The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-12-23

wngss in this rountry x Is by = inches
Al average price for rough lumber =
70 pence. and the standard be.ng tao
and cne-o1arter Tires what & Is n the
United States. makes tire price BY the
thousand feet from $50 10 $50. Ascending
70 demand and conditions 81 the market
Turrhe il also shipped 20 the Transvaal
fran ali sea ports OF Natal and Cape Col
ony. as wrfi as from Deiagoa bay
Mr.. Hadaon's business is IN connection
with a heavily capitalized company that
controls "A rds In Rbodessa that n square
miles Is alznos, equal IN extent 10 that OF
th@ state OF washington He exhibited
a vhoscgrz2h Of the corpanys Offices IN
Buluwzyo, waIeh " the principal bash
ress town Of Rhodess- The building IS
oya-srorv brick % modern design, with
a frontage Of 50 feet The Land on which
the building is erected cost Is 90. and the
building Itself an equal amount In the
United States. almost anywhere the same
building could be built for s. 800 a tenth
% the sun required In Africa One rea-
son that contributed 10 what woGld seem
an fnordinate expense. as explained BY Nr.
Hsdd5n. was the long distance inland from
the port OF discharge % lumber cargoes.
ana the heavy cost OF transportation, a
part OF which Is by rail- from Cape Town
by way OF Kimberly and Mafeking. and
bv wagons drawn by bullOsks. the re-
miles into the interior. While Rho-lesia
lies on an average only 80 miles from the
coast and IN some places only IS miles. Il
Is across a fewer belt that makes tugress
70 RaoseSlz from the south necessary
The Wagons which complete the trip VIII
carry probably Eve tons. and are drawn
by sixteen bui.ocks 10 the team. The
price of the rough lumber that entered in
10 the CONSTRUCTION OF the companys Of
xn 20 *
per running foot OF the standard 5xs
measurement
In discussing the affairs OF Cecil Rhodes
and Or Jameson. Mr.. Hsz8on declared
that the situation was not understood. IN
the United States, that furnished provo
eaton for the uprising that was led by the
latter.
In the Transyaal.'' said Mr.. Haddon
there are probably 4o.0oo burghers or
Beers, 900 OF whom are enfranchis~d.
IN the same territory there are $4,000 UT
landers. That name Is generally pro-
nounced a. though spelled 'weetlanaers'
but properly Is as though spelled Ate
landers' In England - Is pronounced
'Outlandsrs' which, while wrong. conveys
It's meaning thoroughly. IL means those
born outside the land. and. in the case OF
the Transyaal. those who have nothing TO
do with the government or the making OF
the laws. Consequently tire 5000 enfran-
chsed Beers are making the laws
for everybody within the district.
VI 2 circulated a petition securing $4,000
names which was addressed 10 the volks-
Rad asking certain privileges. which was
received with laughter. and the burghers
asked What do these people mean@ and
laughed again. Those who are entitled 10
franchise are enfranchised at the age of
Is years. What operates against the Uit-
landers is that they are always Uitlaud-
ers. The successive generations Of resi-
dents are entitled to no more privileges
than were their fathers before them. /
have friends In the Transvaai who have
lived there twenty years. and who have
no more privileges than IL they had gone
In yesterday.
"One Of the laws that is rigidiy enforced
Is in respect TO editorials. which must be
signed by the authors name. while a
general press censorship Is exercised
in the Transvsal wages are good. If
compared with some other places, and
the cost OF .fy4sg is not allowed 10 intrnde
itself Mechanics get on an average $50
per week while irst-class laborers. over
seers and CANCERS get from So TO sl& per
month Mining mill hands get $40 per
month The market for help is over
stocked The blacks there do the same
work that the Chinese and Japanese
do here. and earn about SIS per month
and everything found Their work Is