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r ' 1 : 1 ■. IcQf ' ~ ' he Jerald and ^dtfertisei[. Newnan, Ga., Friday, September 16,1887. THE THEORY OF PROTECTION As Enforced by the Japanese Govern ment and Practiced for Succes sive Centuries. Off titk Coast of Japan*, July 25.— We left Yokohama yesterday on this steamship for the Japanese island of Ilokaido, formerly called Yezo, the most northerly of the large islands of Japan. We shall be due there in two and a half days from Yokohama, stop ping 12 hours at an intermediate point to discharge there a part of our cargo of English merchandise and Japanese products. Japan is quite largely in the steamboat business. Her steamers are all English built and good, and officer ed mainly by Englishmen or other for eigners. There is room on this boat for 33 iirst cabin passengers, but my party of two comprises the first cabin passenger list for this voyage. There are 20 in the second cabin and 50 in the steerage. Only princes, nabobs and foreigners travel first-class here. All others are too poor to pay the high rates. Hokaido is the country of the Arnos, a race of barbarians, supposed by some to have been the ancestors of the present Japanese, but away back thousands of years. I see so much of Ireland in the faces of the Japanese that I have little or no doubt of the Celtic origin of the race, and that the original stock came from Central Asia, from which country the Celtic colonies of France came and afterward emigrated from France to Ireland, and are now the dark-haired Irish. It certainly is no discredit to be the nephews and grand-nephews of the early Japanese, because they combined education with personal prowess, and no doubt were one of the most advanced races in civil ization and education thousands of years ago, and they took all possible measures to prevent contamination by intercourse with the less advanced races or peoples of Asia, even to the preven tion of foreign commerce. They thought well of themselves. We have been six weeks hard at work traveling in the interior of Central Japan, mostly by man power. Railroads have taken us to some of tiie more distant parts of the territory in which we have pros pected, but the jinrik-sha, drawn by two men, or the “k;t-go” or chair car ried by four men, has been our means of locomotion, mainly when not on foot. I have gathered all the informa tion I could from government statistics and otherwise, and I am of the opinion that there are few if any countries with more abundant natural resources in proportion to area, than Japan has. As I have already written to you in a previous letter, the interior is well sup plied with mountains and intervening valleys. The moutainsare well stocked with minerals, and the coal supply of excellent quality already discovered is estimated to be equal to England’s an nual output for a thousand years. Cof fee is largely exported to India and to Europe. The mountains are mostly covered with forests up to the height where trees refuse to grow, affording abundance of lumber. Streams and rivers course down the mountain sides and through the valleys, affording any quantity of unused water power, abundancetof water for irrigat ing the immense area of rice fields, and are well stocked with fish. The valleys among the mountains and the wide stretches of plains are in the highest state of cultivation, and are far supe rior in richness of soil and abundance of crops to the plains and valleys of any country I have ever visited. The climate is as varied as that from Con necticut to Southern Florida, with rains among the mountains almost daily in the spring and early summer. Almost every vegetable and fruit and berry raised between the equator and the poles grows abundantly here. Japan must have been the Garden of Eden, with a beauty of scenery and fertility of soil never described. It is no won der that a brave, civilized and educated race, having secured such a country, were desirous of excluding all others, even to the extent of non-intercourse with any other nation, and the exclu sion of all foreign goods and all foreign er's. It was a self-supporting country, raising and producing within itself everything necessary for human life and luxury, surrounded