Show U f OLD Ow EGYPT EGYPTi i Y THRIVES THRIVES' I IN 1 WAR TIMES i Armies Annies' Defense Enables l Country to Prosper 1 DeJ Despite Despite De De- De- De T World r orld 1 r spite Struggle b ee J f ri J FOES ARE KEPT BACK Wheat h hI e at Corn an and d Barley t I Bring Increased Prices t to o Native Growers Grovers i f fi ONDON DO- DO Sept 30 A A Reuter neuter corre- corre i. i LO with the Egyptian expeditionary force torce writes f i C Certain It Is that this countr country remains rc- rc mains matts luar 1 ly untroubled in the theft ft midst of oC the universal l uproar though Its peace Is constantly threatened for tor fork k there can be no doubt that it was long lone 1 ago age marked down by OUI enemies as asono I L ono of the tho prizes of or successful war But Y ut the tho British line lino in the desert F r keeps tho the active and watchful enem enemy tr on oil our eastern frontier in n check Tho f fanatical hordes of oC the western des desert rt t and have received a lesson les on 1 which probably will last them at least until the tho end of or the war and in tho the Interim in interim In- In 1 the real E Egypt the green strip of ot the Nile valle valley and the delta the j E Egypt pt of oC the peasant cultivator of at the j teem teeming ins Breen r en fields and antI the mUll built villages have not been touched b by war f. f It has not heard a n shot hot fired tired or paid palO f a 3 penny penn of or extra taxa taxation tIon Y f The European element in the country coun coun- co country un- un r try has felt tho the near n neighborhood l of ot t L war The Tho shortage of oC tonnage c has aff at- at t. t f fleeted businesses in n man many cases although al although al- al 4 though in others bu business men inY in Y spite apito of oC high freights and high prices r- r doln doing better than tho they boy ever er did dill i before Many Ilan Frenchmen and Italians have b been on called to the colors colora In Eu Eu- rope fOlIC The Germans Gorman Austrians and Tur Turks have been removed ed or interned But the natives are alC hardly affected at atall nil all Thc They are arc not asked to serve the serve the merest handful of or Egyptian reservists i have ha been called up to serve e as s camel drivers ors Thc They have e no interests In the casualty lists All 11 that the war wa means fr ir them is higher prices for their produce pro pio- duce and their labor and a much lar larger I amount of oC money in circulation among the poorer II classes than titan was ul C tho the case before In these times of oC short tonnage c and high prices ev- ev it is naturally the policy of off f the arm alln army authorities in E Egypt pt to util- util t I izo Ize as far ar a as possible tho the produce of oC I thu tho country and to import only what I 1 y pt docs does not supply or can only r i supply at excessive s ho o pi prices ices i f Crop Prices Pricer Jump 1 There Theio IH is a a. military local resources board at Cairo which with the aid of ot I civilian advisers familiar with the tho country systematically collects co transports transports trans trans- ports and utilizes all aU Egyptian pro- pro dure lul wherever obtainable that can cancro servo o the turn of ot the army Naturally foodstuffs and especially grain are ore the thc first need All 11 lh the the- wheat maize and barIc barley ro- ro is bought In n Egypt and at I prices invariably J show a n substantial Increase e on the prewar prices Purchases Purchases Purchases Pur Pur- chases aro are made in a wholesale fash fish ion The arm army for Cor instance took the whole of or tho the last maize crop at an abnormal abnormal abnormal ab ab- ab- ab normal price and antI has seen to It that this year ear there thore Is a a a. larger acreage under under un un- un- un der cereals than over before E Egypt does not supply tho the troops with meat meat meat-It it cannot rival rl the frozen meat from Australia and Now Zealand but all the fresh vegetables cc for the arm army arc bought In Egypt and enormous enormous enormous enor enor- quantities of ot fruit are bou bought ht b by bythe bythe the soldiers on their thell own account Oranges of oC which this country countr is a large producer fetched unprecedented prices last lalit season Tho The cultivator Is la lanot not slow to observe those these things and Is la s growing much more garden stuff than evor before In In particular the very high price of oC Potatoes last winter has encouraged ed him to devote more land to growing this hl indispensable le vo vegetable There Thoro is In fact tact nothing that he can grow tha that does not lIot pay hm bettor than in ordinary ordinary nary times The army is a n. mighty purchaser of or camels and needs vast quantities of or fodder which It buys from Crom tho the Egyptian farmer The army has resuscitated tho the moribund salt Industry Industry Industry Indus Indus- try at Damietta It has created a timber timber tim tim- ber her Industry which never existed be before Core CoreIn In 1 Egypt The country Is not rich In timber but large quantities are arc needed and the tho army buyers have looked around till tin thc they found supplies In various van vari ous OUe p party of ot the tho country The arm army I Is also a a. largo employer of labor It is calculated that tile tiro military authorities s have some somo native laborers on their pa pay roll 1011 and those these men besides being fed ted lodged an anc and J clothed earn carn higher wages vagos than they did In n peace time timo when tho they had to livo lino out of ot their wages Trade Slumps Slump It should be noted too that al although although al- al though last years year's cotton crop was WaI small Emal It was sold at a 11 good price and this y year ar there thero Is more mora land under cotton cotton cot cot- ton than ever before Egypt this year will U II bo be a bigger producer In ull ways waY than slid she ha has hag over 01 been Tho Egyptian peasant therefore has hall done dono well these last st eighteen of months He Tie buys huys little and IB is saving o i mone money The high prices for tor Imported goody tood affect him far Car less than the Europeans Eu Eu- Eu In th the country CO The dearness of or coal c nl has hns been a u. difficulty but hut It has s not offset the high prices of ot all the country's products In Jn ono one respect Eg Egypt pt has hal been a loser laser There Thoro is Js now no winter tourist r. r Tho tourists come no moro more Rut But their place la is taken b by the large largo number of ot officers who upend spend their leave lea In Cairo or Alexandria and the tho Hn vendors H orI of at costly curios find them thorn fairly fairly fair fair- ly 1 good customers Tho The men new spend lat a l Cleat at deal of ot money with tho the small f shopkeepers and th the Australians 4 are customers worth h having IrH oven oen If It thc they 6 no moro more than an un Australian privates private's vate's vates pay to spend Also Aldo the new military season lasts all th the year car round while the tourist season at best was n. n matter of ot two or three months month Hotels In n Cairo which formerly vegetated In summer now do don doa ft n thriving business rl right ht through tho the thoL L hot season Reason SO of the time great hotels have luwe heel boon taken over by b the army as hospitals or for tor other military purposes pur poses clI and those that remain have havo as ns business 5 us they can cope with the Tha ostrich has the distinction of at 1 I I 1 I t k I Which weighs about three pounds la is I. 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