The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-08-28

II one OF revival and expansion. There.
apart from political troubles. the prtnci-
pal feature OF anxiety in the Industrial
situation has % late years been heav-
Ny preponderating balance Of imports
over exports. For the two years Of 1875
" the excess OF imports over exports
was very great. but I'm isss the balance
restored itself IN favor of the export
trade. and the figures of trade were E26.
5000 2s.y9.3&s) worth OF exports and
s2i,5o,oo ,sils. 22s, @ol u imports. giving
combined total Of E5l $4,000 t$2ts. 2ns.-
5sst. as against "a combined total for 1897
OF fts,61s.9s lS23ss,6. f30, The entire white
population az South Africa does not y.t
reach l.0oo.oo0 persons. and when this to-
Asl.No.pp tt2sS $685. 500 done by the 5000
go inha bitants OF Canada and with E14.-
ooo.0o 1885,. i2i ooo, OF external trade done
by the &.5Do.sG inhabitants Of Australasia.
IL Is evident that some SPECIAL circurn-
stance must govern South African trade
relations with the outside world.
The special circumstance Is. of course.
10 be- looked for In the very large output
OF gold and diamonds. and the fact that
South Africa has 10 Import almost every
thing that Is required by the white popu-
lation. South Africa has practically no
manufactures. and II does not feed Itself
The gold output this year reached fls.0o.06o
HT.@41") In value and though this must
not be reckoned as the produce OF Brit
ish colony. coming as 1t does mainly from
the TransvaaI, II is Largely the result OF
the industry Of British subjects The exist
stlce ana usVriOpint NJ OF the gold mining
industry OF the Rand have profoundly az
fected the industrial position OF the sur
rounding British colonies. and It's prosper
ity II scarcely less matter OF colonial
concern than In the existence of the Kim
berly diamond industry. The companies
working at johannesburg employ nearly
1000 white men al an average wage OF ga
0lisS 80 n month. and about ss.s06 natives
at an average wage OF e 81 Cd GELD a
month and rations.
These companies In 1888 increased their
gold output by about 1880 900 (s2l s9s g,o)
az compared with 1897. They also distrib-
uted IN dividends 100 0S ,525ito). or
r.. 100 500 fSio. 32 BID more than In 1897. From
Rhodesia during the past year. a coniribu-
ton OF about f20oc0 I9,33to) worth Of gold
has been made from the little beginning OF
five paying mines now working with ninety
stamps in the northern district, and that
number OF stamps will be trebled by the end
OF this year. The principal industry Of
South Africa has therefore In spite Of the
TOO well-known difficulties by which Il IL
hampered made very remarkable progress
IN the past year. Putting gold, diamonds
and copper aside as special products. there
IL. further. the satisfactory indication OF
the existence 81 the elements OF prosperity
duce from South Africa rose from e. 600
fS2i al. go In 1897 10 s5.hSI IeS C$s1 0 $3.50 for
1895 Outside the gold industry. South Afr
ca possesses through q great portion Of its
extent one OF the best climates and the most
fertile soils In the world. To give the nat
urai elements Of prosperity the same fair
chance OF fru.tion that they have In other
countri~. dew sloped under the protecting
power 81 Great Britain IL an object which
President Kruger and Sir Alfred Miner
NAV well unite In seeking as the outcome
OF the conference at Bloemfontein."