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The Mitsui Family of Japan Its Millions and Its Vast Undertakings
(Copyright. 190J, by frank O. Carpenter
OKIO, Japan (Ppeclnl Corre
spondence of The Bee.) Have
you henrd of the Mltnur family?
It la the richest of all Japan,
and on of the richest of tha
world. What the Rothschilds
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re to Europe and Rockefeller If to the
United States, the Mitsui nre to Japan.
They may also be compared with tho
Astors and the Vanderbllt. and their un
dertaking Include such have mn!n the
fortuns of Krupp, Marshall Field, Stephen
Olrard and John Wanamaker. They are
farnou aa merchants, miner, manufactur
ers, exporter!, banker and financiers,
Tl v h-ive a capital running high Into the
t'i of tr'HIon of dollar, and they do a
I' cf hundred of mllllona a year.
Ir. n e year the foreign trade of this
family in (qua! to one-seventh of the whnl
foreign trade of Japan. It coal mine
produce about cne-thlrd of all the coal
mined In the empire and they supply a
gnat part of that used In the porta of
east AbIh. The Mitsui own great cotton
mil's and furnish about one-third of the
Japanese export of cotton yarn. They
have othr factories and fcundrle through
out the empire, and their trading and bank
ing Institutions are In all the big cities.
ThI family has also It branch establish
ments In the leading seaport of China,
and In Hon Kong, Manila, Slnanorc and
Bombay. It ha branches In Australia and
Java, and also In San Francisco, New
York and London. In some years It ahlpi
a much a 6,000 bales cf raw silk to tha
United States, and it ha a fleet of good
slsed steamers, which carries Its mer
chandise to and from Shanghai, Hong
Kong, the illpplnes, the Straits Settle
ments, Burmah and India. There la no
more thriving corporation In tho world
todny. and Juft at this time, when a
Americans are talking of the Japanese as
Drlsin oaiiKrupuy. 11 is sur-
'itution llk.mthl C"tOCt Wltl a" ln"
Family of Millionaires.
Through the kindness of Mr. J. Yama
moto, one of the directors. I have been
ahle tit spend the greater part of today in
going through the big office buildings of
the Mitsui Bussan Kalsha here In Toklo,
whlch contain the Mllsul bank and the ex-
porting and mining departments of the cor-
poratlon, and I have also visited Its big
department store across the way, which
ha more trade than any dry goods estab-
lishment of the far eaat Each of these In-
(tkulluna Is a tory In Itself. But before I
give It 1 want to tell you more about thl
remarkable family. The Mltul house is a
Joint association, consisting oY eleven fam-
llles or partners who have pooled their cap-
Ital ln their Joint name under tho system
of unlimited Joint liability. The bank, for
Instance, which ha a capital of 6.000.000
yen and a surplus of ll.BOO.000. insert, a
slBLcmeni in an or Its banking advertise-
menu that It I owned by the members of
the Mllsul family, and that they as part-
ners assume an unlimited responsibility for
all Its debts. As a reult the people know
that all the wealth of the family Is back
of the bank and it has tho highest credit.
It deposits are now about 70,000,000 yen, or
aimost $.'15,000,000.
Tho amc rule prevails as to all tho ob
ligation of the eleven families. The prop
erties are all held ln common, although
ach family may have Independent prop
erty of Its own. In the Mitsui establish
ments, however, there I no particular
property to which anyone can enter hi
absolute claim. The institution are man-
aged by the MlUul family council, accord-
Ing to rules laid down by one of the heads
of the family who llved more than ZOO year
ago. Thl, making the family and not the
Individual the head of an Institution, is in
accordance with the .ocial organisation of
thef.ml y and th TSm SSM
of the family hould outweigh those of any
of It member.
Financiers of the ew Japan.
The Rothchlld frequently come to the
assistance of the great government of
Europe. Their fortune wa founded, in
fact, on money loaned to one of the Qer-
man ruler who applied to the old house
at Frankfurt. Jay Cooke helped Uncle Bam
out during the civil war, and President
Roosevelt wa glad to have the assistance
of Plerpont Morgan at the time of the Ian
punlc. The Mllsul have occupied even
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more Important position in regard to the
Curious and Romantic Capers
Horatrad Without Husbands.
