. Where half the world is waking up; the old and the new in Japan, China, the Philippines, and India, reported with especial reference to American conditions. r 99 or 100, as theytold me to-day. When this officer of an inferior race showed me, further-more, that Japan is so intent upon educating every boy andgirl in her borders that she compels attendance on the publicschools for eight years, I didnt tell him that in civilizedAmerica, in the great enlightened nation so long held up tohim as a model, demagogues and others in many states onone pretext or another have defeated every effort for ef
. Where half the world is waking up; the old and the new in Japan, China, the Philippines, and India, reported with especial reference to American conditions. r 99 or 100, as theytold me to-day. When this officer of an inferior race showed me, further-more, that Japan is so intent upon educating every boy andgirl in her borders that she compels attendance on the publicschools for eight years, I didnt tell him that in civilizedAmerica, in the great enlightened nation so long held up tohim as a model, demagogues and others in many states onone pretext or another have defeated every effort for effectivecompulsory education laws, so that if a boys parents are in-different to his future, the state does not compel them to givehim a fighting chance in life — for the states own sake andfor the boys. With these facts before me, as I have said, I did not makeany vainglorious boasts of the great educational progress ofour own states these last twenty years: However much prog-ress we have made, these brown Japanese heathen havebeaten us. While there is no official census on the questionof illiteracy here, every Japanese man in his twenties must serve. JAPANESE FARMING SCENESThe upper picture shows a rice field in the foreground, tea alongside thebuildings, and the graceful feathery bamboo in the background; also, anunusual sight on a Japanese farm, a group of cattle. The lower picture showsthe work of transplanting rice
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