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which then threatened the empire both
from within and without and their
services were so valuable that Baron
Hachiroemou Mitsui. the present head
of the house. was made peer ana an
the other partners were given titles
in acknowledgment of 10. The mouse
today stands very close % the govern
mont. and it has great influence In
financial matters.
THE BANKERS AND THE GOV
ERNMENT.
Indeed. the Mitsuis are perhaps. the
most important element lu the Japan
csc situation today. II ls through them
and the other bankers and capitalists
of note. such as Matsuo governor Of
the Bank of Japan. Takahashi OF the
Yokohama Specia bank and Baron Shi-
busawa that the new policy OF
rctrenchment economy and reform Is
now being introduced Until within
few months the country has been man
aged by "a class Of men who knew
bur little OF modern business meth
DDS. The leading officials were apt TO
look down ON trade and 20 consider
themselves as rather superior 10 those
who were engaged I'm g. This was es-
pecially So up 90 the time or the wal
between Russia and Japan. Then the
country needed a great deal Of money,
and in had To go abroad to borrow it.
n had mot done much as 20 the placing
NJ .unrnous loans. and IL called In the
6nauciers among the business men to
a5Vise n how 10 proceed. Through
tbeir counsel the loans were negotiated
which supplied 20 large part OF the
funds for the war. Agents We're sent
D., pgyrs London and New York. and
tbers v.ss Iittlc trouble iu the disposal
nf b,rd. a. the war continued other
man. were negotiated and up TO the
tiI,,s ~ its close there seemed 70 be no
f,,s,,.isI trouble m sight The BUSH
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Joint liability The bank For instance
which has capital of 5000 600 yen and
surplus of 100000. inserts state
ment In AN OF its banking advertise
ments that DO is owned boy the members
Of the Mitsui family and that they as
partners assume am unlimited reSuonsi-
b,litv for am its debts AS 20 result the
people know that aIl the wealth of the
family IFS back of tine bank. and it has
the highest credit IT'S deposits are
now about 10o0o.000 yen or almost 49,
OO0 600
The same rule prevails as to an the
obligations OF the m families. The
properties are AN held i'm common, al
though each family may have iudc-
pendent property of it's own. I'm the
Mitsui establishments. however there
is no particular property to which any
one can enter his absolute claim. The
institutions are managed by the Mitsu,
family council, according 90 rules laid
down by one of the heads of the family
who lived more than 200 years ago.
This. making the family and not the
Individual the head of an institution,
is iu accordance with the social organ
ization of Japan. Here the individual
is subsorvicnt % the family, and the
rights and Obligations OF the family
should outweigh those of any of its
members.
This combination Of the Mitsuis has
now lasted for about 200 years. The
family has been IN business longer than
that. its ancestry dating back 10 "a
fcudal lord who lived az the time OF
Christopher Columbus II was some
where along during the days of Chau-
Ger and Spcuser In England that Taxa
tOshi % descendant of this lord, began
To- engage in trade. He opened "a store
in Kyoto and established a dry goods
business hero 40 Toxic. He sold for
cash and also organized system for
the collection and remittance of money,
and 10 was his SON who wrote out the
family rules which have made the for
tunas OF the house. he also organized
the first family partnership. lu this
first organization five brothers engaged
to work with their collective capital
and this system has continued down 20
the ID branches or partners which cone
stitutc the house OF today
THE FINANCIERS OF TIE NEW
JAPAN.
The Rothchuds frequently come TO
/ the assistance of the great govern
monts of Europe, Their fortune was
founded. iu fact ON money loaned "a
/ one of the German rulers who applied
| 10 tine old house at FrauSiortJay Cooke
helped Uncle sam out during the tiNil
war. and President Roosevelt was glad
to have the assistance of Pierpont
Morgan at The time of the last panic
The Mitsuis have occupied even more
important positions in regard io th'
| new japan When the emperor was
brought out of his seclusion at kyotC
| and the present era of western civii.
| zation began the Mitsuis furnished
most OF the money 90 finance the new
| government. They practically enabled
] Japan 10 bridge over the great crisis
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This Odd bluff has worked so many
years that Ih. scriugs uf drinks have
failed tu boot. Uhe present danger Iu
rrsurrecUus fha old shibholotn
For tmrs have changed ana today
millions OFF thinking citizens off Amer-
cu who once paid no attention ouo say
or thc other t1 th0 boast. are ukrIy
ts suddenly spike the bot Hir gun of
the whisky champion with tho Yankee
retort "Wnerr did Nou Est itt You
claim tu have helped ono Uncle Sam
strouE h0k with 2o0o000oo Iu Do
months bud who're did you pick n Pap.
and how much moro did y0u keep FOR
yourself last yDart
And when tho ROM facts como 90
Heht which show that for every 81
Won osinHuouly handed over t0 the
national government you took more
than Sll ont of Che pockets of the peo-
bile for hIs poison wares. your foolish
boast looks like the plea of "a convict
ga pirate Who offered l0 per cent of his
plumber to escape with tho rest
PEOPLE PAID EVERY Gent
As matter OF fact tho people paid
every cent of d and more than no times
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Special ueSpoudence.
