Show IrI Ir i r u 1 HOW tHE C A RICA PE TOW i ir iK I 1 c 1 1 I LOOKS LO O K TS IN T 1908 r JI i I rt Special Correspondence r 1 APU E TOWN Cape TUn CAl Ho Hov slum shall I I It H Ht t It Is the t city of South Africa JUrica and It has nothing In j common with Oils black conti continent I nent n nl It buildings und jig its people p are arc till all Tho town is I as al brIght blight as us asa a II button hullon rind and as II lean clean ns 11 a pin It II lIel lIelI I rIght un tho Atlantic Its Ill teet In III bay ba Behind and above It tl iNc r I 1 tho two lo mighty locky ock known us laulo mountain and nd the tho Lions Head They Chey lidded lJ In III green and they hut bul out lh half hair Y cil which fades fado aay Into tho j 1 great north jABLE MOUNTAIN Table J mountain is rightly ho 0 called en lied It ls Is a It mighty block of o rock which straight up behind tho town to toa toa a height maIo than limn alx times that of the tho Washington monument cutting the nicy lino with a u jagg front two miles In length If you could one of the tho highest of or our Allegheny 1 mountains ore Us Ils top BO so that it looks 1 OKI a It and plant it down Boston you ou might havo about tt too effect that Iahlo mountain has at atthe the tho city ot of tho cape eal The mountain mount ln aides would d to bo cut so so as i il to be almoSt almot I and m il Its top t p should li is regular r Jl lul an u h tho gods g di at of nature had smoothed it oft off with ii knIfe Standing g In 1 time when vh n tho whole great l bl rock r l o clear claar and At othor Ithai times tl nm it would bo lost In the tho mist and again low overhanging clouds cloud would rest cst upon It and down Hk Uko a II tablecloth l lh Table mountain l i Is feet high Ono side of C It is lj such that It can be climbed in hours horns and in that space of time you can reach loach ono ouo of or tho finest views vl w In tho writ Id Tho mighty houth s ocean stretches beyond you at tho front ami on tho right and tho th l left You Youcan Y u can almost ih st follow olI w with your oyo tho 1110 course ot of DIas when ho discovered tho Capo of Good Hope That was WM six years before Columbus out to find tho now world and the cretin below us U was wm then so rough that th l Jio named that point tho Capo Cape of Storms Borms It was along the same track that Vasco da Gama Gam on around the continent to India a tow few later laler t Care Car o Agulhas tho southern point of the African continent which lies down a 1 little litHo off to lo tho left Capo Town Is just under you so close that you can cun toss loss a lock Into Inlo its and Imd beyond ItIs It I Table buy bay tho groat port of oC entry for tho th whole wh lo of South Diaz and Da Cuna had of f l ss than tons lons thc tho mighty steam floam steamers ors ers which aro floating down thero thOI at tho wharf each Mich run inn high hl h Into Inlo tho thou thousands sands of oC tons lons and morn titan than 2000 of oC them leave leu and can call car Ia Ships with u a moro than went In and out of or that port within tho last 12 months and this has become one of oC tho great gates of tho world Tho looks small from the top of thc thu mountain but bul it hat Ims mOIo than two miles of quays which tun vessels drawing JO 30 f l It 14 j by b a 11 I 10 C feet long and Its linger Vic toila basin coers o acres Looking along the fUI S you OU can call seo soo thu t and b hICk ck of If them tho warehouses can seventy thousand tons l n of oaro at 1 l ono time and at the IO reset volis hold mountains of or coal Among the aie alo boats hoats Kast J allt nd Africa London and and eat u their thell ay to llA Australia and India There are tho mall of Union Castlo which cuiry not 11 l only I and hut but tho vast which arc ure alwa flowing out oC the tho diamond und and gold mines of or this lh 1 great Now low turn your oyos l CS tho luu hm bor to the hill hIli which lies acro the ravine r we wn are stand standing ing In That Is the lions null Head which forms another part palt ot oC the background of the v sin surrounding rounding tho bay That peak Is almost as high as mountain ant and the electric car Which jou ou can cria teo whizzing alon at III its feet looking l g in tho distance will give gle you ou ono cine of the tho cst street car rides of the tho You Youcan can It hl thc heart of Cape Cn le Town and wind your OUI way around the haj ha under this great greal Table lock and como back through tho valley Y Table mountain Lions Head to lo lothe the city ell with beautiful views In sight bight nil all thc tho way Wa THE CAPITAL OF 01 SOUTH OUTU I Hut But let u go So lawn down and take a wall walk through this capital of or South Africa Town rOW In II the gate to this end of tho continent and for more moru than two bundled years it nan has been he en chief through which the whiter hive gone In anti and out It has now In tho of oC people and U h hono ono of the line little cities of the world Lad out as ns a II Dutch town lown In hi u Venues running from Table mountain to the thes thesta s sta a and crossed i Iw v other othor l at III right In old oW Hoer Boer buildings aio ar gradually disappearing and It has now no and streets Which would do credit to lo the tho t cities of tho United Slates It has hal a which sut passes In size that of oC any AmerIcan city of ot twice Us I pop and