The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1885-06-11
AN ENGLiS1MAN ON INDIA.
Social Condition Wheat Growing Man
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New YORK Tribune
Admiral " T. Buxton of the English
navy, was seen by reporter at the
IctOria hotel recently on being
asked about India, where he has served
Tor many years, he SAID:
India VIA shall tell YOU about
Ind az II is a prodig Gus country, with
population Of alto It 2IO,0,0, OOG, Of
which immense number the valley o.
the Gahges alone supports 80. coo, 0G0.
We have about Ju,p1O British troops
there. rather less than is required to
maintain order in aris. hen there
are about $50, 900 native troops, Il large
part of whom, however, are used tor
police duty.
~ hat is the characte: Of the inhab-
itantS:
That is suh q general question that
It is di'icu't TO answer. The popu!a
ton is divieied into numerous trl .e3 and
religious. The people range from cod
black III co,or to shade about as Il trk
as the avciage >paliard. think they
are a. faiih I'll as can be cxpectei of any
con uered people, but then they are
used to Icing con uered rom time
immemorial they have Eeen ruled by
strong hand III fact, that is tle only
way they can be ruled
Low is the climate
'GetcrioratIng to the last degree.
The English rarely creed after the
third generation That is to say, an
ngli>hman and his wife settling there
will have children, their children n
time will have chll ren, but these latter
will either he chlldlesS or have al the
most one puny chlld. The Hindus them
selves have physically hut little cndur
ance, which Is not to be won !ered at.
When We cOnsiler that their diet con
>ists of ric,', vegetables. and sat fish
1t is crime for tnem to eat meat.
Their bullorks and cows they use en-
tlrely for draft Purposes, though when
they die of old agsor disease tnr natives
will skin them and sell the hides
"Do you think that the wheat com
petition OF Iniia viii u .e,t tn. LUuntry
seriously.
Il think not, unless some unforeseen
circumstance arises | uring your ciNi'
war great quantities OF cotton were
ra Sed n India, but HI the close o. tn
war that necessity passed away. and
with II thr production Of cotton fell o.
10 very large extent. i,a.irOad trans
pOrtatlon in India is so extremely dear
that 1t forms a great draw back to the
expectation of wheat There is no rel,
son, However, why manufactures should
not flourish. We have or can produce
the raw mater al in abundance on tho
spot. and for from 10 to /.
cents day We have the best
help in the world Tie han OF the
Indus are twice as supple au! del
icate as the hands Of an American or OF
an lEgIishman. eSideS that We have
home market. The produ.t of SoTc
OF the hand looms is so fine and eXpen
SlNe that Europeans cannot afford to
use it. and il is consumed exclusively
Dy the native prince, and coun ry gen
tcnen. You overlook the 1act that
there is a large class OF the latter living
on vast estates, with whole villages
tributary to them, mCn who have never
seen an Isli<hman and WHO never
Wdnt 10, keeping up great studs of
splendid hovS ), living, in fact, as rich
men OF leisure do the world over IN
my opinion, unless some extraordinary
d;stur ante arises, India will be ONE "a
very serious comp titOr to ngland n
to Tie ted states III manufactures.