~ OKIO. Japan. Jan. Have You
heard of the Mitsul family? Il
is the richest Of all Japan. and
one OF the richest IN the world
What the Rothschuds are to Europe
and Rockefeller is 20 the United states
the Mtsuis are 10 Japan. They may
also be compared with the Astors AMI
,be vauderbuts and their uudertahuss
include such as have made the fortune
sf Krlpp. Marshall Field. stephen Gi-
rand and John Wauamaker. They are
famous as merchants; miners, manufac-
tarers exporters, bankers and fnau-
eisrs. They have a capital running
high into the tens Of millions of dollars,
and they do a business OF hundreds ~
millions "a year. In some years the
foreign trade of this family is equal
90 one-scventh OF the whole foreign
trade Of Japan. It's coal mines produce
about ouo-third of an the coal mined
n the empire. and they supply a great
NdIL OF AIihA MHtn NlA AAAN llNl 20 WI NHAHfa
Asia THE Mtsuis own great cotton
mills and furnish about 0ne-third of the
japanese exports OF cotton yarn. They
haye other factories and foundues
throughout the empire. and their trad
Inc and banking Institutions are ln all
The big cities This family has also
ts branch establishments i'm the lead
Ing seaports of China. and I'm Hong
kong, Manila, Singapore and Bombay.
10 has branches IN Australia and Java
and also in san Francisco. New York
and London In some years 1t ships rs
much as 5000 bales OF raw silk TO the
United States, and Il has "a fleet NJ
good-sIzed steamers. which carry lis
merchandise TO and from Shanghai
Hlngkoug the Philippine the straits
settlements, Burmah and India. There
is no more thriving corporation In the
world today. and just at this time.
when we Americans are talking Of the
japanese as being ON the edge of bank
uptcy 10 rs surprising Co come INTO
contact with am institution Ike this.
A FAMILY OF AuLLIONAIREs
Through the Kindness OF Mr. j. Yam
amoto. one OF the directors, I have
been able 90 spend the greater part oi
.oiay in going through the big office
buildings OF the Mitsm Bussan kalsha
aee iu Toxic. which contain the MitsW
bank and the exporting and mining de-
prtments OF the corporation. and
have also visited its big department
store across the way which has mor
trade than any dry goods establish
nent OF the far east. Each OF these n-
,iIiutous Is a story In itself. But be-
Tore 2 give it j want To tell you more
about this remarkable family. The Nit
sui house is joint association, con-
sisting of N families or partners. who
have pooled their capital In their joint
name under the system or unlimited
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Nlvie or ,le me 49, ...,-.l III
WIN W. ~ VIZ, 10.
gre Hiisd WIN 'al'ally5, - ,,'. ~
LOUIS hIni-' "'''''' ''''
grass '"717'
SHOPPING IN ONES STOCKING
FEET
rbis bis- st,ra with ts vast gianu-
,t.s 40 n.o, ,,ods ,r AN Kinds il
eu,royted b, the Japaueee. although it
~ tt' 80 ,,.l,ts Intended IN f,r-
,Js,,a~s 'rbar. ar. , O0Ou00 naopla
10, -rlt,;o ,,i1r,, and tbe c,i5ntr,- .roiiu5
4, ,.,,r, tt,i,lrI,, torltIated th8r amy mart
of ne r-ni+.d States Tba store b. SD
t..,,,tje,,l ma n, ,rs would tbinl. of
l,,to,i,e- it ,-itb muddy, sboes. and tho
1900. mon ana ,,or,eu I'm chock
ffoir sboes and umbrellas at the door.
came ont of "a iinriksha and Que OF
tf,., lterlrs draw o,,af n1, shoes "a mali.
