Show JITNEY TO OUST march of progress in japan means mean end of vehicle icle so dear dea to heart of tourist if that familiar ancient relic ari rick ck show a slender carriage drawn by manpower man power seems now on way to its ita deathbed to the great wall af curious tourists the narrow and bad roads alone are k keeping up its life whether for or good or for or ill III the growing severity of the corid orld wide struggle for existence has been compelling the reluctant Nippo nipponese to forsake many of the antiquated things and institutions that had long been dear to their baarts esthetically disposed men like Lafe adlo ilea clearn rn would have japan remain forever picturesque and curse the skyscrapers sly scrapers and factory chimneys but a 0 nation like an individual must live and live decently too present age Is no doubt an age of machinery and no manpower can cope with the general tide of the world and hence the mechanist tion of almost everything neither can manpower man power pretend to rival with mechanical ch force it must give way to a roller an air automobile add a cinema and rickshaw now must give way to jitney it had find its day but the rickshaw men do not think 00 0 o they have the love and respect of their trade when lately the city of yokohama granted a license 0 o a big jitney bus CO company the ra rickshaw CIS haw in men en tempted attempted at a desperate effort to smother the project at the outset but it proved in vain ind and numerous baby motor cars allowing two fins passengers will soon he speedily ppe edily carrying people around at the rate or of 25 sen per mile east and west newt news |