Show NN YI f ft fo fUN tt 1 o t UNCLE UN J CLE SAM till n In I In J JIho Iho l OIO Through Our OurI SAMOA IN I A i lousing 1 Act ID for tur Mutiny Monny Making In u 2 Work tk 1111 tho New nY nw tho the Central Lunk at lit t Apia AIR II null llio AU About Our New Now Islands in Louis Homo In 1001 I t t Pacific P ne If I e t V fRANK WANK 0 6 C CA V I S II I H I rI H I I I I It HIt 1 1 1 H H III H j t tI I I c jIu I 1 Of Oft 1 t 1 I F FI I 4 J I II i T I tI u j for tor this th Now News by ti Frank Frenk 0 O Carpenter f fI fJ ONH om OP Ol QUit OUR TOWNS IN MANUA NOW OW TUI T O IIi IIiI J I I I I I I f 1 PtA PIA give you my notes noloN concerning Apia tho thU capital of ot tho Gorman aerman colony In Samoa ns ii they thoy were writ written written ten on the ground I 1 camo hero from Now Zealand on route roule for Cot Ran Ion Francisco Tho start from Sydney call coIl at Now Zealand and tho tim and Hawaiian Islands on the tho way Wa It ItIn Itta In ta now lUw tour four days day I left Auckland mid and It will tako ma mo tour four days day more moro to get ot to Honolulu Steaming Is la i delightful down hero along the equator We have havo nothing but sunshine anti and such euch glorious sun nun shine AH iH we SH coasted the he leland Inland of ot anvil tho thu largest of ot the group thu tho air wan tho the wind atron enough to It cool coo cud and peasant Tho jho ho sea Ben was vai a teel tec blue bille with silvery white rapa apa dancing upon It between us tiM u nud the tho shore the tho woe wan full tull ot of white smoky clouds makes mo hue think of the Hawaiian Islands H It t In i limit and volcanic hut but Its ItH char mo tue hidden h In hU verdure An Au Wo VII u nailed l by It It seemed like hike a II groat gront hill hili of bt tho the shape of a t horse hone shoe hoo the tho undo ends of or the tho shoe eloping down to tho the Water Parsing thIe yvo YO so soon oon reached the tha of ot Upolu on the Iho north conet o of which Apia pIa In Is Militated Hoth Iloth and now belong lelong to Ocr Ger Germany ninny many nil all the real reet ot of tho Islands hay hav having haying ing InK been boen given up to 10 tho the United States atee s sO O IlMAN SAMOA The Germans German In their greed creed for tor moro more land were nera ero Ilu 1 to 10 tako tko the two larger Inland Out hero it Is i though thoth that wo WI sot lot tho the best beet ot of tho the bargain Doth noth und nd Upolu together are arc not ns DB largo large fin 1111 Rhode Inland l and toul they are aro of ot littin outside their harbor which are not good la ha miles long and onit miles wide le und Upolu la Js much smaller Doth il Island and H are aro mountainous fertile and well watered Like they have been built up by the coral corRI aided by volcanoes i iAu Aa Au I came Into Inlo the tho harbor ot or Apia the tide was low and antt I could leo eo a I great garden Bordell or bed of ot coral rising up UI U out of ot the tho water Hero nero and anti there along tho the there shore were signs of or cultivation There were groves of ot cocoanut trees and lI further r up tho the mountains planta plantations of cacao In the green Jungle on tIlt the hills I could uco lIeo hero here and there thoro it i patch of ot chocolate brown where the Iho ground rr Ir und had been for Jor new now cacao farms Just Juet back of at Apia the white villa Qt gf Robert Louis Loulu out gut find end novo It ruse rose mountain after atter I I I mountain of ot different shaded of ot green or blue lIllie covered by Ly the vegetation anti and I tho the clouds 1 The country looked very nry beautiful In Inthe I the tho tropical sunlight The Tho sky was wn full tull ot o fleecy manes Hero nero the tha shadows turned the Ihl ileA uca to 10 green and there to navy blue while upon tipon the land butt they thy I made mAllo a mas of ot light tight and hado otto add od etl to by the tue fresh green reen crops crop shining out IJU of the Lilt old ohl green forest foreRt Close to the Ih 1 or edge elIte were Wert