The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-10-13
'COF IN JAVA
All About the Government Plantations and How
They Are Managed.


ment was the chief coffee grower here. 1t
had thousands of acres Of coffee estates
which II managed by forcing The natives
to work upon them IN lieu of taxes. These
estates yielded vast revenue. From lS}l
to 1919 Java turned into the Dutch treas.
ury about $3.50 100000 and tie most OF
this came from coffee.
The government Is raising n good deal OF
coffee today, but the business Is gradually
going into the hands Of private parties
During my stay in Java | have visited
number of the government plantations ana
have also gone over some Of the private
estates Tho government lands are worked
on shares with the natives, she Dutch gel
ting the lions share. When Marshal Daoh-
dells took charge of the government miuy
of the native princes had Gomez estates
which they ran with forced labor Inc
Dutch East India company took MS trlOule
IN coffee from them and arranged WIZ,
them to buy the balance Of their crop Nv
Just about / cent a pound. Daendells urged
tn people of the highlands all over the
island to plant coffee, and he RENTED taxes
or this account.
shortly after the English left Java every
family of certain districts was required 10
keep 1OCO coffee trees in bearing on certWh
of the village lands and 10 give or sen Nv u
iilths of the crop to the government, IheN
had TO clean and sort the coffee and 70 De
liver It to the public warehouses. here
they. were paid about or 4 cents pU -o,,.u
for 1t. and this. Notwithstanding the SAM
coffee was selling for as mueh as from 10
TO 20 cents a pound at the seaporis neaIpl =
At the same time the government gave pgII
ceEtagcs to the chiefs OF the various VII
lagos according 10 the quality or the couee
produced In their respective districts. lhey
established rules Of culture ORGANIZED huI-
series 10 provide the best OF plants Tor the
natives and in This WAY improved the Java
plant until II was one of the best OF me
world. The coffee used at that tlne 0HIne
from plants imported from Aranla, !h eii
blight came which destroyed almost an
the plantations of that variety ana unueI
which the coffCe industry or Java WAs
about ruined. Just before the hhght Java
shipped 3OOOO00n0 pounds Of Java co1ee 70
Europe. Today her exports are sometnilg
like 60 100000 pounds. She IS raising more
OF the Liberlan coffee, Of which shall
write later.
On the Government Plantations.
Some of the best coffee estates have
seen are on the slopes of the Tenger noun
taips. In Northeastern Java. reached
theo Nv taking train at Soerbaya and then
going on ponies about days ride through
the hills. l rode for miles along the siaes
of the mountains through coffee pIanta-
tions. There were millions OF trees tne
most of them not much bigger around tnan
fishing poles, covered with varnlsAea green
leaves In some places the planlati"nS
were young. the bushes being sh9de1 MI, ra
banana plants and WIN trees ,birh men.
they were loaded with berries, Whieh ILL., ILL
women and children were picking III p"s
kets and carrying home. b.o and
There were villages scattered mere ~
there through the coffee. districts eoi,tisSo
lions OF little houses OF woven NJ, nai Ma
basket work. which looked more lAS AZ PY,a ,e
houses than anything else. Eaeh sliln gss
had gate leading into IT, Inc n crnss'
were fenced with bamboo poles SCI 10 nm
wise There was coffee DRYING ~ ~ hoyore
In front 81 some of the houses, ana hetot ~
Others / saw girls pounding the nuns "n
the dried beans. ,.,, man.
aged Its estates and was told that me VI
lnees were required 10 plant the cohee nn,
der governments supervision ne s,y %d he
plants sci out and the trees euiuVateo