Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-11-26
TREASURES OF ASIA MINOR
Will be Opened to the Germans, Aus
trians and Bulgarians.

With the conquest and opening up
Of the connecting link in the Orient
railway between Belgrade and Sofia
by the Teutonic and Bulgarian allies,
a vast storehouse rich in much needed
raw materials has been made accessi-
BILE for the supply Of the hard-pressed
Central powers. Probably the most
important feature Of this accomplish
ment is the bringing Of the Austro-
Hungarian and German nations into
communication with lands where are
found minerals and products Of agri-
culture in abundance: though the con-
troll Of the Orient railway, also. en-
ables the remunitioning Of Turkey
and the transportation Of German
troops to territories threateningly near
the Suez canal. A sketch Of the stores
of Asia Minor, or Anatolia, upon which
the Germans will soon be able to
draw, is contained in a bulletin re-
Gently issued by the National Geo
graphic society. The bulletin reads:
The mineral and agricultural wealth
Of Turkey-in-Asia is very great. This
wealth, however, is largely Of the po-
tential kind, for except in limited
areas, agriculture is carried on accord
ing to primitive methods, while, for
the most part, the mineral stores
have been left untouched. Among the
minerals known to exist In consider
able quantities are iron, copper, nickel,
lead, manganese, silver. sulphur, coal,
antimony. arsenic, emery, fuller's
earth, gold, kaolin. zinc, alum, asbestos,
rock salt, boracide chrome and mer-
curry. OF these resources, the copper
stores will, likely, be the most priced
by the Germans. though little has
been done under Turkish administra
ton toward exploiting copper The
reserves Of Anatolia copper are said
to be large.
Wheat, corn and barley are grown
in large quantities in Asia Minor, and
in normal times, much Of the surplus
barley has been exported to Great
Britain, where it has been used for
brewing. There is d considerable sur
plus Of wheat, which should relieve
the reported meal scarcity in the mills
Of the Central powers. The west coast
Of Asia Minor is noted for the fruits
that ripen in it's Mediterranean cli-
mate. Here are grown an important
part of the worlds rasin crop. olives
and figs also thrive along the Aegean
coast. Where hot summers swelter
over the northern Anatolia coasts some
which in all likelihood, is now a rare
luxury among the German smokers. A
sort Of tobacco is grown in Germany,
pale, insipid, unfragrant leaf. which
tobacco of America. Turkey and the
East Indies. Great quantities of
hazel nuts are among the exports Of
this area. and cotton, another staple
which the Germans are said to be
greatly in need of. is grown in the
districts of Kassaba and Adm in the
west. and on the Cilician plain in the
southeast.
All through Turkey-in Asia there has
been but little accomplished toward
building up manufacturing industry.
Olive oil soap is extensively manufac-
tured in Smyrna: carpets are woven in
various places. mostly products of
home industry: leather is produced;
and cigarettes are made in large
numbers. In Syria there are import
ant weaving, dyeing and tanning in
dustries at Aleppo and Aintab, and
there is some small manufacture in
Mesopotamia.
The principal exports of Asia Minor