The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-03-14

I stores houses and markets. CI7nr
| al over marble blocks along ~,
street which led to the ship cana -
stood among shattered columns IN
what was once the stock ~exchang4 an,
wool market. In one place is an ar
fetal terrace on which stood the great
gymnasium, and in mother is a mar,
Let place two hundred feet long SIR.
irounded by a portico, back Of which
wore nails in which the ~nnrkctn.,
stood. In the mosifc fiooE of th4sa
lIhaIls thirteen different kinds Of mar.
bles we're used. and marbles of -
rious colors were employed in ia.
structure.
Farming tire Ruins.
To-day h peasants are workino al
ovar these ruins. Here hey are plant
ing grain. and there cleanine ch4
fields, a gang of "a dozen girls working
under a ~turbaned man in full. bagg4
trousers. Here women are digging
and farther on a man drives a camel
harnessed to a one-handed pillow.
The only town near Ephes'S ;
Ayasalouk. which has a few hundred
inhabitants. 1t has, perhaps. Il dozen
small stores. a railroad station and .
hotel. While at the station | saw a
white. fat-tailed lamb awaiting sn D.
ment. It was tied to the platform.
and a card fastened to one horn bore
the name Oh iEp tO0ItiiliSSIoI UtFt-
chant in Smyrna to whom it was COM
signed.
Running past the hotel are seven
high columns which nce supported
the aaueduct which supplied EphesuS
with water. Each OF these has now
a stork'S nest on its top and the great
birds MAY be seen any day stand ug
there. Each stork supports itself on
one leg. l am told that they came
here only for the winter and that
they leave every spring for Holland,
or, perhaps. for some other far-aNay
part of the world, each transporting i
baby.
In Smyrna.
I spent a day in smyrna before
coming to Ephssus, and | SHALL re
turn there to go on to Con~StanlnOpie
and Greece. Smyrna is the largest
city in Asia Minor, and it has about
the same position here now that
Itphesus held. 1t is the chief port Of
this part Of the Levant. and does "a
big business in shipping wool, wins
grapes, olives and figs. 1t has d for
eign trade Of about $50, 600. 600 a year.
and steamers from all parts of the
Mediterranean come to its docks.
The city lies at one end Of the
great Gulf Of Smyrna, which is thirty
four miles long and surrounded by
siiver-gray mountains. some of Which
are a mile high. Its harbor is excel
lent. h town begins on the shore,
With the slopes of Pagus in the rear.
1t is largely composed Of modern
buildings, and among its people there
are more Greeks than Turks. They
are shrewd traders. and just now are
alive to the possibilities Of doing busi-
ness under the new Turkish govern
n2ent, which promises to be far more
liberal in matters OF trade thar tina
OF the past.
Smyrna is much Interested in the
railroad projects for the development
OF Turkey, and the Germans are alive
to the securing Of mineral and other
cOncesS OnS. The various roads plan
ned to reach Persia viii open us Asia
Minor, and there will be considerable
demand for American goods. The
same conditions prevail III Syria anu
the United States should wake up 10
the possibilities which may come with
the reorganization Of this empire. y
great part of Turkey is practically uH-
developed, and if an honest govern
nent is to take the place Of the cor
rupt rule OF the past the population
VIII rapidly increase in numbers ana
wealth, and there Will ne a demand
for foreign goods of al kinds.
American Opportunities in Syria.
Whiie travelling in Syria | saw
openings for American goods.
The farming there is after the moth
DDS OF centuries ago, and our ploWS.
and other agricultural ma
chimes IN snt be sold. | understand
mat the more progressive OF the
native landlords are ready TO buy
Que man. who owns more than =
acres Of rich grain land ora
the high plateau between thu t"o
Of the Lebanon mountains. has
offered 70 lease il to any AmHTlE Ii
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