.r sort rf,th sinners and ID was i'm
ti,,.r, tt,et L v-,lted tbroueb Tho russ-
80 A. ,s o.,ite as -, falIeoIotb anal
tbere ie ,,,t "a srot of dirt auy4ybars 10
h.. seon Tbe ator. WAS run of Japaucs,
,,..,,,,r, and oi,ls foollfnr nyoI. rlods
INA cling tbrougb tbs other onafations
,r gb,Dripe fust a- our women do ia
tbo f-nited states some were EXAMINE
me- tbe p,ar-niGcent obis or wide belts
,.6icb r,,.r, mo most dc.orstiy. part
.r tb. r4narrsa costume. others we're
l..,l.f,,s ~, stun CON kimonos and
..ft.rs bg,liug ehoes ieveIrv mixtures.
and u ma averDtbi1e under the sun
a,,,,,.. .,f mo SHOES aro beautifully Iao-
.g,,e,a1 and I saw, single obs which ssu
I'm s9oo Think OF "a belt for YOUR
a.. ,,.l,i,b y,irbt g,sf vou sioo ar
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ton and wool. and handles American
canned meats. wheat flour. and other
such things The company also acis
as insurance agents, repre- antlut
some of the largest of the American
and the English insurance com ptnltS,
and that not only iu Japan, but M
India. tho Straits settlements and
China as we'll
JAPAN's BIGGEST DEPARTMENT
STORE.
Leaving the MitsW Bussan Kaisha,
/ crossed the street and went through
the big department store belonging TO
the Alitsui family This is Boy far the
largest and most complete store in the
Japanese empire It has a capital OF
1000 600 yen. and IT does a daily bust
ness Of about 10000 yen. II lis like
nothing else in Japan, and IL one of
the best examples OF how the western
movement is capturing the empire aud
also Of the s0lidlty of the new institu-
ton. n is known as the Mitsui dry
goods store Marshall Field. who was
M the time ne died worth about $50
600 600. made as "a stOrckeeper, never
liked the words department store.
lie called his big establishment I'm Chic
caRO "a dry goods store. The Mitsuis
follow the same rule. and that perhaps
because the fortunes OF the family
were founded on dry goods. AS 4 have
said. the business was begun during
the sixteenth century-almost "a hun
dred years before Boston was founded
and IL was only a few years later
that the store was opened right here
on the site OF this big establishment
Of today. After the combination Of
the five Mitsui brothers in 1923 this
store steadily grew, and 70 covered
large area, about one-half Of which is
now occupied by the Mitsui Gofuku-
ten. as the store is called today.
Tho AItsuis in the past started the
cash business lu Japan, and this ucN
store has fixed prices marked on the
goods 10 has cash carriers 40 take the
money from one part of the store to-
the other. and also % big mail order de-
partmeut through which goods are
sent to am parts OF the empire and
collections are made through the post
offices. 10 has automobiles to deliver
It's goods through the city, elegant din
ing rooms and resting rooms for it's
customers and special exhibitions pf
new goods. which bring out fashionable
society. 10 has Photographic depart
meul "a picture gallery, ladies' dress
I making and tailoring establishments.
and. boo fact almost everything found
iu the best department stores BOO the
United States. The building Is OF three
stories. with wide ulatc-gilss windows
and "a spacious entrance hal. lu the
center of it are two courts rooted With
glass. $50 curtaiuod that just the right
light can Dee admitted whether the day
| be bright cog dark Don these courts
arc fountains iu the basins of which
| goldfish swim uud about which are
palms rising high into tne air The
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%. &C.. Jan. 20.
N.Y. Th. annual eulogy ot the Doe
Wv mor traffic as me 'huwarh'
of the nations nnancea is
Iust puuug m ts appearance boo the
Huuur trade prcfs
The icHi far fhe buast BE- found 'n
lnc onciu report of tho commissioner
of Internal revenue. which credits the
drink business with having paid un-
ela Sam during 1905 Che SUM of iiss.oeo'-
ng bon taxes levied upon liquor makers
and dealers ana upon distilled and fer
meulrd beverages Withdrawn Tor con-
sumption.
This ngure aggregate uca,ly si 10
per cent of the total revenues of Uncle
Sam fur tlc last fiscal twelNemouth.
Forgetting ana their other troubles for
tha Instant tho liquor editors have
struck ZAP their stereotyped paean OF
vaingl0ry over their alleged patriotic
tribute" 10 the government
"What would Uncle sam DO without
our helpg" they cry in defiant glee,
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Work IL CmmIh Mt Bank
And How the EmperOrIh Bankers and the Government
Coal Mnes-Tber Cotton Mills and Engine WosIhe En-
Their Big Department SreA Remarkable Story of Bu
ness Family Has Years and Today Leads the New Japan
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through the advice OF such men as the
Mitsuis IL viii Doe carried out TO
successful conclusion.
