Treliutsing, Feb. 11.
The Japanese boycott bacillus is not so virulent in these parts as one would be led to believe it elsewhere. Nevertheless the seeds of the boycott are sown here well and nourished assiduously, Possibly the students were tardy in getting at the job, but they went at it with a good will when they did take it up. A meeting of the massed schools of the place was called and all the students, including mission students, went to the meeting, It was decided that the student body would first proceed to the merchants' guild and see what could be done with regard to getting the dealers in Japanese goods to dispose of their wares.
was finally decided that the merchants would place on sale all boycottable goods at an inviting discount and conspicuously display their wares to the public. All goods not sold by the merchants would be done away with and not be placed for sale, Some of the signs and other efforts of the merchants to dispose of their goods were amusing. Articles of 70 cents value, or perhaps one should say price, were marked down to 10. Even at this one is suspicious that the merchants were not losing money. Immediately after the troubles here prices soared out of sight and there was quite @ lull in business. However, the prices perforce came down a little, and business became more brisk.
The students backed their resolutions by actions, and every Saturday go about the streets preach it and exhorting the people an merchants to be loyal to their own resources and productions. One gets the idea that the seeds sown are slowly taking root and will being forth patriotic and dayal fruit ere long,
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.