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Show TUUKKV AM) l'ALKSTISE. lUIIroaiti anil Various Ilrwnrrts of llic (Jllomin lmptrr. The nows that more railroads are lo bo built In Turkey and particularly I'atotllne direct my attention to the facilities for bulljlng railroads In that country and lo the businrai avenues that will he opened up by the roaJs. Turkey I a mountainous country And much of It la like our own western country, whercforo tho building of railroads will Inrolvo dllUcult engineering engi-neering In many place. HUM, largo river lied and fine valleys are found where a roa 1 can conveniently par through. The worst part of any undertaking In Turkey I always In obtaining government ermlsslon, and lu being nble lo steer clear of ofltclal snags so aa not to Indefinitely postpone work. To accomplish Hie latli r la quite an art, as money will not alwaya do II. Turkey Is n splendid place lo II nd sinkhole sink-hole for money, but capitalist havo long since fuuud that out, nnd tttiy are very shy In their expenditures until diplomatic forces can lie brought to livar, when the way Is more char. Force of ilrcumstancis nnd outside pressure will do more than money. ThoHultau Is represented as having stated to an Intelligent Austrian that he was pctfeclly willing loseea constitutional con-stitutional government inaugurated aa will aa more progirss In learning and sciences, but the former w as yet out of Ihe quc-llon as the ople wire not firt tared for It, ho fi ared, and as to the alter, they were doing all they could tu press Intelligence forward. Thlsls undoubtedly Irue. The Turks aru n hard la-oplo to pre anything iqion which Is contrary to their old established customs, rhu govirniueiit lias established several good school win re a firm education may lie olr-lilncd, olr-lilncd, and fur belur than what inn Im obtained bthoim, the siholnr go lo France and (Krmauy. In Turkey the follow Ing roads nre In on ration: Ono through line Iront Vienna to Constantinople via Ilel grade, t9 Hoplila an I Adrlauoplo and one fruniHiloulkl to llelgrtdo. Thceo aru lu Kuniptaii Turkey. On Ihe Asiatic side aiu one from Hall I'aslu to llni, one of the gtente-t inanu Mcturlng cities In Turkey. Tills road Is rontinipljled to mull Hlvas and, i-rht)to llizeiiitu some day. From Hinyrna there li a short mad hi i:pliiui. At Mcaalna there Is on e li-vllug lat Tarsuf, Ihe birth-place if Htul, to Ailana, an Inland loan limit nlne'y iiillesdlstanv. In l'alistlno thtni nru several tinlir conslriuttoit or cuiitem plated. Dim Is from Jalla to Jitu-alem, niel anothor front Haifa lo Damascus calling at Iho cciut of tho tin of Tlts-rlai. A third will go from llelrut to I) una. rui. The tw u latter may lo mndo ouu n.atl. In Hyrh thvru is iniicli talk of lailldlng a rallioad from Ah; u to Alexandria, a dlslauco of nlite.y miles. ,1 hcao rallro i Is nre all Ihe more nieiled, seeing that good Wa,'ou loads are scarce In thu Hulian'n lountry. Hevoral good roads aru iurtrt,ed nud a goo I brgmilii Is turn aud Ihcro visible, but us a wliilo tho uuderlaklug la too much lor the. cuunlry and thty ure never couiplcted. Under tho clrcumiUuce, frsfghtlng Is rhlilly done by mule and ilookejs, while wagons are ratilykiiowu, Turkey Is rlih lu mineral anl In agrlculturtl reijr(xs. riie mineral troducu are, Imweter, but little uown, Mlhegnveriiineut will In no w l.v permit their development. Agriculture anl sbx-k raising form Iho chief liidu.trlm oi tho countrlr. Win at, oat and Urley do w ell all um r Tuikey and I'alesilue. I.iicerno rbiirlttiol In Iho hiatl of Asia Minor and will, lu all ) robablllly, do will InHjrlaiiuiiralistlne. Hortlniltiire aud fruit raising do well In most alt parts oflho laud antes, filially 111 Hytla aud 1'alisllne. In Hyilt, rouud Maraih, a gowl deal of rice for homo coLauuiptlou lantlsed, aud also cotton; the eiirls Ulug drleil frulla, chlelly grajs a, which aru seat lo France and l.ugland by way of Alexaudrli and Adana. Ilutii r and tallow sit up In goats klus are also ex-iortul, ex-iortul, though thu former article cannot can-not lie In gnat demand except win re goAtbalrs, in finely lulled In Iho article, would bo appreciated. Hhreii-kins Hhreii-kins aud wool are also shipped exit ex-it mlMly. Aleppo Is a mauufa(turiug town and ex. rtsa good deal ofwoolcn, cotton nnd silk goods. l'alntlne has more bread stuff than Is needed for hoiuoconsumjtlou. Hut lis chief eirt la fruit. At prcmit mostly orangi a are sent nut, Uitthu facllhlia for other prodiut are none Ihe lit there. Tin re la not n finer grapoaud olive growliuj country lu the world, '1 he (Jermaii oolonl.ta uowi ship some fine ssclmens of winelo Kurow, and a riry profitable trade In tlili lino could Ira Ixillt up by enterprise, enter-prise, llalblii can ho grown aa will a date and banaua In the Jordan Valley, Ollrrefor oil aud lablo use find n markit In Kuroientid even hero InAmtrlcu, In Haifa there I a sonp farbiry owned and manliulatrd hy so-lolled so-lolled (Jermaii-Antcrlraiis, Thiy shin nil lis soap to New Yolk, where It Is kloiinithu Jit. C'armel soap. It Is made 111 varloua grades, and there Is no need praising It when It Is only understood under-stood thnt It Is manufactured from puroolhts. Tho contemplated railroads In Palis. Iluu could bo luiilly employed If thf Indutttlis, uatural to the country, tniild bo revived, Olive oil ha enii been Knt to Utah for sacred puriiosea and much more could bo illsptscd of If brought here. When all iacontlJi red from a lluauclal iilnt of view, tho Of lent I likely to lain try dibfrablo place for IiiMslment. I'- F. HiNTr Ilia Cottonwood, Fibruary Hud. 1891. ' |
