The Detroit times., 1910-08-19
SAYS INDIA TAKES
STRIDES FORWARD
Bombay Magistrate Tells Of Introduc.
ton Of Modern Methods Of Educa-
ton and Sanitation.

A. w. w. Mackie, presiding super
intendent CT land records and regis
tration and magistrate for the district
or Bombay, India, has arrived In De-
troit to spend portion OF q two
years furlough, with part pay. He
Is the guest OF Attorney Walter Rob-
inson, No. 90 Englewood-ave.. rela-
tive.
Mr.. Mackie has been In the British
judiciary service eight years, and H..
therefor, entitled to the vacation he
Is taking. Under the regulations,
officials of Mr.. Mackie's class while
holidaying receive from $500 to s..
600 year. Eight years service en-.
titles them to furlough of two
years. After being in the service Fl
years each oficial may retire on q
pension of $4,000 a year.
Mr.. Mackie. a native OF Dundee,
Scotland. has been In India eight
years and Is now enjoying his first
long vacation. He has made q close
study OF India and its millions OF ma
tives, and Is OF the opinion that the
country will some day take prom
inent part in the affairs OF the world.
European customs are gradually be-
ing introduced into India and Mr..
Mackie feels that the new ideas will
soon permeate to the four corners OF
the vast territory.
The improvement In sanitary con-
ditions IL one Of the most noticeable
and encouraging evidences OF the re-
cent awakening In India" said Mr..
Mackle. Another step forward IL the
progress being made In elementary
education. Sanitation Is gradually be-
coming better In the big country, and
educational affairs are showing i'm
provement right along. Sanitary con-
ditions are particularly good In the
newer portions Of Bombay and Calcut-
Ia, the two largest cities In India. In
fact, modern improvements are In
evidence on every hand. As yet there
are no street cars in Bombay, but
there are many automobiles, largely
of the British and French manufac-
ture. Instead OF street cars, We use
Victorias to get about the city"
How are wages In India as CON-
pared with these OF this country"
Mr.. Mackie was asked.
The wages of laborer In the
country Of india are very small In
-eefhF eFiseA-~itf -these of the-GH4ted
States Mr.. Mackie replied. For
instance, a laborer in the fields Of In
ola gets only eight cents a day. or
course. YOU must remember that liv-
ing conditions are much different
there than they are here. The natives
wear but little clothing and their
house rent Ia almost nothing. as they
live In small huts built of mud and
he d al ho xnlx, thtnO
the laborers really need to buy, SO
they manage TO get along on their
small wage. The women. who also
work In the fields like the men. get
even less pay than the latter. About
three to four cents a day Is paid to
the women laborers. In the cities,
however. the pay Is somewhat better.
laborer there being able to get so
cents or thereabouts a day"
What is the moral condition Of the
natives?" Mr. Mackie was asked.
The morals of the natives are
really very good" said Mr.. Mackie.
For the most part the natives are
very clean, much more SO in some re-
spects than people Of more enlight-
ened countries. They really show re-
markable cleanliness in view Of the
fact that they haven't modern con-
veniences."
Are the missionaries doing much
good In India?"
I'm one way they are" was the re-
ply. "Tne Christian missionaries are
doing much good in introducing their
ideas into the religious forms OF the
Hindus and Mohammedans. The ma
tives are not being converted to
Christianity, but the missionaries, as
I have stated. are accomplishing a
great deal of good In the way OF I'm
parting their knowledge and beliefs
to the natives. 1t Is more the Chris
thanking of the natives own religion
than the Outstanding Of the natives