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FRONT VIEW OF THE ROYAL PALACE AT BANGKOK, SIAT!
"We have our Internal
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W' lSIIINiTON. May If,.-(Sp.. lal ni. wood so good as teak Tor certain kiuus or the Menam river, anu niiORomer we are .a V ,ow customs tax. Wo charge only 3 per
r, .r,H.l -..re of Th- Heo.)- , hibuildlCg. for railroad ties and ether gradually beeoming a rai.road country." was carried on in boats and boat, took tho low will 8ee thai Slam
. vnT ,hn nrs. tin.,, in . ur hlntory thing. The wood does not ret when In "Where does 81..... get n. railroad ...a- place of wagons and ca. r ages. There a e int D r . touutr au,,
Sla... has a l-ga. Inn at Washing- the water, and at the aan.e time It Is easy trials?- about seven i,-ne .....e- . -Lur peep e can ship there with as littL-
fefiH To ".ccndl.edM.'e.y.o.hoirnlt.d to handle. We have .mm, cf the largest -So far ,UoM of the,,, have come from UangK J but ta tud a d'u lo any part of the world
Stales. Trior to this .here hu been ..i.n teak forests of the world and our shipment, Kngland." as . he repiy "There Is no rea- th " ' The tas ,iXcd by the foreign powers for
inlHlrr for the fi.lt..! States and Kng'a..d. of teak amount to thousands o tons an- Bon why ,e I ni.ed States should not sup- can .o drhe e m a ca
who has sp-n, mcl of his time In London nually. Tho teak Is sold by weight and I ly 8 Hl.are. Our country is such that riaKe j a y ar9 Wj t.oulltri,8 it Is many times .,
Tim visited Washington only perl, dically to brings abcut $50 p,r ton U e have , . ores we ,,,, many br dfe. and yoi . A mer can about , , . o ' eJn;l--llr! yfeflU t)ur po(iplo wt,ccme imports, ano
pay his respectH to the president and at- ilepartn.eni anm....iereu u, ........ - - are now ..... og m u ... oueued up every year. The they will welcome America., travelers. In-
y. .: ,.,. n ihl side tho and so far about half tho foreht areas are fl,r Uu. world. I see no reason why you are utl.ib opttita up cury year u r
..i .w,t ,..! ..a tn nnr locoinot Ivea American oruige uiiiKcrs n.igui. uu u guu.i ou n -
sh.uld not compete as to our lotoiuomea ,,vi ,h The ohl to olace thr. ugh a riotous population as in
i i i . i i i ... ...a. no nml vi. ii w ill lfl ruiirtc-
M-.mvrlwlit bv Frank (1. Carpenter.) timber to all parts of the world. There is have a road from llangkok to raknam. on ly canals and about thirty-live years ago D"ed r; flU8
.wiuvctiis' Mav 15. -tSuetlal no wood so good as teak for certain kinds of tho Menam river, and altogether we are these- canals were tno sirteis.
nil V Ills ri'H.M'CIH lO lllll liri'Iimi .it un r
lend to Siamese interests on this side the and so far about half the fore.t areas are
ocean. Of late, however, tho kln has ue-n ueing ueiu ...
piwhinR his trade In every posslblo way,
Iimii' In 'IVakniMiil.
"Tell mo moro about the teakwood for
ists, Mr. Loflus. Is not the sun.e kind of
timber found In the l'hlllpplnes?"
'I doubt It." was the n ply. "I bellev.!
that the chief teak forests are restricted to
Siain, Ituimah and t'ochiu I'hlna. 1 know
tl-ey are planting out trees in Java, but
such as grow wild there aro not of the
superior quality of our teak. It takes about
sixty years to grow a tree so that It .3
largo enough for lumber, and whether the
trees could bo grown In tho l'hlllpplnes or
not I cannot tell. It Is not right to speak
of a teak forest. There are no woods which
are all teak, but the trees are found scat-
.1 U V. nthaP WnflllH. Till'V aTe
expressions as to mo inenu.y lecnus, tereii iiiiuuki. -
the klnit and his people have for Americans. KO(t(.n out by means of elephants and the
.. .. ... ....... ukHiLitvu uml verv hard.