HE Chicago Rosebud club, com-
p-w I posed of person wno paruei
I I pated In the rush for land on
I ih. Dnaohiiil Indian reservation
flv year ago. ha re
ceived a call for husbands from
two maid who are holding down claims
In Tripp county, South Dakota, and are
lonesome.
Theso girl, Roe Freeman, who 1 but 18
year old, and Blanche Bates, four year
her senior, were the first of their sex to
go to the reservation after winning claims.
"W came out here to get the land given
u by tho government nnd to find husbands
that are good and kind and true," say
tha letter. "We found good rich land. We
hired men to work It. We built a house
and ara making money.
"But we are lonesome. We have suitor
that would make the girl eaat of u Jealou
a far aa number are concerned. Every
man out here want a wife. There are
scarcely any women here but Indian.
Some of the men have married squaws. But
the majority mant white wives.
"We are Chicago girls, and while tho men
here are nice enough, we want Chicago
husband. A you can see by our photo
graphs, we are not 'undesirables.'. Wo
insist on good looking and young husbands
of some business ability, who cannot only
be good husband, but who can carry out
the work Which w have darted. Send
letter and photograph to us at Dallas,
S. D. It 1 a hard life out here, but we
will make It pleasant for the right men."
An Ethlrnf' Mnrrlaate.
Dr. Jame H. Hamilton, head worker In
the university settlement at Kldrldge and
Rlvingtcm street. New York City, a well
known writer on economic, and sociological
aubjecta, was "ethically married" on Sat
urday, January to Mis EXta Brodskl, one
Of the associate worker in the settlement.
Ml Brodskl, who I 21 year old, I tha
daughter of Dr. Benjamin Brodskl, a self
styled atheist and believer In the "ethical
form of marriage." The montage came aa
surprise to the many settlement worker
In the city, and when the new spread
through the settlement house, there waa
a great bussing of gossip.
The ceremony, reports the New York
Times, took place at 361 West Twenty
seventh street. In the apartments of Dr.
John b. Elliott, head worker of the Hud
son Guild Settlement house, at 438 East
Twenty-seventh street, a close friend of
Dr. Hamilton and well known among so
ciologists ot this and other cities. He is
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new Japan. When tho emperor was brought In fight. The business were now less re
out of hi Becluslon at Kyoto and the prea- glided and the government went on with
Mitsui furnished most of the money to
finance tho new government. They prao-
tlcally enabled Jajian to bridge over tho
great crisis which then threatened tho em-
pire both from within and without, and
their service was o valuable that Baron
Hachlinemon Mitsui, the present head of
tho hoUBe. was mai1 a Per Bml a" the
other Parl,er" '"' B'vcn title In acknowl-
e,1m'nt of Tne house today stands
veiy cloBei t0 lne Kovrmment, and It has
lpat Influence ln financial matter,
Thl" combination of the Mitsui has now
'stl tr about 3X) years. The fnmlly haa
t"1 ln business longer than that, its an-
cptry dating back to a feudal lord who
llved at tne tlme ot Christopher Columbus,
11 was omewhere along during the days
of Chaucer and Spenser in England that
Takatashl, a descendant of this lord, begun
to enaBe ln trade. He opened a store In
Kyoto and established a dry goods business
h Toklo. He sold for cash and also
organised a system for the collection and
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wno wrote out the family rule which have
made the fortunes of the house. He also
organized the first family partnership. In
thl first organization five b. other en-
Baged to work with their collective capital,
arKl "'I" system has continued down to the
eleven branches or partners which constl-
tutes the house of today.
Ilnnkera himI the tioverninent.
Indeed, the Mltsuls are, perhaps, the most
Important element ln the Japanese ltua-
tlon today. It Is through them and tha building of the Mitsui Bussan Klasha la B'u,;lauie ore, anu tiiey nave two large sul
others banker and capitalists of note, such surrounded by structure whlctn would not Pnur mines.
