The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-07-30
Present Depr ession III I ransvaal.

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Apparently South Africa will need al
n 81 Atr. Belts millions, and more, # j nn'
Wasting prosperity Is to be developed J. u
4! That Instructed country. Mr.. Kipling II
Il tuist out III d rhymod editorial ag' q rs
Fl Boer supro,nnoy, this tiino to be achieve,
~ ballots, Wtilch shows how much his his
DranchBef tjsJ pla1alists fo oar that hat con con
4 tingency. m i as3 n # 4,
.i Meanwhile the state Of tho lln 's'll
II colo1,ists in South Africa could linrdliy
s,S;bs worse, no matter under whose 's ing mug
III they were starving a special correspond
ant sc tho London Chronicle, writing last sl
\ month, gives this picture of present con-
u ditions Iii Johannesburg:
"A Men III the street wtlnt to know WHY WHY
u miners who were earning full pay Two
Gears ago. when tho output was ~ q uarTT
s3 for Of a million less per month than ~
i IS day, are now cadglng at every street
u corner for sixpences to enable them x to
!, get a glass Of Wntered beer ut q tree Tree
II lunch bur. (s IA IA y. D;
tradeslnen, enticed hltherS "
Il wages that seemed enormous, VINO nave AVE
I Had no occupation since the sky-scrap ers'
Ebuilt for 11cksteins. Barnatos, ana otner
/, consolidated companies were finished = oW v
Y find themselves penniess, and are patl helll-
4 cnlly pleading for relief Wor t. 5ss8s IS a "a
over two thousand applications have
q bcer, received for possible vacancies Z on
1.-THE tram cars. White men line the Mar
fket Square as boot cleaners, and almost
4 the only new works In hand nre the road
q ma king and sewers OF the municipnli ty.lSSfs
Scores or empty Offices and houses arc
4 tn8Ebe seen. II. . Hundreds OF vncnnt
If dwelling- houses or apartments may DO
Fl count ed within q mile of Market Square
I, Us ID . Every day tho papers publish about
/ a column Of Judgments obtained In the,
N courts by creditors who cannot got what
lis owing to them by any other lneans.
\ Lawyers are busy for that very reason
3 Hu are the auctioneers, who are selling
or The h f,rnit,ue ana effects Of people
who have no other way Of paying their
obligations to butchers and bnltcrs and
grocers.. n
gS8 This gloomy picture Is fully sustained
4 BY the American oonsul-general at Pro
4toria, whose last report warns MI Ameri-
cans to stay away from tho Transvnal,
because no work ID to be found there
..Evcry boat train" he says, that leaves
here now takes With It skilled artisans
/. III & 4. The mon who would have, been
A the best citizens OF any now colony, skill
/ ed workmen, arc finding that the Trans
svaal has no longer room for them
There cun be little doubt of the nc
fcurncy or this statement, coming as It
does from thoroughly disinterested
source but there Is a wide divergence
4 OF opinion as to the cause. Ono funda-
. mental error lii the internal economy OF
the Transvaal is that tho wealth Of tho
country Is beingl exported without any
adequate roturtI, dfid., unless agriculture.
or manufactures are developed 1t Is only
o question OF time When South Africa
will once more become a pastoral and
7parsey settled country.
From tho standpoint OF tho laboring
8tion OF contract coollo labor which has
necessarily displaced tho unskllod white
,nd black ldtbf 5altrady, In South Africa.
put this conal ioAtll, does not affect the de-
Sow that tho mines uro built are no
}sngcr required Like Nevada. South
Africa Is a country OF one industry only,
and the profits from this source 20 to
foreign shareholders, leaving tho lnnd
around tho mines hnse. denuded ana un-
developed. It was real patriotism and
IN Intelligent perception Of tho needs OF
South Africa that led Altied Belt TO en-
dow tho Cape to Cairo Railroad, as no
might have done for q school or library.
l Now that tho mines have ull been con-
tsclidated and the output IL all bohg ex.
ported, tho Transyaal inust meet tho sit
nation by developing local !, Industries;
otherwise, as SOON rs the Rand ia ex-
hausted. 1t will Inevitably. be deserted by
al, but fow shoep-ierders.
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