The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-12-10
MUSTPROOUCEITS
own NECESSITIES
Strong Efforts in England to In
ducc Farmers to Guilt
vatc Soil.
EXPERIMENTS IN COTTON
New Objection to Land Tax Ap-
peals 10 Patriotism oil
British People.
ny rmILLIr nNEnEI~r.

Spcciai Cablc TO The TInics- pispatch.l
London. December Now that the
British navy Is no longer strong enough
to prevent an enemy from sc!zng TODD
transports in time of war. the Eng
fish people are waking up TO the fact
that unless they are able to produce
life OF home soil they arc very apt to
find themselves in an embarrassing
position ono or these fine days.
strong efforts arc being mado all
over England to induce the farmers
to cultivate the soil, and large douB
tons are given 10 bacon factories.
The government is encouraging poultry
begun TO cultivate sugar hcets on "a
large scale.
In Bristol the old Industry OF sugar
refining is soon TO be revived. sugar
having doubled during the last few
years. The Bristol Sugar Company has
just leased a site at .\ronmouth for
the erection of large refinery and
capital Of Sl.250.00U has been raised
The new refinery is expected 10 turn
out $4,000 tons Of sugar Il year.
A report just Issued by tho Inter-
national Association of Tropical Agri-
culture contains reports from a mum.
her Of regions where experiments In
cotton growing have been carried on
with excellent results. These reports
show that there Is no reason why
Great Britain should continue 10 rely
on the United States for her supply
of cotton, as there are vast areas Ia
the colonies where superio. cotton may
be produced at worry much lower
cost than In America.
An established cotton industry Is AL
ready to be found In Nigeria. and
Uganda is rapidly becoming produc-
ing region. In fact, the statistics
justify the expectation that the indus
try IN Uganda will rapidly expand.
Favorable conditions for cotton grow
ing have been proved to exist In GER
tain portions OF British East Africa.
Rhodes!a, and in various localities
within the borders OF the Union OF
South Africa. Tho principal necessity
for the development Of the industry
In these countries Is capital and the
provision OF ginning facilities.
The grca, landowners Of Great
Britain have succeeded In finding a
new objection TO the land tau. which
they hope Will carry great weight. as
1t appeals to the patriotism of the
British people. In connection with the
new land valuation scheme a series OF
new ordnance maps arc being Issued,
which are SO accurate that a new hen
run eighteen yards long appears on
the maps with half an inch OF space.
Every tree In the country tB marked.
and pine tree IS indicated differently
from an oak or an elm. even shrub
IS distinguished from n fruit bush.
Every spring Is shown. and mission
rooms, smithies and mills are also
marked with the utmost precision.
-.
that the public sale of these maps is a
great danger to the country. They
say the German government is sure TO
buy them up In large quantities ana
state they Will be OF inestimabl value
to the kaiser's armies in case of tn
vasion, doing away with the necessity
of employing spies. except to locate the
positions of guns in the various
fortresscs.
DR.. Inge. The new dean of Saint
Paul's, whose pcssimistic view of the
prospects of England. expressed in a
recent speech. raised storm of in
diSnation all over the country, as
surcd mo to-day that nothing was
farther from his intentions than to
create sensation. and that he had not
spoken on the impulse of the moment.
but that he was firmly convinced of the
truth of what he had said
I'VE English he said. have new
er been In the habit OF submitting
gracefully, even to the most friendly
criticism, a fact which is one OF our
greatest weaknesses.
I'VE are still fond of imagining
that the words British made stamped
upon an article arc synonymous with
non plus ultra. though the fact Is
that The time has long ago passed when
this was so. The curse of wanting
10 make money too quickly has taken
hold of our employers, work OF all
kinds has been dehumanized, a fact
which has eXerted n bancful inhu-
cnce on our workers, who are further
more being gradually ruined physical
~ by the unna tural and unhealthy
conditions of town life. Moral con-
ditions are even worse. for the work
man now seems to have resolved to
retaliatc by living comfortably ON taxes
paid by others.
Unless conditions change very quick
w. lie concluded, "England's days as
the workshop of the world are num-
bcrcd and the tramp of industry and
wealth ard power to Eastern Asia will
soon be the logical sequel to the Eu-
ropcan labor movements"
True to their threats of creating
disturbances IN ireland, in case home
rnic for that country should be passed
by the government. His Majestys loyal
opposition, is Loyalty preparing to
provoke civil war between Ulster and
tho other districts Of ireland.
Great Quantities of rifles are be-
ing bought from Continental manu-
fnctnrers and sent to, Belfast. but al
though there is no law to forbid The
importation of arms, the 'agitators
silently recognize the shameless trade
In which they are engaged, for the
cases containing Mausers have re-
peatedly been found to have been
marked "spelter." and whenever such
discovery has been made the con-
signees have refused to accept thu
goods. claiming that some mistake
must have been made.
The authorities do not intend to