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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-11-19
Condition of MaOris.

Captain Cook landed in New Zealand in
1863 He was the explorer Of the country.
lie found the Islands inhabited by a war
like race. known as Maoris, The occupants
Of the island surely, but steadily, faded
before the approach of the white man;
they fitted into his ways of living to
great degree and, through the evolution of
time. drifted gradually. but surely, into the
rut made by the white people. Their chill
dren attend schools regularly, are exceed
ingly bright and apt, are natural musicians
and have no love for hard work. The
older folk maintain their traditions, their
war dances, their poi. or dance OF celebra-
ton, .emblematic OF pleasure. and their
tangi, or funeral services, is prolonged at
times for weeks in fact as long as the
food lasts. for It is the custom of neigh
boring tribes to attend these ceremonies,
and they always are received with shouts
OF welcome and expected to stay and
mournfully rejoice until the bread and the
potatoes are consumed. There were orig
inally in the neighborhood Of 10000 OF these
Maoris but they are now reduced to less
than 10000. The government has taken many
steps for their welfare and they lead the
easy life which nature intended for them.
New Zealand began its educational and
commercial development in about the year
1870 Since that time no nation in the world
has shown greater strides toward building
up a colony. which nature previously Gre
ated into an FL Dorado, and the brains and
intelligence Of progressive men have sown
the seeds OF human content and happiness,
and they have seen the harvest ripen and
enjoyed by those who are contented, happy
and prosperous. The population of the
colony is just a trihe less than 100000
and, with the exception OF the Maoris, are
white people. English and Scotch.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-11-19
old Age Pensions aud Insurance.

The old Age Pension act provides for the
pensioning Of all people who desire assist
ance. who have lived good lives. are Go years
Of age, and who have lived % years in the
colony. This is regarded as one of the
most benehcient laws in the colony. An
old couple, under the increased pension
law. now get S a week. 1t is estimated
that the government will pay N,5O0,0O In
old age pensions during the present year
The government conducts insurance.
This Is done economically and cheaper than
by private corporations. There are no
large salaries paid, expenses are reduced to
a minimum and the policies and invest
ments are guaranteed by the government.
A manager of a large mandatory told me
that his insurance with the government was
costing him about one-third what IT did
in private corporations. The cities OF New
Zealand are very beautifully laid out,
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-11-19
On the Eastern Division.

What can YOU tell me about the eastern
division?"
1t is also largely uneXplored. We know
that there Is a block OF good land stretch
ing from the boundary OF the province OF
Quebec westward comprising an area as
large as that OF West Virginia, or over 49,
10000 acres. which is nearly all good for
farming. II is a clay loan, well watered
and rich. We know that the line goes for
hundreds OF miles through some OF the best
forests Of Canada There is enough pulp
wood there 10 make your newspapers for
generations 10 come and billions Of feet OF
pine and hardWoods."
FRANK c. CARPENTER
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-11-19

Employer. and employe have confidence in
the court The decision is binding for a
given period, usually three years. While
the suit is in progress the employee con-
tinues at his old wages. II he wins, he
continues at the newly fixed wages. No
fellow worker is allowed to interfere or to
stir up dissension. No walking delegate or
outsider can interfere In any way IL they
do. they become guilty of contempt of
court and are punished accordingly. EN-
ployers and employees may settle their
differences without going before the court
When they do. these private agreements
entered into voluntarily are taken to the
court and they then become Industrial
awards and bind all parties for the period
agreed upon.
There is no law I'm New Zealand pro-
hibiting Trusts" doing business in the
colony; at least, there was no such law
at the time of my sailing from that coun-
try. September Is. 1906. Such a law is
contemplated, and a few days prior to
my departure, the premier handed me a
copy Of the proposed law, Trade Mono
poles Preventive-A Bill Intituled-An Act
to Prohibit Monopolies Detrimental to the
Public interests" The premier discussed
the matter fully with me, / being an In
terested listener. The bill is very care
fully drawn, defines trusts, or trade
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-11-19
snme cd the Citiea.

