The Savannah morning news., 1901-06-06

there are now electric lights, telephones.
Photographs, sanitary plumbing, modern
stores, houses built with "a m. H." and
in short most of the comforts of civilized
life. Trolley lines are talked of to con-
meet Jerusalem with Bathany, Bethlehem,
the Lake of Galilee, Samaria, Jericho.
Nazareth, and other places made familiar
through Bible history With the intro
duction of these insignia of modern ac-
tivity. the Palestine of the past will
vanish.
1t is related that an American travel
ling salesman recently went to Jerusalem
and Beirut, and in one day sold merchan-
disc of an up-to date type to the amount
of $780, Commission houses for the
handling of American goods have been
opened in nearly every city and town of
Importance in Palestine and Syria and in
many instances they are conducted by
wide-awake American business men. In
a single month this year one of the houses
imported American leather to the value
of 800. Another has established market
for American flour. and predicts that in
a few years the people of the Holy Land
win be good consumers of this staple.
Cheap American watches are in demand,
and have been sold to scores Of the ma
tives who regard them with increasing
favor
More than 200 monographs were recent
ly sent there, one-half going to Damascus
and the rest to Jerusalem and nearby
places. The best customers for talking
machines, it is said, are the Moslems or
Beirut, Jerusalem, and Damascus, who
buy them for their harems. One commits
sion house at Beirut has bought, accord
ing to G. Bic Ravndal the American
Consul. a $3.50 windmill from an Illinois
firm. and will erect it on the Bakaa plain.
This firm is confident that there is to
be an important market for windmills in
Palestine and Syria, and for irrigation
machinery of all sorts. Rich foreigners
are figuring 10 secure control OF some OF
the once fertile valleys OF the country,
and should they succeed there VIII be an
attempt to make them again land
flowing with milk and honey" These
foreigners in most instances are Jews,
who are leaders in the Back to Jerusa-
lem movement which has been preached
SO elequently by Israel zangwill and
others.
speaking once more OF windmills,
17-horse-power machine has been in
stalled in the interior, west OF the Jor-
dan for hour-grinding purposes, and an
other large one, bought In Chicago, is
lust going up at Yafa. Even American
beer has found it's way into the country.
one firm has sold to date 5l9 cases OF "
bottles EACH and another has recently
received $50 cases direct from Milwaukee.
The municipality of Beirut has added
81. 300 steam street roller TO its public
equipment, and this is the only steam
roller now in Turkey In Asia, although
the way is opening for others.
II would be a long story to tell Of all
the articles of American make. which
are now selling in the Land OF Promise
but the latest, according 20 consular adj
vices. are cotton fabrics, rope, shoes
clocks. paper. carriage leather, bicycles,
coal. wire nails, paints, hardware, cleo
trical novelties Of all sorts, iron bars
sfeel beams, well-drilling machinery
garden tools fine line Of agricultural
machinery. canned meat, cornmeal, oat-
meal. mechanics tools, etc. Wire nails
40 the value Of almost 5000 were sold
IN Syria last year, all coming from this
country.
Thus Is ancient Syria giving place 20
modern Syria, and the work Is going
forward with a win. Important CONNER
cial concessions have been secured from
the Sultan. who appears 10 be favorably
disposed to the undertaking OF this part
OF his dominions, and Is watching the
experiment with interest. The Turkish
authorities have themselves been buyers
OF American wares Within the last year
they have arranged for the sinking of
large number OF wells along the historic
pilgrimage route 20 Mecca, and are pro-
viding them with windmlls In this way
Il 4 believed that the hardships OF the
annual pilgrimage can be iessened, and
the pilgrims kept In reasonably good