by, and exist ing under, the very best possible condi tions for a favorable result of the trial of the present American system of ex clusion of foreign products “for the protection of Jionie labor.” The sys tem has been tried here for hundreds of years, and according to the promises of the protectionists here and in the United States the “protection to home labor” should have made every work ingman, mechanic, and every other worker for wages, prosperous and rich. Wages should have been high, and property distributed with an approach to equality. But instead of high wages, comforta- i ble living and property somewhat in i the hands of the working classes, the result of the practice of the protection and prohibition theory has been quite different from what American protec tionists promise. The laiid&Tfi Japan became possessed almost entirely by > an aristocracy of wealth who gained i political power, who not only ruled the people but finally entirely controlled the emperor or Mikado. They and fheir adherents became the ownenjand operators of all mines and forests, and by excessive rents of land and tariffs cm mining, became possessed of most of the capital of the country. Up to within thirty years this governing aris tocracy had been favored by an army of nearly 300,000 priests who collected what they could from the people and the remainder necessary for their com fortable support was contributed ’ by the governing aristocracy. No foreign goods or machinery or material could be imported, no foreign workingmen and mechanics were al lowed to own land. What a happy con dition of protection to home labor ! All the trades had their unions or societies, and there was no mercy in the enforce ment of their rules, and in the secret punishment of offending members, and outsiders and scabs. But pupulation increased, and workingmen, and me chanics, in spite of all opposition, in creased in number, and, with the in creasing poverty of the people, the de mand for the labor of mechanics and workingmen decreased. The oppres sion of the system of exclusion was ended, so far as it can be in so short a time, within the past twenty or twenty- five years, in part by a forcible opening of the ports of the country to commerce by foreign naval powers, and in part by a civil war, in which the old protection aristocracy was. driven from power by the Mikado, supported by reform statesmen, who favored freedom of trade. Japan has now quite a respectable foreign conunerce, its exports and im ports paying only 5 per cent, duty for the support of the government. The production and manufacture of goods for export has greatly increased em ployment, and wages are higher and more regular than before, although it will take a hundred years to undo the wrongs done bj the old system. . The foreign goods imported are paid for by the increase of manufactures exported, and have added much to the well-being of the people. Japan and its people are improving under the new life, but the effects of the old exclusive ness will last for a long time. The young men of ability and educa tion are setting themselves at work, leading the new life of the people. Many have been sent to foreign schools and colleges, and have returned to be come civil engineers, able professional men, teachers, etc. A large number of new corporations have been formed to take part in the.improvement of the countiy. New railroads are being built and those already built extended. But there are many unfortunate legacies of the old protectionists still standing in the way. The workingmen and me chanics do not knowhow to use modern tools, and accomplish but little with the old. Machines can be but little used by the present race. With the old wages and the little employment under the old system, the working peo ple and mechanics and small farmers and farm laborers, and all wage earn ers, learned to' have almost no wants beyond the mere necessities for exist ence, and while the worker’s wants are so few he will earn but little. When the new system of substantial ly free trade was entered upon here a few years ago, the population of Japan was about 33,000,000. I suppose that 30,000,000 of them, at that time, had never had a leather shoe on their