Some of the Cities.
The population of the larger cities is;
Auckland, $500; Wellington (the capitaD,
$4,000; Christchurch, 6O,OOO; Dunedin, $1,000.
Christchurch, geographically, is different
from the others. 1t is situated on
the Canterbury plains. The plains ara
about fifty miles wide and 100 miles
long. 1t is the agricultural district
Of New Zealand, and enormous crops
of cereals are raised. Christchurch is laid
out in square blocks and has fine business
buildings and handsome residences. 1t is u
typical English town, and its suburbs are
constantly divided into paddocks, with
pretty hedges at every side. The river
Avon flows through the city. 1t is very
picturesque, and its shores are fringed
with weeping willows and stately trees.
a beauty spot truly, maintained by the city
and kept in its natural state so far as pos
sible. At this city, the International ex-
hibtion, beginning November, 1906 will be
held and elaborate preparations are now in
progress to make 1t worthy OF this young
nation.
New Zealand is a land OF surprises, sur
prises without disappointment. II is I'M
Questionably the beauty spot OF the uni
verse. What one sees In other lands in
isolation here one sees in profuson It has
as pretty mountains as the midday sun ever
shone upon. II has the highest waterfall
in the world, Il has a thousand others. The
greatest geyser ever seen by human eyes,
Waimangu, is here, turbulent violent.
wrathful awful and, as II forced by the
Inferno, hurls hot water and mud ana
stones a height OF 1.5oO feet. This geyser II
$40 by 400 feet in diameter. The Wanganui
river runs its course for 40 miles through
divided mountains whose perpendicular
walls are covered with moss and where
ferns are seen In tens OF thousands, larger.
more perfect, handsomer in every respect
than can be found any other place. Hot
Springs are plentiful on the north island,
and natives are seen daily cooking their
food in these boiling, natural pools. The
South island discloses beauties OF another
order and at Milford Sound and Butler
Gorge the scenery. the gradeur, the mag
nificence OF the Alps is equalled, If not sur
passed.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-11-19
No Idle People There.

The old saying that 'the devil finds plenty
of mischief for idle hands to do" does not
apply in New Zealand. There are no idle
people-none without work BY system
devised and operated by the government
the secretary Of labor is notified promptly
by wire II any are out OF employment and,
as he has a daily report OF the labor con-
ditions in every locality in the colony,
those desiring employment are at once fur
nished transportation by the government to
the point where work is obtainable ana
they lose no time. Hon. Edward Tregear.
secretary OF labor kindly showed me his
chart and explained how he kept in touch
with the labor conditions in the colony. He
has at his fingers end the daily conditions
OF labor just as accurately as the train
dispatcher knows where each train Is at a
given time.
The government controls the public
highways and the roads are excellent. In
building roads. they not only subserve
the public. but they give employment to
thousands OF deserving men. As an IL
lustration, a man with very little capital
buys bush land, the same as we designate
forest land, the government sells It at a
price Of say $3.50 an acre. The man
buys the land, but the government says.
1--WE are going to help you pay for this.
While you are working for us. you are
aiding yourself and family You must
work the first three days OF the week
clearing your land, the last three days
OF the week you must help us, work on
the roads near your land. Good roads will
enhance the value OF your land, and.
for the three days you work for US. We
will pay you 81 a day and you viii get
Sc cash every Saturday night. This plan
is benehting thousands for they are
clearing their lands. and at the same time.
know they will receive sufficient money
once a week 20 keep them and their
family in provisions.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-11-19
New Wheat Empire.

