Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1906-01-20
About Morocco

That the United states has NO business Ia heins
represented al the Moroccan conference begin az
AigociFas today d tho well Nigh universal sentiment
~ the American people However 90 ssiy the desire
ct The Ctzous readers for Information The following
facts about the country have been gathered from various
within a coast line washed by tho Mediterranean
the Atlantic, nearly 1900 miles aud reaching south
the gFeR Of sahara, the Empire % Morocco
has total area OF nearly double that of Great Britain
and ireland combined It's ID stated 90 be about
2so000 square miles. about equal 20 Indiana Illinois
Wisconsin. Iowa and Missouri combined The popula-
tiun Ia unkOnwn. The saEotteeFs give as 50ooOO0
Two Frunch authors who employ natives 90 obtain in-
formation for hem have rucuntly published book Ia
which they that there fully iOO0n0nu people
iu Moroceo Mr. Perdcaris thinks there laO000up,
possibly 20.n000n0 and very irw people know thc
country we'll he For many years he has bcen one
is mosi conspicuous and .huental residents and his
capture by tho evolutionary leaders created world
Wide sensation. The people chiefly engaged n
tora pursuits cattle sheep and goais-and they
ship gbO00OoO ur t6O00O00 worth of hides and skins
isurope and the United States every year The only
trade have with hurocco Is la chat line and dn
huy enough u make commerce important We
send few articles over there hut seldom more than
ga0OO0O fi0u0e0 worth a year
Several rauges of The Atlas mouwains traverse the
country ANA ahuund los minerals ANA valleys of extra
ordinary fertility. while The rainfall is abundant %
pnssesses q soil which for the variety of its products
in perhaps without "a rival. on the great plains aud
nnduiafng champaigns Shawin, Aida and uuinla,
yOu may travel Cor days through uuhedped Gc,ds of
whcat harley. boanH and maize. Hemp and coriandef
seed tobacco and nearly an The fruits aud flowers Ut
tho Mediterranean itiura nuurish In prufusi0n. From
the Atlas srnrH and the province sOos port alone
has HhDped 81 100000 worth of almonds To- year The
aalnr port Mugador. sends annually tb0O.u0r worth o
Mnrocco heather n The shape of skins. London
and Hamburg the huk Of which h transahippod tho
uuiiod States Of America Ia year Of normal fertility,
this same port Furnishes t5nO0Uo worth Df olive OIL "a
tutal Nhich "a really good year doubles and trohles
In she same si OF exports nnd precious OF the
Sudan 30 the value OF S50OoU0 mo resin of the ara
trou, saudarac- grown nowhere hut IN MorOCgo-eRgs
(mainly fr L0ndunl ostrich feathers argnn OIL unrhan-
zaas and host % minor items all OF which point 90
productive far exceeding that any OF the other
eDunirus the southern shore OF the Mediterranean sea
Yet the total trade OF Morocco approaching sgOOu0-
go annually gives no idea Of Eha will be under other
condlii0nA Tho Moorish agricuIuralist guides d pillow
which might have been used iu the days of Abraham
Machinery outside the treaty pous Is aha0utoy un-
KNOWN The unmunzed bullock pa sim the only means
~ ihroahing the Anything like state on other en-
commencement 10 plant trees ANA breed ane cattle Is