The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-06-27
SOUTH AFRICES BOOM
Results of Boer War Described
by ]. w. Kirkland.
MORE WoRKMEE ARE NEEDED.

Demand For Common Labor Inces-
SAINT and Great-Durbau Now a
Busy port. and Houses Cannot De
Built Fast Enough In johannes
burg-says English Are conciIia-
tory and Anxious to Get on with
the beers.
After journey Of nearly 10000
miles John w. Kirkland recently
reached Chicago from johannesburg.
lie returns to America in the interest
Of the General Electric company
whose representative he is in South
Africa.
ssWhatever else was done or undone
by the Boer war" he said to reporter
of the Chicago Tribune, south Africa
is already getting the benefit Of the ex-
penslve advertising it received. The
quiet little town Of Durham as knew
ii five years ago is now busting port
and considerable of a city. All the
South African ports thrived by the
war. They took their toll from enor-
nous supplies and transportation and
derived a fair profit from the refugees
and from the influx of foreigners inter
ested in the war.
People are coming in from ell over
the world. Ia Johannesburg, in spite
of active construction, it is difficult to
get d dwelling or a business building.
Rents have gone up so per cent
The present output of the gold mines,
Mr.. Kirkland said, is about 60 per cent
Of what it was before the war. 1t is
difficult lie explained, to secure enough
Kaffirs or boys as many Of them
made money out Of the struggle be-
tween Boer and Briton and refuse to
work
sThere is. TOO, S25,000,O0o being spent
in extending the railroad systems" he
/ continued "and this gives many Of
them employment The demand prompt
ed by the gold mines is so great that
there is talk of importing Chinese la
| Dor. The general demand for common
labor Of all sorts is incessant and great
south Africa is probably the richest
mineral country in the world. The coal
/ Is almost equal in calorific values to the
standard Welsh. 1t is so convenient
often lying on the top of the gold mine
that it can be delivered for Sd a ton
One coal mine company will probably
abandon its coal to dig for gold"
Recently a diamond mine has beer
discovered in the Transyaal, and fur
Their similar discoveries are expected
he said.
1 OF the rule Of the British Mr. Kirk
land spoke as follows:
"The government at present Is entire
IL that Of crown dependency, an ap
pointed governor and a legislative coun
/ eli appointed by Lord Miner and tn
governor Of the Transyaal. There is n
elective body Had not the Jameso,
raid prematurely exploded the soil
revolution that was being prepared b
the foreign element the chances ar
, that the Beer government would hay
! been liberalized, there would have bee
! no British war and the country woul
I now be living under broad and salts
factory republican government a
: present the English are conciliator
and sincerely trying to give us the bel
! form Of colonial government. AS Il
: conquerors they are disposed to get 0
d the best Of terms with the conquered.
/ AS indicating the growing number
i Americans in the country Mr. Kirklan
e said that seventy-fiye graduates (
0 American universities attended the la
Washington birthday banquet at j
q hannesburg. Meats from the Chicaf
il stock yards, Indian corn, America
4 mining machinery and American slal
q are some Of the importations,