The Lehi sun. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1913-1949, 1922-05-04

The Japanese insist upon ,wo -.
cial house cleanings a year ana
they are executed under a polIcemon =
vigilant eye, there is nothing slInshas
In the undertaking. All a mans Ohs.
tells. his lares and penates. his wlv".
and children. even to his chorIshos
opium pipe, are heaped unceremor,
ously In front of his dwelling. and ~.
work OF securing begins.
During the summer months Ds,,o,.,
presents its busiest face, for n Il thsn
that the tea season Is In full swim.
The colonnades Of the tea hongs /,
such an Imposing architectural Term
as colonnades can he fittingiy apnlsd
to such uniInposing structures ara
ahum with the staccato accents a,
chattering tea plckers. These ara
generally young girls, as old hand,
are too numb for the deft manlpula.
ton OF the tea leaves.
Seated on low stools before vida
wicker trays, these bright-eyed maids
In their peacock-blue smocks. their
front hair clipped IN bangs, and with
u gay posy or two F'pck in the braid.
ed knots at the bachl OF their neck.
are In animated contrast to their
rather drab surroundings.
Everywhere one sees cooltes mack.
ing the gayly lowered lead-lIned
boxes that carry their sensitive freight
OF tea to America. About 90 per cent
OF Formosa Oolong goes to the United
States.
The population Of F"rmosa is main.
ly agricultural The cultivation OF
rice, and more especially sugar cane
Is encouraged by the government, and
these are grown in great quantities.
Monopoly In camphor.
However, the most interesting indus
try Is the production OF camphOr, and
1t can truly be said TO be peculiar to
the island, when 1t is remembered that
Formosa holds a practical monopoly In
the worlds market Of This valuable
drug.
Shortly after the Japanese came to
Formosa, % years ago, the camphor
Industry became a government mOnop-
oily. Before that time thsr had been
a great deal Of ruthless waste. both In
the cutting down of trees and In ex-
tracing camphor from them.
At first the japanese, too, were
careless In this respect. for the supply
Of camphor trees seemed practically
but the great increase in the
demand for the product In late years
has made scientific afforestatlon neces-
sary. Now large tracts Of land are
given over to the cultivation OF the
camphor laurel. The oldest Of these
cultivated trees are now some twenty
years OF age.
In point OF view OF yalue. few trees
can rival the camphor. An average
tree. say with a basal circumference
Df II feet, will yield about 80 plculs
" camphOr approximately oDW
Dounds), which. ut the present market
price. Is worth sSvernl thousands oil
dollars.
Native stills nre scattered here IN"
here throughout tA~ districts wnere
crude camphOr Is collected. packed ~
Inns and carried down precipitouS
paths on coolies backs 70
he nearest railway line, whence
goes TO the refinery at TnihOku.
Ever since we have any autheh.ie
'ecord. FOrmOsa has been peopled WIN
Wild tribes of probably Malayan ~.
Polyneslan origin. They are neafes'
n point OF resemblance to the Dyas'
II Bmneo and. although their orig"
las never been proved beyond u.uSs
hey are sufficiently like certain OF Wv
south Sea tribes 10 justify us I'D
,riblng TO them common nncesuy.
They are found on the island 'Voa,
n all stages of development ~
raw" savages. as the chinese w. s,s
hem, live much as their anceslors u'a
centuries ago, while thr ripe s1
Iges. living on the bOrderland oe.Ses1
heir Wild kin and Chinese se'us..
ave more OF less asslmllated On' I'M.
Ways Of life. The savage pOpuls,aso
Il FormOsa Is estimated at about ~
100 .,.
At present FOrmOsa enjoys S'e 'na.
reetiOm from savage attacks Ana
'ver before In her history. TINS - n.
o the fact that the japanese "S rsren.
tailed liye-wire barrier from ~ ~, "a
10. about midway on the easl Voas" N
Imam. In the south. dlslan' "a
bout a hundred miles. 10 Se',s
against savage raids M
The future OF Formosa unus' 'sr,.
resent benevolent paiernal so'v ns
nent looks bright indeed. Ns, ,s', q
ore has this island. so beau'n" n,,s
he eye. enjoyed such = degree u
'erity.