The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-02-22
THE. NEW
cox,en+er Writes of the New Movements
at the South End of Asia
at the South End of Asia

HOW John Bull is Reciai'iin's
1unole and Civiiizing the
The Great Ports Of Singapore a"
penang. the Warehouse Oh
as;a-Their Cosmopolitan .Io"7
The Chinese Inyasion-llh mn
rona;res-The Great Ore Deposits
and How They Are M.neo.
downright, 1910, by FRANK VI -"
penter.)
SINGAPORE, 1901 write touay
+be awakening of Malaysia. l
Hoya already described how TINS
abole Asiatic continent IS ohiou
hino with the invasion OF on.
new civilization. The nnoveiii .ha
extends from the SHOWS y
north where over the Irahs-oiu -
rsilroad the Russians are pouring III
Ia,igrants at the rate of ten thou
Sand per day. down to this very Wy
IF the Malay peninsula within 90
4oi,es of the equator, where ne"
.oads are making, railroads building
and cities are rising into belng. l
nave told you how the chinese ale
preparing for a constitutional sof-
arnrnant and how the Japanese nave
HI the old courts ana cor
ruption Of Korea and are tnere III
stituting schools and civilized ways. l
hear that similar work has begun in
the French Chinese possession; and
also, in SIAM, where Bangkok, the
capital, is now a live, up~-to-date city
with electric lights, street railroads,
telephones, newspapers and
At the End of the Continent.
Away down here at the south enc
of Asia the western invasion has been
going on for some years. 1t began
in Singapore and Penang, the two
chief cities of the Straits settlements,
belonging to England. more
than q generation before the birth
of Chicago, they were Tor a long
time trade outposts only. They are
now going forward at Geographic
speed, and the Malay peninsula Is
moving with them. That n
which. beginning with Burma and
Siam, extends southwark to Singa-
pore, was until lately, in a state
of savage innocuous desuetude. Then
the English took hold, consolidated
the tribes, and tool the Malay states
under their protection. Since then
roads have been cut through the
jungles, and the peninsula has thou
sands Of miles of highways better
thar those Of the Philippines. and
equal to the best roads of Java. You
can ride for days in an automobile
through these federated Malay states.
and not have enough bumps to stir
up your liver. Within the past year
Or SO railroads have been projected,
and the chief centers are now con-
nected by rail with the ports. About
A0e miles Of track have already been
laid. and there are $500 miles OF
$alapranh in ODprati0n.
Instead of the barbarous rule OF
the Malay sultans, the people 10Y
have the British to administer their
laws. Crime 1s decreasing: there are
courts Of all kinds, and a first-class
police force. The government has
established hospitals throughout the
peninsula, and it is developing al
sorts of industries.
In Perak irrigation works have
been dug and rubber plantations arr
now growing In the several states
The trees are planted at 200 to the
acre. and there are already abou
100000 in bearing. The tin ant
gold deposits are being exploited. ant
the tin output Is now worth more
than $4,000, 900 per year. All In!
is the work of less than a generation
and the increase Of today Is NOR,
rapid than ever.
The Straits Settlements.
The advance made at the Strait
Settlements themselves is surprising
These little British possessions, con
sisting OF the two island Of Singa
pore and Penang, and a small stri]
of the mainland. now rank anon.
the richest parts Of the world. Pc
nang Is not much bigger than tn
District Of Columbia, and Singapor,
a little more than double as large
nevertheless. the two have a revenu
Of more than six million gold dol
lars, n a foreign trade greater thai
that of many q nation of Europe. I
was almost four hundred millions las
year, and its imports now amount t.
two hundred million dollars per an
num-. The total tonnage of the col
ony, including the various ports, sur
passes that Of any one great port o
the world, and Singapore itself, rank
fifth among the trade ports. Her
in the east it is only surpassed b
Hongkong, something like nine O
ten thousand vessels coming in an,
going out of it's harbor every year.