Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-06-23

+ i've means Of transportation, plans
are being considered for the c0nStruc-
non of several now railways, this be
ing the only possible method of trans
portatjOn in that part of tropical Al
r'ica because OF the animal diseases
| prevailing in that section. There is
now before the reichslag the draft o.
a law for the protectorate Of Togo Tor
s 600 600 markS-$l ,90i ,00O--for the
construction of a railway III Togo
In Kamerun, the colonial committee
has ordered several thousand kilo-
grams of cotton from the district oi
| Garlla, in order to determine the q'lai-
| itv and calculation of the Garua cot
ton. Imperial Governor Putt kamer,
the report says. has designated 6arua
as the cotton land of the future. In
Bali the local mission has also com
menccd experiments with the cnl-
ture Of cotton.
Cotton IN southwest AFRICA.
OF the cotton industry in German
| Southwest Africa. the report says thaI
a plan for the cultivation of cotton by
farmers in the territory contiguous to
the future Otaviv railway has been
postponed for The present, but VII be
taken up by the committee after the
Ucrero rebellion has been put down.
II is stated that samples of cotton OBJ
tanned from Okahandja are judged to
be equal in value to the fine sea island
cotton.
",Fhe organization of the cotton en-
tcrprises in Gearman east Africa diff
fers," the report continues, lin accord
ance with the local conditions in i'm
portant respects from that of the
Togo colony. Here it is question OF
putting vitality into the experiments
with cotton plantations carried on by
the cOmmunes, mercantile firms, plan
instruction on the part of the cotton
experts. by the granting of premiums
and advances. and by the delivery OF
seed, gins and presses. For east
Africa the planting time is the period
+, ON January to April; the harvest
begins in the month of August About
$1,000 pounds of foreign seed. mostly
Egyptian of various grades. have been
distributed.
I'm this country there are under
cultivation in the northern and south.
ern coast districts. Tangka Wilhem-
stall Mombo, 2223 acres: Pangani. 30
acres; Saadanl. 100 acres; Bagamoyo,
395 acres Dar-es-S -Salaam- Mrogoro 700
acres: Mohorro. 46 acres: Lndi, 500
acres; Mikindani 80 acres-altogether
over 2,O0O acres In the Kilwa district
the cotton inspector designates a fur
ther $500 acres as good cotton land.
German colonies. the report says:
The hundred and forty thousand
ton imported into Germany up to Jan
lary l.. 1904 is being tested in fifty
spinneries. All opinions concur that
the German colonial cotton improves
from shipment to shipment and con
sttutcs a good marketable quality TO"
German INDUSTRIES.
The report concludes with this COM
ment on cultivation in the British col
cnies: Among the experiments in
cotton powers. those of England occu-
py the front rank, thanks to the self
sacrifice of the English textile indus.
try, which up to date has devoted
4.0OO.O marks (S92o.o00> to the
cause and is now engaged in collect
ing a capital of 100000 marks (S2.
3S0,00n). In British west Africa cot
ton cultivation on large scale is
mainly carried on in Lagos and in
northern and southern Nigeria. In
British east Africa 4942 acres of land
have been placed under cultivation in
the Nyassa highland: the area under
cultivation is, however. to be in
creased next season TO nearly 9S,S4o
acres