The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-06-18
UNCLE SAM IN NORTH AFRICA
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chief eltss Aaeeza ssn, m.ors ssAa
I've million te5eahano messages s@=s
t~ar. and So ksHg DISTANCE eaWsrFas-
lions Sese mage tAAa nue Hslls4su.
I'nuEsas b@a phone asAgpn Aha
! can siand tn the tete4 he*e zHs b@
aroan1 have alreadA .ptAau ~
the rstct They arr faf .aseT tGAa
any ee have Ia Aanrxfea { eau Heuf
w!rr frons here - F'raneo faf Heas
~arA. and / ooula 0a tNe sane wrEa
/ fiNs hundred m5es bc&eN in TIE
Desert ~ sahara IL remember eng.
r"ctiy cay telegraph companies
charge about 40 ceHts @ofa fFurfs
New Yors 80 san FTaue&Hea. ara nA
n ueDsage = cent Tor loss than - cents.
Here the minimum chaFEv per u4~s-
sage = - rcata ard one can te4s-
graph . Great britain. ttaN uvn-
mark or Germany faf rAF 3esa thAn
sc can send message across nuy .on-
tinent Tho tslophone rates tn Al
serias ars cents f+f three minutes
and cents Tor long distance urs-
sAges outside The charges ~ Tunls4@
are about the same
\ Coed Postal service
Both - iheAa countries have a good
postal service There atc poet affg,ea
In every town. and OF late. tho malls
have been carried on cau4elm to many
OF the oaaos u the do1oFt The letter
rates 10 Algeria Tunls aud France are
cents. and postal orders up u -
uaN BE gotten FOR "A cent. and up 10
$40 for s cents ] can buy a pehtaI
order on America 10 The amount af
. for cents. and the same rate is
given for England. India. canada and
Japan. There are almost da3iy malls
from here TO Europe. and Franc. can
be reached from either Tunls or Al
gicrs ia lust twents four hours
he a Fu a
Ing There are something like ufty
million packages sent through the
Algerian malls every year. and fully
half thAt many through the puag
offices OF Tunla3a.
Money and Ranks.
Both or the provinces have excellent
banking facilities Every town OF any
size has its banking establishments.
and the cities are represented by the
chief banks Of France. WA ab!e
To draw mone3 o, Eiskra. down ~ the
Sahara, and I have had no trouble
anywhere in getting NV letters II
credit Cashed The Bank ~ Algeria,
which is connected with the govern
ment. has capitai " 81 900. and
its paper notes are exchanged for gold
In any part 81 thesr French colonies
The Credit L.ounus lass branchsa i'm
nll the Algerian citicH ana the same
IL true or the Bank or Tuui~ia as 10
the cities of that province.
The none. used Is French iu AlFc-
ria and Tuuisian In Tun}.lA. but IL is
all on the French decimal systen. and
there Is no trouble in making change
In addition u the banks above Weu-
toned there arc agricultural bankn
Ia both Algeria aud Tuulsia. vhtch
makes leans - farmcrs and acttiorH.
and Algeria Aaa seven savings banks
with deposits ~ more than five mil-
lion dollars
50 far. banking here in lp lts in
fancy. Thc natives have not been &C.
customed 20 taking care 81 their
money that way They Do not like
TO 20 10 the banks Tor fear their
friends viii think them hard up aui
that their business - borrowing.
Therefore. they hide their navlnEa uu-
der the rHfters or build them away
In some part of their house, Many
of them pat their surplus iuto Jea-
elry and this i8 especially 80 ~ fhs
Bedouins and KabyleH. 'hc richer
women among whom ere often loaded
with gold and silver.
The chief money lenders outside
the banks ere The Je~s who charge
exorbitant rates ~ interest and take
notes for much more than the
amounts loaned, The Jew comes -
the mans house. and makes the loan
there. and at the end often gets hoth
house and money In the Freuca
banks the office hours H-e from ~
II. and from 2 upui g. A. noon
every one knocks or for rest.
Hos, The. 10 business.
Similar hours obtalE !u the large
business houses. but they often pDeu
carly ana with the exception ~ the
noon rest. remain o.en until darb.
All ~ the cities haze French rectB1nH.
with stores and business establish
ments ike fhose ~ Europe Tho
great bulk ~ the tra1a hoM ever =
done IN tazsars ~ thousanfs or
petty merchant. IS hD occupy cells NJ
larger than Rood-sizef piano bor.
and. who st on the floor. while they
v2it for Their customer such cs-
tabllshments open shortly after dhN-
light and close long before ulzhtfan.
The streets where they are looted
are poorly lighted and there IS no
business whatever after dark
Openings for Uncle sam.
Tunisia has foreign trade u
about thirty million dollar q geaF.
but Uncle sam gets alu4oft none ~ II.
We sell but fttle - Algeria. and tnaf.
notwithEtandirE It's foreign commerce..
amounts 70 more than one hundred
and thirty million dollars per aruuEn.
This is large trade for colonial
possession. and il seems the larger
when IL Is rernern bered that the popu-
lation here s. almost ali together a4rl-
cultural and that IL dTeAacs ii cottura.
see some American meats IN the
stores. and not few ~ the French ea-
"a sblisnrue erts carry canned salmun.
There are wln6niIis from Chicago
scattered here and there throughout
the Tell. and there arc American sew
ing machines wOrkluE rHey ia many
Of the bazaars. As 10 the cotton
goods for these eight or ten million
people. they come chiefly from
France. Germany and England and
the same IS true % machIuery. botn
OF which lines are EpeciAlfieA of our
own The most of the trade - all
kinds Is with France
our vice consul Mr. Proux. who -
one Of the bankers or Tunis and whose
opinion IL Of considerable value. tells
me that there - an opening here for
all kinds of American machinery and
tools. He says our @indmllls have
been more successful than any og the
othsrs and that several hundred have
already been sold.
as 10 American machinery and the
tools in which we are - strong else
where, the people Of Tunisla naruly
know them. This IL shown by our