| Show I W wiTIE H E R EA EAR RICE R I C E IS I S KI K I N G BURMAS WHICH A ENRICHES GREAT GRE FOOD FOO A PEOPLE CROP I b II W 1 have hae JuM NI NII P felted I the th rl c mill of nf the Ih world irId It II lie Iks 1111 here hr at r Po n fl the Ira wad ady the of f Rangoon It ItI ItI rhu rl I I below belon port who ho I in to I the th Bullock brother ii tl large Ira mill md nd e export 11 f of f rice rk eyen v n year Mr Hurma Hunna to Ii I th Ih bet bent rim rice rl patch on the bosom boom i f It 14 I mother earth arth The lo eV part of or f li I I is It garden to th the II 0 f r the I h crop rop and upper la Ia nire fl r re Ihn half hati tire ric Th Tile country ha h ha her rive eWe rI e arvas an equal to th the state ta taif if f hl hi end Ita It annual export of till billion K g ai i tri in tire are III mure than two Tilt This I l enough to live give every l Ing un on n oarth all aH 11 Ins rice rl ne tie nei i JIt jIl il l ont tt In one m day and till leave Ive mutt IU h mor ivr r to make a R pudding for fur fori i V 0 r t man mn unman and iid child ehUd a 55 well 11 all the and nd groom m mI the th money crop i 1 uno year F Rh Is In I l It tak the th plate plat of wheat what rn and nd cotton cott with Ith u v us Tie Trie T e el eI x l I it wll II for to million millions and the th people in I rich or poor a Ce the rice r n well n III Ill IN THe THIC RIt CROP tWI Th The government appreciate h hw how w mu h the prosperity of theo the th coun cowl countr tr It d pern upon rice and nd It I Is doing doln nIr r In im rearing the crop It haa baa baan an Mn n department who whose e ef effort fort forti In hi this retard regard rd correspond with home hoole hon It ItI th of our department at l I eed perd election Increasing Ih lh I h Irrigated Irrl and nd making mallin I I ee sets shOwing allowing holn the th possible yield It 11 ha h bios lt It Iti In every r part of 11 the i mm try and their report porta upon rice accurately made mad than our ouri me ur II e more i rt upon cotton ton During the t pelt of te i years yearn ara m In which a total o the gov tn Wee wan It rained for fur export 1000 ton toOl r C forecast were re only UI nil nf of the way w The came ca from the lb local best official o Burma Hurn Hurni Ix I i 1 lund lend of o village Molt Moet of the peon peo li r In little settlement of thatched Iii IiI upon poles pole and they th go JO ha hu It Its 1 to In work K Jr very ery village li HI man who wh reports report purt to the th govern ov overtIn rn n nt III number of acre ac hl hi his people Mill I ill ilI pi HI III Ills are sent nent nt to th the lInly anti ami thy they Ih newl nd their e eb for their on to of lIt tin Ui province provine the t la I lt calculation IK made at It Rangoon 1 t o u not nol know what Uncle tin Jam Ham I Is doing dIng In this line In the lul 1 I fie h ouM learn m muck much from the Ih In Burma Hurula HIO 1110 RICE Riel Hut II u t i rome ine nt with 10 It h mf ni And d JO go through tl this thin UK i mill at l The Tha IH te I h a as paddy padd In the It Ik not nut unlike wheat what or r oats nat hut pry evry Kernel rn has a hush on It and arni this sticks tick to It an as though thou h It were It I 11 When the th grain Jn I reedy ready for fr shipment to 10 the th ml mills mill I In It look loOka h like Ilk our grains grain save cave the Ih rice husks hUk lm k heY lIv neither head ma nor they He tick stick tight to t th kernels knI It H hikes IRk quite ax as It mu h work to tu pet Itt them off a All as to grind the thre hM wheat Into Int Hour flour This In Is I the th work nf of thew II rice ka mill The Th mill a amm as mm li ground a am soy any an of ot our law Irl flour nour grinding e hl It Il him has I ln iti Ine of ut live Ih stories torl with rooms room KM fis hilt big I IK a Ms H t Rood gud I M Id garden aard patch ath I He oe n mi 01 n the thO ground around r to tn the th ceiling with the r rIn In bags h It 11 held more than soil and other n of t Ie adjoining It wio with flu rice rIe awaiting