The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-09-22

you would call them. but individual
| capitalists do not profit by them. do
not capitalize them. you understand.
and sell the shares to the public"
How do the wealthy men of your
country invest their money!"
I'm banks, manufacturing plants
| land. commercial establishments, and
government bonds. We have 400
banks. with a total capital of $4,000
900 and total reserve fund of $751;
100000. The capital has increased $780,
100000 in ten years and the reserve
fund about ISL 200, 900. Then we have
| postal savings banks for poor and
middle-class people. There were H.
100000 depositors at the end of 1911.
The deposits amounted to 1000. 000
an increase of s76,5O0.00O in twelve
years. Though Japan has not escaped
the waste of war. its depositors at the
postal savings banks have been grow
ing in number at the rate of nearly
100000 a month"
Complaints About Dear Living.
Has the cost of living gone up as has
been the case in other Countries
Surely Rents and clothing are much
dearer than they were a few years ago.
Some articles of food. meat for instance.
have doubled in price. Once upon
time we ate little or no meat Buddhism
is a vegetarian religion. hardly tolerat-
Ing even the eating of fish. There are
q, 900 Buddhist temples in the empire
and Zoo priests. But meat slowly came
in as an item of our diet, and We began
raising our own supply OF cattle. We
consume no mutton. because sheep do
no. thrive in our climate or on our
grass. Sheep are brought in occasionally
for experimental purposes. but they soon
die So beef is what we eat and like,
but 1t is so high in price that only the
well-to-do can afford to buy ii. Dear
living seems to be a condition all over
tie world. 1t has ceased to be a ma
tional question and has become inter-
national. Wages with us have gone up
In recent years but salaries have not
and thus men on salaries complain the
lcudest, just as they do in other coun-
tries"
DO large American corporations have
branches in Japan
THE Standard OIL Company has its
headquarters in Yokohama, a manager
from the United States being in charge.
and has pushed its business into all
the remote parts of the empire through
its japanese agents and statesmen. Ma
chinery manufacturers are also repre-
scented in the country. But our foreign
trade is slowly going into the hands Of
elsewhere, the Japanese buy in the best
and cheapest markets. Meanwhile. we
ourselves are getting ready to bid for
the trade of the world"
Does any of the work OF your best
artists come to the United States?'
1.-The largest and finest collection Of
Japanese prints l ever saw is owned by
a gentleman in New York. $50 many of
our best specimens of pottery and our
how ttfrkf h,.I
Americans that I fear our original stocks
have been almost entirely transferred
to this country
Japnnese Arc ProspcrfnG Here.
How many of your countrymen are in
the United States at this timer
Our records show that they number |
"a. 165. There are 1851 japanese in the
Hawaiian Islands besides. Most OF those |
who are in this country live, of course. |
on the Pacific Coast. where they work |
in orchards and vineyards, and on farms |
and railroads. One thousand Japanese |
are mining coal In Wyoming. Their |
wages are 1915 a day. Common labor |
ers in the West are paid s.. The jap
anese are not cheap men. Coming to |
this country, they quickly adopt Ameri- |
can customs and want to live in the |
American style. OF the $500 japanese |
and SO on. The rest are cooks buffers, |
and walters. Cooks in private families |
get as much as $50 a month.
"A japanese physician here practices |
largely among Americans. Dr. Jokichi |
Takamine is the consulting chemist OF |
one of the largest manufacturing con-
Germs in the United States and is known |
to scientists in Europe. George Shima /
from Japan twenty years ago.
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