Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-01-04

.on,cco the PHILIPPINES.
., ,..5. success i'm sumatra Gull
..,ro worthy of study.

.,ro worthy OF STUDY.
...,..~ON January 8.-(Special)-
....-.l WNdman, writing to the
,......ment from Hongkong under
., ,....mber o. 1895, gives the 1oi-
,...., i-.s-scug information IN res"'O
.,..... r the Phillip mes;
i -... -..r utative Of the D ,lltI, S 6as
81 t growers of Sumaltd mas
II Lrt-sa - .9tv en- route 10 Mania
81 arrived . me soil there, when Hc
81 H rllvzed I'M small quahuues
II A.' t.rl suitable for The bfoW'', %
r.... tobacco leai' III Wy .i.rt
fue.u is found suitable ,neIS
-.Hcultv I'm obtaining plenty ol
,.rv moderate figure, Inc olio
,...r element n the whole pIVpo9I
& .h1r Under the eNlsuhS ave IA
1.rU. chinese coolies are hOt @1i az. -
f,.trt under the same les"it9s 't55i,'cunev
a. h tht United states. All. fi my 6,.,Vs
r.urascntatiVe referred lo) 4hlyi -
-.t native labor has been toulu ~"
g. 5Inatra and In Borneo 10 DC "n'St,.
i.t.Iv ya1-oless. The JaNaheso' ~ 10
r.5 aocil ace. cannot be trained 70 ~ ~,
tn. attention. and patience 10 VIC
~ me leaf that is absolutely eSseit'ts.l, ~
tr+vamau As allotted certain huiipot -
fr.es TO guard and CULTIVATE, "" -
paid only for the perlecl llVVS 80 Inc
-. IL he goes 10 sleep on GUY ~ ~
t-,,liers may render his year WORN
,.seIess I'm a single night After the crop
d. harvested. the thip, ueHcd'c ~" ~
have to be- handled many tilhes W. ~
-.qf,af cafe such as no othef race lll III w
$50 oman Inc Chinese would give Ihe
70 ANON is volcanic, and dIter many
,r,tIs a. has been proved that lhe Suhlt-
tra leaf viii grow ln no OineI ao'i' ~,
srro.tra tn. ground VIII yleiu oHC NtoP
S'.It ta fobacco lands Of Northern
49, which lle AT lac base OK an sA-
f...... watershed. Wlll ylelq cioP
DEAN witch proper mbuuilhs. II oh ~ tfii
furon this condition OF AFFAIRS sIo ~
,,.r. trfa IL means The INTRODUCTION OF
industry into LuzOn mat VIII DHns
,.nff.ua of revenue, and at inc same llile
very materially reduce me piIve Vl 1lo
Smnatra leaf. Iuu. me 0phHHI. lCA'iilo'
,fr piuckney tells me. 81 was utterly I'm
-.iti. M attempt tO establish TINS M
-.-trv although for years 10 has been pc
lrvel among The planters OF gum" a
mat Luz0n was the only other part o. the
,..rl BOZ which they could expect q ilEdi.
~ r.ur., nothing viii be done further
t.rr fo teet the soils until the Chinese eN-
cls.0u laws are removed from the islanus'
Broadly speaking, there is not an nous,
fr. .n tho islands that viii not be ruined
II CHuess labor Is not permitted. Inc
Sam. state az affairs exists I'm the StIt'ls
STATEMENTS. where 20 dependence what
even .s placed upon native labor
hollands TOBACCO INTERESTS.
C.nular-Agent Ernest l.. Harris writes
as follows t0 the State Department under
DAT. ot November 2S 1895, from Eiben-
STOCK. REGARDING the production and cul-
ur o. tobacco I'm the tropics
.Tha close Of the yearly tobacco auc-
.r. i'd Amsterdam gives very clear
L.. o. be enormous sums WhICH lloll''i "
DRIVES from the culture Of tobacco IN
sr... The Island yielded HLbJO bales
0t tobacco. each bale weighing ABOUT w
pounds The whole when disposed OF
auurd 20 Sl4u&00O. one third OF
Hl.. 0r about ASNOo represents no'
-l Without doubt there are years W"eli
O. BID per cent dividends are declared
m NJ. larger Sumatra tobacco compa-
l..s So much for Sumatra alone, without
taxing nt. consideration the production
s.. -ae large tobacco plantations OF hol-
Tle Germans have good cause to com
plain WIe. ID comparison brings 90 nght
Die miserable failure of all attempts 10
STOW tobacco with success IN their CON-
l..s only NeW Guinea still persists IN
tl. attempt Tn. cause for these iallui ea
t noe tl Doe found .n the soil, but IN the
German lsluatIEe and methods. Even "a
government plantation has attained a
negative result Tor want OF means ana
expert knowledge. III proper methods Were
..t -ool tobacco could be raised IN
German East and West Africa. Germany
doubt viii profit greatly by these
failures. AND as there Is good money In
t..I... culture she viii persist until
success. achieved
lands success ga cultiYatng to-
n subject run OF suggestions for
h. American plantation owner. In cuba
.a. He Philippines we Will now have the
IDENTICAL climate to deal with which Ho'-
a. bias .r Sum8trl and Java. and Ger
n aer African provinces and New
G.U.a. Iot us profit by the experience
OF M former country. Holland has
achieve. her great success In tobacco
tr'wL- through her methods and long
c.l.oUec Americans who propose 10
t-.s. u tobacco culture I'm our new
l.esous WIN find that a st.l Of the
N i l- ~ Hollands companies will not
@, uu. thrown AWAY"