Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1886-12-04
DRIFT.

Ing tour through our country, iresh attention
Will DO aroused 10 tbe doom IN whicn no se
graphically Describes me Congo, ana nc
Founding Of its Free State. lisa sumptu'
Gus work, issued about n year ago In two
| largo cr.tnyo yolumes I'm Hsrper A. Brotbers'
,os, .,yis The ,,aner h. nj Tho enest tvue
.rBe Ana uouoieieaocu ~ mas o.oI nun nun
uou 'u', i"so NJ" o."o' , ". ,s ~
anu s'nsh n,aps, a"" Uu"u ,' uasn,n
cent style, with back anu SIDE tiue stamped
In gold, silver, BLACK ana rcd
-
hi. vork q, STANLEY 7 fe,, that. AZ tho bovs
saw, he was " putting II on too thick y, one
cannot road the preisce even without seeinp .
that tho author In An extrsyngant enthusiast
and unless carried awny by bI, enthu,Iasm.
one soon ba, the con y,c,,on forced upon him
| tina, y,,,y, y,,,,, IN, "a Rre.k ar ri Rock. -
| c,psciouslv mr. upco,.c,ou.iv sounetimes
draws "the long how - Rut what will YOU
| do about tt9 rhe ,.,n,e ,.ho have been nj
| any of tho p,aces be M uIowipvIv Seucritos
| ,,, ,,,,, .o,,,, ..u ,..s,... ~, a. .,,rv =,
| ~ VIZ oouu 'o" ".ono' ~ -. ~
| "oik auu eAPioihuoh u ccu'aso VI NY a'o
! 30 few that they could be counted on the nm
| gers Of ones hand. And even these few are
| nearly all connected with the same enter
| nr,sa in ~vh,.a on, ,,o,, s,.,iav btu,self waa
| -, -, ,.. "a. ~. -, Ia. 60, a.,
Aho "hose interest sto hA'e hi' SUI o'
he hkrVeious wealth. anu Bisahuc oPPof'u
| mites Tor trade and commerce, In the region
| OF the Congo believed by the world ut large
| What could an yope do, therefore, no matter
| how skeptical he might bs, but blindly be-
| iieve, or at least mutsly submit, To the won
drous tale oil the congo ana ib resources
|
| WELL, no, that was not quite Gil. one
| could read the book critically and not fail
soon To find certain reasons 70 strengthen
| ones SIX epticIsm and good ground for doubt
| ing the great ex pIorer's accuracy, and even
his ysracity,
| TAKE. for instance. his mar ana with ,ts
| aid trace IN. rou,e be took nm the Congo
-. - -, a., ,,,'.,,n ,,,.,,o,, so.
""','' ~'u p'o P'"oe' 10 "-'."y
corning 10 ms own so,ounI lou wiz al
once notice that his real explorations cover
comparatively only a very narrow strip OF
territorv along the banks of the great river
with a few short excurstons IN a few of It's
,.n'',.. ~, ,,,a ,.,,,, -, ra,,,.I ,,,oa
VI, ., va no nt " .a. 70
MS entire course "ouid pe rePtesehooo ny
did not explore, he himself saw nothing, he
really knows hsrdly anything Yet his vol
,, usie. = srs.u rIosue 70 se t,, iuil anu oi
zion of Central Africa He gives tables of
population for the W hole based upon strange
calculations made from personal observation
Of comparatively only q little strip OF the
country. lie goes up few tributaries for q
couple OF miles, and then confidently gives
us the number of miles Of navigable streams
and the extent of shore-line OF the entire
river system OF Central Africa He even
makes out tables of natural products for the
whole district, OF their annual yield and COM
seen In his trip long a narrow route up the
banks OF the Congo. More than this, he con-
structs for us, not castle, but several iscto-
RES and railway :" IN the AIR" and ex-
pahus MS CALCULATIONS most ~ohurousiy. In
posing lew factories were established on
the Pier congo ,eW az Isanshs, anu
rnI,a. a' dnna n,, H. Iwar Tnnsn ,ha ,aiInu,
inc produce WAS shlpped -" Then follows
in detail a table OF the produce, its gross
value and ius weight "The tonnage thus
adduced by the above estimate would be
equal 10 wa tons per oay' Whlch would
TASK the resources Oh such railway. he
concludes that = the aggregate ior up ana
down freignt wouIu ahiounL 10 oop,ooo
pounds steriing per ahhuin, exclusive oi pas
sengers !"
SURELY the milkmsid VINO counted her
chickens before they were hstched was prsc-
teal COMPARED with Mr.. Stanley. She at
leas, had her eggs to reckon from but be
no. rono uis .nolo o.Io,,I,tio, a. basad on
suiPoslhs lew iacVorles we're ouLlI ana
s, no W,, 80 sh hono I'll une
wba, i, 6ciuS Jopc ON the Iower Canoe Us
Judges from an utterly unknown quantity.
Besides, he does not really know whether
the products OF the region are anything Ike
Wha' he represents IN iacl they are nov, ~
snah sno" III u "iin"'e'
ihESE are only aIe" saiiPies oi mI' otAu-
ley's "optimisln.' His enthusiasm may &C
count for it But how can we account for his |
fiat self-contrsdctions Enthusiasm will |
not excuse them.
ARGUING for the need OF a railway from
Viyi to Stanley Pool To carry the HII7is tons
NOR aay, of Atrica,s tra,surasf from, ,ha in,a
r. ,,., ,,,t,,,,t -, a. - - Io.,s.
'' ''o' W ". liO"'n o' INC Nonso' no "o0iaio'
II Wouiu Oh course DO surface railway, the
extraordinary outlay being only for few
bridges" Accordingly " the expense of con-
struction would only amount to
9iO OOO pounds stefling The gross revenue
OF 100000 pounds sterling per 8nnum for
such an outlay IL surely large I" II surely
is 4! No wonder he exclaims that " as a |
mere speculation there is nothing In the
whole wide world offering so remunerative
An Investment of capital as this small rail-
way" Before we invest in this "specula-
tion," however, let us examine little more
closely the route of this proposed surface
rail way"
In Vol l, where Mr.. Stanley was not try.
ing to convince US of the need of a railway,
30 much as OF his own indomitable courage,
energy and enterprise, he describes how
only he was enabled to make mere wagon |