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yet comparatively undeveloped countries of the tropics should 

 be entirely wasted by being devoted merely to the supply of the 

 food and clothing wants of their own people, when they can also 

 supply the wants of the colder zones in so many indispensable 

 products. 



The success of the European planters has had the effect of 

 stimulating the natives in many places to imitation or rivalry, 

 and in Ceylon, for instance, there are now a large number of 

 native planters, cultivating mainly coconuts, but also engaging 

 in the tea, rubber, and other industries. And the number of 

 such men continues to increase. 



