Omaha daily bee., 1905-09-16
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can consul general at Antwerp, contributes
to Leslies Weekly an extended review OF
the development OF Belgian colonization Of
the upper and lower Congo country. paying
high tribute TO the work accomplished
and the motives which inspired H. Sum
marizlns the work Mr.. Howe says;
The philanthropic and humanitarian
movement in favor OF civilization of the
valleys Of the upper and lower Congo was
conceived by King Leopold II as early as
September, 1876, when an international con-
ference Of scientists and explorers met at
the royal palace at Brussels. Before this
assembly King Leopold made the following
remark: ITO open the only portion of our
globe where civilization has not yet pene-
trated to pierce the darkness which en-
velops whole countries of people, is q cru
SADIE worthy this century of progress.
have led myself to believe that you would
ind 1t possible 20 discuss and arrange be-
tween yourselves the ways and means OF
planting the standard Of civilization upon
African soil"
The government has established school
colonies. managed by Belgian sisters OF
| charity. where the scholars acquire
practical, solid. professional training
From these institutions the government has
acquired the services of capable employees
foremen and noncommssioned officers for
the public force the name by which the
army Of the Congo Free State is known.
The Belgians in 1885 had only three mis-
sions and six missionaries in the Congo
Free State; today they possess ifty-nine
| permanent missions and twenty tray
cling missions, attended by Ss4 missionaries
and sisters Of charity. There are 52S chapel
/ farms, llS churches and chapels 523 lee
| ture halls, three intermediary schools
seventy-five primary schools. and 449 ele-
| mentary schools. In the latter the natives
themselves teach reading and writing.
! There are sever poor asylums. seventy-one
| Christian villages and 72,3S2 converted
! Christians. The schools are meeting with
success, and it is stated that the young
! Congolese learn with ease and rapidity,
! speak French well, and are apt for high
! education. Many go to Belgium where, II
| they become acclimatized, which 1t must
be borne in mind is not always the case,
they follow various callings with a certain
degree Of success.
The report Of what seems to be an i'm
portant discovery comes from England. As
the story goes an inventor has found a
process, now under examination in Lon
don, by which he can produce from a given
quantity OF wheat a considerably larger
Yield of -four than is possible under any
other known process, The ordinary cylin-
der or roller mills, now almost universally
In use throughout Europe and America
| give total YIELD It is said Of from 6S to p
per cent Of the weight of wheat milled. BY
the new system total yield of So per cent
! is produced This is an average increase
of Is per cent in the yield of flour, or an
! Increase of about twenty-one loaves of four
pounds each in the quantity of bread made
from quarter of wheat. Manifestly this.
II true, is important but the inventor
claims to do much more than this. He
asserts that he can produce from English
wheat alone an absolutely pure and a more
wholesome bread than is obtained by the
ordinary baker from more expensive fiours.
including those of the best known American
and Hungarian brands. Under the existing
system OF milling and baking in England
the bread is made from an admixture Of
English wheat with foreign wheats the lat
ter always largely preponderating, fire.
quently to the extent Of three to one. This
admixture of foreign wheat adds consider
ably to the cost of -four as compared with
what 1t would be If English wheat alone
were used; and the necessity for the admix-
ture is due to the superior strength which
foreign wheats derive from the greater
amount of sunshine to which they are sub
Jected. II this Inequality can be made
good there may be bright days ahead for
the British farmer.
Although the italian railways have been
under the control of the state for more
than three months, the new system has not
yet attained to anything like perfect or
ganization The central direction will be
established in Rome. The departmental
offices will be at Turin, Milan, Rome, Ge-
noa. Naples, Florence, Venice and Palermo.
At Turin and Milan will be the two most
important departments, each containing
some 1900 employees; the remaining depart
ments will consist of about 1000 employees
with the exception OF Palermo, which will
have about 5000, all that are required for
the Sicilian lines. The main lines will
thus be divided into eight departments
Turin, Milan, Rome, Genoa Naples Flor
ence, Venice and Sicily-in the place OF
their former division into three companies
; the Mediterranean. Adriatic and the Sicil-
ian. These departments will control H.
| kilometers of railway and about SO 900 men
, There will remain in the hands of private
companies about 1900 kilometers Of sec.
ondary lines, and in the hands of the
Adriatic company 1000 kllometers Of the ofc
/ southern lines. its own former property.
l A peculr condition or economic affairs
exists in New Zealand which has beer
termed the communists paradise" and
l the country is just now greatly agitateC
about the invasion OF the American agr
, cultural machinery man. The trust" IL
that delightful land OF the antlpodes il
indeed an octopus. 1t not only has man!
tentacles, but is deemed to have horns a.
well. The American harvester trust Wen
in and. owing to advanced American
methods of manufacture and handling Of
, goods. was enabled to undersell the natives
! The farmer very naturally was elated a
the prospect Of great reduction in tn,
prices of his necessaries, and a prohibitiv,
tRrin 10 him presents no charms. On tn,
, | other hand, the government is importunet
' to absolutely prohibit the foreign trus
from doing any business in New Zealand
There is a country that feels keenly tn,
n conflict OF old and new methods. 1t Nigh
A Just as well reject machinery as TO rejec
I new and slNllfully applied ways OF hand
n ling H. II we can manufacture agriculture
machinery here and place II in the hand
a Of the farmer cheaper than the native New