The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-01-24
TOXIC NEWS LETTER

lUklU NEWS LElItk
Toxic, Jan. "A. - Despite official
utteranCcs to reaSsure the public
Japan is declared in other quarters to
be- suffering from an economic de-
preston. In the northeastern section
a famine has made the situation
particularly acute. In some cases
schools have. had to close because
there was no money to pay the
teachers and because the children
weak from lack of food, were unable
to attend. The Hokkaido government
has asked the central government to
advance SIS. 000, 900 for relief funds.
h chief cause of the general de-
preston, which began about the time
OF the death Of Emperor Mutsuhito, is
the heavy taxation of the people which
Is necessary to pay the interest or
the national debt Of over 81, 1000, 000,-
900. The wave Of citation among the
people at the close of the victorious
war with Russia and a patriotic bust
ness boom also caused a general rise
in the standard Of living and the
price of commodities scared as a re-
suit OF the more luxurious level of
expenditure. Then came reaction.
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ordinary taxes to meet the war debt
and constant expenditures in the
building up Of a big army and navy
The government, however, is attack
ing the problem heroically by max
ing heavy retrenchments. Much to
the dissatisfaction Of the army, it has
been decided to abandon for the pres
emf. at least, the long-standing pro-
posal to create two more military
divisions.
Baron ~Takahashi, the minister of
hnance, promises a reduction of taxes
70 tighten the burdens Of the people.
He Will endeavor to continue the
practice of r~edeemingg the national
debt by $25, 900, 900 yearly. He looks
forward also to an increase in the
amount of capital invested in the
establishment or expansion Of bank
ing and industrial enterprises. Costly
harbor improvements may be delayed
put the authorities are actively plan
ming to build a new waterWorlls sys.
tenn in the city Of Toxic and construct
a sewage system Of which the metro
polls stands, badly in need in the in
terest of public health. For these i'm
proVements loans will probably soon
be sought in Europe.
But 1t is by increasing her export
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relief. Continuous order in China,
where revolution upset the market for
Japanese goods, and the opening of
the Panama canal are greatly desired
as furnishing means for augInenting
the exports and thereby reducing the
balance Of trade which now stands
against Japan.
Everybody is also looking forward
eagerly to the coronation of the new
emperor next fall as Signalling bright
prospects by the increased demand
Tor labor and putting a large amount
or money into circulation.
Inc Japanese business men who
visited the United States four Years
ago have decided upon a campaign for
closer understanding between the two
countries. AT a recent reunion. upon
the anniversary of the party's return
after a four months stay in America,
resolutions were adopted asking
friends in America to assist in fur
therlng the traditional friendship be-
tween Japan and the United States. It
was decided hat members of the par
~ should Send personal letters to their
American acquaintance seeking their
aid in this cause.
Inns Is but n Of many Indications
OF Japan's earnest desire to be under
stood by he United States as a first
CLASS power and to bring an end to the
movements in the United States which
hit the Japanese.
|, 1t would be a mistake, however. to
believe that Japan intends to dron the
Calltornia land question. On the con-
LTarE, there is every. indication that
sEe Will stick tenaciously to her orig
maj position. This point of view was
voiced by Buci Nakano, president Of
the TOXIC Chamber Of Commerce while
welcoming a party Of Japanese. tour
ISIS from Sacramento. He said it was
d. source or deep regret that the land
question: remained unsettled, despite
the united and a%ssiduous efforts of
poth the Japanese government and the
Japanese people for a speedy solution.
it would require further effort and
the Japanese at. home were fully nre-
pared to strive to the last for a FUN
oamental settlement.
The first woman bank president in
apah mas established herself in Toxic,
She is Mrs. Kin Seno, who, although "a
wars OIL age, Is in every sense the
executive head of the seno Commercial
a reputation for efficiency amone
Japanese bankers. ! She Inherited a FOR
tune from her husband whose death
a. haa terminated m a plan to establish q
her husbands intentions. and after
carefully training her sons in financial
lnstttutions SO they might serve as
able assistants in her work, she opened
her ban here. She arrives at her
office ats o'clock sharp every mornins
n puts in a long business day. She
Is modest and simple in. her tastes
with "Si1lcerity' as her life motto
Although thrifty, she makes liberia
contributions to charity and is pointed
out by her friends as a model Of Jap
anese womanhood. t
Japanese scientists are Interested liz
| an nXf ra nrdin q ~ 70 oA IN q IyxtotN ~,
pltal where a child was removed from
the ! d of a male patient. The patient
was born with a. small tumor in the
left side OF the abdomen which grad,
uallyEgrew In size as the years. went
by until it became as large as two
1rrsn's hEads put together. The -surgi
cal operation was carried out witt
much difficulty. A deformed child wa!
discovered: Professor Osaki who par
ticipated In the operation a tina
such cases are rare but that viewed
from an anatomical standpoint they ar,
by no means surprising, since they ar.
nothing u an abormal combination
prior to birth, of the tissue of twil
babies, which ought to have been borl
separately. The patient is recovering
ss. lfas the Wrong State.
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