Show Ceylon Tea I Tea plantations in Ceylon have been in existence only 30 years yet the annual annual an an- nual exports of black tea amount to nearly in value Formerly coffee corree constituted Ceylon's main industry Industry industry in In- but after a a disease of the plant in 1880 Its cultivation was Many planters however recouped recouped recouped re re- re- re themselves by tea and rubber Thanks chiefly to the former article the Islands Island's old prosperity revived Today Today Toda To To- da day Ceylon boasts 1500 plantations Plant necessary to tea cultivation is costly but very labor saving Tho The work itself is not hard only the climate climate cli cli- mate makes it irksome What is wanted mainly of is to watch and feed it from the stock of tea leaves awaiting treatment treat treat- ment The workers are not Singhalese Sing Sing- Singhalese halese but natives of southern India A laborers laborer's wages vary from eight to sixteen cents cents a day while a foremans foreman's salary averages averages a month Har Har Harpers Harper's I p per's pers rs r's Weekly |