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

10 form some opinion as 10 tho comparative merits
of the Dutch and British systems when applied
10 Java. AS il is, We can only compare the con-
diton Of India to-day under system similar TO
that adopted by Sir Stamford Raffies In Java
with the condition Of Java today under a system
not greatly dissimilar from that adopted by tho
Dutch after the restoration, in 1916 of the island
to Holland We shall rcterp rcsenty 10 COM
parison instituted by an AngloIndian civil ser
want
From 1915 TO 1890 Java was in disturbed
state but in the latter year. after the successful
conclusion Of war against native prince tho
Dutch authority became firmly established. In
1880 Gen. Count Johannes Van den Bosch was
sent out as Governor General OF Java II was
he who took up the work begun by DaendelS
carried it TO the point Of perfection and thus con-
verted the island from a continual source OF ex-
pense into the most profitable colony owned al
any time by any nation. The general princi-
pies on which the culture system" was founded
were as follows: II was 10 afford an ample profit
to the cultivator that his interest in the
of the scheme might be assured: il was to give a
fair profit to the middleman, who acted as tho
agent Of the Government the support Of the
ficias was to be secured by the payment OF a per-
centage tho Government revenue To be in
creased. not only by a small direct profit on tho
culture. but by an improvement in the means 81
the taxpayer. The terms offered by the Govern
mcnt TO European colonists very liberal.
Every man who would undertake tho erection
and subsequent supehntendence of factory
was placed under Government supervision. Such
, man u,s k,,xp nc . "cont,ac,or" and .,ch
contractor was credited in the books OF branch
OF the Administration with tho amount deemed
necessary by the G Government for the erection o:
the factory This sum varied with local conditions
but was roughly about S45 600 The building
loan was made for twelve ycars without in,ercs,'
~ ~ ~ ' ~ '""
and vas payable by inS'aIlmen's OF one tenth in
the third and each succcciin e year The loan
wa, "pp'..u w ''1' ,onliao",' "nu,' "",c'hnneh
supefhfhuehce N ou'idinS MS factory III bring
from Europe the proper machinery The Govern.
,,,, t,,.,t,,,. .an,.,, .i, " wv, 49,"
' m , 5, 's sr re contractor oy parns
the free labor furnished ia the Government he IN.
neighboGng PEASANTS, The Government U n
The surrnunSin,- vInCcs sh"ulI nav 'smt,,"cnt
area planted With the crops 10 be rcaped sugar
crnmcn, finally was To- advanrc yearly IN IN,
contractor the sum Of money needed Tor The puT,
HIS me,b"I tI" scn.Tr,in b c G r
the mnnuIacurr ..cIis T." nrind ,hc ernrts ybich
have been made from time to time in the West
small propre,"r s BIZ ns Mr. '" Te IaI pSin Ts
out The attempts at cane farming in tho West
] n - nm tRT Tia
fact that in the absence Of stringent regulations
no reliance can I've placed on the cultita;or In
Java The Government stood behind The cltiya
tor and saw To- il mat a fuil supmiy Of raw mnie
rial was forthcoming
The results of Gen Van den Rosch's no,icv
in Inyo may he Inns sun,n,,I nm Instrad ~ ~
fnrmrr yearly ,lr6cii there WINS n yrnrIy vet .ur,
plus Of sis 525 900 out a n gross revenue ~
Sl7 500 900 The nop,IlaIinn 81 law WIS in
creased in twenty Ave ycnrs nam aLout siI mil.
lions in lS3O having a revenue III about len mil.
lion dollars or 81 as pcr he I'D 10 eleven million.
in lS55 having n revenue 81 SAY 200 600 or about
81 % por head '' " "''''
W. odd ,hnt tho total nonuI.tiop ~ ,bs leland
in 1872 wns 7 600 600 Wills in 1Sos il hsd risen
| 10 % 900 900 or $50 10 die snunrc mile ~ ~
From 1871 Tho rirnr nf HE cuiiurr sys,ern hs,
been rradun.Iv ub,trd and nj III" nrcSSept I'm
he p,rerr marian 81 he tr,Je nf Jsyn tcs,s IN
he hands IL nriv.tr individu,Is az cnnponiee
The forced lntnr LnS given ,l0rc q, r,rrv In, 90
| ri yoriouS Linds The most imrnrt,nt ~ ubich
are he pnIl Inv and tnc v.rNnn,iinT ,ho Inttc,
| being d, Inv on me vniTe 81 h"u1c n,,rcr,r snd
| industrial rl1n,s The pTodu,I st,udonnent
IL he rmi,urc svstcn, his bc.n r. How'd ~, Ser;
| nus falling nG in tEc rrIcnun 81 Tho ,lnnv and
| from lSTG down Ia the nrcsen VI limo Lava has
failed 10 my lis expcrsrs rom its reven,,s UcW
goat this I'll, aro nc Leen ,,i / . resril,. rn5e,
einnd from thc fort I'M from a, tn isfh JGva
| welded surrhls rcyenur IN The toni snm 81 rycT
| SosO OOO O0I n yerv l., rve Dr,p,rtion fI "a ~
wos noiI inin NO Duirh rrIe1 l,,ry m a, ,Icrs
has bnnp ~, dcrrc,vc in ~, a., nj , e, rnr,s 10 ~
in Iorgc n,Tn,',,, , H., IN ~ "a ~, i,n ,,,n,,ura
| Of popuinti"m in The island has insured a fairy