Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-11-14
Jerusalem.
From tho Pail Mall Budget.

A commercial report of Jerusalem can.
not fail to excite interest even in uuoom.
neroial bosoms. Among the reports from
her Majesty's Consuls on the manufacturers
commerce, &C., of their consular dis.
trirts which have lately been issued, is one
by Consul Moore on the trade and com.
merce OF Jerusalem for the year 1871.
Looking atthe document from u mercan.
tile point Of view, it cannot be said that the
account given is as flourishing as could be
desired. Jerusalem, says Consular Moore,
Is one OF the least commercial or Industrial
Of cities: The principal imports from the
United Kingdom are cotton goods, $50 to
5OO M bales, ot tho aggregate value Of elS,-
VVO to t2O,OOO, of wOolen goods; hard.
ware. etc., and about 100 packages of cul.
onials Of the total value Of 45,660. From
Austria and Germany wooden silk goods,
hard and glass ware, and timber, estimated
at *25, ,0O0; from France, colonials, wool.
lon and silk manufacture, hardware. loath.
or, wine and spirits, 4l8,OOO: and from
Russia, -four, 93.5OO. In the coast,ne
trade rice is largely imported from Eeypt'
The exports are olive oil and grain ; the
staple product Of the district is cotton it il
grown in the Naplus district. It is raised
from the native seed is of inferior QUALITY
and Is chiefly exported to Marseilles. The
population Of Jerusalem is estimated at
$4,000, OF whom about 5000 are Moham.
medans. 5000 to 5000 Jows, and the res,
Christians Of various denominations, The
chief native Industry is the manufacture
Of soap and what Is called q aJerusalem
ware" consisting Of ohaplets, crucifixos
beads, crosses and the like, made principal
y OF mother-ofpearl and olive wood. and
sold to the pilgrime, who annually rev IT
to the Holy City to the numker of 5000 t,
aOOO. NO mines are worked, although
the escape Of Jerusalem from tho hands o1
promoters of companies " is little short
OF miraculous; for it is known that sul.
phur, bltumen, and r3ck s;.lt are found on
the shore ofthc Dead Sea, but security and
capital are all wanting, and while these ara
absent the probable wealth to be extracted
from these regions will remain unavaila-
Ole. The employment of the people ia
almost wholly agricultural and pastoral.
A German colony, inspired by religious
convictions, and numbering about 200
souls, has replaced the American COLONY
at a. J:opp.; A similar colony has settled a,
Caiffa. Tho carriage road between Jaff,
and Jerusalem remains unfinished, white
the completed portions are not kept in
proper repair. No coaches run on il mr.
is there any likelihood Of their do;np ~
Tho road to Jericho and tho Jordan has
been repaired at the cost OF "a private
lady" The other roads Of tho district ara
cfa wretched character. With these i'm.
proved, moro complete security established
against the predatory Bedooin tribes in,
habiting the outskirts of tho district, and
certain administrative reforms whereby
encouragement would be given to bring
under cultivation the vast and fertile
plains now only partially titled, there can
be no doubt that tho country could supper,
! population many times larger than its
present scantly and poverty stricken in.
habiants.