The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-07-17
A NEW LAND OF PROMISE.
RhOdeSia Represents the British
Colonies of South Africa at the Fair.

RhOdeSia Represents the British
Colonies of South Africa at the Fair.
BY Edmund Mitchell.
st. Louis, July 16.-Only one of the
group of five colonies under the British
flag in South Africa is represented at
st. Louis. 1t is pity, for each of
the four absentees, the Cape of Good
Hope, Natal. the Transvaal and the
Orange River Colony. is land of rich
productiveness, busy industry and
strenuous commercial enterprise.
Rhodesia, the youngest colony of all
from the settlement point of view, has
sent really fine display of her re-
sources, actual and potential. And
there is something of poetic justice in
the circumstances of Rhodesia repre-
senting the whole of South Africa at
this great worlds gathering.
The colony has three separate courts
in the palaces, respectively, of agricul-
ture, mining and transportation. In
the first we are introduced to samples
of Rhodesia cotton, tobacco, fibers, rub
Der and cereals. The first named prod
uct of special interest as showing the
strenuous efforts being put forth by
Great Britain, as also by France and
6CIIldlly " GAbGIu TIE AREA OIL COLIOIl
growing, with a view to making Eu-
rope more independent of the Ameri-
can sources of supply, which are stead
lily becoming inadequate even for
American manufacturing demands
alone. The presentation of agricultural
products is completed by samples of
corn, millet, wheat, barley, oats, rice
and peanuts, together with several
kinds of European vegetables, notably
beans, peas and potatoes, large-sized
photogra phs depict typical farm scenes,
orchards In bearing, splendid forests
and railway trains to indicate trans
portation facilities; also big game in
great variety-rhinoceros, hippopota-
mus, Gland, water buck, wild beasts,
koodoo, wart hog and zebra-proving
the land to be veritable sportsmans
paradise.
In the mining building we make ac-
quaintance with Rhodesia's mineral re-
sources. We find several cases of rep
resentative mineral specimens-coal,
gold quartz (often cleaning with the
precious metaD, copper, lead and zinc
ores, iron stone, mica and opal matrix.
OF direct interest, too. are the native
ornaments and implements. both Of
copper and of iron, proving that these
mineral deposits have been worked
from time immemoriaL BY a series Of
maps and plans the development Of
the coal fields, an economic factor of
such great Importance to the future
Of the country are fully illustrated,
while a diagram graphically represents
to the eye, by means of proportionate
columns, the steady increase in gold
production from 56,742 ounces in 1893
to 231. S72 ounces in 1903.
But it is In the Palace of Transpor-
tation that the greatest surprise is pre-
pared for visitors. Ask ten average
Americans which is the greatest water
fall in the world. and in nine cases
the unhesitating answer will be Nj
agara. But this is not so, for the Vic
toria Falls in Rhodesia are twice the
breadth and two and one-half times
the hight of Niagara. The fine paint
ing of this greatest natural wonder Of
the world-"The Waters that Smoke -
as the falls are picturesquely named in
the vernacular Of the natives--will be
gazed at with prolonged and delighted
interest. Photographs of indabas or
councils with native chiefs, views Of
the weird and perplexing ruins of zim-
babwe, and a large portrait of Cecil
Rhodes himself. looking down on the
pictured story of the land and the work
he loved. also we'll repay a visit to
this section of the Transportation
building.