The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-07
Terrible Crimes of Kaffir;
 He Shot and Killed Six Men

Igrowing prosperity, the Colony has igood ground for satisfaction. During the hrgt quarter of the financial year, which begins on July 1. the Treasury receipts showed a gratifying increase all round, and especially in the items lof posts, telegraphs, estate and trans-
 fer duties. and excise duties Tn addi- ton $1s200.000 was received In respect lof the Col0ny'S share of last years pro- its of the Premier Diamond Mine for
 Wbaeh no~credit was taken in the Bud- set estimate, A, handsome surplus is
 already in sight. Rand prospects too are excellent. Record after record is being broken. October,s unprecedented
 output of gold was equivalent to a
 rate of $157, ,440, ,000 q year and amount the magnitude of which can best be gauged from the fact that during the
 period between 1871 and 1890 the to- tai average production of gold for the whole world mounted to only SIP, ,0O0- EO0Q per anmum. Allowing for the day less in the month. November's out but was still better. Then came De- Icember's total, which in turn eclipsed all previous records, the output being lequalt to 6S.870.000 q year. Improved plant methods, and the perfection of organization have worked wonders and the reduction of working costs now enables good return to be secured lAkvul 0Ep Wutcn outy a ShOrt time ago was regarded as upprofitable.
 Labor Supply.
 Apparently the one thing necessary for the maintainance of the present
 standard of production and It's further development is the continuance of an
 adequate supply of labor. So far this question has presented no difhculties, but in some auartes the fear is ex- prssed that falling-on may be exper- VryhA nnkor NaSS- South Africa generally tends to absorb the existing surplus labor supply. Certain onlookers pro- Tess inability to see how, under pre- sent conditions, any considerable defi- ciency could be made good The scheme for recruiting Madagascar na- tives for the Rand, which General Botha regarded hopefully, had to be abandoned owing to the opposition of French authorities. Fortunately. inc Portuguese territories can be, drawn
 upons the doubt is as to how far the Ineighboring British Colonies would be able to contribute. According to the
 Bulawayo correspondent of a Johannes-
 burg journal Hhodesfam industries are already seriously hampered through
 lack of labor. At the same time. tbe
 demand is constantly increasinc Tn
 the. past twelve months the mines alone employed fully 10,0Oe more laborera
 and 1t is anticipated that an addition : al 10000 will be needed to keen nsca
 With developments in 1909,
 Tn the correspondents opinion. tba only permanent solution appeara to iis
 In educating the Natabele and fine Ma
 shonR to the dignity of labor. As
 matters stand, the former since be
 may no longer so on the warpath. l prefers the comparAfively idle. life
 or 8 stock Farmer, varied with an oc-
 casional hunting trip; the latter is. as he always was, an agriculturisf pure simple. Both thanks to their obedient womenfolk, have enough for their wants. Both rating mining and
 the thought of. mining like poison l There are districts of Rhodesia, car :ying anything from 30,000 to 60.O00 abIe-bodied natives, which in spite of all inducements pronered do not l furnish the European population with | as many as bare hundred laborers. Commenting on labor prospects gen.
 orally, the Times of Natal" remarks
 that until the character and habits of the average South African native are have increased and he becomes more | economic conditions and until provi-
 the vicinity of industrial, centres lives will be content to take up their | lem will remain unsolved and the tenn | porary glut alternate with periods of extreme and embarrassing scarcity.
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