its Ils parliament houses hO aro ara perhaps perl aps tho finest buildings in Ill Af Africa rica rl u Thoy were erected soma homo years ago at a cost of more than a II million dollars d They Thc lira aro of Df tio renaissance stylo porticos upheld by thian Ihlan columns and an bv hy beautiful h In whIch a 11 of Quen Victoria at al tho th front Kadi ot oC tho houses has u I Moor I as ar largo Il rge h as that of oC the housti hO s i of I commons In England and tho Illg contains C a I loom showing tho allegiance of the thc country to lo king The fhe which meets heiO h I Is that Colony und and It i governs this vast territory comprising i ing tho th l of the Hinds south of the tho including and Its It diamonds anil also albo tho chief sheep and cattle growing fruit and farming fanning of this th continent BUSINESS JN IN SOUTH S AFRICA Capo O Town is largely arSel tho business ss of o South Aft A lea It ha has the tho of all big banks and of o the tho chief and street sheet the Is lined with big busi business ness blocks and there theio 1 Is a section which has hIlS many tine fine build buildings ings During my sla here I havo hae had harl talks tulls with some Home of tho leading finan financiers financiers ciers as to lo tho financial conditions of oC this tit Is part of tho Business is IsI still I bat bad and line It has been beell so since the tho Boor Will war Tho ho recent panic and de cle In the United States have Ita affected tho diamond mines and havo hao led leel to tho discharge of oC thousands ot of aio other men out of fir employment and not a n few lew of oC the business men lire are up to their eyes It seems I to lo mo that cannot but huL continue bad brill In South A for fOI fora fOIa a gillie to lo come Ju Just t before tho war tho conditions excellent and a 1111 during It reigned Tho lire are naturally as optimistic tic as we u are and they have ha till the th push and of a people developing a I new When hen times are aiu good gool they borrow all ull the money they lh can CIUl anil hot on Oil the future Before the th war much of their h business was done don donCHI on CHI crl ll hut but conditions were ere then rI and they lely un fIn their hills bills As s long longas longn as n l the continued l l and money flowed 1110 water Business was ns boomed to with the now conditions Many buildings CIll erected In all cities CS and especially In Capo enlo Town Tonn and Johannes Johannesburg burg Xen were brought into trade new institutions of or all kinds created and nad WaS wages and expenses ses high were enormously Then the Will war ended and tho loft lert The money Hood was succeeded by IW a money drouth anil the creditors began to liS I for Cor pay payment pa ment of their bills bIb This caused erl failures in nil all departments of trade tho title tide of Immigration tinned the theother other way WI and thousands wore were tin own out of work worl At the tho same lIne time stores and houses became vacant tilt thu prIces j I I Table Mountain and anc T a l Bay The Gape Colony Parliament Parl Houses i Something About Business si ess Conditions The Big and Their Deposits of s The Farms ot the Cape The he as a aI I I Sheep Country etc I n of properly began n to drop and tho tho competition for Cor tenants bi might down do tho lents This situation lion hM almost steadily continued cd since the war oar and the country Is now getting down oWn to a u hardpan basis It will later on but just now Ita It ItI I condition Is bad SOUTH BANKS S I Banking holo Is not tho same as asIn I In the tho United States AVIth Ith us every Ier little town has Its individual bank l and amI thero are aro hundreds of small In Institutions operating with capitals of and Here all the money is handled by hy a 1 half dozen K v j 1 t l 7 1 i r f vM F j r rw t t f f r I Il j jI t l v rJ i w wW W V C tM I Y I 1 I r f 1 t 4 J 1 J 1 I d I ft I f V 1 i ti h 1 t 1 1 j J l lI I I 11 r 4 f 1 I t j i IF Y Yv v i f X Y YX 1 X X A Af Af f AA A i y f a I s 5 1 5 i M I 1 I t 1 II J 1 J 00 Jf i Jr rt r J r i Photographed for tho News by Frank G Carpenter r 11 THE PARLIAMENT HOUSES ARE AEE THE FINEST IN AFRICA v fu I t banks h with branches blanches to all parts J ot oC South JUrIca These big hi banks report to lo each othor and largely In If Ie a tL Is Ishad had bul it soon becomes generally Known and aUlI If 11 ono uno bank drops him ho has 1 hopes Cr tn tho others As AR to tr tho th extent it of oC the tho b l J too hayo 1110 some Morna of tho big hi The Bault of oC South AH lea is I now a n busi busl business j ness nels ot of something 1 O O OpOl per pOl annum on n IL capital of less le s than night Ight millions It has hns about worth woith ot oC deposits and am its profits aro and upwards per year During a IL great part of Its Ils existence It has haa paid as ns much as IS 18 per cent and is now paying 10 notwithstanding the tho hard times Another big institution la Is the tho Bank I of or Africa which lias a IL capital of 5 This hank has lias deposits of ot I or and It assets and liabilities lira aro about It I Ihas has been paying 13 per pel cent until re recently when the th dividends cut to 10 per cent with a prospect of golna down lower Tho Natal Nutal bank which does business chiefly in Natal and anel tho Transvaal has a It capital ot oC only anI 2500 but Its Ilo deposits