The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-10-29

nsclghbors and allies across the yaal, welcome
all comers TO citizenship on easy terms
Consul and his fellow trnyelers for 1--WE hours at
| the boundary Of the Republic before allowing them
to set ont for Pretoria, seventy seven miles IN.
capital cities, It is not az Mf Stowe expresses il,
business centre. After short rest n the pretty
little hill capital the Consul proceeded toll annts
| burg, over the comfortable Netherlands railway.
ahandsoms properly said to be Gwned in Holland hsI
| in more comfortable cars. The latter wns equip
| ped with every modern convenience and the din
| 10 have been but one drawback THE cars are
all Of iron, even the sides aud covering and In
! These iron cars have figured in the recent dcs
| patches from the seat OF war
bg"s the "Sy real Mf city S"yh Asn 0s Sn
the standpoint of an AMERICAN The buildings
would do credit to any city. The streets wide,
:" Of" mules and Horses The S oers FEAR iS The
substitution. Of other power would impair the
market for their horses and forage. aud that is
consideration 81 more cogency 10 their thdfty
minds than mere speed anyway, IL Is only the
obnox ious foreigner who isever in ahurr,. Amer
in building up Johannesburg upon the fOunda-
ton fits mineral wealth. The managers, super.
intcndents and consulting engineers Of the mines.
Mir Stowe found 10 be Americans almost 10 a
man II was glad, " he. Whites, to hnd thai their
Mnnion. United States Consular Agent has been
the means 81 Introducing American machinery
and supplies OF alt kinds to the value Of millions
Of dollars For twenty miles on, each side Of the
city extend the headgcars and smokcstacks Of
mines. more than 100 Of them, which have made
the city and State what they are and enabled
President Kruger 10 sell farm for St0O. 600 the
day was in Johannesburg. Some idea Of the
magnitude Of the mining interests is afforded by
Consul Stoves observations. over fifteen tons
Of gold per month is the product Of the mines
and new discoveries are reported daily. The
main reef crops out at the surface and the veins
down 70 $500 Esci levels And here is nn%!hei
plants made of the price of dynamite which
costs 20 shillings Gl7O3l per case and could be
The government granted the concession to com
panN: which makes thousands OF pounds sterling
out OF It ANNUALLY concession for The manuiac-
nersw will have,o buy Of the home manufacturer. as
the duty is pruhihitve. The railways, was told.
charge for freight from the border to Johannes
burg distance Of forty seven miles. as much as
cost, iohaul from the seaports 100 miles a"nN
While ne United States cannot now compete for
the candle trade. am pleased 10 state that the
candle factory will be equipped with American
machinery throughout"
Durham in Natal, the most IMPORTANT port ofcn'ry,
Cape Town excepted, on the South African coast
the current year were 27.367 TONS valued at $3.50
S2S Americans have large and rapidly grow
ing share in this business, and the reason is appar
cnt from the following incident which Ny. Stowe
relates as one of many similar: ~ Durham mcr
chant said To M" 7 recently ordered five tons Of
hoop iron Of an English manufacturer. After the
order had gone forward one OF your American
statesmen came along and made mr. price SO n ton
less. gave him an order for five tons. and then
tired to have the English order cancelled but the
English house refused, saving that mo ono could
make and guarantee first class article al the
price named and q test would prove tt When
the iron arrived | tested both and the American
was several per cent. better
NJ the Durham hotel where he stayed the .\mcr |
can Consul found the doors and trimmings, and
even the electric lights were Of Yankee origin.
in fact" he said II was during my whole tap oil
the tine putting my hand on something Amer |
can was told that our scrcwdrivers, hammers,
hatCh"tS. chscls &C.. were SO cheap, though good,
that II did not pay to have them ground or re-
paired that II was better and cheaper 10 buy new
ones.
Mr.. Stowe stopped also at Port Elizabeth and
MoSSrl Bay. IN the latter port he found BRUSH |
ship diScnarging cargo Of 900 tons Of rails from
the Consul found American goods TO he in growing |
upon the telephone service in various South Afri-
can cities. IN Kimberley" he says terscly, the
service is American and good in Johannesburg |
il is Dutch and everybody continually finds fault:
no service after D o'clock and years subsrrip- |
ton, about S75 a MONTH in advance in Durham I |
Is German and fair
IN a later report To tho Department dated Aug. |
20. Consul Stowe announces that the imports at |
Natal from the United States during the preceding |
len months had increased by nearly million dol |
lars whereas those from Great Britain increased
only S67S.9S3 \ large trade in American fruit |
and shade trees had also grown up and there was |
an active demand for sprayers and chemical prcpar
atoms To destroy insects. |