The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-03-08

fruits Of Japan, which has about the
Same climate. s III IKE " }5li$
There are parts OF Holland, however,
which are Just right for flowers. Ia "a ls s.
the region about Haarlem. where more
bulbs are raised than at any place in. the
world. The soil there is a mixture Of
sand and loan Just fitted for the A best
Of tulips hyacinths and gtadioluses.
There are syndcates and ndlviduals at
iIaarlem who do q big business In bulb
raising. They have patches Of tulips,
hyaclnths and other bulbs acres In ex--a
tent. Tho hyacinths load the air with
their perfume and tho folds are OF such
colors that in passing through on the the
railroad at certain times Of the year,
you seem to be travelling over q crazy
quilt moro gorgeous than any ever put
together In reality. 5ji93s5!
There are in all about 1900 dftfersnt
kinds Of tulips raised here: 1000 yafte-%
ties OF gladloluses and 100 hyadnthA
The bulbs are planted In trenches, with
the large plants in the center and thu
small ones at the side, The varieties Are
kept separate each row being tabeted
with its own name. a9 III. i5,
The most Of the bulbs exported ny Hpl-8
land arc raised near Haarlem. and this
means an amount equal to about &Ao0o.-
900 annually, much Of which comes from
the United States. IT a s.3 II, Y
The Seat OF the Tulip Craze
It was at Haarlen that the best tulfpsS
were raised during the great craze. whom
such bulbs brought their weight In gold.
That was about the only time that tbs
Dutch lost their heads and went wild
over speculation. They speculate STILL
but most OF their enterprises arc on an
investment basis. During the tulip craze,
along about when Boston was started
ono HARLEM tulip bulb brought about
81 500, with team OF gray horses ana af
carriage thrown In, and an Amsterdam
bulb was sold for twelve acres Of land.
Both OF these bulbs were Of tho variety
known as Semper Augustus, OF which
there were then only two In existence.
At the same time other varieties
brought enormous sums. Tulip buying
was a regular business and men grew
rich and poor from the trade, Some
Dutch mortgaged their houses to buy tu-3
lips, and the loss of a peck OF bulbs 4
caused a mans ruin. f5sEl *
The Dutch tulips now sell for ordinary
prices, but they are still handled on bust
ness principles, and both cultivation
and marketing have been reduced to
| science The bulbs are set out In Sep.
TENDER and October They are carefully
cultivated by sklllful workmen, many OF
| the farms employing hundreds OF hands, z
They arc packed for the market Just Sd
and are shipped to seed and dover deal.
] ers all over the world. II
| I doubt II the ordinary Dutch farnel
makes money. Take the $4,000 who hayt i
| less than fifteen acres. They cannot al i
best produce more than n living. Indeed
some of these are selling their farms and
| renting others. Lands are high and rents
are calculated at about per cent Of thu
land values.
Child Labor In Holland.
In the factories there are also womel
and children. Children are allowed IL
the factories at the age of twelve, Thu
little ones so to thnir labor at 9 O'Clock, \
starting work on nothing but a cup 0!
hot coffee or perhaps n piece of ryt
bread, and coming home to breakfast al
s. They go back an hour later, and la,
off for dinner from - to J. when they
return to complete the day. The wages
paid children are but few cents aday.
and boys start into trade as low as
twenty cents a week. There are fixed
rules as to apprentices. some shops res
fuslng to take them because there are
no laws by which they can hold them
after they have learned enough 70 be-
value, t3 3 sis
II OF late, however. technical schools hayS
been established, and the Children WIN
have a better chance TO learn trades
than In the past iIs N 5, /