as Matsuo, governor of the Bank of Japan;
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now being Introduced. Until within a few
months the country ha been managed by
a c!as of men who knew but little of
modern business methods. The leading off!-
c,8ltl were apt to ,ook down on ,rade anJ
telonM" them.elve. a, rather superior
to those wno were ergagoa in It. This win
el,Peclally so up to the time of the war be-
tween Russia and Japan. Then the coun
try needed a great deal cf money and it
had to go abroad to borrow It. It had not
done much a to the placing of enormous
lonn, and It called ln the financier among
the business men to advise it how to pro
cte-d. Through their cour.sel the loan wore
rcgotiated which supplied a !argo part of
ti,e funds for the war. Agent were sent
to I'arls, London and New York, and thera
was little trouble tn the disposal of the
bords. As the war continued other loans
vere negotiated, and up to the time of Its
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close there seemed to be no flnaclal trouble
an associate of Dr. Felix Adler in the So
ciety of Ethical Culture. Dr. Elliott him
self performed the "ethical marriage." Dr.
Hamilton and Miss Brodskl, standing be
foie him, formally accepted each other as
husband and wife, promised each to
love and honor the other and to fight life's
battles side by side.
Then Dr. Elliott gave a short dissertation
on the tenets of ethical culture, and spoke
of the Idealism of Its teachings. He spoke,
too, of the duties of marriage, according to
the ethical law, and of the obligation en
tered into by the contracting parties, then
pronounced the couple man and wife.
That was the "marriage." Afterward tha
couplo started for Washington, D. C,
where they will spend a brief honeymoon.
Incidentally, "Mrs. Hamilton" will at
ton pt to continue her duties as a publlo
school teacher in Brooklyn. For several
years she has taught school and is Uev td
to her school work as well as to the Set
tlement work. Just what effect this "ethi
cal marriage" will have upon her future
as a school teacher remains to be seen.
The "ethical marriage" waa witnessed by
Dr. and Mr Benjamin Brodskl, father
and mother of the bride, and two other
persona. Her father says that Miss lirod
ski I also an athlest. At hi lion.e, 1721
St. Mark's avenue, Brooklyn, he told yes
terday about the ceremony, explaining that
his daughter had only followed In the
footsteps of her parents when she "ethic
ally married" Dr. Hamilton. If his daugh
ter knows anything about Ood, he is net
aware of it. Dr. Brodskl said. He added
that he has never taught his children ary
religion save that of Nature. He and his
family worship Nature and the laws of
Nature.
"As to religion, it la a stranger in my
house," said Dr. Brodskl.
Dr. Hamilton and Miss Brodskl had pre
pared for the "marriage." applying on Sat
urday to the marriage license bureau and
obtaining a license. That, In the opinion
of Dr. Brodskl, was quite sufficient ob
servance of the law. The license was pro
duced at the ceremory.
Bride Made widow 1st Few Honrs.
Between the hours of noon and I o'clock
on January IS Mrs. Gwendolln Kugel, a di
vorce, became a bride and a widow at her
home at S13 North Twenty-first street,
Philadelphia.
She was married to Milton R. Wike, a
prosperous steel contractor with offices In
the Stephen Glrard building, whom she
met about a year ago. He was taken ill
shortly after their acquaintance, and from
May on Mrs. Kugel was both, his fiance
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INTERIOR OP THE MITSUI BANK.
nil the money It needed. Then a loan ai
propesed for the Manehurian railroads. To
tho surprise of the government It was only
l,a'r lanen. i nere seemed to ne out little
demand for those bonds ln London or New
York, and the official were at a loss what
to do. In the meantime the representative
of the lnrge banking Institutions of Tnrls,
Ixmdon and New York had come here to
Tokio to Investigate matters for them-
selves. They were not satisfied with figure
and estimates alone. They wanted to loolc
at the books and to knew just what the
resources of the government were nod
whether It could, beyond doubt, meet all
Its obligations when they became due. They
wunted to know whether It was advlauble
for them to invest In new bonds, and, "llk&
the man 'from Missouri," they had to be
"hown.
It was In connection with their report
that Japan found difficulty In placing fur-
tlier loans, and on this account the flnan;
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blinklB and llK,U8lr,;il lntl.rMU cf today
have ukpn R han(, wUU the governrnent in
putting Japan on a solid financial basis,
This policy has already been inaugurated
and through the advice of such men as
tho Mltsuls, It will be curried out to a
successful conclusion.
In a Illic Japanese Bank.
No one can go through the big banking
Institutions of Toklo without being
assured of the material prosperity and tho
great resource of thl country. The
seem out of place In New York or Chicago.
