The Cordova daily times., 1920-06-16

a ONSIDERING the fact that 8 Rhodesia is merely a baby A among the nations-it has only just passed the thirtieth anniversary of its charter-it can cer- tainly be described as a remarkably healthy infant and the curious anoma- Iy Of rule by a chartered company seems to have justified itself as fully In this case as In the historic instance of the East India company. It is, in- Need, remarkable feat to have taken France Germany, Belgium and Hol- land together-the home of continual warfare between savage tribes. and In less than thirty years to have intro duced there law, order and security for natives and settlers, and many of the refnements of high civilization, says the Sketch of London. -, ].
 Till the pioneer column entered the country in 1890, to take over the con- sessions which had been granted to the chartered company, there was not 80 much as a practicable road into the interior Today there are 4,Oo0 miles of good roads, while the railway stretches north and south and east, connecting Rhodesia with the outer world through both Capetown and the Portuguese port of 5Beira. From Bula- Wayo it runs nOrthwards--a link in the great Cape to Cairo railway, which Rhodes visualiZed-till it reaches Bel gian territory, taking the Zambesi in It's stride, and crossing 1t by bridge which is one of the engineering won- Gers of the world. A network of tele- graph and telephone wires links up the scattered communities and brings them into touch with the rest of the British empire.
 Communications were rightly seen 0y Rhodes and his associates to be the key to the development of the country and millions of pounds have been spent by the British South Africa com pany during these 30 years in improv- ing them, in order to render accessible to British settlers the natural wealth and the wonderful climate of this fa- Vored colony. The climate is such as to make 1t particularly suitable for European habftatiOn, the fact that the country is within the tropics being enumerated by the height above sea- level, the plateau which constitutes the bulk of southern RhOdesia being at an average altitude of 4OO0 feet. The winter months-June to August-are dry, most of the rain falling between January and March. Even in the hot season the nights are cool The tem- perature in the shade rarely reaches 100 degrees and in winter there Is just sufficient frost to be of service to the farmers.
 Fine Country to Live In.
 The proof of the pudding is in the eating-the low death rate and the sturdiness, not merely of the settlers, out of their Rhodesian-born and bred children. There is no need to send the latter hOme-the separation which makes India, for example so painful place for parents-either for health or for education. There are between thirty and forty good schools in Rho desia, wholly or partly maintained by the government, and several of these educate their pupils up to the standard of entrance to the University of Cape town, while three carry on education to the Oxford and Cambridge matricu- Iation examinations.
 There are plenty of opportunities for vSart in Rhodesia, there being some twenty-five varieties of antelope alone. Large game, in the shape of lions, ele- phants, rhinoceros, etc., is also plenti- ful Sport of other kinds is catered to by the provision of clubs for polo, golf cricket and other games.
 In addition to mining-for gold, coal, chrome iron and other ores-the chief industries of Rhodesia are agriculture in it's various forms and cattle-raising. There are huge areas of country eml- nently suited for grazing and many of the leading authorities are of the opin- ion that Rhodesia will in the near fu- ture be one of the greatest meat-pro- ducing countries of the empire and the world. The native cattle are small, but hardy and ffeshy, and a satisfac- tory breed is now being graded up which preserves the good qualities Of the native stock, while adding the greater size of the imported bulls. Great efforts are being made by the British South Africa company to de- velop the industry, aad extensive ar