amount to something 1110 or 01 20 0 and It pays pa g about 12 per pel cent The National Bank of South Africa with a t capital of oC over has haa deposits of and pays S 8 per percent cent tho African Banking Coi has running accounts of oC from to tt on a t capital ot and pays C per pel cent dividend Nearly Kearly all 1111 of these hanks banks have hud a u considerable reduction of DC deposits dining din dur durIng ing the past two ears and their stocks have fallen Callen In value A COUNTRY When it IL If Is that South Africa Is largely argel a desert and that It has all ull told only about white while people lo tho wonder is II that It can support such banks at al all ull It stems seems to tome tome me that bu of all kinds is much overdone The steamship linos are 1110 too many the too expensive and ani tho too big for fOl the populations This Is especially ho so considering that the thc products of whites aie UI almost altogether owned in 1 and the lr of their labor lire aie spent The fhe diamond mines und and gold mines aiu aI owned abroad They arC aro worked by h cheap native Chinese e labor lubor anti and the tho count y lacks Jacks the tho means of or of the great re regions regions gions of the Sla Indeed the tho Boors Boers claim thit South Africa would bo bc far belter off If It had less gold oId and diamonds and went more mora Into They think that the high ir 11 wage rate would benefit Its Indus Industries tries caning cau iu molt of ur the money to tobo tobo bo spent at home hom CAli lg COLON V VIn In many Cape Cap Colony Colon I bet het leI tei off than limn the tho Pre Fron State fila tc and other of nr South Africa It is given gon up to 10 farm farming ing and ami stock raisIng and ami Ib Is a Il land o 01 mixed Industries The colony olon Is one oae of a athe the largest of o the possessions ot of this part pait or of till the continent It is COO miles long ant and or 0 iOu miles wide mo mom to l four foul times limes the size sl of cf either No e York Voik or Pennsylvania It If Itis I is I as a big as a Creat Britain or Ire Ireland land and nile including which was wn annexed some years cars ao RO It Is bigger than Texas or any an country In with the exception of oC Rus Russia sia fila I Capo Colony Colon is the oldest pait art of at South and is by far lr the beat hest settled It Il has almost as many man white as Boston and its pop population almost as many man aa there aie aro souls in Chicago There lire are many towns This place with its Ils suburb has hah 2000 O Kim Kimberley Kimberley berley und and Port ElIm both belh or more Woodstock oo stock han ha Grahamstown and Ind East I I London 2000 ate arc towns town of ot i from to tu scattered here and ana there over ocr the country mUl there are many thriving communities THE rIm FAn lS Or 01 THE CAPE I In coming hero from tho Transvaal I r ratio rodo for or a In through tho Oron 1 III cr colony from sro f t v Capo Colony olon to the Cope of Good Hope Hopeland Tho land is all high and diy and tho most of It bus hu a II climate In which a 1 man can work worl The rhe colony Is IH about as JIg big as us the state of oC YOlK and its It population of at whites whiles H I not lot half as us large as all that of oC Buffalo Tho rho count y is mostly a gra y plain fading put here her and Into Inlo desert stock li Is grazed near tho 1 saw lW of cattle a It fei sheep and now now anti and then a u herd held of oC An Angom goia gom goats gna t ilo lost t of the has bus been Inaccessible until with within in the past 10 ClI ClIAs As to Capo Colony Colon Its Ila pOI por portion tion Is of much the lw same nature Tho Iho Tholand land drops In steps mown known asi tW tho The upper at tho ninth ranges In altitude from to feet feat It Is t a n deceit unil 1111 1110 this Is what is III known as al the Great consisting of or lolling plains giad to a tl height ot oC feet This country Is covered c with li II sort of or a IL sheep shep hush bush upon which the cattle goats and I sheep teed It Il Is dry dr and healthy and Is I lilted for stock raisin Still about the laPe and west nf oC hero hack of the ocean Is a large laige aiea art devoted not nol only to stock but to grain Iraln und and fruit Back ot oC the Capo of Good Hope aio aro laige larlo Which produce something like gallons of DC wine and 1500 O of every cery year jear They rhe raise peaches apricots apples and 1111 I and ship fruit In cold to l London and the United States Stu ts tsA A GOOD STOCK COUNTRY A great part pait ot of Cape Colony is well grassed and ami there Is able stock farming Tho rho average ranch contains contain about acres und and land of r that kind selling for Cot 2 or 01 per pel acio The he grass Is s thin and ami It is that every overy head of f cattle will need from l I to 20 acres and sheep she p ono ot or orto two to neres In the oven more marl moreland land will be bo requited required At tho colony hits about 12 she p goats goals eattle t and and mules Tho farmers te mo me that there Is some omo money in horse raising aa as the tho country eol does doeH not ral c enough for COl its own needs nc Tho rhe nun ket of draft raft hOrses horcos Is now and upward Tho cille stock now grown here aio sheep and ami goats The Tho climate ell male anil feed make excellent wool and 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