"As to the prairie section" continued Mr..
Morse, that viii pay the interest or its
bonds from the start. That country Is so
rich that settlements will spring up all
along the road. and we shall be hauling
out millions of bushels Of wheat and other
products within year or after the rails
are laid. l don't dare to describe the rich
ness of that region to the full. Any man
who tells the truth about it to a stranger
is lookel upon by the latter as visionary
or a liar. We have there the richest wheat
lands upon earth; better than those OF the
United States, better than any others OF
the world. This road goes through a strip
of virgin soil which will raise twenty-five
bushels or more wheat to the acre, and
that strip contains four times as much
wheat land as all the wheat-growing lands
of the United States. About 100000
bushels of wheat were harvested In the
lands of that region which are now ac-
cessible to railroads this year, and the
country has already been reached
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-11-19

will belong entirely to the Grand Trunk?"
Yes; it will be constructed by the Grand
Trunk Pacific company, with the govern
ment guarantees, as have stated. on the
mountain section the government will pay
the interest on the amount Of its guarantees
for the first seven years, and II there should
be a default OF interest during tho next
three years It will pay that also, but such
last payment will be capitalized and even
tually paid back by the company to the
EoYernment"
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-11-19

AWAY distant in the Pacific ocean
4 "a is a land little known to the pres
ent generation. a land where
86 nature has showered blessings
S&se upon the inhabitants where the
torrtd heat OF summer and winters blasts
are unknown, country as charming and
as bOuntiful in resources as any under the
sun. II Is an emerald gen. clothed the year
round In robes of varied green, possessing
mountains OF the grandest character whose
orests are everlastingly tipped with snow,
lakes and rivers as clear and placid as the
world possesses and hills and valleys whose
surface supplies abundant food for millions
Of sheep and cattle. 1t is a land of sun
shine and plenty, blessed with a climate
averaging about 10 degrees in the summer
time and 80 to 65 during the winter The
elements have combined here, and that
combination has been in force. dating back
TO the beginning of the world, or at least,
to time when the memory OF man rum
meth not to the contrary. Warm winds
and sunny skies prevail almost throughout
the year, and the earth, rich, volcanic
soil, produces a wealth OF products not
surpassed per acre by any other country.
The cereals and tho fruits of the temperate
zone grow abundantly here and potatoes
and turnips are measured by the ton. rather
than the bushel
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-11-19
Grain Chute to the Great Lakes.

But is there no land grant with the rail-
road. Mr.. Morse?"
mot on the main line. We have a
branch going down through New Ontario
10 Port Arthur. This is known as the
Lake Superior branch. II will be used
merely as the outlet OF our great wheat
trafiO 70 water transportation, and will
rather be a mighty grain chute than a
passenger line. For It we get from the
provincial government 5000 in cash ana
5000 acres OF land per mile"
But is 1t not dangerous 10 agree to pay
3 per cent on any road built by any gov
eminent? The chances for graft and hood
ling will be great"
Not In this case The railway must be
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-11-19
AprlcuIturaI weaIth OF New zeaIa

New Zealand is rich in agriculture. ana
its temperate climate enables stock TO for
age on green vegetation the year round
Enormous crops per acre are raised OF
wheat, oats. barley, turnips and mangsA
Among the exports for the last year wereI
Wool SIG, 800, 965; hemp (Phoemium Tenax).
$3,654O15; butter, S7,570sSO. About $4,000
carcasses OF frozen mutton and lamb arc
shipped annually and the value exceeds
100000 There are over 100000 sheep
grazing in New Zealand at the present
time; they fatten almost entirely on the
nutritious grasses. When other food IL
necessary 70 hasten their marketable con-
diton, tuTnips or mangels are given them.
These grow enormously. both as 20 size and
quantity turnips oftentimes growing from
forty 70 sixty tons 20 the acre and mangels
90 to 100 tons The Kauri gum industry IL
an important one. The gum is found in the
north island in the vicinity OF Auckland.
beneath the earth's surface from a few
inches 70 several feet, and Is discovered by
jabbing a steel rod into the earth then by
digging. II is used in making varnish the
finest in the world. It's export value is about
Sc 10000 annually. Three-ffths OF the prod
uct Is used I'm America The kauri gum
trees grow to a great height and supply =
timber Of high character for all purposes.
Colonials have a pretty custom OF saying
Goodbye" It's from the Maoris-"Kia-
ora" pronounced Keeora) and means
Good bye and good luck" AS the
emerald shores faded from my view
when / sailed for America. I stood on the
steamers deck. and found myself softly
saying. "Kia~ora, Kia-Ora."
W. B. LEFTnSawnISA a.!
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-11-19
How Canada builds Railroads.

