Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-01-07
INDIAN GOVERNMENT
PLANS DEVELOPMENT
Railroads Must BE Built, Factories
Established and Agriculture
Modcrnizcd.
GREAT BRITAIN WILL AID
Great Asiatic Nation, With It's Tecm-
ing Millions and Untouched Re-
sources, Declared to Offer Amcri-
can Business Limitlcss Field.
GREAT BRITAIN WILL ALI
(EOurth ArticIc.)
ny a.. SPENCER SARLE,


~ L.. SPENCER SARLE.
LONDON. January Gin adopting
ihe scheme outlined in the preceding
article Of this series. the government
Germany began to do in 1893. when.
under the influence of the Names
manns. the Thysscns. the krupps and
other types ~ commercial magnates.
she initiated her transition from the
agricultural TO the industrial stage of
development
many--the figures arc those of the
DeutHche Bank--was estimated at
$4,000. 100000. Twenty years later It
was appraised at $4,000. 600. 900. an.
~ AID simply by thu application OF
scientific methods TO industrial de-
vclopment. Internally she co-ordi
snbordinating hcr always. wharv"s.
docks and shipping TO her industrial
needs: externally she secured by
the markets Of the world. which was
r"ver relaxed until the outbr-ai: o..
war. The full story OF this achieve
ment is told in Manfred EmanueTs adj
mirablc translation Of NJ iiauser's
book. 'Germanys Commercial Grin on
the World. Of which AN American cd,-
ton has Just been published by Scrib-
nee's and the story is one which has
its special lessons for the United States
az well as for India.
II. H.. Hayden, president OF the Min
q
In 1915, and director OF the indian
Geological Survey. pointed out in a
r r,r;t,nI address IRE that ono OF the mos.
brought to US by the war was the
enormous hold that Germany had OBJ
famed over the worlds metal markets
and the vast ramiicatioas of the Ger
man metal ring. For years past" he
said. Germany had been gradually
acquiring control not only OF metals,
nut OF tn, raw materials for their pro
- nm h1u
oyer the world and embraced not only
Europe. but America. Australia and
India"
SECURED WHOLE or nuRMA'S
OUTPUT OF WOLFRAM
She secured in this way the whole
OF INC wolfram output Of Burma anu
made the world depcnden. on her for
me bulk OF us supply OF tungsten ana
Monazitc sands OF Travancorn and
their production OF thorium nitrate and
merely acquired control also OF the
least one-half OF the worlds supply OF
wolfram and thus in large measure
dominated the manufacture OF high
spec! tool.stccl since the war began
the tungsten industry OF India has OF
course become entirely British. hut tho
totai production is still less than 5000
IONS Isr annpm or thrce-eights of the
estimated capacity of Burma alone is
nearly double this total. and Burma is
not the only region in India where this
Wolfram orc may probably be worked
lhcre is no need To emphasize this
ccrned.
India is land of many mighty rivers,
OF which only minute fraction of the
iniilions OF tons Of potential energy
annually running to waste has Yet
future of India demands as one of its
first essentials nc duplication on a
hydro, electric undertakings. which
"ave been established by the Tata firm
ana others TO supply cheap power to
~, ne great cotton mills OF bombay, the
~ Ghota Nagpur. Another project,
the koyna scheme. which is still await
ing development. will make possible
Nc delivery TO the coast OF the Indian
Ocean. forty-three miles from the
powcp-house. 100000 horse power for
5000 hours in the year. These arc only
electric possibilities of India, and they
should carry special appeal TO the
ciectrica! engineers OF America. where
cheap power or this kind Is so we'll UNI
1erstood and appreciated.
CHEAT NEW INDUSTRIES
MUST SOON SPRING: UP
In the track of great electrical un-
certakinfs Of this nature. new fac.
tories. new workshops. new foundries,
shipyards forges. Will spring up all
over the country. thus swelling the
volume Of lndia's trade and supplying
neI myriad artisans and workers with
Weii-paid employment. This harness
ing OF water power will by itself af-
ford field for the profitable invest
mcnt Or hundreds Of millions of dol
lars OF capital, and scope for the crea-
ton OF new and important trade con
reNions OF every kind
~ the sitting OF the Indian Indus
Of iel6-i', mass OF evidence was
4kcn in reference to the utilization
81 TINS cheap power. and the witnesses
were una nimous in their testimony to
us Importance 10 midas industrial flu
iLre. The estab 5hment OF Il special
nydroeiectric power department. as a
pranch of the regular administration.
charged with the task of making {,
survey Of al! the water power availa Bile
~ tha country. and OF interesting cap
ilalists In schemes for turning 10 ac
count this perennial source of energy
has already been decided upon.
The systematic development OF
midas agricultural resources. which is
ais, to be put into almost immediate
operation demands as one OF its pri-
mar:' conditions an immense extension
OF railway facilities in the shape OF
feeder lines. There is no country in
the world which understands this kind
of work better than the United States.
aai there is no country which needs
accessories Of this character more than
India. There are many hundreds of
square miles OF agricultural land with
no better system Of transport than the
tullock- waR gems Of centuries ago.
In these regions production does not
reaeh one,tenth OF the capacity OF the
sor. for the simple but sufficient rea-
son that there are no effective means
OF transport. and the land that could
support thousands Is thus only taxed
to support hundreds. or even scores.
side by side with the multiplication of
always lies the demand for agricul-
tura' machinery adapted to the con-
ditions or these rural areas. and here
again is vast opportunity for Amcri-
can enterprise.
Her agricultural machinery goes all
"Ter the world, but her exports of it
10 India are comparatively insig-
niticant, chiefly. according to n recent
consular. report. because "India's spe-
cial needs in this direction arc not suf-
licicntly we'll known"