Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-11-29
PROSPERITY OF
INDIA SHOWN in
TRADE VOLUME
Export Increase of Twelve
Million Pounds Sterling.
Imports Advance
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4 SIMLA, indian 1928 India fully
lshared in the worlds prosperity, and
the advance Of imports and exports
lon the figures of the previous year
shows a net increase of G27, DOC, 0o0,.
the imports having risen from &92,-
100000 to Gl07, 000,900, and the ex-
ports from fI52,o0O, 900 to e164, OOo.-
O00
From commercial point of view
India is booming, and not only boom
ling, but making steady progress. In
the memory Of some OF the older
civil servants who administer. India,
| the volume Of trade has increased
from fS4, 900. 900 per annum TO e270,-.
0e0, coo. = u
made this possible, and during this
period the mileage of railways has In
creased from 1900 to $4,000. During
the past year these railways carried
over 300.0o0,000 passengers and TO-
100000 tons of goods.
There are now five times as many
miles of telegraph and twelve times
as many telegraph officers. The post
carries between forty and fifty times
as many articles, and, during the past
year, no less than thirty million
pounds were RENTED by money order,
and eleven million pounds received in
deposits. The last is remarkable
testimony to Indian opinion as to the
stability Of British rule, as q few years
ago the deposits were very small. and
the native of India is only now learn
ing to deposit money with the gov
eminent instead Of burying it, as has
been his custom from time ifnmemo-
rial In addition to this, some of the
great Indian chiefs are Investing their
boarded wealth in the government pa
per
There are definite signs of con-
tentment, and undoubtedly the aver.
age material condition Of the native of
India has improved and is improving. !
The British have given India peace [
and prosperity, as Is evidenced by
roads, bridges. railways, canals, hospi- |
tails. universities and growing centers
of commerce, such as the modern |
ports of Calcutta. Bombay, Rangoon |
and Karachi The native of India is |
being admitted to greater share in |
the administration of the country, and
a large section of the people are def |
niteIy sharing in its prosperity. /
The west has given India material
prosperity and has tried to graft west
ern ideas and education on the minds |
of Orientals, but they remain OTientals |
still From the hustle of the west |
they would feign return to the repose |
and peace Of the east, which is akin |
to their natures |
What has the west to give that can |
save India from this fate? The an
swer is Christianity. So far the ma
tiyes of India who have been convert
ed to Christianity are of the lower |
and upeducated classes. and little or
no attempt has been made to teach |
Christianity to those who are being T
more highly educated on western |
lines The trend of that education is
to make them dissatisfied with east
ern religiops' but, dEing to all school
and UNIVERSITY edu1ation being on
strictly Secular lines, nettAins' has been
put In Hlace of the old religions. The
result lis that the educated class are
growif g1up without religion. This
500 of things cannot continue. The
educated young Indians on today are
of many .naticnalities, but as a class
they have one mutual charaeNeristic-1
want Of religion. 1t is on this body +
CT educated Indians that the future or
the country depends, and basis OF 7
religion is as necessary to this class !
l3a to eny other community. ~ |