The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-17
RHODESIA HAS AN EXHIBIT AT THE FAIR Is a Colony of Great Natural
 Resources HAS MADE RAPID PROGRESS The Exhibit at St. Louis Contains Many Interesting Pictures and
 Specimens of Minerals.
 Great Waterfall.
HAS MADE RAPID PROGRESS
BY EDMUND MITCHELL.

6Y EDmOND WI lO1ELEs
 St. Louis, July 16-Only one of the group of five colonies under the British l flag in South Africa is represented at St. Louis. It is a pity, for each of the four absentees, the Cape of Good Hope, l Natal. the Transyaal and the Orange River Colony is a land of rich produe- 1 tiveness, busy industry and strenuous commercial enterprise. But war has left 1 it's havoc that takes years to restore, and it need be no matter for surprise that these governments have found them selves too pre-oeeupied with home mat ters to enter into participation at the worlds fair.
 However Rhodesia, the youngest col ony of all from the settlement point of view although the most extensive in area, has most gallantly stepped into the | breach, and has sent across the Atlantic | really fine display of her resources, actual and potential. And there is something of poetic justice in the circum- stances of Rhodesia representing the | whole of South Africa at this great worlds gathering. For the name of the country emblams the name of the great |
 
 d vast dominion to his country's terri | tories, and 1t is Rhodesia also that pro vides resting place for his mortal re- mains among the Matopo hills, designated by himself "rhe View of the World, and the scene of some of his most stirring adventures
 The name of Cecil Rhodes long since went forth to all the nations, and the career of the man who wrested colossal wealth from the wiledrness, who swept blood thirsty barbarism from out the path of advancing civilization, and who, when the call of death came bestowed his fortune for the redemption of Africa and the unihcation of the English-speak- ing peoples of the world, was one that appealed very forcibly to popular imag- nation. The United States partipates in his legacy and this very year the first hundred of the three hundred students from America who will in perpetual con tinuty study at Oxford university are , being selected This endowment of an educational trusteeship with the income
 of more than $30.000O00 assuredly marks new era in the world of broad minded and enlightened philanthropy. So Ameri- ca is glad to know more about the chosen p land of Cecil Rhodes, and extends to l Rhodesia d cordial welcome at the worlds s fair.
 I own Of Umtall. < This feeling will be intensified when certain words are recalled that fell from e the lips of the Right Rev. J. C. Hart zell, missionary bishop for Africa, at the ? recent general conference of the Metho- , , dist church at Los Angeles. The bishop, ! telling of his experience in Rhodesa de- scribed his headquarters, the town of Umtali, with it's 600 white inhabitants as nesting in a beautiful valley 3o00 feet , above the sea. At least 600 more white , people dwell in the vicinity of the sette- ment. Here are the government offices for Eastern Rhodesia, public water works public library, newspaper and shops for f 800 miles of railway, yet ten years ago it was the country of savage hords. To the southwest, a few days brings one into the midst of the ancient gold mining felds the Ophir of the Bible, from which many millions were secured by the ships of Solomon and Hiram. to adorn the Jewish temple. Stretching far to the north and west and south are valleys and mountains, rich in mineral and agricul- tural resources. Over all, said the bishop. waves the English flag, which means liberty, protection and cooperation for the Christian school and church. Six ! years ago, before the railroad reached Umtali he had ridden into the village a stranger, on horseback, drenched by rain and covered with mud A few / months of correspondence and personal . interviews. with Earl Grey, Cecil Rhodes. and other representatives of the Rhode sian government resulted in donations for mission work. of lands and buildings, i which, in value, were greater than any other gift received in foreign lands for missions.
 The sentiments of these men was ex- pressed by Lord Grey in his final letter , to him (the bishop) when he said: We , heartily welcome the cooperation of your countrymen, and are particularly glad to receive your assurance that it is the wish of your people in the United States to take an active part with England in her endeavors to establish the rules and securities of Anglo-Saxon civilization in territories that have hitherto been sub merged with barbarian.
 Here we have an illuming glimpse of very special interest to Americans into the brief but romantic history of Rhode sia.
 Colony at St. Louis.
 At St. Louis. the colony has three separate courts in the palaces. respec- lively of agriculture mining and trans portation. In the first we are introduced to samples of Rhodesa cotton, tobacco, fibres rubber and cereals The first named product of special interest as showing the strenuous efforts being put
 
 and Germany, to extend the area of cot ton growing, with a view to making Eu- rope more indepnedent of the American suorces of supply, which are steadily becoming inadequate even for American manufacturing demands alone. The pre- sentation of agricultural products is com pleted by samples of corn, millet, wheat barley oats rice and peanuts together with several kinds of European vegeta- bles notably beans. peas and potatoes Large-sized photographs depict typical farm scenes orchards in bearing, splen- did forests and railway trains to indicate transportation facilities; also big game in great variety-rhinoceros, hippopotame eland, water buck, wideboeste koodoo wart hog and zebra-proving the land to be a veritable sportman's paradise
 Tn the mining building we make ac- :. ouaintance with Rhodesa's mineral re- sources. We find several cases of rep resentative mineral specimens-coal, gold quartz (often gleaming with the precious