Said Mr I.oitus: wi rii ib v . . -. -
Ills 'majesty, tho king, Is anxious to Tlu, ..u-uhants are costly. They have to be
further tho trade of his country wlih ,ralUcd to the work, and they can work
yours. Ho has tho friendliest of feelings oniy n certain number of hours of the day.
toward Americans and wlsl.es even closer and ony go many days In the year,
relations than those which now exist be- . in wnat part of the country are the best
tween tho two people. The legation will frP8t8?" I nk.d.
do all it can to better the trudo between "They are In the upper provinces. 1 lie
tho two countries and I really think we wo(jJ u ,.ul nll(1 brght to the river and
have a market there which your people do float,,j Jown to Itaugkok, from where It la
not appreciate. Slam Is one of the richest suip,.,i to all parts of the world. The gov-
th.. far r.:iiit. It Is bigger , rertain taxes that have to b.-
than Kr.ince or Oermany and It has a popu- palJ (l)P felling and shipping, and altogetlier
m.,1 h now eHtabllshed an envoy cxiraor.lt
nary and minister pb ulpotentlary at Wash
ington. The new minister has tho tltb or
I'hyu AkharaJ Yaradhara, and ho has held
the highest official positions nt home. II.)
has been associated with tho Imperial cabi
net and has made a reputation for himself
as a diplomat and statesman. The minister
Is a native Siamese. Ho belongs to the no
bility and Is a man of education and accom
plishment. Ho docB not speak English llu
ently, and my Interview concerning tho
country was, at his request, carried on
through the secretary of the legation. Mr.
Edward II. Loftus.
ilnn n.iened with some kind
expressions as to tho friendly feeling which
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China, cenie to us and yeu will be courte
oueI.v received and rnadJ at home.
"How ab ut eur missionarii s?" said 1.
"Your ceuntry is a lluddhist country. Hoes
It tolirate Christianity? '
"Yes," was the reply. "Siam tolerates all
religious. Tho American missionaries are
much liked, and they are allowed to go
whero they please and to teach what they
oci Tiiuv lime si hrols in the different
"I see that our consul general, Hamilton cities and they do much gocd.
King, says that Bangkok is unhealthy from "As to Iluddhism, that is the prevailing
lack of water works." religion. We have thousands of priests and
"That matter is beinu remedied." reulied ihmnnn.ls nf te.nnies. Many of the priests
l.iirti.u "Thn uf.uurniiii.nl la niur In. . .1... n...l , l.u n.i.'a lli.tir crl.rwil.l
MV. bvj. v. .....mi .u uwn UTO ICUllltia, OllV. I ..V :j .in.v.
ones of iron and wood are being replaced
by mo.lt rn ones or iron auu sieci. i ne
king himself builds ono steel bridge every
year out of bis private funds as a gift tu
the city. This bridge is open to the public,
with special ceremonies, on bis birthday.
At present the most of our bridge building
materials come from England."
Witter Wiirl.K ( oii.ruclor.
MINISTER FROM SIAM TO UNITED
STATES.
Mr t.nfti.M.
vcbligaiiug the subject and within a short
time we will have a new water works and
sewerage system. I don't know where the
supplies will come from. It takes an enor
mous amount of pipe for a city so scattered
sn Bangkok and whether we shall import li
or make it ourselves is a question. Our
pioplo aro skillful in handling clay and It
may be that the pipes will be of pottery or
we may establish foundries to make them.