Before / tell you the story OF the ROAD
let me give you thumb-nail sketch OF its
manager. II will show you the kind OF men
who are moving things In Canada today.
The vice president and manager OF this
great enterprise Is about eight years
younger that President Roosevelt He Is
about as tall as our president, and not
quite so heavy. He looks younger than he
really is. and every molecule OF his anat-
omy seems 20 be fed with red young blood.
Like the greatest OF Canada's railroad men,
he is American born and American bred.
He came from Lafayette, Ind. was edu-
Gated as mechanical engineer. and had
his training on the Wabash and other OF
our systems before he took charge OF the
engineering department OF the Grand
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-11-19
Thousands Already at Work.


This railroad is not a mere possibiity-a
been authorized by the Canadian Parlia-
ment; $S3. 10000 worth OF Grand Trunk Pa
cihc bonds, guaranteed by the government
have been issued and they were subscAbed
for ten times over. The money is at the
call OF the managers and It is being put
into the work rapidly as possible. Al
ready 275 miles of road are under construc-
ton. Two thousand men are at work lay
ing the rails between Winnipeg and Ed
monitor, and by this time next year there
will be an army of laborers pushing the
construction all along the line.
The road is being built to stay. The gov
eminent contract provides that It shall be
as good the line OF the Grand Trunk be-
tween Toronto and Montreal and TINT is as
good any road on the continent. The
Transsiberian was made with rails which
were far too light for tho trafic. and the
whole road must now be relaid. SO Prince
Hilkofr. the Russian secretary of railroads,
told me when talked with him about that
line Just before the war with Japan. The
hfty-six- pound rails; that is, with rails
which weighed fifty-six pounds to the yard.
This has all been changed, and the road
now has the heavy rails and all the i'm
provements Of the New York Central or the
Pennsylvania The Grand Trunk Pacific is
being laid with rails which weigh eighty
pounds 20 the yard, and Is grades will be
the least. so Mr.. Morse says. OF any trans
continental line. The road will be COM
pleted in 1911.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-11-19

excluded from undertaking telegraph or
telephone service. Telephone and tele-
graph service are operated with general
satisfaction to the public. Rates for tele-
grams are pence for twelve words any
where In the colony and pence for each
additional word Telephone rates are
lower than in Great Britain, or in
America
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-11-19

Port simpson ON the Pacific.
What is 20 be the future OF your ter
minal on the Pacihc7"
There viii be . great city thsrS." EAid
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-11-19
Laws the world Notices.

Among the laws which have attracted at
tention throughout the civilized world are
the Industrial Condliation and Arbitration
act, the Advance TO Settlers act. the Lands
for Settlement act and the Old Age Pen
sion act.
The Industrial Cancellation and Arbitra-
ton act is, as its title imputes, for the
purpose Of preventing strikes and the in
terruption Of business. When an employe
is dissatisfied with his wages he complains
to his employer. II the employer refuses
to advance the wages. then the matter is
taken before the Arbitration court This
court consists of a judge of the supreme
court and two assessors. one appointed by
the Workers union, the other by the EN-
ployers association. This court takes evil
dence and decides the matter In dispute.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-11-19

