. Review of reviews and world's work. ? I asked a farmer friend, in my daysof ignorance. Pitying which, he remarkedgently, And have my taxes doubled ? Addto these obstacles the total absence of canals, ofroads fit for wheeled traflBc, of rivers navigable(though to make them so would be a simple task),and of any general system of irrigation. Wesee the amazing spectacle of a government tax-ing its own exports, twenty dollars per ton onoil, nearly two dollars per quarter on maize andbeans, and treating most of the other kindlyfruits of the earth in like fashion. But we do not see the working of t
. Review of reviews and world's work. ? I asked a farmer friend, in my daysof ignorance. Pitying which, he remarkedgently, And have my taxes doubled ? Addto these obstacles the total absence of canals, ofroads fit for wheeled traflBc, of rivers navigable(though to make them so would be a simple task),and of any general system of irrigation. Wesee the amazing spectacle of a government tax-ing its own exports, twenty dollars per ton onoil, nearly two dollars per quarter on maize andbeans, and treating most of the other kindlyfruits of the earth in like fashion. But we do not see the working of the iniquitous taxesplaced on these same goods on their road fromthe grower to the seaport, taxes levied at everyfew miles of the route on the pretense of pro-tecting the caravan. The marvel is, not thatMorocco to-day exports so little, compared withits boundless capacity, but that it gives us somuch. DEVELOPMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES. In the proposed reconstruction of Morocco [writesMr. M. Aflalo,* in his deeply interesting summary of. MOULAI HAlID, VICEROY OF SOUTHERN MOROCCO. ON HIS RIGHT, A TALEB (SCRIBE) ;ON HIS LEFT, HIS DOORKEEPER. the present situation], quite apait froin the ordinarycommercial imports, there will be needed immensequantities of plant purchased with the resources ofMorocco itself, such as steel bridges, mountains ofcement for the construction of breakwaters at theports, machinery, rails, locoinotives, railway carriagesand trucks. Barrages will have to be will be required for the removal of silt fromthe bar ports and for deepening the existing launches and lighters will be needed for theeight Moroccan ports. Lighthouses will have to beerected along the coast. Clotliing, arms, ammunition,and artillery will be in demand for the use of the nativetroops. It is quite probable that for many years tocome the value of all this imported material may equal,or even exceed, the total value of Moroccos presentcommercial imports and exp
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