Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 29, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 March 1896 — “Classes” and the “Masses” in Japan. [ARTICLE]

“Classes” and the “Masses” in Japan.

It Is said that the contentment of the poor in Jnpuu is the result of the spirit of politeness which pervades ail ranks of the Japanese people. Rich and poor are alike courteous, and it is impossible to distinguish employer from laborer by their behavior. This politeness results from genuine kindness, and It settles all problems between man and man. In Europe and America much of the bad feeling between the “classes” and the “masses’’ Is caused by insolence on the one hand and resentment on the other. Every time we get shared, und tho barber bothers us about a hair cot, it occurs to us that it is very, easy to b« too enterprising.