The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-06-09

CAPE TOWN AND TABLE MOUNTAIN.
But this condition of affairs is not of
particular interest to tourists, as South
Africa is out Of the itinerary Of the globe
trotters. The ships of the American
and African Steamship line are design
ed especially for freight traffic, and the
sailing of the first steamer of the line,
the Worcester. from New York a short
time ago marks an epoch in the CONNER
cial relations Of North America and
South Africa. These relations may be
said to have begun practically about 10
years ago, when three or four cargoes a
year were sent in sailing ships from New
York to Cape Town and Port Elizabeth.
Although a majority of the whites Of
South Africa are natives Of England,
they have an exalted opinion of Yam
kee ingenuity and are less suspicious Of
American products than Englishmen usu-
ally are. They are progressive and free
from prejudice and are aver ready to
adopt new ideas and improved machin-
cry. When I visited the colonies, I found
that American agricultural implements
were used almost exclusively, and that
American mining machinery was in
great demand at the goldfields. Canned
meats from Chicago were imported in
large quantities, and parafin from Phil
adelphia was at a premium. American
pine. too, was largely .nsed, and hard
ware, tobacco and Yankee notions made
up the miscellaneous cargoes Of the sail
ing craft. that found their way from
American to South African harbors.
In 1888 American wares were in great
demand and hard to get. and 1t seemed
then that lack of enterprise would de-
prive merchants Of what will even
tually develop into n of the finest mar
kets in the world. Nevertheless our com
merce has grown steadily until in 1892
a leading New York firm of shipping
agents exported $1,000 tons to South
African ports. This amount of. bust
ness seemed 20 warrant steam transpor-
.tation, and hereafter stanch steamers of
from 5000 to 1900 tons will leave New
York regularly each month for Cape
Town, proceeding thence up the east
coast to Mossel bay, Port Elizabeth,
East London, Durham sometimes called
Port NataD and occasionally to Delagoa
bay, Mauritius and Zanzibar. The prin-
cipal exports of South Africa are wool
and hides, diamonds. gold and ostrich
feathers, and as there is no market in
the United States for these products the
steamers will proceed to the East Indies
for return cargoes.
Those readers who have derived their
impressions Of Africa from Du Chaillu's
tales. of adventure in the jungle and
SANKEY'S stories Of explorations in the
dense forests of the Congo country and
the malarial swamps of the west coas,
are prone to accept SANKEY'S tern
darkest Africa" as n proper designation
OF the entire continent. 1t may interest
these readers to learn that the vast ter
ritory south of the Zambesi river EN-
braces n of the richest and most beau
tifnl regions on the globe-a land of per
petual sunshine, of lofty mountains ant
verdant valleys. of mighty rivers ant
vast plains, with q soil rich in minera
wealth and unexampled fertility, a lant
of romance and of mystery, replete il
relics Of a lost civilization and support
ing the teeming tribes OF a superior rae
OF black men, a race whose origin is los
in the mists of antiquity. This regiol
should be known 8 brightest Africa
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