- general manager OF the new trunk
line which the government OF Canada is
building from ocean to ocean. l say the
government. for although the road is being
engineered under the Grand Trunk Pacific
railway management, and although 1t will
really belong to that company, It is being
built on government guarantees, and the
eastern half of 1t by government engineers
and on government contracts.
1t Is the biggest single job any govern
ment has ever undertaken, with perhaps
the exception OF the Transsiberian railway
and the Panama canal Its building will be
as difficult as that Of the Transsiberian, and
1t will cost $123CO0,O 600, or more than half as
much as the Panama canal.
Transport yourself in your imagination
back TO the time when the United States
had 100000 people. We had about 100000.
1 believe, when Jefferson was president
Think of the period when most of our citi-
zens were along tho Atlantic seaboard and
south Of Lakes Erie and Ontario, and sup
pose that we then had determined to build
an iron track through the wilderness from
Boston to San Francisco, and thence north
to Seattle. That Is somewhat like what
this little 100000 nation is undertaking
now. II is surveying a new line of railroad
5000 miles long. which shall connect Hail.
fax. Nova Scotia, with Port Simpson, on the
Pacific ocean, not far from the lower end of
Alaska, about 500 miles north OF Puget
sound. and perhaps half that distance south
OF Sitka, in Alaska. The line everywhere
runs several hundred miles north OF the
American boundary. In the Rockies It is
about 500 miles north. II goes most OF the
way through a new and unsettled country
and for 1000 miles or so through lands so
suited for farming that Mr.. Morse tells me
they will soon be as thickly populated as
Iowa or Nebraska.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-11-19

hted, 1905, by Frank @. Carpenter)
ONTREAL, Nov. 16.-(Special Cor
respondence Of The Bee.)-I have
just had a long talk with Frank
w. Morse, the vice president and
general manager OF the new trunk
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-11-19

equaled ~ IT,, a-rc, cut-throat in THE
Pirates own Book has lost himself in
New Zealand and. in his stead. we nnd a
polite individual who says THANK you"
WIN he opens the cab door, Thank you"
when you step out and THANK YOU when
you hand him his pay. Education and po-
likeness go together-they make a good
combination. Teaching is entirely secular
and free. Religious teaching may be given
after school hours on certain conditions.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-02-24
Iowa Man Is Getting Rich.

Getting rich at an unsavory but
strictly moral business is the expe-
rience of John Lucas, who resides two
miles from Lake City, in this state.
Lucas owned couple of acres of
swampy and brush-covered land. He
discovered that it was dotted with
holes. Upon investigation he found
that the holes were made by skunks,
Of which there seemed to be an army.
Lucas had the two acres surrounded
with galvanized wire netting five feet
high, and two feet into the ground, and
let the skunks breed without disturb
ance. There were 300 animals in
prime condition this season. The pelts
are shipped to ali the large cities.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-02-24
RATS AS EAR PROTECTORS
Thousands Of Rodents, Caught In ia
i pan to Prevent Spread of the
Plague, Prove Useful.

Tokio.-When the time came to for
ward the winter outfits for the armies
IN Manchuria and the commissariat pro-
duced hundreds of thousands of fur ear
protectors, Japanese and foreigners
alike wondered where these things could
have come from. No one had ever heard
lot their being made. 1t seems that two
years ago the plague was raging along
the China coast. The Japanese quaran-
tine bureau decided that efforts must
Ibe made to keep the dread disease out OF
the country.
They determined to start crusade.
In all the seaports and larger cities
bounties were offered for each rat
brought in. The small boys found this
o great source of revenue, and the COM
petition at once became very keen. For
each rodeet the huntsman was given a
small sum and a lottery ticket. The
money he might squander. but the ticket
he saved, and at the end of the month
there was a drawing, with prizes vary
ing from IS to $50. Rat catching be-
came a popular amusement, and the
boards of health all over the country
were kept busy examining the daily
bag.
Each animal was duly registered and
the place in which it was caught noted.
1T was then examined, and if any sus-
;picious germs were discovered the build
ing from which the rats came weye i'm
mediately raided, all the animals were
hunted down, and the place was disin-
fected.
In this manner the plague was kept
out OF Japan. The small boys amused
themselves and made money, but no
one ever stopped to think what had be-
come Of the skins of these millions OF
rats that had been worrying the boards
of health. They had not been thrown
away. The military authorities had
used them to make ear protectors.