We are trying to develop the country in
every way and can afford to spend more If
thereby we can luuua a Dome inuustry.
we are luiprov.ug uur cuuuuy g.em.y
.... . ...I..... ...111.. uln..u nti.l In Binn InUillir . .- ... ... . .
una i.iu.1 .... a..-- o Vy u;gging cuuuis ami oy opening up irri
......... . r..t hu ..nnutriipiinn i.r I nn ro ui. .. . . . ...
scattered here and there over the country
We are doing much In education. The gov
ernment established a normal college Iti
18!2. We have boarding schools at Bang
kok for the soils uud daughters of princes
and nobles. These, have English teacher.-,
and we have other schools with thousands
of students in which English is taught
There is an educational department it'
Bangkok, and we have a competitive ex
amluation every year, open to all Siamese,
which gives scholarships for study abroad '
FRANK 0. CARPENTER.
lation or about 7. ".""" ... tne ,,Xpenses are Ki a.. . -
many large cities and one with which tho ,.aptBi a required. Nevertheless the
KngllHh and the Hermans have a large buglnogi pftya very well and fortunes have
trade. It Is one which Is equally open to been maJe ln t.
who wo hope will, from
now on. rapidly Increase their exports." ximir New Hllrd.
merlon ii lloa.rm In IIhiiuWiiU. "How about your ne
"But have we not already a big business aaked.
with your country?" 1 asked.
coutracts for the construction of the roads
lliiiiKl-.uk. uud Ita lOleetrlc (nr.
'Do you use much electricity in Slam?
Satisfied Anyhow
A I lain a Constitution:
'Maria." said th
Hut, Maria"
"He silo' did."
"Put settles me.
"What you want?" ,
"I wuz all day at urn, en I eat nine be.o
I quit."
gated lands. It seems strange to speak of
irrigation lu a land as well watered as
siam, nut mere are large tracts mai nave - - - . ., . .,
. . . .. ., ,,.i..r...i ,.iiw..n "l reels lak my time hez
- . i . , . . .... ot en uiuugui uuuer cultivation .u tuia wuy. ... - ...
w tiH v a twentv-e ght electric plants In .. . . . . . ,.,., ,.i ,.. i . ,.,whtv low.
. T . ... . . me vast plain ol souineru biam. wnicn - - ,.,.
iiiiiiirknk atone. We have one Incandescent . r. .. Ain't vnn )... n ui n' de kunnel s waler-
---- ,7 mm nas somo or tne ricnett sou in tno worm, .
idectrlo light plant which furnishes 17,000 Hiiinnu7"
Ughls. It8or.gP.na..y belonged to the E,,g- Stbru0P:.UPJBnu"I1,?iI hfa" "X
ral.roads?" 1 . Brush company and U used for light- n UX ".,k""W "0 J"m
lint the king s palace and for the use of thn , ' . d las' one er dem?"
tea. .. . ... . ... . uug. e uave uow canu.s iiom river eo
. .. u i ,,,, inaiiv narts which public. It was one tune operated by an h .,,. Uiii?'
... ..........riiiivelv Inacces- Ainericaii engineer named neniieii, aim an . . ... ..
i . ., !,., .A" unt I now navi- ..v. - i,..-- ,, oi ma country, in a.uiuiun to tne goveru-
"NothlnK like bo great as It should be. " ... i. "The railroad American syndicate, but was later on gold Lu .v...... .. . 0
replied Mr. Iftu. "Ycu send us some ' kok to Koral ha8 been co.nple.e 1 to a Danish company, which now manages ' - ri.ieived l irge conces
maehinery anl ha.dware and a large num- fro " Uttngko ,0a KOod DU9lne83. This road . The most of it. supplies were pur- 8of am Can' a, 'd Irr ill
ber of bicycles. We buy some of your and It U doluK a " ls.,, wll,.u his chased from Europe, but some from Amer- s'-'" of land. The Sian Canal and lrribe
Der oi uiij.i began its construction in is... " tluu cumpauy is oue which has been work
writing and printing pa r and a m.o g k.a
statl.ncry and son.e 'J;at10 B"rV le ueed a spado made of Mlyer anl "The DauUh company now owns the elec cultivation. The terrl- I
arscS:! ss'srvr.n -'c-j-p:
5S'HH E-SSr:SHE
mcnt ot coal on. aii.i . - -;,-.. u....r.. .... . of the city or suburbs by street cars." '' '" ., "';'.,:.,. he
me sometnnig aomn n..i4., , - . h,,,,,!...!, xir iiu.Ke plans oy wnicn iucbb
terminus ot the road." said . . ; ' . ... the j, developed and brought under cu.tiaou.
