| Show New Bridge to Be Single Span Johannesburg South Africa Sky Skyscrapers scrapers scraper towering out of the wildest Rhodesian bush be the landmarks land marks by which travelers in n two years' years time will recognize the most spectacular structure of its kind In n southern Africa the new bridge across the river First definite particulars can now be given about the huge project which is being financed by the Belt Delt Railway trust founded ded by Alfred AUred Belt Delt partner of Cecil John Rhodes It is to link Unk Salisbury capital of Southern Rhodesia with Lusaka capital of Northern Rhodesia Unlike the famous Victoria Falls arch erected In 1904 the one which will be flung duna across the gorge further upstream will be a suspension bridge carried by cables cable suspended from towers feet in n height One single span pan a fifth of a mile long 1050 feet to be exact will carry tha the roadway over the abyss Together with its approach spans of which there are to be fo four r on the Southern Rhodesian side the bridge will measure nearly a quarter quarter ter of a mile from end to end end making mak ing ng it twice as long as 81 the Victoria I Falls structure I being on earth says the National Geographic society Coffee is an immigrant from ancient an an- dent clent Ethiopia that made good Inthe in n inthe the New world On the highlands of the old African kingdom recently conquered by Italy coffee trees ave grown wild since early times Legend says the stimulating properties of coffee were discovered b by a priest who noticed that goats refused to take their ordinary rest after eating coffee berries From lorom Ethiopia coffee colIee crossed the Red sea seato seato seato to Arabia then traveled to Java and finally came as a vegetable immigrant immigrant im ml migrant ant to the Americas Coffees Coffee's Success Story There began coffees coffee's real success success success suc suc- cess story tory Like many human immigrants im migrants coffee made good in n the New world to an extent far beyond anything ever dreamed of in the theold theold theold old country South America became its greatest producer and North America its It greatest consumer Inthe In Inthe Inthe the 37 1936 cr crop year crop year Brazil alone grew approximately 68 per cent of the worlds world's coffee production and the United States Stales used halt half of all aU the coffee colIee consumed In the w world But Dut the world In recent years rears has consumed far tar less coffee than it has produced and coffees coffee's success success suc suc- success cess story has changed lately to a tale of woe With Brazils Brazil's own production production pro pro- increasing and other countries countries coun coun- tries planting coffee colIee trees to compete com corn pete with her coffee prices have dropped Hoping to Improve the situation Brazil began destroying part of her crop Long before the United States I began plowing under cotton and killing off pigs to boost prices Brazil Bra Dra ill all was burning surplus coffee by the ton Since 1931 nearly bags or tons have been destroyed Some of the theo ash was V |
