Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-07-18

I a.. IN kHta Al
| profit. We have lands Whlch WIN F'.i"
| 80 bushels ana more 10 lue "v,t, -
| though the average rs Tess t""' N't'
AS to tobacco, knouesla clbosv,'ts
| are sold everywhere throughout SUI
Africa. our pipe mixtures are III h,g'
favor and our cigars ~te populhr w
are not trying to export any t0payt1
n yet for this continent taxes an tnat
creas 90" o,,r - Weld Yield from now on and thu
time viii come when we snnli snip To-
paccp 10 huIopt anu ~ '''
the United states
er.crt, c.oI-NTRY.
\ Ni'hN'
"JIo,y about cattle?"
I, &c in stock raising That the chi't
nnssn. uitlos for RhodesiH lie This is
| pnt,rni stock country, In the days
| Of Iobeng,ia. the native king Of the
Nateil. los. thcsc highlands swarmed
with cattle. ana were II not for the
va,ious nests the land would support
a vnst number. Indeed. IT Is estimated
maj If thu, hay were cut and the grass
urotcctcd from fires we could feed
something like 25000000 cattle In nortn-
cru aud southern RhodeSa, We arc do
ing what wc can to wipe out the dis
eases and at present we arc as free
from the various cattle pests as Is any
rart of your country. We quarantine"
againsi all outside stock, finding that
;hr natives respect the laws. Indeed,
we are having more trouble from the
whites than from the natives. To show
Won how little of tho available country
is used for stock | would say that we
nave onIv about 200 600 cattle la south
crn Rhudes!a when we could support
millions. We have 100000 goats ana
about 200. coo sheep
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THE NATIVE o AND n H''''
"Cap van Five me some idea OF your
notiye nonuIation?'
"yVe have comparativeIv few natives
,o, ,b. &c" ST. ~ he conntTy The total
negro population OF bhoeesla - ,,, ,n'
larger thah lhat VI sun y, 80 IA III,
eih states. We nav az ~, ~,
aDout oVV'VuV natives III pu' 49,
ntory' ana they are ASd,' ~ o, ,o,
country whlcn vs. perhaps oiic79oN 'l,'n'
the size OF the unlteu 9tates plopn0
Ihey are as rul'' puieV anu '''a.'s
controiIed put thty nav no. ,1,
wants TO make tlein houu W.
ing force You see the aNerase hesio
can lVe on rev score OF si,'''"sS
year He needs seNeral cattie anu q
corn patch and in addltlon only ehoush
cash to pay his taxes. we TAX eacn
man 81, or 30, year. rms includes
the tax for one wife. If he mas more
than that we make him pay III shil-
Il should think that would be pre-
MUM on monogamy.' said l.
When we fixed the tax we thought II
might be. replied the administrators
but Is has not The natives can make
money so easily that they can quickly
earn the 10 shillings needed Tor every
extra wife and the extra wives more
than pay for themselves In the work
they do. The man who has the most
wives is considered the rlcheSt' ana ne
who has several as a rule does niue
else than Keep mis- women up 10 their
work
MORE ABOUT fARMlNI'
Returning TO the agricultural poss- |
biiities Of Rhodesia the administrator
tells me that the country was greatly |
injured nv the rinderpest and that il |
had ouite n setback after the Roer war. |
The farmers are slow coming in. and |
doubt much whether the company is
satisfied With its success in inducing
white immigration.
| understand that one of the great
| troubles is lack of transportation
| Horses cannot be successfully raised
here. They are soon attacked by a
sickness which carries them off. In the
past oxen We're used to trek wagons
over the country. but the rinderpest
killed them by the thousands, many |