Logan Republican | 1904-04-16 | Page 11 | Cost of Living in Asia

COST OF LIVING IN ASIA. H Modern Improvements Have Imposed HJ Burden on Natives. H During a roccnt tour ln Asia ot near- ly sixteen months, trom February, HJ 1901, to June, 1002, ln'whlch I visited M Japan, Korea, China, the Philippines. H Cochin China, Hlam and Laos, the H Straits Settlements, Burmah, India, H Syria and Palestine, I found every- HJ whoro a dcop Interest in the changing;- HJ economic conditions. Tho common HJ people ln Asia care UtUo for politics, H but the price of food and raiment HJ touches every man, woinan nnd child HJ at a sensitive point HJ Almost ovcrywbero the old days of Ha cheap living aro pulsing away. Steam- HJ era, railways, telegraphs, newspapers, Bfl labor-saving machinery and' the Intro- Ha duction of Western Ideas are olowly HJ but curoly revolutionizing tho Orient H Shantung whoat, which formerly had HJ no market beyond a radius of a few HJ dozen miles from tho wheat field, can H now bo shipped by railway nnd steam- HJ ship to any part ot the world, and In. H consequence every Chlnoso buyor has HJ to pay more for It. In tike manner H new facilities for export hnvo doubled. HJ trebled, and ln somo placos quad- HJ rupled tho price of rlco ln China, Blam. H and Japan. Century Magazine. HJ