shipment UNLOADING TIlE THE Uk lUct paddy 1 Is brought here from toni all allover over lvir yr It IN Is I floated down the th to the river and nd low nl to I by b In III n nt flat t HIV tiOmi I The Th I Int Ii ilont nt by iy b K Ft t In coolie 11 many of r whom hom 1100 are quits quite pretty young youn r girls Fhy rh sri are r lilack ck lu lut lusty ty and nl buxom ban imar hll r comi IMI Ire Isire necked nf kd and often rIn with lIh I lags IM R here bat to the thi th knees Not a afew 1 few fw of lit them Ihm wear WAr gold Id buttons button In their and ami rI In their mars ear ara Tin Ty v ml and an anklets and amid I sa KH of three Ih with ring on their toes toe K These Thene Th Rid carry rry the th rl from t f fb b boats at t to the mill mills In baskets of i each euch eh They lift the th grain I their head or shoulders and cari tori ar v It II up UI and 1111 a III down the th banks bank of the th iK i over uter a Ii plank plink roadway Their hour a arm n u from rm to dark clad ami their avi i uRe uge pay imy I Iii lew lem 1 than two vents cent nl in II hour I am told hold they th arms are quite quit i a Ill the th men m n soil and that they thy IM o work rk although althou thou m their war if Ir lower AIR IM mid till they ae save money mony at 2 nl an so n hour hear and mot most ot of them say sax bank of their persons N Hy I Ivl every vl one mm I saw aw w had hed more mo or lei Ie lemo I Jewelry upon her I remember a irI III of r IS with shiver bracelet covering h lir hr r still arm a from wrist to elbow and nd heavy hv 1 anklet kl of silver on 0 eacH pai K of nf her hr leg The Ilie Th lobes hibe I and nd rim rIms of nf her ears ear an were with gold rivet and nd the g H ring In her hr nope wa was a am big bill around aroun IK ma maa n a and nd a as thick a as II a needle This ring hung bung down her hr mouth muth and when hn she he ate 1 lunch lunt II tle In the th rice rh through the th ring was a from southern ml InI t and nd her hr husband u It straight blai blk k in iii 11 1 1 In a It white whit cotton walt iloth oth worked with her hr VB VI v In soother another room roo I saw Haw the men ling lini the Ibm III finished product The Thi Th rl 11 rite e I is tied bagged M up III In of ot IS 2141 pounds pound pum These Th are It carried by Kant East eo toil 01 l lle le I its Into the th wh and ore ure piled up lip In tack stack Kach lifts tift one nile on of If the I th h i to 10 hi his and run up an IU inclined roadway It 1 looks easy a nd nil three university t h ho i iv v lilted the mill the Ih other oth r d rather sneered at the th strength of or the Ih Hind saying Haying any good a man mn HIT rr uh suh u h H a loa bid I 4 up a plank Ther Thereupon ii on tile Ih manager lIn asked ake l one on of sit f them to I try tl it ItHe I IIi Hr He Ii did so MI gelling the Ih ft bag ball on oil his hi buk bk without very ery vel much trouble HP tie II A It able abl to make mall hi way It arn the Ih n rn i huh hul len he h tried to t go JO up UI the Iii Ih the weight pulled him over and hi ti h Ml fill with the U rice rIa to t the nofI Thin I came In college crowd tried Irl I t Ik k out the I broken rice flee rI groin In en nn with the girls girl they Ih could Huld work quite quit a It as fa fast fal l hut hul hulIn In lii give IV up UI In de The ThO rh ni I Is or f r various grade nut a cording according to In the Ih br grain In It end nd eter every r r P t x ii to In be te trued led by b counting the hut I h number of f whole grains grain In lii h a It tiled fixed n It takes take keen eyes eye t to tn distinguish the MI III 11 perfect kernel and the Ih h hy y failed In the th te test t WK l It 11 ko r ems mv II to think if f rite rice rl like your our nu best brNt b t ller Ki Hut that I hi I tIm Hum doing m liB 1 I Ia went a rUt through thin mill Tilt The 11 try iry ry In is I the th finest known t to tilt the The paddy 01 iii n i li In the lb husks huk I is filch winnowed III and amid n then to tu the th top lop where h It I h panned