Jasper County Democrat, Volume 7, Number 42, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 January 1905 — No Paupers In Japan. [ARTICLE]

No Paupers In Japan.

With all our high wages and boasted civilization the fact remains that yon wIR see more wretchedly poor In any of our great cities in a day than yon will see in Japan In a lifetime. In other words, you will see no destitution In Japan. Though some are very poor, yet all seem to be well fed, clothed and housed and are invariably cheerful and, what la more surprising, invariably clean. There are no paupers in Japan and therefore no workhouses or poorhouses, though there are many hospitals where the sick are healed gratuitously. Practically every one can earn a living. Would that we could say the same!—Pall Mall Gazette.