The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-11-30
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Java, who was seen at the Raleigh last
night, and who has spent a year on BUSH
ness in the Dutch Asiatic possessions.
1T is something We Americans could
never understand said Mr. Weaver.
and yet the offspring OF these mixed
marriages Is received In the best society
OF the island aud intermarry with other
Dutch official families Or European set
tiers. The high caste Javanese is a very
intelligent class OF people, and they are
quick 70 learn whatever the Euro
pean may bring TO their notice They are
mostly Mohammedans. and are faithful
and loyal 10 their religion There may
be some who profess Christianity, but II
they do So they are merely after what
they can get out OF IL In worldly goods
from the missionaries In the way OF cloth
ing. assistance. and in other WAYS. At
heart they are Mohammedans. and the
Dutch government naturally recognizes
their religion.
Rice, tobacco, and rubber are the main
sources OF revenues Of the island but
rubber. in the course of a few years. VIII
be the predomlnating factor Of trade IN
Java. In fact. Jayanese rubber is the
best produced. Business IS very good
and the people are prosperous and happy
III EHeE own way
Speaking OF education, Mr.. Weaver said
the Dutch government gives the natives
every opportunity for a common school
education. There are also higher
schools" he said. where every subject
to be found in the curriculum Of our
American colleges is taught. Another
thing l must say. and that IS that the
Dutch physicians in the island are
among the worlds very best / would
thousand times rather instrust myself 20
a Dutch physician than TO an American
doctor. l am speaking from experience.
and have been cured by a Dutch physi-
clan where Americans have failed"
T. I. o'Brien. Of Winnipeg. Manitoba,
who Is in this country on business and
Is at the Arlington. in speaking OF the
labor problem In his country. said last
night: There is no prospect OF any
greater supply Of white house servants.
/ Wages rise steadily and relentlessly.
/ Chinese boys get as high as SEQ a month
In eases, two must be employed where
| formerly one did all the work OF the
/ household. Through rising wages the
Chinese head tax OF $500 has been as
! sessed back upon the householders. More
over, there is more than household serv-
Ice 10 be considered. With wages at s.
or 81 a day. II is difneuIt 10 establish
industries in British Columbia.
''The high cost Of labor deters capital
and discourages enterprise" continued
Mr.. O'Brien. Nor is agriculture unaf-
fected. Much money is going into fruit
farming, and few years hence a far
greater supply Of labor Will be required
TO cover the increasing area OF produc-
probably for all time, the cost OF labor
in British Columbia, as in the Pacific
Coast States, will be high The vital
grievance. however is not the rate OF
wages. but the inadequate supply. II
British Columbia Is TO have prosperous
industrial communities. thriving fruit
farms. an expanding acreage, and ade-
Gsuate development Of its enormous re-
! sources in fish and timber, the provincial
government must set itself with courage,
/ energy, and determination 10 increase
the supply OF labor. Pump IN white i'm
migrants, said Klpling. The policy Is
more easily stated than executed, but
nothing else can be done under the cir
cumstanees, while unquestionabIy some
thing must be done II the province Is TO
develop and prosper at all In proportion
10 its vast natural wealth. the increasing
demand for its products. and the native
pith and energy Of It's people"
Speaking OF the new industries OF the
South. George R. Ellis. OF San Antonio.
Tex. who is at the Raleigh, said last
night an experiment OF the greatest i'm
portance to the South at large is the
growing OF cotton that Will be free from
the boil weevl.
The seeds OF fifty-six varieties OF cot
ton from various parts Of the world,
chiefly from Central America, the Phil
ippines. and South Africa, have been OBJ
tained," said Mr. Ellis, who is fnan-
cIaIly interested in the enterprise. The
seeds OF these different varieties were
planted and exhaustive experiments will
be conducted with the view OF developing
some cross variety that is adapted to
Texas. both in the producing and insect
resisting qualities. AS an illustration OF
the possibilities In this direction, one
variety of cotton which was obtained from
Nicaragua produced blooms which hang
downward.
"It is a proved fact that the boil weevil
Is a clumsy insect. and that Il eIings
with difficulty. Therefore, II would have
difficulty in hanging 70 the Nicaragua
I
in its native country. despite the fact
that il is the country the boil weevil
came from. II is Prof Green's idea 10
blend this Nicaragua product with the
long staple cotton OF The South. in the
hope that the trait Of the blooms hang
ing downward may be retained and at
the same time the yield Of staple in
creased. Prof. Green? He is in charge
of the Fort Brown experimental station.
Fort Brown is on the Rio Grande. and
is an abandoned military reservation.
Cotton trees from far Southern Mex
leo are growing upon the government
reservation. The growing Of bamboo IS
another interesting and valuable feature
Of these experiments. Owing to the
strong Gulf winds, which prevail almost
constantly in the Lower Rio Grande Val
ley. the need OF wind breaks to protect
the growing crops is felt upon the farms.
particularly where a certain delicate kind
OF garden truck is raised. 1t is the
opinion of experts that bamboo is The
coming wind-break of the valley. When
planted from the seed, the bamboo stalks
attain a growth OF u feet I'm one year.
The second years growth is 30 feet, and,
with irrigation, the stalks grow to
height of 60 to 100 feet"
Daniel J. Parks. of New York, banker
and broker, is at the New Willard. Speak
ing Of politics and makers Of politics. he
said that Roosevelt's silence now Is
stranger than all his talk during the last
campaign.
"Have you noticed that while the news
papers carried column after column of
Roosevelt news after his return from
foreign lands, they have cut him entirely
since the defeat Of the Republican ticket
in New York, with the only exception Of
his visit TO Washington, his lecture before
the National Geographic Society, and his
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