what front from our steamer looked like hike vast VlISt cornfields Which tho the captain were vere cocoa cocoanut cocoanut nut orchards containing tens tenH of ot thou thousands t sands of t trees treM with millions ot of HUts Quito n a is lu done In copra Tho Th me are gathered split open ana Onti Rn the lie meat taken out This Is h rut nit lit Into strips of ot about I 4 by b Q 0 and tonti v drift In the sun lun un when It shrinks to 10 obon half that size sin and H lu known na 09 copra drying It Is lu panted In r burlap Kicks each C th containing about pounds atul thus d to end rona flO the United States It sells hr M two ITO roots a pound anti anu In Liverpool ot or San aln for or about three IlIr n a pound I A LOOK AT APr APIA APrI I t am much disappointed In Apia Apin Ft From om LottIe tatter l anti the Ihl Mia tUIS which the town hunt has matte made In the International history hl of or the tha re ro nut I expected to 10 It 1 n a city collY It Is I a Q shabby little map of MO iO O for tor tore e I in NII J There Th me lIe UK ao 00 and II nd with n a few lew Americans antI and 1 l rench for good me ure The Th town Is lu on the tho sea pen and It 1 rune run round around tho the harbor It Is lu made up nil of Dr bungalow shaped building rooted roofed with galvan iron Iroll A great gret Mt crowd rowl of ot tamp nm Ion down to 10 greet the steamer anti and the th nol population of wan wall out for the Ih same I 1 went vent up to 10 the th Hotel and ImAo made th thin thil 1 my headquarters duo dur Into ing my m stay tuy tA The town lum Itself illICit Is Iii easily eally exhausted It hai hll a 1 halt half dot llon n bUll busl n niH ss houses housel engaged In III shipping cacao carao anti copra and In furnishing the natives with lIh different kinds of fancy goods goodu cottons cotton I nod and tinned stuffs There are lire two a lot of at consuls and anda a bakers dozen or so loot of German on em officials daIs rill Is Tho The Germans Germana are now doing the Iho bulk of ot tho the trade and they the are gradual gradually ly iy I gobbling up lP be plantations I rode up liP to Robert nobert Louis Steven nona horn home It 1 now belongs to 10 a Oar Ger German man mAil anti and anI the ramo plantation upon which lie li sweat t so IO profusely v was as 41 bought ut tit half hRH price by n a German planter t ThIll planter has baa materially added to 10 the tho house e unit and Is Ii feet fast destroy lug Ing all nil vestiges of oC Ho hoe has hasa hoea a I sign aign OUT tho the grate gate In half halt a tL dozen languages beginning yerbo verbo verboten ten and anti going on out to say cay In III English I French l anti Samoan that are ore prohibited from coming Inaldo the gate Hobert Loula tomb tenth Is lu I over overgrown overgrown grown with and the pilgrimages to 10 It from tho ho Incoming uro ott less every year eor AMONG TIm Thu I 1 have havo IIII been taken around over the th Island of ot Upolu by ono of or the tho Samoan chiefs chIet I was Mas Introduced to him hint In lots his house a n kind of or thatched shuck shack not far tor from Apia Ho lie was half naked when I came Into tho the house but ho dressed himself In my presence and went about with me I find that ho he speaks sneaks good goOl English Ho Ito knows tho the Islands well welland welland and Is very ery Intelligent no ns are oro all nil the Clio natives I have havo BO so far tar met With my lily friend the tho chief I visited many of the Samoan villages They are made up l of ot louts huts walled rooted roofed with vitti thatch It Is ti not nol necessary that lint the walls wails bo be tight ns na It Is always warm here anti and tho the more ah nil you ou can get ot the tho better The usual sleeping place H Ii the floor anti this Is III also the tho sitting place The conditions aro oro just Joist about the name mama In anti as RS here heie and what I write about Upolu wilt will do 0 equally well for lor our Islands Tho Tue peo 1110 people eO Ille ide steep sleep on