Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1910-06-20
LESSONS FROM
A WORLD TRIP
General lie |'eVre Says Amsri-
cans Spend Too Much.
EXTRAvAGANT IN EVERY way.

Been Globe Girdling, Contends That
We Ought to Eat More Rice-AIso
That india's Architecture Is tho Most
Beautiful Of All.
General Benjamin lie Fevre, for
many years Il representative in con-
greSS from Ohio, who arrived at New
York recently from u ten months trip
around the world, made some interest
ing statements concerning his tour.
Having covered the western part of
Europe. the general went to Vienna
and budapest and thence went through
Bulgaria. Roumania and Servia
II found Hungary beautiful" said
General lie Fevre. but the Balkan
countries. are the most desolate | ever
visited The soil is poor, and the peo-
pie seem poverty stricken. My next
stop was in Turkey. l spent two
weeks in ConStantinople and was i'm
pressed by the devoutness Of the peo-
pie When | was there it was the
month OF religious services, and ev-
erybody was praying. Next l went to
Smyrna and into Palestine, where
spent several weeks visiting most of
the places Of interest. In Jerusalem
stopped three weeks, getting peep
into the wonderful cave from which
Solomon took out the stone for the
temple. Next | went to Port Said.
American Works In Parsee Libraries.
bombay was my next objective
point, and must say that found In
dia very interesting indeed. There Is
no question to my mind that the archi-
lecture OF that country Is the finest
In the world The Tai Mahal hotel at
Bombay is certainly one of the most
beautiful structures Of the kind any
where. 1t is owned by a Parsee. !
got to know some Iarsees, and | was
admitted to some of the libraries in
private houses. where | found the
works of Mark Twain and some other
American authors. The Parsees truly
tied the Tower Of Silence. where the
Parsees dispose Of their dead There
was flock of 400 or $40 vultures
about waiting for bodies to be put on
the tower. There had been funeral
two hours before ! reached the place.
to ten minutes after a body is exposed
not shred of flesh In left. The Par
sees. ] was Informed. are now investi
eating cremation. and there Is u posi-
bility that they will adopt 1t instead
OF the anti lent method of dispensing of
their dead.
"Of course jonrneyed to Delhi
and at Agra saw the wonderful TAI
Mahal. Lucknow and Cawnpur | Wis.
tied on my way to Renares, the sacred
city. where ! stayed several days. !
saw them taking corpSes and dipping
them into the Ganges and then burn.
ing them on piles of wood near the
river bank. 1t costs about 50 10 for
rhe wood. which is Il tremendous sum
for the ordinary Hindoo. and when
the flames have consumed the major
portion of the corpse its father or
son or other near relative takes Il long
pole and reverently pushes the Lead
and feet upon the GOALS
Families Living on Five Cents Day.
"ln Calcutta. which is a wonderfully
beautiful city. took great deal of
interest in looking into conditions in
the great jute mills. which employ
81 900 people. These mills are said to
furnish the most permanent work that
is to be had in India. OF the number
employed the experts receive wages
of ~ cents day. The others draw s
and 10 cents.
"ln spite Of these wages | found
that family of five or six persons
can live Oh 5 cents day Their
food. Of course. is rice. Their houses
are of mud and bamboo. and those
looked into We're clean and comfort
able. The workman puts aside half
of his wages. his ambition being to
own his own house.
Nov. what | saw in my trip. and
especially in India, impressed me with
the extravaganza in living III our coun
try over any other. We are eXtrav-
AL SNCh iSSIN' - ~ S''iH l'i"SS
of our life we have gone t" the very
extreme. think ii is not too much
to say that one-hat of the people OF
the world are living upon rice. y mali
can live upon from | to . cents
worth of rice a day. When on my
trip through Louisiana and Texas |
saw warehouses all piled full of rice
and no sale for it and asked why it
was. l was told there was no demand
for it. If we would use one-half or
even one-thrd as much rice for food
as do the people Of the east the whole
question Of the higher cost of living
would be solved. The Japanese, who
live upon rice. demonstrated in their
late war their great powers Of en-
durance.
Samples of Extravaganza.
LAS for our extravaganza, why. take
the farmer. A few years ago one bug
gy was considered sufficient for him
to keep on his place. Then it came to
pass that every son must have bug
~ Of his own. and the farmhouse got
TO be like big livery stable. Now the
farmers have all got orders in for au
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