The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1906-01-24
TAYLOR
DESCRIBES
JAMAICA
(oontinued from Tuesday-

80 $50"
night. They tell stories that would
alInest make the hair stand on a per
sons head about what they saw and
what the duppies said to them.
Most Of the present generation
can read and write a little but they
have no free schools. They have 10
pay for what education. they get 30
the poorer class do not get much.
Many Of the older ones have no eju-
cation at all. AS a rule they are
very peaeeable but not very amhit-
ious. A negro viii rent two or
three ACRES Of ground and get d liy-
ing from il by planting sugar cSne
and garden stuff and a patch Of GIN
ger, the ginger being his main de-
pendence. To plant ginger the
ground is made perfectly clean and
the ginger root broken into slaali
pieces and placed in holes just deep
enough to be covered with a hoe.
They.do not know what pillow Is in.
that country. When the ginger
xonies uP y looms llke grass except
sllat ei'e leaVes are WIDER. ne stem
the leaves about one-falf an incl
apart from the ground up. Ii Is
planted very close together and when
y Is one solld mass ali over ,
~ srounu Jus ABOUT !l'Ht an inch
aoose slle suflace' = ginger ne.d :
oety pret,s anu green wiieh ABOUT
= , lncnes 1ign. "nen u oegins 10
seiiow ana cue down y = reaay 10
uls, AFTER y ls aug It IS washed
anu peeIeu, tle peeilng Is a dltllcult
TASK ING ginger TOOL la ts gEsf
slate Is ABOUT a aair7lnsa m .diameter
ana branches oll n different direc
Mons 70 ilpou1 the slzesol lo,r nanas
4 very thln niue KNIFE about an
elghth OF an men woe y used 70 30
me peelng' An expert peeler
ana. one q THESE knives 'efy
! After the root Is peeled
Y Is washed IN lemon JUICE, or sour
orange Juice, which Is better. u
Is then dried and IS ready t. snip.
Jamaica "a stlips thousands Of barrels
q inns root every year to THIS co'ln-
Iry where It 4 made INTO our COM
Inerclai ground ginger thousands
y acres are planted every year IN
sugar cane; me sugar business j.
p the hands Of large companies who
illrnisll employment TO great num-
oers Of iaborers hlimls made rom
me ofaii from sugar-l1akmg ana
l ,ther me sugar nor the rum Is INC
ileanest thing IN the worid. our
appetite would not crave either II
you saw the process Of manufacture
He ,e sugar the natives make IS very
cheap. Ion can buy Z pounds fof
; cents. Nearly an the people IN
the island make Their own sugar
Iley make their sugar from the
ltlce OF the cane Just as We make
our maple sugar from the sap Of the
sugar tree. You can buy pure
granulated sugar from the retailer
for about 2 l-2 cents pound.
Although coffee j. raised there IN
abundance and you can buy i very
cheap when the crop Is IN, it very
often goes to 30 cents a pound. Tor
they often ship so muclr that there
is not enough coffee left for home
use. This happens only occasional
ly. Coffee growing i a very inter
business and some years ago
was one Of the best paving indus
tries in that country, but II is now
like the sugar business and banana
busincssgo into the hands Of the
big dogs and the little ones must
keep out. The coffee tree is raised
from the coffee grain. The tree Is
never allowed to grow over 6 or s
feet high and Is never known to get
larger than 4 fl. 6 in. across the
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