Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-08


people. We have really no idea as yet as
to Just what our resources are. and as to
4 the labor we can secure to exploit them y
How many Inhabitants have you?"
We do not know. We can get. some idea
from the taxes. for most of the provinces
nave to pay so much per huts In other
places the natives have been hardly sub
dued, and OF no province have we ac-
curate census. The number has been es-
| timated at from two to four millions, but
believe 1t Is nearer FIVE millions, and
possibly more.''
The Native Tribes.
Give me some idea of the character of
these natives. your excellency," said /.
They are Of many tribes, each having
Its own character and customs. Among
them are the Nasal. a pastoral people
who deal altogether with cattle The
Nasal. are noted for their warlike pro-
penst.es. and in the. past their children
were trained up to be warriors Then there
are the Wakikuyu. who have agricultural
tendencies, They have small farms and
h here and %o. viii They live all about s.
toria In addition way there co ~a aFe y Il.
a Nsndi and many other natives
who are both farmers and stock
Altogether these people are in a
low state of civilization Indeed. it is
almost impossible to conceive how far
gown gov, on the scale Of the worlds progress
wants. strip Of cotton cloth .suffices
for the clothing az a man. and he
can earn enough for his food in a
very short time. Before we can do much
WIN these people we must make them
have wants and give them the desire for
accumulation. We must begin right at
the bottom. and 1t will be a long TIM
oe1ore we can turn them into consumers
OF o.; ioIeign goods or into valuable labor
ing class Indeed. our natives are much
worse In these respects than those Of
Uganda There the people cover their
bodies with clothes of one kind or an
other. They are intelligent and MANY
OF them will work to get money!.
East Africa for White Men.
How about your white settlers? VIII
this country ever be inhabited by cauc,-
sians?'
That, again. is difficult to say" replied
the conservative governor. I'VE have
| Few European settlers already. but
whether we can make this colony a Sec
ond South Africa remains to be seen.
nave hved mere for over twenty years,
| ana am not sure as to how far any
white man can do hard manual labor in
this latitude. It Is true we are more than
a mile above the sea. but nevertheless
we are on the equator. and the equator
europeans who will succeed here will he
those who bring some money with them.
and who will use the native labor in
their work. don't think anys settler
should come to East Africa without he
has as much as three thousand dollars.
reckoning the amount of your money. He
should have enough to buy his land, stock
| 1t. build his house, and then have some
thing to go on. He should not start out
| with very small tract Much of the
grazing lands are now being divided up
| into tracts Of five thousand acres and
we are selling tracts Of one thousand
acres at 66 cents per acre. II man
takes the first thousand and pays for it.
the other four thousand are held for MIN
subject to certain improvements and de-
velopments upon the first thousand. After
| these are completed he may buy the re-
naming tract at the price per acre OF the
| first thousand acres
Big Land Owners.
II understand much of your land is be-
ing taken up in large holdings"
"Tha: Is so to, a certain extent" replied
Mr. Jackson. but we are now discourage
| ing such allotments. and would rather
| have the land apportioned in tracts of
from $40 acres to about 5000 acres each.
If the land Is for grazing the larger area
the myriads. SO far our experiments
| is desirable. II 1t is for grain farming
, or dairying. it Is better that 1t should be
small. AS to our large landholders, the
British East Africa Company owns about
five hundred square miles. Lord Della
mere has about one hundred thousand
acres and Lord Hindlip little less. There
are a number OF settlers who have twenty
thousand acres or more"
Insects by Millions.
"How about your ranching possibili-
ties? l understand that your stock
growers expect to found a great meat
| Industry here which will crowd our
Chicago packers out Of the markets of
England"
II do not think there is room for
alarm about that matter as vet" re-
piled the Official. This country 10 just