Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-28

There Ia no inducement for educated men
to go into the priesthood, because the
pay is so smaIl-altogether too small 10
enable them to live decentiy ana 10 give
their families the ordinary comforts OF
life Educated men cannot anord to De-
come priests. and, as education Is not re-
ouired in either the Greek or Armenian
churches, when a priest dies the consIe-
CATION selects Ane Of its own NUMBER VINO
happens to be able to read ana MAKES
him it's priest. A bishop of the Armenian
Church In this vicinity recently resigned
to accept government ONCE and gave
as his reason for doing 50 that mis- sal
ary was not sufficient to support MS IdH-
ily and to educate his children.
Agricultural and industrial education
is needed more than anything else, IN
order to ena ole the people to get the pest
profit from their labor and TO teatn ,neil
to use modern labor-saVing implements
and methods.
Farmers Own Land.
I'm this region. along the coast of the
Black sea- the country is divided up into
small farms which are generally owned
bv the persons who till them. but in the
interior large tracts are in the hands o.
dere-beys-that is, rich landlords-who
own tracts as large as some OF our
states and lease them in small lots 10
tenants who pay in cash or In shares VI
their crops There has been little I'M
proyement in methods of agriculture.
They come very slowly, although the
government is trying to do something
to encourage the of modern meth
DDS in implements One Young man
from this city has recently been I'D
pairing himself to take the man
aeement of a large estate. Ar the same
time his cousin has been STUDYING the
manufacturing industries and will super
iok, y-
erected.
las rule. all the fabrics which the
poorer people wear are woven IN their
own homes. and they used TO sell great
deal of homespun. but that is not possi
hIe anv longer. They cannot compete
with imported wooIens and cotton. The
same is true with regard TO 1ronworh.
There are some skillful lronworkers IN
thjs province. but they cannot compete
With factory-made goods. Modern looms
and ether household machinery, a few
nlows from Germany and the Cnted
states. a few threshing machines and
reapers from England have been lntro-
duced into this vicinity ana the Iocai me
chanics have been able to initiate them
and produce something just as good.
Some years ago tanning mill was
brought in here and now We nave plenty
of them all made In Treblzond.
indeed, they are hardly worth raising
except for local consumption because
there is no way TO ship the surplus after
roH leave the railroad five or six miles
behind We can bring -four from Mar
seiIle to Trebizond for less money on a
through steamer than it costs TO haui IL
To town The roads are SO bad ana
wages have advanced so rapidly tnat
there is no more money i'm farming five
or six miles away from the coast. There
10 no announcement for the people to get
ahead For example, it is cheaper TO
bring -four from France than grind II In
the interior. The roads are bad, there
are NO vehicles and transportation by
camel caravans is very expensive
Customs Ages Old.
Trebizond is fascinating place, the
most oriental we have seen thus far, and
the most interesting from a historical
noint of view. We are learning to accus-
tom ourselves to the rough pavements
and the vile odors. which seem TO ne the
same in every Turkish town, and what
they come from Is dimcult TO 1enne.
science has had many triumphs. but 1t
still remains for some genius to capture
and conf1ne some of these oriental smells
and analyze them into their component
nar,s They seem to be complicated COM
posites.
costumes, the bright colors and the odd
scenes that appear on every side-scenes
which represent that oriental life and
romance which have been the themes OF
literature and legend from the book of
Genesis until today Here in Trebizond
we have seen habits and customs which
were common 1900 years ago. They APP
pear under our very noses whichever way
We turn.