The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1888-07-20
INDIA.

esting information About the wonder
fui Country,
Admiral W.T.. Buzsoa, Of the Eng.
lish Navy. was seen by q reporter al
the Victoria Hotel, New York City,
a few days ago. The Admiral,
who Is one os the best known
o,.icors who wr.to II. n. after their
names, was asked tho usual question,
How do you like this country? 2" and
pleasantly renied that he had been
here frequently, and in fact, no had
married the daugater Of the late Henry
Grinnell, of this city. which alone must
show his regard for America aud things
American. On being asked about
India, where he has served for many
years, he said: "India-what shall /
tell you about Tndia9 1t is a prodig-
ions country, with about $40, 600, 900
population, of which immense number
theYallY, of the Ganges a lone supports
go o0, 900. We have about $1,000
British troops there, rather less than is
required to maintain oTder in Paris.
Then there are about 10000 native
troops, a large port Of whom however,
are used for police duty"
What is the character Of the inhab-
itantsgo
aThat is such q general question that
it is difficult TO answer. The popula-
ton is divided into numerous sribez and
religions. The people range from coal
black in color to a shade about Is dark
as the average Spaniard. I think they
are as faithful as can be expected OF any
conquered people, but then they are
used TO being conquered. From time
immemorial they have been ruled by a
strong hand; in fact, that is the only
way they can beruled. Do / think that
we. will stay there? Yes, unless the
Russians breed ouch dissensions and
revolutions that we viii have to go. IL
is hard to say who OF what will succeed
us. The Russians will not, that is GER
tain. The most influential class in In
dia are the Parsees, who originally cam
from Persia, and are the great merchan
princes Of the large cities"
How is the climate?"
"Deteriorating TO the last degree.
The English rarely breed after the
third generation. That is to say an
Englishman and his wife settling there
will have children, their children in
time win have children, but these lat
ter viii either be. childless or have at
most one puny child. The Hindoos
themselves have physically but little en-
durance, which is not to be wondered
at when we consider that their diet o
sists of rice, vegetables and salt fish.
1t is crime for them to eat meat.
Their bullocks and COWS they use en-
tirely for draught purposes, though
when they die Of old age or disease the
natives viii skin them and sell their
hides.
rs the native population satisfied
with British rule?"
sYes, / think so, although the home
government gives us too much govern
ment. 1t passes too many laws; the
compulsory school attendance for in
stance. Why, when q little black boy
goes to school he thinks he is going to
the devil. We must 60 slow. II no
more laws respecting India were to be
enacted for fifty years the country
would be better of.
aDoyou think that the wheat com
petition OF India viii affect this country
seriously 2"
think not, unless some unforeseen
circumstances arise. During your civil
war great quantities of cotton were
raised in India, but at the close Of the
war that necessity passed away, and
with Il the production OF cotton fell of
to q very large extent. Railroad trans-
p~ortation in India is so extremely dear
that it forms a great drawback to the
expectation of wheat. There is no rea-
son, however, why manufactures should
not flourish. We have or can produce
the raw material in abundance on the
spot and for from ten to twelve cents a
day. We have the best help in the
world. The hands Of the Hindoos are
twice as supple and delicate as the
hands Of a American or of an English
man. Besides that we have a home
market. The product of some of the
hand looms in India IS so fine and so
expensive that Europeans can not afford
teuse it, and it's consumed exclusively
by ths native princes and country
gentlemens You overlook the fact
that there q large class Of
the latter living 90 vast estates, with
whole villages tributars to them, men
who havenaYer seen an EneSshman and
who never want TO, keeping MP greet
studs Of splendid horses. living, IN faSt
as rich men Of leisure do the world
over But before i discuss the matter I
want to tell youthat in my opinion, UNI
less some extraordinary disturbance
arises, india viii become q very serious
competitor to England and to the Uni
tA States ia manufactures. India for
merlv had . great industry, little known,
however, now. that died out with the
advent Of iron ships, that is ship build
ing. Formerly some Of the finest spec
linens OF naval architecture the world
has ever seen were turned out in India
For q long time our Government
launched an eighfy-eun frigate every
three years from the yards at Bombay.
These SHIPS were built OF teak, the best
wood for the purpose in existence. 1t
Is 20 hasd that I have seen a largo bolt
80 firmly embedded ii q piece Of d ship
that had been in the water for forty
years that ito had to be blown ont BY
9unpowder. II there ever should be q
revival Of wooden ship building, Bonn