The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-11-06

The population figures of the provinces
arc as surprisingly low their square
mileage Is high. Tie total Is today set
nt 2,7s6o9i, about what our single
state of Indiana may claim. or these,
| f65,0ol are white folk; 2,03l OJ3 arc ma =
tive blacks. That there is here Il color
| proplems with u vengeance is too patent
| 10 need one word of elaboration.
Cattle. Wool, Gold and Diamonds.
! We arc beginning TO wake mp here &c
I whai Alaska is worth-fhad lyondcrla No
| OF wealth which was dubbed Seward S
| iouy when We purchased IL from RUS
! sn, little more than a generation ago
| South Africa is as rich AS Alaska It's
products arc quite different, of course
I pna, IKE Alaska, Inc potential richness
odr, oi tI me sci is scarcely more than
scratched. Cape Colony produces din- =
! nonds. copper and livestock, gold and
livestock is the bulk OF the Transvaal' IS
| output; wool. dimonds and gold arc the
three leading items OF the exports Of
Orange river, and in, Natal IT is wool.
again first. with several grains showing
large returns. In the order Of their cash
values the Union as whole is today
pressing into the worlds markets with
livestock, wool. grains. copper, gold and
diamonds.
Though sixth on her list, The South At
rican diamonds are being dug from the
most important fields on earth. The De
Beers mines alone are yielding from two
TO three million corats q year, and, as
o,UUu.UUU cQrAtS 10 the TON tnlS means
half ton of the sparkling gems each
twelvemonth. and from single property
Fauing n ton at $50, 100000 the
perts figure such little things, this looks
like snug enough annual profit for
somebody
But perhaps the most enlightening in
deX of South African wealth. proved and
potential, is to oe found in some state
nent as to her banks. The Standard Is
doing business of about $50 600, 900
per annuu on capital Of SS.o000oO,
with deposits averaging S1oo,oO0,ooo and
annual profits approximating S6000OO.
They say South Africa has been going
through a period of hard times. but
the Standard paid its stockholders 10 per
cent In 1909 The Bank OF Africa. with
s35. 900 900 on deposit. has done not quite
SO well; its securities paid IL per cent
last year The Natal bank. doing ousi-
ness chiefly in that state and the Trans
vaal. and with SEQ 600 900 of deposits on
4 s2.5oo,0oo capital, ran close third
paying ~ per cent on its stock, The Ma
tional Bank of South Africa is paying
per cent, and the African Banking cor
these last two reach s60:ooO0o0.
Constitution of ''U. s,>A. Jr."
The terms under which the union came
termiped upon, as they were, after
study on the part OF the assembled dele
gates Of all present day constituuons-
Zealand and Australia. France, Prussia
and Switzerland. In brief. they may be
summed UP in the following:
ID The crown TO be represented by
governor general, appointed by the crown.
CO. Each former colony to become
province of the union, Self-Soverning.
though absolute veto power shall rest
with the governor general in all matters
OF interest to two provinces or more.
CD Each province to be governed by
an elective council, It's membership to
exactly correspond with that PROVINCES
representation in the lower house OF the
union pa rllament,
(D The union TO assume responsibility
for the debts of the colonies. also, 10 ac-
uuiro fun rights TO all colonial property,
(5) The union parliament to be com
posed OF two houses, senate OF 40
eight to he elected by each province and
eight to be appointed by the governor
general-and an assembly OF 1@5-a
giving 81 seats TO Cape Colony. IS to the
TransvaaI, and II each TO Natal and Or
ange river
(s) The English and Dutch languages
TO be held as on a full and complete
q Cape Town to be the legislative
capital. and the executive capital TO be
Pretoria.
connection with these various Items. In
the first place, the veto reserved to the
governor general shows the Englishman's
fear Of what we call "state rights Sec
must own at least s25oo worth of i'm
movable property. Thirdly if at any
time the two houses are at variance, as
to a measure, they shall meet in joint
session, all votes being OF equal value,
and a majority CT votes shall rule. which
Is much the same thing as saying that
the ultimate decision upon amy moot
question shall rest with the assemb!ymen.
made necessary by the iealonsies Of the