Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-01-27
INDIAN MoHAMMEDANs.

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II will be surprising TO many TO
know that there are more Mohamme-
dams In india than in Turkey. Fully
one-thlrd OF all the Mohammedans OF
the world live in Hindostan, and they
number about $4,000 900. You find
them everywhere, and there are some
states which are ruled by them. Take
for instance Hyderabad, which Is about
as big as Kansas and which has
population Of over 100000. The ruler
Of this country is Turk, and he Is one
Of the richest rulers Of the world. He
IL about thirty years OF age, and II Is
said that II costs him about 100000
year TO run his establishment His
table service Is Of solid gold and his
dress upon state occasions Is OF snow
white silk decorated with pearls. His
income Is said TO be about $50 900
a year, and his collection Of jewels Is
estimated 10 be worth more than S25,-
100000. He owns some Of the finest
diamonds Of the world among others
one Of which Is known as the Niazam,
which Is worth about a million dollars.
This man has a small army. but with
his enormous income he could II he
would soon collect a vast number Of
fighting men. In the central Indian
states there Is a Mohammedan rajah
who has about a million people under
him, and in the north Indian states
there are quite number OF Moham-
medan provinces.
THE POOREST FED PEOPLE IN
THE WORLD.
The majority OF the Indian natives
are taxed to death. | Travelled through
parts Of Bengal which are so crowded
that In certain farming districts 800
persons were living of Of 100 acres. or
about two persons TO the acre. The
houses of this part OF India are largely
mud huts, and even in prosperous times
the people have so little to eat that you
seldom zee a laborlng man whose ribs
you cannot count. / saw many men
at work in the fields whose elbows stood
out like knots upon their arms and
whose calves We're not bigger than
those OF a twelve-year-old American
boy All members Of the family work.
saw men. women and children In the
field, and / was told that there We're
millions Of Hindoos who supported
their families on an income Of about
80 cents a week. The Hindoos them
selves eat no meat They consider the
COW holy and would as soon think Of
eating their grandfathers as a slice OF
tenderloin steak. ] made my Hlndoo
guide very angry one day by asking
him TO go with me to a butcher shop,
and | know that he would rather have
starved than have touched beef. The
wages OF all classes are exceedingly
low.
saw women working IN the field for
three cents day and men who received |
about five cAnts. / was told that the
people had reduced the problem OF mere
existence to o science and that many
Of the Hindoo husbands made q great |
fuss whenever their wives or children
ate more than would suffice to support |
life and keep them going. In the |
opium districts about Patna | was told |
that II was a common thing for par |
ents In times OF scarcity 20 give bits OF |
opium 90 their children TO take away |
their hunger or 70 keep them from eat |
Ing too much. This Is done In a re- |
Rlon from which England collects tens |
OF millions Of dollars worth OF revenue |
every year. The English government |
has a monopoly OF the opium crop IL |
advances the seed to the opium far
mers, tells each man Just how much |
land he can put In, and when his crop |
Is raised forces him 70 sell II TO the |
government at It's own price, which Is |
always a lions share Of the profits.
HOW ENGLAND OPENED CHINA
WITH OPIUM.
What an act Of retrlbutlve Justice We
should have II the English should lose |
India through China. 1t might be looked |
upon as a judgment upon the English |
for forcing opium upon China. II wac
through the opium war that England /
got Its first hold on China. Its acts
during that war were the most disgrace |
ful Of history. China begged England |
not 10 import opium. The emperor and |
the officials passed laws against the
sale Of the drug. for they saw that Il
would become a national evil. The /
consumers OF opium were taxed and |
threatened with death.
Opium smugglers We're eelzed and tor
tured and the Chinese native dealers
were executed. The English, however
demanded the right TO sell the drug.
They did sell II against the law. and Il