"Korat U a big city surrounoeu v, ..eu .,., ini! ., ,ie water." . ... .... ...
plains. It is a great center of ,.Tbat u uly IO a ,i,nju,, ,.xu.ut." was
Ilea 165 miles from i.av;Ru ... (he t ..Jbe ri g rn the Ml.nam
about two weeks have been required for the ext,.nding for miles up and down
cities and the Americans
ton goods England has the lead. muiou. ..Tf..
about 90 per cent of the foreign traae oi
Slam Is with England, although the Ger
mans are ti y n? hurd to Introduce their
manufactures
Both nermann ami Ktig n ... . - al)OUt tw0 wt.ek. have been requ rea .or e r extending tor miles
n..s houses lu Bangkok and other hiamese .he two places. By the rail- ...J' ... . "
snoum esiaui' , , , hour.
No llvlit uud Mm.ry " H.rii.
"Such public improvements will need a
other Siamese l,oul l"u ,,y the rall- "ver, exten.img ror mi.es up ana ..oi. d . of molu.y wln ,ney noiT . u
ad establish r.P "" P- " V a'"
nlmilar lll,ll:.V"I,.T;rh extend ng the railroad on to the north and ,v- ,n am.nortvl , po.u reaay
The EGGS
.t u rnncter USeS
w . . .V... Irinrt ftl
Tires? Then why drink them?
oo
Lion Coffee
bas no coatim; of storage eggs,
clue. etc. it s concc
unauuiieraicu, iica..,
and ot deiigniiu. imvu.
ana aroma.
t the railroad ou to the north and ..,,... ..... . h,)U,,.. am.hr,re, to cost
should send out tneir agr, " of U eventually connect i; n i niengraai. (n (he Hve(. o (hat h(,y r,ge an,, fa wh
ness mm m....... . ,
ry direct Instead or " "'-""'. Iratle of uol,heru Siam.
i-lllnir through Hong Kong and Singapore ... evl.utUally conned
- ... r roil luno ...
as you now do. . . th iiurmese railroads now being
"Along what nne.uld Amer,n. make "f,,1... , doul)t t ,hat in
money tn Slam. Mr. Lortus? saia l. Chin.-e and Transsiberian sys-
There are many openings for capital al- time the in one may
lied to good business brains." was really ro from I'arls to Bangkok by rail,
reply. "Th,. trade In teakwood is largely really ' ,0 w bull. frm
done by foreign syndicates. There I- one l"Zri do.n through the Ma-
English company far In the interior which Bangkok M.,la,lU. V,
baa a capital of 10,000,00. It ships it lay penliuia u
Many of these houses are cf
rpnitv?
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Siamese secretary. "It has, on the con-
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' . : tr.,rv a cash surplus or bdoui .j.uwu.uw
larite sire. They are built upon ratts und V1" . ., ,, u UJ latclv
are very comfortable homes. They ronstl- ' ta 1 Uriti8h' ..onsols. Our govern- '
lute, however, but a small part of Bang- . (m, wor,,, whil.
kok. The city ha. 1.000,000 people. It hat ' 1 u more than
many magnificent home, and fine public "e uot 1 , , ,untry ln. ;
buildings. The palace, of the king re of n eet th. xp.n .
great extent and In many r.ait- (ll)rg ,ht. revllue come from?" '
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