Tokyo, Aug. 18.
TBADY increase of unemployment has resulted from the various wartime economies introduced in Japan, The trend is especially noticeable in the bigger cities of Tokyo, Osaka, Yokohama, Nagoya, Kobe and Fukuoka.
'The authorities are trying to devise ways and means of checking the increase, which has principally' affected the employees of tradesmen and of small and medium~ size industrial plants.
Hardly a day passes without the introduction of some new wartime economy. One of the strangest of these is an order requiring the size of paintings for a forthcoming art exhibition be greatly restricted. If gold foil made of zine and copper is Ino longer used in cigarette containers, a saving of ¥100,000 worth lof these two metals will be effected annually, according to experts lof the Tobacco Monopoly Bureau, who are making plans to implement this idea, 'The specie reserves of the Bank of Japan are being swelled by a Stream of gold flowing into its vaults in. the shape of rings, trinkets, statuettes, goblets, medals' and many other articles sent by patriotic Japanese. In exchange, the Bank issues certificates to the owners guaranteeing them the right of repurchase, at the original price, two years alter the cessation of the The Emperor heads the list of those who have sent articles of gold to the Bank, which, it is stated, "has concern." been most inspired by the Imperial
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