator, will speak
here on Monday, October 18th,
1908. Everybody in this coun-
ty ought to turn out and hear
this distinguished man. He is a
great leader of Democracy and
an apostle of its principles. This
is going, to bea great day for the
Democrats of Henderson County.
Every Democrat in. the county
should appreciate this visit from
a United States Senator, and a
great crowd should assemble to
hear the doctrine Of Sinlon
pure Democracy preached by one
of its ablest champions.
Remember the day. Monday.
Oct. 10Th. al
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1908-10-22

The attention Of our, readers Is
especially directed TO- the great
speech of Hon. Cyrus B. Watson,
delivered in Winston recently,
which appears elsewhere in ailis
issue. It is worth while to read
every line of his really magnifi-
cent address.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1908-10-22

1tdoes seem about time the
rank and file of the republican
party in Henderson county would
be getting tired of being hum
bugged by coterie of bosses
seeking Office.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1908-10-22

q Let us, as Moth Carolinans and
Democrats. have a part in this
glorious consunnation and do our
full duty by our party in State
and Nation!
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1908-10-22

Don't fail to register on or De,
fore next Saturday. The BOOKS
close on that day. Be sure your
name is properly enrolled.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1908-10-22

puD1lCanS nave Td1SSu Wilt CLtS
Democrats in North Carolina and
given the dignity Of a position
in their State platform is a criti-
cism Of the last Democratic Leg:
islature for reducing railroad
passenger fares in North CARROLL
ma that they have made it pos
sible for the people of the State
to buy railroad tickets for less
money than they formerly had
to pay for them.
Bear in mind that the Demo
Gratis have been in charge Of our
Legislatures for ten years. and ID
these ten years they have legis-
lated so well and so wisely for
the promotion Of the interests Of
the whole peoplex Of the State
that in all this record the Repub
licans find nothing worthy of cri-
ticism in their state platform but
this one matter railroad Eabes-
The Democrats gladly accept
the issue they thus raise. and
take pride in defending their ac-
ton in this matter as one Of
their best accomplishments for
the benefit of the people at large
and have the advantage Of being
able to show, from the sworn
reports made by the railroads
themselves, that while they
have thus cheapened passenger
fares to all the people, they have
at the same time, increased
largely the net earnings of the
railroads from passenger fares
in North Carolina.
The sworn reports made by
the officials of the Southern
Railway to the Corporation Com
mission show that for the six
months ending December 81,
1906, under old high passenger
rates, their receipts from passen-
ger fares in North Carolina were
1857, 564. For the six months
ending December 81. 1907, I'M
der the 2 Lucent rate, their re-
ceipts were 81, DAT. 588, an in
crease for the six months Iof
$50, 024; an increase of $13, 337
per month and of nearly $500
per day. 4ssa
Like reports from officials OF
the Atlantic Coast Line for the
same period show 1882, O65 un-
der the high rate and $475, 086
underline low rate; an increase
under the low rate of $43, OIL, OF
81, 40 per month and $258 pei
day.
Like reports from officials OF
the Seaboard Air Line show pas
senger receipts of 1925, 887 un-
der the old high rate, and $3O3,-
8O2 under the new low, rate fol-
the same period of six months;
an increase of receipts under the
reduced rate of SIG, 915, or .$12,-
819 per month and 1927 per day.
These are the facts. They
show beyond the point, of cavil
that the suggestion made by the
Republicans that the Democrats
have done the railroads injury
in reducing passenger fares is
absolutely without foundation.
tits true that the railroads, in
common with every other class
and form Of enterprise in the
whole country, have suffered
greatly within the last eighteen
months. but, their troubles are
traceable to the. empty freight
cars with which the Roosevelt
panic filled side tracks from one
end of the country to the other
AS shown above, the railroads,
from the. sworn reports of their
own officers, have been helped
instead Of hurt, by the cheaper
ing fares. And while this is
true and undisputably true, how
about the interests of the peoples
How have they been affected?
They have been saved an ay.
erage of 500, 600, 90 for every
month since the reduces
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L1nb6TIn6R VIII Vote For
Bryan And Crawford.


The manufacture Of lumber
is one of the most important in
dustries il North Carolina. The
almost complete paralysis OF
this business for the past eigh-
teen months has contributed
more than any other one thing
to make North Carolina feel the
depressing effect of the Roose-
welt panic, which really hit the
lumber business six months be-
fore it broke infull force In Wall
street. The manufacture of lum-
Der is one Of the great industries
of the South, and one which
would for this reason appeal with
especial force to the best wishes
and protection of the Democra
party. It's true that the Demo-
cratic party, in responding to the
universal demand from the whole
country for relief from the exac-
lions of the wood pulp paper
manufacturers included lumber
in with its demand that wood
pulp, timberand logs be placed
on the free list, and the Republic
cans of North Carolina have
seized upon this to trYa to per-
suade the lumber people away
from the Democratic national
ticket. On the face of it there
may appear to be some force in
the appeal which they make.
But the lumber manufacturers
are a people who are accustomed
to go beyond the mere surface
of questions and get at the essen
tial facts, and when they do this
they will find no reason for sup
porting the administration which
has brought upon them the most
disastrous period of their bus
mess, or for experimenting any
danger from the Democratic
position.
AS far as this question may
be presumed to give the Repub-
lican party any advantage is CON
cerned, it is quite a sufficient
answer to point out the. fact,
which may be taken as a fact
that the tariff is going to be taxi
enNof lumber, which ever party
may be successfulaat the polls on
November Ord. The Republican
party as well as the Democratic
party, stands irreuocably conn
mitted in its platform, and in the
speeches of all its leaders to an
immediate revision Of the tariff,
if they are successful atthe polls.
and the Republican President, to
the earring out of whose policies
Mr.. Taft and his party are thor
ougly committed, has said in two
of his last messages to Congress
that the tariff must be taken off
@eof all products Of the forest,,s'
which also includes wood pulp
the republicans are bowling
about. The only reason this was
not done by the last Congress
was that the Republicans feared
to make any change whatever Fin
the tariff schedules, while ad-
hitting the absolute necessity
for changes and corrections, just
in the advance of a general cleo
ton, knowing that if the ques-
+
ton were once opened they
would have to go into general re
vision. 1t cannot be doubted
that ! if d Republican &c Congress
should be elected one of the very
first things it would do would be
to carry out this demand of its
President in carrying out its
platform pledge for a.revision Of
the tariff so. = - ~ u
THE : chief difference which
lumberrnen may expect from the
two parties ON this question il
that the Republicans would put
lumber and pulp wood on the
free list as demanded by its
i ~ L IL Ii
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DRMocRAr1c NATIONAL TIcKE,

DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL TICKET.
For President William Jen-
nings Bryan, of Nebraska.
For Vic e President ~ o n n
Worth Kern, of Indiana.
DEMocRAT1c STATE TICKET
For Governor w. W. Kitchin.
For Lieut.. : Governor w. G..
Newland.
For Secretary of State j.
Bryan Grimes.
For State Auditor b. F. Dixon.
For State Treasurer. 4.
Lacy.
For Superintendent of Public
Instruction j. Y. Joyner.
For Attorney General. W.
For Commissioner of Agricul-
ture- w. A. Graham.
For Commissioner Of Labor
and Printing m. L. Shipman.
For Corporation Commissioner
B. E.. Aycock.
For Insurance Commissioner
j. r. Young.
Electors of President and
Vice-President of the
United States:
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Your price is ours; if you
want . buggy or surry 'S'
Claude Brown.