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'ng of gray granite, la Just over the way.
Xle xoKonnma cpecia oanK is next uoor,
and ali about are other large modern
buildings. The Mitsui building Is of four
.,. h,,it nn th ihr i,te nf n
court covering more than an acre. It lb
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There are wide hulls, big room, many
window and an abundance of electric
lights. Elevators take one from story
to story, and there are parlor for the
directors and all modern conveniences
The main room of the bank Is larger than
that of any bank in Washington and is
as well furnished a that of any in New
York. As I stood In the gallery and
looked down upon the scores of clerks
working away I was impressed with the
enormous business being done. Money
was coming In and going out and I could
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see where the bank gets It deposits, which
of Cupid
and his nurse. Day and night she was
constantly by his bedside at the Jewish
hospital and had a room adjoining his, ln
order that she might be near to comfort him.
With that premonition common to those
in the shadow of death, relates the Phila
delphia Ledger, Wike felt that the end
was near, and a week ago he asked to be
taken from the Institution to a house or
home, so that they might be married amid
more happy surroundings. Apartments
were engaged at the North Twenty-first
street house and there Mr. Kugel resumed
her duty as nurBe. Early Saturday morn
ing Wike felt that he could not last
throughout the day and earnestly urged his
fiancee that they be married at once, so
that he might die happy In tho thought
that he had married the woman he loved.
Mrs. Kugel summoned Dr. Herbert M.
Goddard of 1338 Spruce street, who attended
Wike throughout hi illness. The physician
saw at a glance that the patient condition-was
extremely critical and agreed that
It would be well that his last wish be
gratified. Jumping Into an automobile, Dr.
Goddard went to the home of Rev. Dr. S.
M. Vernon, pastor of the York Street Meth
odist church, and brought him quickly to
the bedside of the dying man. Meanwhile
Mrs. Kugel telephoned to the marriage li
cense bureau and Clerk Goebel obtained a
carriage and rode with all possible haste
to the Twenty-first street house.
Wike was propped up ln the bed with
pillows and seomed happy In thought that
he could wed the faithful woman who had
made sacrifices for him.
Before Dr. Vernon reached the house ho
was fully acquainted with the love story
of the devoted couple and realized that it
was only a humane act to grant the wish
of tha dying man.
Clerk Ooebel arrived shortly before noon
and asked the usual formal questions,
which Wike answered, showing that he was
fully aware of his actions. The minister
also questioned the prospective bridegroom,
and was convinced by his answers that he
was absolutely conckua of the stop he
was about to take.
The bridegroom seemed to gain strength
during the afternoon and Mrs. Wike hoped
against hope that his condition might
change for the better. She sat by hi bed
aide all afternoon, comforting him a best
he knew. But at t o'clock there came a
change, and she notice) that her husband
was sinking rapidly. She again summoned
Dr. Goddard, and be saw then that It was
the last struggle. At S 30 the newly made
bridegroom passed away, clasping the
hand of his bride ot a few hours.
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now amount to about seventy million yen.
As I went on through the building I
seemed to be In a government department.
There were rooms filled with clerk every-
where and In one I saw a doen Japanese
ih stenographers, who were clicking off
their note on Japanese typewriter.
Mutual Coal Mines.
An Interesting branch of the establish
ment is the mining department. In thlB
aro shown sample of the coal, sulphur.
copper, silver and other ore being mined
b' thls great corporation. There are also
models of the machinery used in the mines,
showing how each of the larger properties
of machinery for haulage, ventilation and
drainage and that everything is done to
protect the lives of the miners and to main-
tain a uniform output at the lowest ex-
pense. I saw models of some of the Mitsui
coal mine near Nagasaki. They are known
as the Milke mines, and are one of the
largest of such enterprise ln the woild.
