The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-12-15
About Sunatra.

Copyright 1901, by Frank q. CarpenterD
Singapore, Straits OF Malncca.--1 sailed
for two days along the coast Of Sumatra
In coming to Singapore. The island belongs
almost entirely to the Dutch, but It has
Fast tracts still Inhabited by savages, and
4 large section which the Dutch have been
trying for years to subdue During my
conversation with the governor general OF
The Dutch East Indies he referred to this
var and pointed out the province OF Achln
.rn part of Sumatra and Is inhabited by
Maiays who are better lighters and more
rebellious than our own Tagalos.
Tho Fighting Aohinese.
In Achin every man is n soldier and every
-,,lage has Its army ready for service in
trme Of war. The people have been hghting
foreigners for hundreds Of years. Their
rougsry was one of the first In thls region
10 be discovered by white men. Marco
Polo visited II In 1891 and about the time
VI the discovery of America another Eu-
'opean landed there and "tote OF It's pep
Der, aloes aud SILK. Queen elizabeth made
/ treaty with its sultan, aud considerable
trading WINS done before the country came
GO the bands Of the Dutch
From time to time the different foreign
cations tried TO subdue the Achnese, hut
they fought them one after another aud %
the end Of five centuries are sum unCoh-
quered. Already the Dutch have lost
and have spent il is said more than 5000
000 They now have an army In the field
against them and. although they possess a
part Of the coast, they are no nearer con
querinc them than they were q generation
s ,rd ~ cSHp es, yJr,ui ~ contains rlcl
pepper districts and has also. &c Is said,
much gold and silver. rs people are No
acterS In writing. They are said to be
~ ,bn ,r9rs M one has bean able 10 travel
an,opr thTn,
A. tt.L,..,.,. t.l,rL
N'' O'N''0s'''
Inc greater part or SumhtFa rs prAcIoauF
Unknown, and s'ill IL Is one nj the richest
stands NJ ,bo f,r rnst II has enormous
-, a.. - -.
tracts o. lei'''e sou anu IT. P'"uu,eS P'pP'
,o0ce and rice IN vast quantities II Is
the largest island Of the world, with the
exceptions OF Borneo, New Guinea and per
hans Greenland II is longer than from
New York 10 Chicago. ana in one place as
wide as from Washington to Albany. H.
area is four times that Of Ohio plus that
OF Massachusetts, 1t is a land of noun
tAIus and plains Along the west coast
there are peaks from two to three miles IN
height. while on The east opposite thi.
town Of Singapore there is a vast plain
much Of which IT, T. under water during ~.
{amnorIs me nrovinre nearest LAVA. The
word Lamponrs means bobbng ia tho
water. l!ere you can travel 100 miles Over
lanes almost TtiecsS o unu 1'r" ,,, NY
Of pcaks which are two miles above tn,
sen.
Sumatra Coffee and obacco.
The very best Of our Java coffee comet
S-.,, e,r,,.r, INT. st,+o,,or+ I made in
my conce letter on Java ana the lhIo' ma
tlou came to me from the coffee exporters
-. p,.,,to -rboro e. , torn c,I1o1 p,dop,
10. q, ~ "a -, . - 80, 80. ~ &,
n ma,rs witch IL sUrrounde6 hv coffco pla@
1a.t.he' my 49, ,uo' NE 9 7, ~ ,,Iti
MuIv1 sue LIZ 800 wv tttri -, III n
%tJJ ~ ,,e,,t hoIU,, sai rbo cInoris ar
Aranian pun p',nE USE . ne 'Hp"t,S a.
1IFe, ~ ~ rue tn''S, va ,n'iN ~ ~ w. "a
uih'eu S!.Atss' He ule ~, - " Vu''''""'
" hcuuV - ." ,sitt u ~ 90 r n. 60
me neSt t9hacc3 Rnus hre on ins Inr,
size OF the Island NuCh Is lhlsen nnol
iNll, On me straits OF Elldacch. Ine l'i
IS especially valuable Tor Wrappers, VT
test OF inc product gong 10 busopc.
nnos f' 70 H9 un W ci,ss nn nSE WANTS ,
tobacco amount to about St5,OOooO6 yea
on, compqnI-the, I1ill M01tschapplJ n,
,or ,' ,Tcutv.fra ycars 'Tbfs J.. Ike ,c"din
tobacco company Of Suma,ra.
The Land Of Pepper.
II Ia oio-. 4ht. .ar,o coos, ,b,+ rocrc
r. IT.,
IL '"""' '"'H'''' ''.N'- Hl"'' P'PP'' 'H'
any other island oe tho world, md Il hn
hprn raGeIry Or far rro+urIas Il vo9 IA
U'"e w SPICES WINCH 'i'NTht 'A' p"''
70 The Far East. 1ad large part of the'
flrr ppDpor ehinuenfs W,lp from Suuiprr.
although tlcv aat some from Iudla. Tho
icsr india through tbr ,ycrch.r,rs Of M
pcpuer must. About INC tiu.C Of Que
Ililahetl th.v Mad e,tfIrmcnts both In I.
dlg and IN tbe., islands and were doln
most of thc carving pdr Of this mart {
the world Thov theg sold their pcppcr .
Is cents a puuad. huj trustIike. as the
III IA. s., 81
declare hr' lyiltnas TIC English me
chants however objected 10 paving 81 50
pound and Organized ia, famous East II
da company. which drovc the Dutch OF
OF Hindocstau Uud gave India To- Englan,