feet; nothing for shoes but pieces of boards fastened under the feet. They had never had a hat on their heads except the barbarian sun and rain matting hat. A large part of the males had never wom*any other clothing in summer than a piece of cloth 0 inches wide, twisted and tied around the loins, pass ed underneath and tied in front, and not much more in winter. Mechanics on buildings and in workshops open to the street, and in the street, are often clothed in that way, many of them lat terly wearing some thin covering to their legs. I suppose nearly all of the thirty millions had never eaten from a plate, had never seen a fork, never sat in a chair, never saw a bedstead, nor mattress, nor feather bed, nor other pillow than a block of wood. Almost all never tasted meat, never smelled coffee nor slept on a sheet. They lived in lints and hovels no better than the poorest of I reland and generally not so good. Five dollars will buy the house- ' keeping effects of a workingman’s fam ily. Still they were somewhat educat-1 ed and allowed to read protection liter ature. Nothing was allowed to be printed or said against the policy of the j raid’s, and the people believed they i were the favored people of the earth, i and blessed their rulers for excluding i foreigners and foreign goods. The gov-, eminent was an absolute oligarchy, rul-; mg emperor and people with an intoler- i ant and bloody hand m the interests of ; wealth and monopoly. All the promi-! nent families were trained to arms, and | internecine war was the ambition of the prominent and able young men. | Twenty-five years of almost absolute free trade has changed the whole drift of the nation to the arts of peaee, and foreign commerce has increased the vol ume of the industries to a great extent. Of course the employers begin to grum ble at the increasing wages, but they must remember that wages will always increase with increasing business, and they must keep up the amount of their gains by doing a larger business at a smaller percentage of profit. J. B. Sargent. was appreciated, but within the Terri tory the great majority of subscribers ordered the paper to be sent to them and their friends, and then refused to pay for it. G. P. Wright, of Baltimore, lias been the father of twenty-eight children, twenty-three of whom are living. The youngest child is four weeks old. Give Them a Chance. That is to say, your lungs. Also all your breathing machinery. Very won derful machinery it is. "Not only the larger air-passages, but the thousands of little tubes and cavities leading from them. When these are clogged and choked w\th matter which ought not to be there, your lungs cannot half do their work. And what they do, they cannot do well. Call it cold, cough, croup, pneumonia, catarrh, consumption or any of the fam ily of throat and nose and head and lung obstructionSj all are bad. All ougnt to be got nd of. There isJust one sure way to get rid of them. That is to take Boschee’s German Syrup, which any druggist "will sell you at 75 cents a bottle. Even if everything else has failed, you may depend upon this for certain. (geneial Directory. MANUFACTURERS. The R. D. Colic Manufacturing Compa ny.—Established 1854; incorporated 1881. Manufacture steam engines, boilers, saw mills, corn-mills, power cotton presses, shaft ing. mill gearing and castings of all kinds; lumber, sash, doors, blinds and moulding; house contractors and car-builders. Employ 125 hands In various departments. R. D. Cole, S’, president; M. Cole, vice-president; R. £>. Cole, Jr., superintendent; M. F.Cole, secretary and treasurer. Thk Willcoxon Manufacturing Com pany.—(Mills located at Lodi, 6 miles west of Newnan, on the S., <1. and N*. A R. R.) Or ganized October 12th, 1868. Manufacture yarns, knitting cotton, and carpet warp. \ early consumption of cotton, 700 hales. Average number of hands employed, 75. H. J. Sargent, secretary and treasurer. Thk Coweta fertilizer Company.— Manufacture several brands of high-grade commercial fertilizers. Capacity 100 tons per dav. Employ 30 hands during working'sea- ■ion. H. C. Arnall, president; J. A. Hunter, vice-president; W. J. Driskill. superinten dent; H. C Fisher, secretary and treasurer; Geo. I. Jones, general agent. Furniture Factory.