There are now six different workings, and
the nnn.ml nrortoetlon I. 1
The mines have an area of W.000 acres, and
the coal veins average about eight feet ln
thickness. This coal is bituminous and la
usud fur cooking. It is regarded a a
standard coal in tho Asiatic markets. An-
other Mllsul pioperty Is the Tegawa coal
mines, which produce the beet steam coal
of Japan, and lurgely supply the navy and
the railroads. And another Is the Yamano
Coal. noted for its easy firing and it high
evaporating power. In addition to these
coul ,lll,u's 'he Mltsuls have sliver and
lea,i Properties, which are turning out con-
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H e Mltsuls have a big engineering works
- m iumu, wnere engines ana Doners
" made, and where they are also turning
out electrical machinery which I noted
Ihrougluut the Fur East. Thev nro mnu.
lnK st,'l' chimneys und railway bridge ma-
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earthquake proof. This is a very impor-
tunt item. Jannn has.
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0!'thiuuke a day throughout the year, and
every now and then a big one. At such
times the brick chimneys and smokestack
are the first to fall. They often cause
great damage, crashing through the roofs
below. When I was in Japan fourteen
years ago, about one-half of the house
hold department of the palace, which I
was visiting at the time, wa thrown down
and the chimneys flew .far and wide. I
narrowly escaped with my life. In that
same earthquake the chimneys on the par
liament house, tumbled, making a hole In
the roof n8 lHrlrp aa houah the hieirnst
Olggest
elephant had dripped through from the
skies.
This same engineering works is now mak
ing pumps, sawmills, mining machinery,
dynamos, electric motors and electric ma
chines of every description.
M Hauls and Forelxn Trade.
It would pay some of our big exporting
firms to go through the foreign trnde
room of tho Mitsui house. They have a
commercial museum, which enables their
clerks, and employes to study all sort of
raw materials and manufactured goods,
These room are somewhat similar to
those of our Philadelphia Commercial
museum, and one c uld hardly imagine
Buch a collection being gotten together by
a private company. Connected with the
museum Is a large library of up-to-data
book on textiles, ores, mining and manu
facture, and tho clerks are well educated.
The Mitsui family has its own system of
education for Its employes. It has et
apart a fund of 30.000 yen annually to aend
Its clerks to China and other countries to
enable them to acquire the languages and
education necessary for their business. It
Is now exporting all sorts of goods to the
amount of 9o,000,0n0 yen or more every year.
It has a large Import trade and brings
into Japan locomotives, steel bridges and
electrical machines. It purchases steam
ers, warships and ordnance frr the gov
ernment, and also railway equipment and
materials. It deal largely In cotton and
wool, and handle American canned meats,
wheat, flour and other such things. The
company also acts as Insurance agents,
representing some of the largest of the
American and the English insurance com
panies, and that not only in Japan, but In
India, the Strait Settlement and China
a well.
Japan's Rla-a-est Department Store.
Leaving the Mitsui Bussan Kalsha, I
crossed the street and went through the
big department store belonging to the
Mitsui family. This Is by far tha largest
and most complete store In the Japanese
empire. It has a capital of 1.000,000 yen and
it does a dally business of about 10,000 yen.
It is like nothing else In Japan and Is one
of the best examples of how th western
movement is capturing the empire and alio
of the solidity of the new Institution. It
Is known as the Mitsui dry good store.
Marshall Field, who was at the time he
died worth about $50,000,000, made as a
storekeeper, never liked the words "de
partment store." He called his big estab
lishment ln Chicago a dry goods store. The
Mltsuls follow the same rule, and that,
perhaps, because the fortunes of the family
w Ta founded on dry goods. As I have said,
the business wss begun during the six
teenth century alrnost 100 years before Bos
ton waa founded nd it was only a few
years later that a store was opened right
here on the site of this big establishment
of today. After the combination of the
five Mitsui brother ln 17a this store
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steadily grew, and It covered a large are.,
about one-half of which is now occupied
by the Mitsui Gofukuten. as the store la
called today.
The Mltsuls In the past started the cash
business ln Japan, and this new store has
fixed price mnrked on the goods. It has
cash carriers to take the money from one
part of the Btore to the other and also a
big mall order department, through which
goods are sent to all parts of the empire
and collections are made through the post
offices. It has automobiles to deliver It
good through the city, elegant dining
rooms and resting room for Its customers
and special exhibitions of new goods, which
bring out fashionable society. It has a
photographic department, a picture gallery,
ladles' dressmaking and tailoring establish
ments and ln fact almost everything found
in the best department stores In the
United States. The building is of three
stories with wide plate-glass windows and
a spacious entrance hall. In the center of
It are two courts roofed with glass, so
curtained that Just the right light can be
admitted whether the day be bright or
dark. In these courts are fountains, In the
basin of which goldfish swim and about
which are palms rising high into the air.