through grind grindIng arll arllIn Ing In tune tones so Ill rully art torI that hat tile Ih para I off It the huk without breaking the th Ih rice rica The Th tone lon are of ot a M com po position henley harder ha then than Iron and nd they the have hav to bs be I roughened roH every week wecK 1 by b skilled killed who whit understand how to lix them After this thin pre the rice rh l I la is a aguin aln winnowed It Koe through fan and shaking lre be beIng belog log Ing again carrIed to In the top to of ot th the mill tid IMI descending hy hv gravity aray from floor fino to floor shaki n grated and nd Rn at I every tOni tUII After Afler the hit huk husk IM IK ill oiT If II I II kernel l e it ie r p ht Is t j 1 n ii w I III bailli U ikin tin th liping th hi i t i ila la bak k an 1 forth thu attain t u a t ll i t c vet Pr T 4 with wilh this Ihl The Th o Un Under der dr gom around at HI the Ih of ut f GOO OO re rP a It minute nd when c hn hen the th rl ri rk lions flOWs nil out ut from fro It It I hi a It as clean cn and sni white as the th tint first tooth nf of your our baby b hv It now flow falls fall a chute hut Into Int bags b and I is sewn n up by Indian girl Irl when It U Ia ready dy for shipment nt abl 1 Much of the th sport export I he 18 to England Prance Franc Fr Germany and Holland but bul a at i great t deal 1 goes to India China and nd oth other er yr r Parts uirt of the th fer fr Nil sIt The T rice rl I Is III much better then than that of Hindu tan md Ind It brings bring high 1111 that the native nU ship their own roU I t I abroad and eat Pat the th cheaper hea fr Import I Irice rice rI which I t sold ild Id In i the till markets market Till INVASION l of nf the th cool leu In ho this thin tl mill mil brings bring UK mi to the th Hind invasion r 1 The Th Kast Indian s ir 1 being brought hero here hr by the th They ar are aero ac the nil lla ii I IBen Bengal Ben I A of lilt mile mil milmore o ii more tot for or len I than a dollar unit anil I Ithe Ithe the Ih mall mail shimmers umra they the can n com hlO h Ii hI i from fur for about bout M JI cents cent It lT other words word the t passage pe costs cost t tt II n about bot cent It a milo mil at Mt 1 hl hi I Irate n rate rat one oiw could rould go from New Nw YOI Yolk Turk k I t Washington for less lea 1 than a t tand end and nd from the th Atlantic to the th for about a dollar dolls r The Th Burman Hurman does dor not like Ilk to ti w rk He II despises es money mony and when he itO git gt gita a ahead he h acquire m by log Ing In It nut out In charity establishing n drinking fountain or OF putting a plate fIr r gold pM on some Buddhist shrine Th Thi limbos who work w for almost Imo nothing at home can an earn m as alt a much m h a as all i lp u a month here h and nd the land amId seem scams an n Kl It dorado to tn them tm A As It Is I now more than half of nf the th population of Rangoon Ran RanI I is Bast East Indian and there the are aN thou thousand sand panda nd of In every ery large I town RANT KAHT INDIAN MONET MONEY HARK The Th Invasion I is not confined to the laboring classes clasure C IJ There Then ers are many ny In Indian dian merchants merchant and nd or In Indian titan dian hankers hanken The latter do about all an loaning to t the tile Individual tanner farmers They Th lend nd at Ht from 23 fl to tn 40 per Ir cent nt a II year yr to t th the Burmese Bunn taking kina mortgages mon on their crops crop The Th laws law I here are such auh that the th cannot annot own land but bul the th crop can calm an hr ht mortgaged mind anti the th hitty puts PUtli hi his agent on n the t tarot farm to tn set that he h gets t bin hi l Inan Mn out nul of nf the th pairs aim Thee The e are th Ih the im i re Pt t hank hankers ers rw 11 Imaginable Our thur Ideal of that pro mini I is a fat rat leH I well wIle who w n mil 1111 01 h has n the Mm finist i hOuse In the th town Iwo The ordinal Ir Irot of ot the Ih r uM not mit I ot oust otan an ind in he hi h 11 s in n it i re I II Ig I