grass mats mols which they lay hay layon hayon on the too ground They ute ISO OH as pillows a little of ot bamboo mounted moun led on four folio short legs which raises their heads beads well ceIl w up off oN the floor hoer The Tho Samoans ore aie a n deafly cleanly people They ore always bath bathing log ing You Ton see lIeo them everywhere ere In tho water both women nna men They The wade in tho the stream together In the tho surf Burt end and one another noting more like boss In swimming than like bRa men ulen and women t I UNCLE SAMS SAMOAN DAUGH DAUGHTERS I like tho Iho samoan girls anti I think Bam has materially added to 10 loIs his hl gallery of ot American beauties by the tite th acquisition of ot and Manua Manua you know Is an nn Island of ot ours oura oursa a 11 little beyond which Is l noted note l for tor Its pretty girls The Tho Samoan wo women women women men have beautiful forms torms They Thoy are aro than thon the of ot Venus Venue In Inthe Inthe inthe the Museum In Homo home end and they Iho are aro as otro plump and as toro well welt formed as IR the Venua enus do MOllie Medici They The hUI hoyt n a tich chestnut brown complexion larg i which one ure Ut full foul of ot minion lI anti luxuriant black halo hair which they often blench bleach to n it I bright rod red by the use uso of at lime anti and other othor things thing women and men are arc full tull of or good goodnature goodnature nature Especially In whore where they have hate hR 0 not toot been Lew spoiled by foreign foreigners Irs ers they are aro gentle kind cosily cattily governed Our government steamer ions has been licon In tort port hero here during doting my stay and Its am amerl i era erl have given ghen mo uto much mich about things In our part of ot the Samoan Islands They tell me that tho the already con sitter Killer themselves American citizens They have hav sworn to 10 the United States anti hurrah for tor the stars has baa brought quiet to the III Island and stripes as RS enthusiastically an as we wedo do tb on the Fourth ot or o July lUty Jul The gov tov and anti H It Ions has for tor years ears been torn up wars warl among amon the tho different tribes hut but the naval nasal officers have Ino required that Ihal all the guns goons be given sheu up lP the tore lire now non figuratively speaking turning their swords awards Into Inlo pruning hooks now HOW WK WE TIm SAMOANS Wo We are ruling the Samoans after otter th the Dutch method thoU that Is Ii I wo we are allowing them to govern he and working through their Ih lr chiefs Every village Is Ii Isa Iia I a lIttle republic with Its 1111 own on chief ohler who Is U In iii most cases n a hereditary rul roil ruler er 11 These Theil bay b cn made mAtIe the governors of their village and all work Is III lone done through them Our naval vOl om daIs sit t behind tho the chiefs and ana pull null the tho strings anti and the Iho people think they ore ruling themselves In this way WRY schools hMo have been Leen anti Rome acme of ot the tho old ohl customs have been abolished The fhe f he government desires to encourage ed eti education ll as ns far ns as possible and mission missionary ary AI ry work lork Is respected At present p the Islands lids have a n revenue of or 1500 a n year the taxes being paid In Ito copra FORTUNE MAKING IN I SAMOA I J have been asked to Investigate the chanves chames for tor Americans to make for tor fortunes fortunes tunes lunea In the Samoan Islands Robert Louis Loul Stevenson tried It rind failed lie He made about 90 n a 1 year out Olt of ot his hla books but as far M II I can oan learn leant not a l cent out ot of cacao The Tho Islands have lIae nn on excellent climate It U Is good for tor consumptives and If It the consumptive be anything else clue than an Impractical newspaper or literary man tuan h he be might make money mOM at Rt cocoanut raising or ca eo cacao cab cao planting There Thero ate are men who have hae cacao plantations on who ho are ero I making