Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-01-21
JATAN NEW RICH
TAKE TO STROlG DRINK
War Workers Quick Fortunes Go
ing to Build Breweries; Ship
Builders Wealthy.

Boston. Jan. Sb.-t OilJlng pub tnab
there has been no time like the present for
the work of molding and shaping the
thoughts and ideals of the Japanese people
the Rev. Morton O. Dunning, a member
of the, staff OF the American Board for
Foreign Missions IN that country, says
that one of ;hc effects OF the war IN
Japan has been an enormous increase
IN the wealth Of certain classes of people,
and that tins has resulted IN larger
consumption OF intoxicating liquors
and the building OF great brcwcrlcs.
Other effects noted by MIR. Dunnng are
IMITATION Of prices upon necessary articles
of food and commerce, and tremendous
impetus tO the movement Tor the dc
mutratilatlon of the country.
More than any other class OF people,
Say- MIR. DunnIng, ship owners and all
hn,lng ANYTHING To do with shipping have
had their wealth multiplied overnight, as
II were shipping stock that sold at
three years ago has been soaring around
300 and hgher, and dividends Of 40 pcr
cent have been declared | understand
that one small company sold ITS ships and
TUNED a neat dividend ot more than 1900
uer cent. Ii seems incredible. KS result
IA have quite a class ol ''luncnau-km, or
ship-hccouc- money people, 1t certainty
h4- hrcu -Mp hctouiC-moncy.
rhi ucall and suddenly acquired
wealth lrd IL Il great increase in liquor
drinking Il seems strange ~ read ~ the
Sirllrs that prohibition Is making m the
ntcd states, with hrcWcrICs turned INTO
candy factories. and at the same tune e
SEE immense new hrrwcrcs beng bult
hen, Vet such i the c'~r
ih- increase ot wealth, IN one or
tva crat.p- Il. pcunl, has reused the dr~lrc
= u ~ t+th
rl.~~,- A- I. result. price manipulation
.,na tbe c.ucrmc at staple products has
a,re tr1,lrd b,Vuud a bounds. Paper
manufacturers seem tn increase tHeIr
r,rl,,.~ cNerN week he revised translation
II the RIhic ia Japanese Is Just ready
iur thc press ana quantities 81 nee paper
aro natuFal, needed, Mr. Parrot, agent
ior tho ill4c society, vas told by INC
manufacturers tLat he must order 81 once
II .ul.hcd supplies "a paper three months
hence ~ hon asked Vha, the pTlrc oi the
paper would bc hr was told that the pflcc
Would IT, tNcd II tile time ot delivery.
naturally thcprintlnC ~ the rcvl>ed l}ihla
j behaved DIS i ouiy CUr 81 thc countless
MAN, Ill Winch the u-l~-i"nary ana the
Cir-tE.n work Is affected
ThI~ corncrng Of the market and
IMITATION ot pncCs lCa 70 very serious
riots throughout Central Japan lasl
summer These were tie 'ricc-TiutS
LIr, IS thc staple fond ii all CLASSES
4. people Prom about tive cents 2 quart
.-Wa, pumped ID l5 cents quart and even
lcirr Then THE fiuus r,~c and for tlmc
ri.nc~ ucr, AyclN a deliberately planned
+. 4.Opuuuu n TIRE WAS brought about rlght
lcr,. In holc. when the head Offices oi
~, 81 thc large ricc TINS were cleaned out.
Thc urlrc Ii nee iell about 80 per cent, but
il Las been slowly advanced agIan.
Great numbers oi people were arrested
.lrpughou, the country during these
.r!re-rloiS and the troops were called out
IN r4auv places Several hundreds ot those
arrested. abou' 500 II ! recall correctly,
have been gwen !aII sentences. and the
power oi tie police and government has
been maintained At the Same time the
upper and rulng classes have been gwen
something 10 hlnk about, and more at
1entIpu will be paid 10 the rights o. the
common people III the future. The social
changes that are coming III Europe and
. America. as q result % the war, are coming
i here and coming rapidly
Japan POLITICALLY, has been organized
largely on the autocratlc form oi govern
rncnt. very much along German lines
4 ven in peace tunes there has been a good
deal 81 censoriug OF the press. The move
uent toward democracy Is growing by
leaps and bounds Countless articles are
, appearing in the press, Warning he people
about Dangerous thoughts, JLat 0efnoc-
rac1 may bc suited to western nations, but
ls not suitable TO tie genius ot the Jap
anese people, etc These articles simply
serve 10 show how rapidly the movement
toward characterization is proceeding with
the people since the opening Of the
Mciu Era, when Japan opened her do"ns
10 the western nations and began that
wonderful ira nsformat ton that Las brought
her 10 an Acknowledged place as one Of the
great powers Of the world there bas been
no time like the present for the moldiug
and shaping Of the thoughts and ideals
Of the people"