Tokyo, Mar. 15.
Over ¥.10,000,000 was spent at the last elections by the vane political parties. Of this amount, the Government party is said to have spent Y.6,000,000 and the Opposition the greater part of the balance. The amount spent by the proletarfan parties was the smallest-when judged both by the total amount Jas well as the number of candidates they put forward.
Printers of cards, envelopes, handbill, posters, ete, had a regular windfall during the elections and, in Tokyo alone, it is estimated that! about a million yen came to them through the election campaign. Some candidates spent over Y.50,000 while one is set down as having em ployed no fower than 400 persons, including those working part time, during the campaign.
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