money mono cacao Ilene aCRO lautt tire are those thoM which produce tho the Metis from which chocolate ls la made Thoy They lire are planted here In IB row rows about fourteen feet t et apart rl and anti some som m I 1 II tt a n T v times limes closer About A bOil t rows eon can be he grown upon nn too acre neu It takes tour four years borate buforo the tho trees rooS come corne Into boar lug Inc nUll anti after that time lime If It properly cared en red too for they tho aro are prod table One planter named linn net lIot netted netted ted tell 1200 a R year from tram sixty acres nero anti there ore others who havo have done llono equally as liS well Mr Moors has ban trees set net out at ott anti and ho expects to sot set out more mor Some Borne ot of the native n lIo chiefs have plantations anti there U lv a R titan man named Caruthers Wilt netted troll front loss leis 11 than eight arroR of or cacao In Ito 1800 1890 Mr Moors eay that ot of nit nil the theland theland land In hoe tho Islands Is la suitable for the tho growth of oC cocoa I am not sure route nn no to prices priceR of ot lands on but I 1 doubt not they thoy could be bought bough I cry Nory cheap hock Hack In the tho coon cOlin country try land bit is leased as aa low as liS cents per ne Jer aero acre and about Apia good goodlands lands ore sold Bold at from Croon 15 U to JM GO O per loot aero acre It H costs cost about SO 50 an aero acre to 10 clear eleno tho the jungle anti and set eat out a n planta pianta plantation ion tion but small entail crops can cnn bo be raised be bo between between tween the tho treed treca and anti It If well handled tho the plantation wIlt will pay vay In u li I short unto time AH Au to cocoanuts I think there Is 10 a ot good deal oteal of ot money In raising them nl at most boost anywhere out In lIt the tite th Tint rill lands near tho the coast const of ot almost nIl all the tho thol Islands lands l wilt will produce good trees and a 1 good cocoanut plantation will wilt yield a n dollar n a 1 tree tco every overy year This Is la so especially In the tho Philippines where If properly handled they will yield l more ISLAND OI OF MANUA MANIlA I have havo n R photograph recently taken of ot tho the village of ot on our Island of ot Manua This Is tho the Island next larg largest pst est to Wo So have havo altogether tour four or live Iho Islands out hero here they are Manua Ofu anti and Manna Manua contains about twenty square miles flutes It Is mountainous anti and surround surrounded ed by coral reefs rite Tho mountains ore about a n halt half unite In height but tho the tholand land rises so gradually that tho the whole Island rises so BO gradually that tho the whole Island cnn con bo be cultivated Tile The Manu Manti ans ens are arc much the tho some samo ns as the tho Inns They Thoy number altogether about 2000 but they tire are out t of t the line lino of ot ocean steamship travel anti and are moro more Interesting than the Samoans of ot the tho theother other Islands They have had mission missionaries missionaries aries arles for tor the tho last seventy years and Lire ure Christians They Thoy Tho have hove churches atod schools anti and live 10 peacefully under their king Thoy They produce enough foo tO food lI l for tor themselves anti and sell Sll enough copra to buy bu what they want wont In other ways laII Tim Tho American fay NI n that cocoanut nod banana plantations ore toeIng bring put on em all our Islands and that t they wilt will loon Boon Increase In 10 production and wealth They Chey have hn VII nothing but good goo 11 to say of ot tho the people It Is 18 Interesting to hear naval tell their experiences In these those Islands They were received In lit great grent state by ii 11 the tho king kill of Manua who treated thom them to kova bolero before ho hoe die dis discussed cussed business with them He lie had his chiefs with him anti his wife the queen lucen Ilu en sat Mt beside lo him him during the audi audience once |