Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 154, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 July 1917 — Japanese Form Unions and Will Demand Higher Wages. [ARTICLE]

Japanese Form Unions and Will Demand Higher Wages.

and commercial unions are forming in many parts of Japan. One of the most noticeable results of the European war is the advancement in geographical and commercial knowledge acquired, by the working people from the newspapers. They have improved to a remarkable degree in information about the rest of the world. Prior to the war, the laboring classes knew almost nothing about the rest of the world, Due to the enterprise of the Japanese journals in chronicling the progress of events, the entire population is fully informed. The Japanese people have become cosmopolitans, says the East and West News. They are contented, because plenty of work offers; but they have learned about the wages paid in.other parts of the world for labor similar to theirs and are very likely, after the war, to insist on higher wages. Opinion is general that skilled workmen in Japan will insist on better remuneration.