Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-07-28

| RISING and falling with the land no wide
/ graceful lines of Furnished green lay
/ before uF.
rauout describe the luXurIance OF
] The growth and the healthy look OK lle
/ trees They were as big around as a
/ mans waist at the ground. WIN
/ branches coming out 0u aIl Sides. load-
ga with green ana red berries ana Dloa-
SONS The berries were Iu al stages
| of growth. some as big as the end of
| your ittIo finger and others the size
and color of "a large red cherry
Unlike the coffee of the northern part
OF the Philippines. the berries here ilp-
en- all the year round, s0 that yoi see
blossoms and berries on the same stem
at the game time. The blossoms are
white much like the Jasmine Hover,
emitting % perfume which Is almost
ackonIug in lts sweetness. Here ana
there among the coffee plants ] couid
see the trunks OF great trees when
had been cut down IN the clearing OF
the land and LETT 90 rot There We're but
few signs Of cultivation. The glass
he'd evidently been chopped on with
b1Ios j was told that the ground was
moved every month, but that no hoe
ing or wedding had been done during
the past year
THE ONLY WHITE LAND OWNERS
IN THE SULU ISLANDS.
/ went over the plantation with one
OF the owners. Mr. Charles Schucki and
later spent some time with him and his
family Both be and his brother, MT.
Edward Schuck. have Moro wives ana
"a number OF half-breed children, Their
wives are the daughters OF some OF the
Moro chiefs. and their relations with
the people are 90 friendly that they
have been OF considerable assistance 90
the Americans in arranging our peace
ful occupation OF the islands. During
our Visit 90 the sultan Charles Schuck
was the Interpreter. and hts sister Mrs.
FeXer. and his brothers wife. Moro
princess. accompanied the party
The Schuck family have lived I'm Sulu
for many years. Charles SchuCk's faith
er came here as q trader a quarter OF
a century ago and established such re-
latons with the old sultan that he
decided him about 1000 acres OF the
best land Of the island Of which this
coffee plantation is a part.
HOW THE GERMANS LOST NORTH
BORNEO.
The story OF how Mr. schuck came to
get the plantation was told me by MS
son. The old sultan owned pr1cucal'y
the whole OF North B0rneD comprising
the harh0r OF Sandak5n and the vast
tract now leased 90 thn North BurnrO
company Being 40 a friendly mood one
day. Dee made deed OF AN this land t0
Air Schuck telling him be could sell
what he chose of III 90 the Germans.
There was au UNDERSTANDING ! sup
pose. that Mr. Schuck was 20 give him
share OF the profits AZ any rate, the
glft was accepted and Schuck wrote to
Prince Bismarck. offering the land TO
him for German colony At that time
Germany had not the greed FOR Asiatic
possessions she now has. Bismarck re-
piled that Germany was not yet ready
10 enter upon q colonial policy, and that
be- could not accept me proposition. MT
Schuck reported the result Of his cor
resp0ndence 20 the sultan, and hlS
majesty n reply made a remark which
Schuck did not Ike. II may Dee that 70
was an insulting reference 10 Ptlnce
Bismarck Al any rate, ' made Schuck
so angry that ne took the deed granting
him North B0rneo tore 10 IN TWO ana
threw 10 40 the feet or his majesty, tell
Ing him he could keep his old land ana
that neither the Germans nor himself
wanted iL
The sultan. In order 10 appease him.
gave him "a deed 20 this land just out
Side of JoIo. Tie kept the B0rneo prop
erty. and short time later rented 10
out to an English syndicate known az
the North Borneo company for the an
nuaI uayment of $1,000 This sum the
present sultan Is eth receiving from
the company The lands have been de-
yel0ped and quite a town has grown
up about the harbor Of Sandakan and
several lines OF steamers make 10
regular port OF call to brIng goods and
take away the crops,
STARTING THE PLANTATION
During our chat Mr.. schuck told me
| how ne happened 10 start his coffee
plantation said he MY father had
planted few trees. They were not Wei
| cared for but they grew very fast ana
are now twenty feet high, with trunks
ranging in size from the thickness OF
| your thigh TO that Of your waist. They
aro 3ll bon fun bearing but 10 is almost
impossible 20 pick the coffee ON ac-
count ot the height When my father
died. few years ago. my brothers ana
myself found that we had this land,
/ but that 20 was 90 such a condition that
| % produced no income. We lott the
/ sulu Islands Tor "a time and went to
. Borneo Singapore and elsewhere 90
I earn enough 90 develop the property To-
| BorncO we became Interested iu coffee
/ planting and. knowing what father had
/ done with the old plantation we
! thought that n new one could Doe started
| al p profit My brothers then dubbed
| together and sent me back 20 Sulu 90