IN A BIG JAPANESE BANK.
No one can go through the bis bank
ing Institutions OF Toxic without being
assured of the material prosperity and
the great resources Of this country. The
building of the Mitsui Bussan Kalsna
is surrounded by structures which
would not seem out Of place In New
York or Chicago The Bank OF Japan, am
enormous building of gray granite. rs
lust over the way. The Yokohama
Specie Bank ia next door and all about
are other large modern buildings. The
Mitsm building is Of four stories, built
around the three sides OF a court. cover
ing more than an acre. lt is OF red
brick and white stone, and its interior
is furnished like one Of the best office
buildings Of the United States. There
are wide halls, big rooms, many Win
dows and am abundance Of electric
lights Elevators take one from story
TO story and there are parlors for the
directors and am modern cOnVenlences.
The main room of the bank is larger
than that of any bank in Washington
and as well furnished as that or any
i'm New York As 1 stood in the gall
lery and looked down upon the scores
Of clerks working away 7 was im-
pressed with the enormous business
being done Money was coming in
and going ont and ! could see where
the bank gets its deposits. which now
amount to about 10000 900 yen. As /
went on through the building ] seemed
10 be iu a government department.
There were rooms filed with clerks
everywhere and I'm one ! saw dozen
Japanese girl stcnographers. who We're
clicking on their notes on japanese
typewriter
THE MITSu COAL MINES
An interesting branch of the cst3b-
l.shmeut is the mining department. lu
this are shown samples of the coal,
sulphur. copper silver and other ores
being mined bN this great corporation
There are also models of the machlu-
cry used iu the mines, showing how
each of the larger properties is ptu-
ylded with the most improved type of
machinery fOr haulage ventilation Hud
drainage. and that everything De- done
10 protest tho lives of the miners and
to maintain "a uniform output at tha
lowest expense saw models OF
{ some Of the Nitsui coal mines near
Nagasak They are kupNn as tuD
Mike mines. and age one ui thc large
/ of such enterprises ina the world There
are now eiN different workings. and
/ the annual production is over 1000 0Nl
I tons Tho mines has, au area OF lb
J 600 acres and Tine coal veins average
, about eight feet ZOO thickness. This
coal rs bitumuOus aud is used ioi
| clIliur 10 Is regarded 1H "a stand
| ard coal lu tuD AsiatIC markets An.
| other Mtsui property is tne Iag1W1
I coal mines which produce th" n.-'
/ steam coal of Japan. and largely supply
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the navy and the railroads. And an
other is the Yamano coal, noted for its
easy firing and its high cNaporatiug
power In addition To- these coal mines
the Mitsus have silver and lead prop
critics. which are turning out consid-
crablc ore and they have two large
sulphur mines.
THEY MAKE EARTHQUAKE
PROOF CHIMNEHS
The Nusuis have big engineering
works here in Toxic. where engines
and boilers are made. and where they
are also turning out electrical ma
cbinerv which is noted throughout
the Far East. They are making steer
chimueys and railway bridge material
Their steel Chimneys are SAID TO ne
northumberland. This is "a very lih-
portant item. Japan has. on the aver
ace au earthquake "a day throughout
the wear. and every now ana then
"a big one. AT such times the pllck
rbirnnevs and smokestaCks are the
first to fall. They often cause great
damage crashing through the roofs
below. When / was in Japan "a years
ago. about one-half of the mouse
hold department Of the place Whlch
/ Nas visiting az the time, was lhI'" Ii
down and the chimueys flew FAR anu
wide. I narrowly escaped with my
nj. In that same earthquake the
cbimucvs on the parliament house
fuubIed making hole In the rpol
gs large ass though the biggest ele-
phaut had dropped through from lh'
skies.
This same engineering works is no"
MAKING humps. suWmills. mining ma
chiuery. dyuamos. electric motors ana
electric machinery of every deselip-
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1909-10-22
SUFFER- CREEK

Oct Il
MIR and Mrs John Doney and little son
returned to their home in San Fran
cisco Thursday, after spending several
weeks here with the latter's parents, Mr.
and Mrs Thos Trudgeon.
Rev. Father Azevada babe good bye to
his chprch people and many friends, and
departed Monday morning for his new
duties in the Portuguese church in Sac
ranento.