—Thompson Bros, proprietors. Established 1S67. Manufacture all kinds of house and kitchen furniture. Employ from 8 to 12 hands Cigar Factory.—M. Salblde, proprietor. Manufactures all grades of cigars, employing both domestic leaf and best clear Havana. Wholesale and retail. BANKS. First National Bank.—Established 1871. Capital stock, $50,000; surplus, $70,000. \V. B. Berry, president; John D. Berry, vice-presi dent; H.C. Fisher, cashier; P. B. Murphy, assistant cashier. Newnan National Bank —Organized in 1885. Cash capital, #50,000. Charles C. Parrott, president: J. S. lligby, vice-president; R \V. Andrews, cashier; John S. Hollinshead, assistant cashier. CHURCHES. Baptist Church—Rev. J. H. Hall, D. D., Pastor, -'reaching every Sabbath at 10.30 a. m.and7:30.o. in. Sunday School at 9 a. m. Prayer Meet ng Wednesday night at 7:30 clock. Young Men’s Prayer Meeting every Monday night. Methodist Church—Rev. W. 11. Foote, Pastor. Preaching every Sunday at 10:30 a. tn. and 7:15 p. ni. Sunday School 9 a. m. Class Meeting at 4 p. m. Ladies Prayer Meeting every Monday afternoon at 4 o’clock. Young Men’s' Prayer Meeting every Monday night. Social Meeting every Wednesday night at 7:30 o’clock. The Woman’s Foreign Missionary Society aieets on the first Monday afternoon in each month at the church, at 4 o’clock. Presbyterian Church—Rev. Jas. Stacy. D. D., Pastor. Preaching on t he first and third Sabbaths in each month at 11 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. Sunday School every Sunday at 9 a. m. Prayer Meeting every Thursday night a' *:30 o’clock. Communion quarterly. Episcopal Church.—Rev. E. Dennison, Rector. Second Sabbath in each month, at 10:30 a. m t CIVIC SOCIETIES. Newnan Lodge, No. 102. 1. O. O. F.—T. E. Fell, N. G.; W. E. Avery, V. G.; E. S. Buc- hannan, Kec. Sec’y; Y. H. Thomp-on, P. S.; W. C. Snead, Treasurer. Meets every Friday night. Ruth Rebecca Lodge, No. 12.—Meets every second and fourth Monday nights at Odd'Fellows’ Hall. U. F. Milner, N. G.; \V. E. Avery, Sec’y. Orion Encampment, No. 3.—A. B. Cates, C. P.; Y. H. Thompson, H. P.; R. F. Miluer, Scribe. Coweta Lodge, No. 60, F. & A. M.—Regular Meetings 2nd end 4th Tuesday nights in each month. G. L. Johnson, \V..M. W. A. Mitchell Secretarv. N ewnan Chapter, No. 34, H. A. M.—Regu lar Meetings first Tuesday nights in each month. R. W. Freeman, H. P. W.A. Mitch ell, Secretary. Hiram Council No. 18 R. & S. M.—Regu lar meeting third Tuesday evening in each month. Orlando McClendon, T. I. M.; R. W. Freeman, Recorder. A. J. Berk r Council, No. 758, R. A.—Reg ular meetings second and fourth Monday nights in each month. L. R. Ray, Regent: Daniel Swint, Secretary. Newnan Lodge, No. 37, A. O.U.W.—Regu lar meetings first and third Saturday nights in each month. Geo. H. Carmical, M. W.; Daniel «wint, Recorder. Coweta County Btble Society.—Depos itory at M. L. Carter A Co.’s. (Sbucational. 1887. 1888. PALMETTO HIGH SCHOOL, (FOR MALES AND FEMALES,; PALMETTO, GA. JOHX E. PEXDEEGRAST, Prin. FALL TERM WILL OPEN WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1887. Healthy climate, pure water, good society, cheap board and tuition, experienced teach ers, and special care to pupils. Tuition, per month $l.60tofi.00 Music, per month ------ 3.00 Board per, month ----- 8.00 to 10.00 d^^Send for Catalogue. THE 36th SCHOLASTIC YEAR —OF— COLLEGE TEMPLE WILL BEGIN Monday, August 29th, 1887. Having recorded our most successful year, we preseat the claims of able instructors, high scholarship, moderate rates and health ful locality. For particulars, address, M. P. KELLOGG, President, Newnan ,Ga. NEWNAN MALE SEMINARY! The Fall Session will begin Monday, August 29th, 1887. The school will be under the supervision of Prof. A. S. Jones, as Principal. Board, $10 to $12 per month. Tuition, $2 to $4.50 per month. The patronage of the public is solicited. Chas. L. Moses, Proprietor. THE GEORGIA SCHOOL OF LANGUAGE, SCIENCE AND ART. Oneofthebest Businessand Normal Schools South, and only one having a separate Female Department, offers a select, un.