g g gg g f I L g ga I I a I I t TL g g t 1 9 1 a THE RICE PORT POET OF RANGOON SHOWING THE BANKS li i fur for The Tue NC 1 H In iii 10 Trail k U r G G bevel HI His black skin akin Is ha I bare with the th exception of itt a rag raf of thin litton cotton around the tb loIns loin In and a calico lIco jacket JIU I which ends end nd at the th walt waist HI 11 shaved black blI blackhead head ad I is often free of turban or rap cap I al although although 1 though h he ba may ma have hay ashes ah smeared over parts pam of It to show his hie caste Itte or OF religion The Th Chitti mime come m from fm near r Madras Madra Their Ther only Idea Id Is I to tn make money mone breed and anti they save y every ever cent Home of them are re quits quit wealthy all allare allare II are to be honest hont and their ther word wordis IK is I in opted tIIt I hy by h the th bank banks for large r rum um Home 8 11 start In Rangoon a as clerk rk S At nt al 1 12 H a month They Th will aili III live lIy on n one n third th limit Ihal it amount mind and loan lion the nest rt out III at rent When the they have haive lu I ii t I III ii rupI rup is or nr in so a the they g go hn huh k kh khIn h hun hIn in mil 11 live ei jill on th Ih the in inI I r t of r tin hilt ir holding hol thi r I Ill t mu I thi h hi Il b iii os thi Ih I h ino t of iii f I lie I Ii Ii k ii ic U i done In I lit hy by the Ih f he Ish who Wh hiM ha lion four r loge laIt hank in These Th are tie the ti and bank the tha Chartered Rank Hank nf f India Austrilia ilia and Itina the th National Rank Bank of if t India and nd the Bank Hank of o the Nether Netherlands land lands All these thea th do a general banking and mid exchange business their Interest rates rate varying a cording according to the season n of or the th year They get et from 10 to 17 27 per pr percent cent receiving the moat most at the planting and nd of ot the crops crop The trade tride here her I III almot altogether In the Ih hand hands of ot Great Britain The of t protect the Ih British merchants merchant ansi and favor them where possible Ibl al although thought though the th German Japanese Ito Bel Belgians gians and amid h tr Ir try to t mI V li to In our trade It I N is I email mil II if amounting to tn lenn I thin Ih n II 1 million lIlt Ian lar a Year ear ya ant and KII of if f ann i K g I I a mist kf kit s n ni oil Within the past year Mr or so tIO we wa have hv estal a consulate at t Ran Kan lOOn goon and the th man In charge Mr K R A I doing much to tn puh push American trade trad lie He thinks think we wa should hold have hv a direct steamship line from rem here hare hereto to New Sw York and nd also better banking connections a Ii as well willi a sa a wholesale who depot pot should hould keep our nur leading TI In l lo l The total Imports of the Ih cot country t now nw amount tt to some something thing MO per r annum of or which Great supplies more than 55 S per tent ent the an good sold It I tool 10 pipe I fittings fitting axes axen typewriters i Item mind anti sewing The Tnt of ot the hotter i lla wear some In American shoes unit and they Ih are If I nil hI If to rat eat i ann d aril i 1 milk Th an importing hutton butter and anil not a afen afew few fen eta ail id lit II ilta ed milk on nn onlin o lin I ad In it its 1111 plse ts America should hould have It a good trade trail In Our missionaries have hav done don limn II for rr the Ih In the tit way or nf orand and i base hit hittI tho tI i of nr f any other country About the Ih unit t i work done don was R that of the Ih Baptists t who w sent nt the tI tIIt Ket tev It here he In IRIS 1113 J 11 1 Mince me the t ht first t Burmese Ou dirt diction Ion nr cry grammar and he h tin II into the II lie re me rein rem mein in m hire hir when hn all other foreigners foreigner ilni II ii HI it tin tb II time Um of nt the th Unit first trOubles and later during the k VII v I tin 1 r cI i 5 nn An starved The Th Iw nf or his iii 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