Mrs James Riley and two children
left Thursday morning to visit friends
in Stockton.
Miss Mary Lynch returned Monday
evening, after brief visit in Fruitvale
and San Francisco.
Daniel Tarr, an old resident of Suffer
Creek, being employed by the Allen
Co. for many years. is seriously i'll at
the home of Mr. and Mrs E. Allen.
Mrs James McNaughton departed
Saturday morning for San Francisco to
join her daughter, Miss Lulu, and will
hereafter reside in San fFaDcisco. Mr.
McNaughton expects to join them later.
D. Rammozoti and wife left Sunday
morning for San Francisco to visit
relatives, and witness the Portola festi-
vities.
John Lithgow and wife left Monday
the 18th instant for Portland, Ore. upon
receipt of telegram that Mrs Lithgow' S
b other, George Randolph, was seriously
ill at that place. News was received
later of his death.
James Pengilly and family are remov-
ing to Sacramento his week, where they
will reside in future, Mr. and Mrs
Pengilly have been residents here for a
number of years, and We are sorry to
lose old citizens. Sutterite
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1909-10-22
MARrELL.

We are pleased to see tiH cheerful
and smiling face of Frank Brown back
at his old post at the depot. Six months
ago Frank was very sick boy, and his
friends thought he would never work
again, but now he has fully recovered
his former health.
D. Kerr is putting new roofs on his
buildings, and making other needed
repairs.
Bruce Solsri visited his parents at the
Hill Sunday.
Mrs Geo. Smith and son Raymond
we're visitors to our burg last week.
Jake Trap of Drytown is visitor at
Martel.
Mr. and Mrs !. Wilson have returned
home. after a pleasant vacation of four
months spent with their parents in
Tuolumne county
Fred Seguin of lone has returned from
a months S vacation in the mountains,
and is visiting at the Froeilch ranch
Mrs M. O'Conner of San Francisco
returned home Saturday, after a short
visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs
Hammack of this place.
Mrs H. Love and daughter have re-
turned to Stockton, after a short visit at
Kerr's Station. They intend to make
their future home in Stockton.
Mr. and Mrs Phillips of lone visited
Mrs Phillips sister, Mrs A. Darling of
this place last Saturday.
Mrs Kremmel and Mrs Fr0elich were
the guests of Mr. and Mrs Adam Huberty
OF Jackson last Friday
Mr. and Mrs Haley have gone to San
Francisco to be present at the Portola
festival.
One day last week as Mr. Elledge S
team was on the way home from the
mountains the horses became frightened
at the rock breaker on Suffer Hill and
turned around breaking the tOngue and
throwing the driver, Geo. Smith, to
the ground. One of the horses was
quite badly skinned. Mr. Elledge had
the wagon repaired at Dufrene's shop,
and they reached home late in the eve
ninu
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1909-10-22
FROM OUR
CORRESPONDENTS
AMADOR.

Oct 20-~Pinda Rettsgliatta, who has
been on the sick list left Thursday for
San Francisco for her health.
Mr. and Mrs Keller of Indiana who
have been visiting Mrs Smith, went to
San Francisco to attend the Portola
festival.
Mrs T. Richards went to Jackson
Saturday to visit Mrs c. Meiss, and
returned Sunday.
Miss Enid Joy who has been visiting
Mrs T. M. Ryan of Jackson for few
days last week, returned Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs Will MINIS and baby
Thelma of Plymouth, were in town Fri
day.
Mrs S. Gamble, left Saturday for
Jackson, where she joined her mother,
Mrs J. Laughton to leave from Jackson
Sunday morning for San Francisco
Vim. Deaner and daughter Gertrude,
came back from San Francisco Sunday.
Miss Hazel Whitehead LETT for San
Francisco Sunday to visit her many
friends, and to attend the Portola
festival.
Tom Sullivan was over from Moke-
lumne Hill on business Monday.
Mrs Gertrude Butler and Miss Irene
Cooper of Plymouth, visited the Native
daughters of Amador Friday last.
Mrs Lille, the grand president of the
Native daughters, visited s~.this parlor,
and was entertained by the order.
Mrs A. Chichizola and Mr. and Mrs
De Martin and child of San Francisco,
and Mrs Marie of Jackson, spent Thrus-
day in Amador, visiting Mrs T. Chichi-
zola.
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1909-10-22

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Everyone is subject to indiges-
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taking of Kodol
When you experience sourness
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stomach, heart burn (so-called),
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Ordinary pepsin dyspepsia tab
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