-ectarian,Chris tian home to young men and young ladies, providing Tuition and Board, including Washing, Fuel, Lights, etc., for only $12 per month each! Penmanship, Book-keeping, Shorthand, Type-writing and Music thor oughly taught. Full Business, Normal, Col legiate and Irregular courses of study. Su perior Preparatory Department. Healthful ness unsurpassed. Over 20J students the past year. 16th year begins in Sept. Early appli cation is necessary to secure a place. For cat alogue address at. once, TERRILL E. SIMMONS, Pres’t, Noreross, Ga. SOUTHERN FEMALE COLLEGE. College of Letters, Science and Art. FACULTY OF SEVENTEEN; SCHOLARSHIP HIGH. Library, reading room, museum, mounted telescope, apparatus, twenty-one pianos, com plete appliances. Elocution ami Fine Art at tractions. In Music the Miifl^i Cox direc tors. vocalists from Paris unqJ^rlin, distin guished pianist, and ladies’ oiMIstra. Board and tuition, ?2u7. M cliool hegyreSept.28th. MRS. I. F. COJIfllresident. LdGrange, Ga. WHERE Do You Intend to Educate Your Daughter? PUBLIC LIBRARY. President—J. A. Hunter. Vice President—Orlando McClendon. Secretary—P. s. Willcoxon. Treasurer—H. C. Fisher. Directors—A. B. Cates, E. M. Cole, J. S Anderson, A. C. Pease. Librarian—Miss Julia Robinson. The Library is open on Wednesday’s and Sat- j urday’s from 9:3u a. m. to 12 m., and from 7:30 i to 9:30 p. m. CITY GOVERNMENT. Mayor—W. B. Berry. Mayor pro tf.ji-H. C. Arnall. Adder men—J. J. Goodrum,H. C. Arnall, K. W. Andrews. J. S. Powell. Treasurer— R. W. Andrews. City Clerk—L. S. Conyers. City Attornets—Willcoxon & Wright. Marshal—J. E. Robinson. Deputy—J. A. Lee. COUNTY OFFICERS. Clerk Superior Court—Daniel Swint. Ordinary—W. H. Persons. Sheriff— George H. Carmical. Tax Receiver—J. J. Farmer. Tax Collector—I. N. Farmer. Treasurer—H. L. Jones. Surveyor—J. B. Uoodwyn. Coroner—M. F. Duncan. Lagrange "female college, Lagrange, ga. Forty-first Annual Session begins Septem ber 21, 1887. Thorough Teachers. Approved Methods, Practical Instruction. Full Litera ry Curriculum. Superior advantages in In strumental Music, Voice Culture, and Art. Singing by note taught daily by a teacher of acknowledged ability. Book-keeping, Elo cution, Calisthenics, and Vocal Music taught In regular course, free of charge. Ten thou sand dollars now l>eing spent in improve ments. Write for catalogue before deciding where to send. RUFUS W. SMITH, Euler B. Smith, Sec’y. | President. COUNTY COURT. J. W. Powell, Jndge; P. S. Whatley, Solici tor. Monthly sessions—Third Monday In each month. Quarterly sessions—Third Mondays in January, April, July and October. Fred H: Carruth, whose humor ha* made the Dakota IteU quoted all over the country, has had to suspend its publication because it failed .to Outside of Dakota, Tie reyV. COUNTY COMMISSIONERS. J A Hunter, Chairman; P O Collinsworth; S D Simms, J 5 Sewell, W W Sasser, Com missioners. R W Freeman, Clerk and At torney. Meet first Wednesday in each month. POST OFFICE. Posthastes—J. B. MoCoUom. Assistant Posts aster—A. H. Argo. Office hotfrs from 7uMa.ns.toCp.in. closure THE WATTS. WALKER HIGH SCHOOL, 1887. Tne Fall Session Begins August 30tn. NORMAL FEATURE. In addition to other advantages offered by the school we mention that of Normal In struction. Having prepared a great many for teaching, this school offers special Induce ments to Inexperienced, teachers, and those expecting to follow that vocation. DANIEL WALKER. Principal. MRS. M J. NIMMONS, Assistant. Newnan Ga., Aug. 5th-tf SIMRIL MANUFACTURING CO., NEWNAN, GA. 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Will practice in all the Courts of the Dis trict and Circuit. All Justice Courts atten ded. Office in Willcoxon building, over E. E. Summers’. GEO. A. CARTER, Attorney at Law, Grantville, Ga. Will practice in all the Courts of the Cir cuit, and elsewhere by special agreement. J. C. NEWMAN, Attorney at Law, Newnan, Georgia. Will practice in the Superior and Justice Courts of the county and circuit, and else where by special agreement. W. A. TURNER, Attorney at Law, Newnan, Ga. Practices in all the State and Federal Courts. Office No. 4 Opera House Building. W. Y. ATKINSON, Attorney at Law, k | Newnan, Ga. I i Will practice in all Courts of this and adjoining counties and the Supreme Court. J. S. POWELL, Attorney at Law, I Newnan, G j Collections matle. 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