The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-10-21


tea nurseries whore the tea seeds are set
our. they are planted In wet sand md
soon sprout' and when they. reach eight on
ground prepared for the purpose They
are hood aud kept free from weeds. and are
CuIuvhted Tor two years before they begin
20 produce tea. II takes about six years
FOR tree 70 mature. when II should pro
durc pound every year Some Of thc
Irees on the estate are, forty years old
beyond the memory ~ man.
Picking Tea
It Is interesting to watch them picking
the tea. Thousands NJ little brown women
dressed 10 bright colored sarongs which
leave the shoulders and upper part Of the
breast and arms bare are moving about
among the green bushes. Here they are
bending over the plants there they are
Squattng down aud pulling m the leaves.
laying them on great square cloths. In
which Inter on they viii bundle them IN
aud carry them on their heads to the fac.
tory. The sun gids their skins a golden
brown and their plump bare arms show
out. They are of ali ages, some little girls.
some young women and some gray-h Ned.
re" are quite pretty. many are ugly. but
al are goed-uatured and very industrious.
As rode about through the estate /
met gangs Of these women CARRYING the
tea 70 the factory. Each woman mad Il
nnhdle as large as q two-bushcl basket on
/ straight until myself and the manager cafne
IN sight, when she and her sisters would
AZ AZ, uGck down or squat while we passed.
rms Is the JavaUese method Of Sanitation
70 the superior. The managers of the es-
tate and all foreigners are looked upon as
superlors and treated as such 1t is so
with All the natives in the back districts
from Uttle children Of two wears to old men
ana oId women. At first II made me feel
IKE KING 10 receive SO much honor, but
understand that the natives do not con.
Sd,uet Snch action at an ,servile, and they
40 IT on the same principle as we do when
we bow or take of our hats to one another,
The Men Get Seven Cents a Day.
asked as to the wages paid on the MAN.
tation and was told that the 400 men who
are employed regularly are paid cents
DAY and rice. Their hours are from TO
- no work being done after noon. Tho
women receive stll less, but many make
more at work. They get Dutch cent
pound Tor picking. This Is equal to four
'enths OF one cent and some make as
much as 20 cents day, while others make
~ II, tiesS' II gives one an idea of the cost
or living In Java to know that peopIe caN
SUPPORT themselves and be happy on sncb
me women make the greatest tea .niclor.
me greatest care is reduired in niciinS'
Tor the tea leaves are valuable acrording
10 tpelr age, the part of the bush from
they are picked The leaves pjcked " eai,irv
a. a. tn, the morning are. said TO have a better
N ha .1a.-
me hrst growth is the best the Young ian
leaves producing the finest gra5Ss l"'
In the Factory.
market nm tho -. ,r ~ pm" io' inc
NOT far fran, Nv tho 's s,a,, Inc factories are
immense ono-s.or. h,,i,,, ."e' are
acres with g.tront,os ,.a. 20 '''uS
or woven bamboo. The buildings are |
hoofcd with stone and are filled with mod. /
Inc, ,,,to ,,a|t,,-1 s, mem - 'lAe go
moving leather hollis 5i,ont 1nersfIn. s ne
tea rolling aud drying machines.
,..a ne moor Is covered with tea. There is an
lhrl are spread out there to wilt 50 that
t ThIyn ,,! t4ey gre picked up and squeezed
fr3 ~ hol tIaIh' ne Yea as II comes
arI ,Sns nushnS ~ Wllutreh on inns moor B
AZ" ,"'u pu' iA'o teillhs machines, which .
Iy hnnd Ut Th aIe Shl9eSe ana japanese do
,abIes r,oroa ,I,,,,t ~ lines "lt great steer
I""'rS mV1eu ABOUT ny machnery In cir
rnn"ir, an, - n liner y!u'gs move thgm .
[abire , SO" s m ne opposite direction me
abont vyitboTt "rTbta a. l." .o'l NE caves
jnaves 90 In No., ~ usn ~ az 'urin' Nueu lhe .
nnt fbcv az 5r NY III nay " men {neN come
rolled loaves Splnacn. u he mixture OF
az mo gr,n III 9Uu t9hH ny Il uahuiui .
VIM think Van bs,s ,"oN a. lttt Peiu You
worms, FOR ;bcv are inst iil.n th hsre zen zen
The Iotte- nrmrnss u.s. i H., aii ~ III u'Ied,
REVOLVING fan 1vi u ro,t ~ nV ~ o."stS aul
which comes ONT t. J ,etfo. ~ s"aL tne yea
mixed win rorsri-,tti le ae''lE Sitdh' nor
JgpDn Iba iTa.Stln,lr.'' mn , az ~ UNA anu
oui of Iarantso 80 1""HtS ~ "Wt BOXES
and nqcte II ana ,,tnI si99H ,a u,s itd
world ~ an" Su'pS II ~ d" Pa''S Oh the
-,
'Sa W Iapdn'
The Japanese are now producing about
10000 900 mounds Of ton annuaur NOT In
,l,,,tl. - -. ,t' ~ ~
nuns "ua+ ,ueN raise III forlhoSa' lhelr
methods Of cultivation and curing are diff.
ferent from those of Java. The plants are
90. -. P''"t' a.
,,o,ao. ~ ~ ueuses' ana 'ney 'ooN mucn lAe
r,a, XIX , oou, Va.n - 1lu 'u'e, 10 1--WE
hodge, r,,, - 80 ~ ~
Geld 10 The other and often In terraces one
above the other.
~ IL NC, 'l .ne Japan tSa is green, Much
color. Other teas are dried in conner cri
lnjerS or pots and sometimes indigo and
pane m cire t tHeu toRelner ~ the irving
/, ain picked by ejrls Tbo aet from 10 a. ~
cents n day for about twelve bonrs' Wort
They bring tho leaves 10 Tho honscs ~
planters. whore they are 6red md sfeomad
The work is NOT Gomnlere hov,ever mil
they are retired auatn In he forto,ioi az
the stanorts During INV sfay I'm Vol
hama and Kohe yva,t ,hroUS,b 5c,,'l Nc