Sketches And Studies in South Africa
Sketches And Studies in South Africa
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The Boers would have found it impos- sible themselves to work the mines, both from lack of intelligence and knowledge, and from insujSicient resources for an industry so expensive. For the pro- cess, as every one who visits the Rand may see, of separating the precious metal from the materials in which it is embedded is very costly indeed. It would have seemed, therefore, that the influx of immi- grants from England, Germany, America, and other places — mostly, however, English, and for the most... part men of intelligence and skill — would have been welcomed by the Government. At first, indeed, it was so. The Republic had been in a state of confusion and almost bankrupt. From the most impecunious it rose swiftly to be one of the most moneyed countries in the world. The revenues of the State mounted up as the mines were developed, and towns were built and extended, but with these revenues grew the popula- tion. Mr. Krtiger and his Boer advisers took alarm. If they could not work their mines without foreign labour and foreign capital, at least they could keep the immigrants always in the position of foreigners — 246 SKETCHES IN SOUTH AFRICA always " Uitlanders " with no voice or influence in the government of the Kepublic.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
The Boers would have found it impos- sible themselves to work the mines, both from lack of intelligence and knowledge, and from insujSicient resources for an industry so expensive. For the pro- cess, as every one who visits the Rand may see, of separating the precious metal from the materials in which it is embedded is very costly indeed. It would have seemed, therefore, that the influx of immi- grants from England, Germany, America, and other places — mostly, however, English, and for the most... part men of intelligence and skill — would have been welcomed by the Government. At first, indeed, it was so. The Republic had been in a state of confusion and almost bankrupt. From the most impecunious it rose swiftly to be one of the most moneyed countries in the world. The revenues of the State mounted up as the mines were developed, and towns were built and extended, but with these revenues grew the popula- tion. Mr. Krtiger and his Boer advisers took alarm. If they could not work their mines without foreign labour and foreign capital, at least they could keep the immigrants always in the position of foreigners — 246 SKETCHES IN SOUTH AFRICA always " Uitlanders " with no voice or influence in the government of the Kepublic.
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