The whole of the three Btorle are car
peted with the softest ot white matting and
are filled with Japanese goods of various
kinds, beautifully displayed In glass cases.
Shopping: In One's Stocking Feet.
This big fctore with it vast quantities
of new goods of all kinds, Is supported
by the Japanese, although It has its de
partments intended for foreigners. There
are about 2.000,000 people ln Toklo alone,
and the country around is more thickly
populated than any part of the United
States. The store is so beautiful that no
one would think of entering It with muddy
shoes, and the Japanese men and women
all check their shoes and umbrellas at the
door. I came out of a Jinrlksha and one
of the clerks drew over my shoes a pair
cf soft cloth slippers and It was In them
that I walked through. The matting is as
white aa a tablecloth and there Is not a
spot of dirt anywhere to be seen. The store
was full of Japanene women and girls
looking over goods and going through the
other operation of shopping Just as our
women do ln the United States. Some wore
examining the magnificent obis or wide
belts, which form the most decorative part
of tho Japanese costume; others were
looking up stuff for kimonos and others
buying shoes, Jewelry, picture, and, ln
fact, everything under the sun. Some of
the shoes are beautifully laccuered and I
aw a single obi which will sell for $300.
Think of a belt for your dre which might
cost you $100 or more, and you have an
idea of a possible extravagance of the Jap
anese womfti.
Aa I walked through the establishment
New High
UPERIOR ha put Itself In line
with modern methods by pro
viding a high school building
which Is not only ample ln size
to accommodate the pupils, but
provided with modern sanita
tion, ventilation and of a style of archi
tecture to attract rather than repel those
who are to use it. The formal dedicatory
exercises were held on the 4th of this
month and many of the citizens took occa
sion to critically Inspect the structure
and word of commendation were uni
versal. Superior has a four-year high school
course, together with a normal training de
pnrtment, the attendance at present being
150. In erecting the new building provision
ha not only been made for the present, but
future needs have been anticipated. The
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a concert began ln the music room, and
for an hour or more a Japanese girl played
on a grand piano, being accompanied by
two other with violin. I cannot say
much for the music. It wa an attempt
at one of Sousa's marches, and was not a
success.
I was taken through tho store by one of
the managers who spoke English. We went
together from story to story, from the
toy department at the bottom, where Utile
dolls and dolls' housekeeping outfits are
sold, up to the great photograph gallery
School Building at
builders pride themselves on the fact that
they have erected a handaomo and sub
stantial building and one which would be
difficult to Improve upon In the matter of
adaptability to the use for which it waa
intended.
The dedicatory exercises were In the na
ture of a general felicitation on the com
pletion of a building which has been
greatly needed and which the rapidly grow
ing needs of the city mado Impossible to
delay much longer. High School Inspector
Reed of Lincoln delivered an address, com
plimenting the city not only on the acquisi
tion of the beautiful building, but upon the
excellence of the city's schools.
One of the most Interesting features of
the program was the presentation to the
school of a handsome American flag, which
is to fly from the staff on the building.
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and reception parlor at the top. We vis
ited room beautifully furnlsheil, some of
which were for the tea drinking ceremony
and altogether saw what I consider one
of the best dry goods establishments and
ono of tho most artistically decorated stores
of the world. I understand that other de
partment stores are gradually springing up
in Toklo and ln other large cities of tha
empire and that they are greatly competing
with the booth-like shops which line nearly
all the business streets of Japan.
FRANK O. CAitPENTER,
Superior
This was presented by Mrs. C. El Adams
as the gift of the Grand Army of the Re
public and Woman's Relief corps organisa
tions of Superior. The presentation waa
made the occasion of a patriotic address.
A number of other addresses were delivered,
all suitable to the occasion and the struo
turo formally turned over to the Board ot
Education.
With the completion and occupancy of
this new building Buperlor not only ex
pects to afford better facilities for Its own
youth to acquire an education, but will be
in a position to offer Its advantages to
pupils from the country and smaller towns
in the vicinity which are less fortunately
situated In the matter nf high school facili
ties, a number of whom have already
taken advantage of the opportunity.
NEB,
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