The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-01-23
RELIEF FOR INDIA.
A VISIT To ONE OF THE FAMINE
srRIChEx DISTRICTS.
"rty ihoassnd Coolies Employed
On the Jhstnm Canal. to Keen
Them From observation-disclosures
Made for the Blind and Iasrm.

Copyrighted. iss7. sy TIE Asseelzsas- Press.
JEEEl y, Pau5aGh. Jan. "a suaeRal
rarrssE sontszt o. rhs Associated Press
~a9 - visiting TIRE E@=sn@-ssrfeker sfz-
tres q India accompanying t1s o-Escfal
Mission engaged IN tae szma wark nss
arrived hare. zstsr an ex1aassivs sasp@.-
ton vas made q tae vast rrzls. warx
KNOWN as the JhEtam canAl. 2S5at Ehica
10 less s1Az = - coolies are e0nEregz ted.
q this number BOO persons. ether in
FIRM aged or bind. are cl4sse1 Is non-
workers.
As the correspondent arrived here the
coolies were 3ust quitting wax azd TIE
scene recalled tae spectacle O. the great
Oriental Dsla- TIE prspoa&srSaca GO
wozae. and czlsarea was aa1Ieaabse. After
visiting the tents. the oz1eizls o. the
mission traverSed the bazaar marksr
along aou5le Hned mat nuts covered with
grass The place vas nEe3 WIKI grain
dealers and heaps g wheat barley maize
and lillet were n 'front.' 81 the nutS
Prices. IL Was remarked. had fallen slight
y since tia resent rains. wh.eh azTe
caused A slight change fo- the better IN
tae stricken districts. bat Il spite Of this
prices asked for grain were terribly align.
the cheapest kind being do16se the nor
nal price.
Tee regular traders are furnished with
huts free 90 charge, and from one hut.
tea. steWed gears flesh ard other such
lGxuFles were dispensed % the customers.
sGcn as miner officials q the government.
etc, who ware rlca enough 70 indulge IN
them Hospital tents have been erected
FOR the care g the sick. but CD % the
present time there has been 10 necessity
70 use them.
The officials OF Tie mission next made
an inspection OF the coosie quarters, con-
s-StI1g OF long FoEs q mat huts, thirty
feat apart. They ara ranged on both sides
OF a bread. sandy street. and are kept
sCrupuI0ussy clean Each hut IS built 20
accommodate fifty persons. who are cor
stantIy under the supervision OF different
officials.
The canal works were then visited and
a marvellous scene Vas witnessed. About
= 90 men ana women We're eusily en-
gagged az work. Some were digging and
others were carrying away the excavated
earth IN baskets upon their heads. The
v0rksrs we're a healthy. vigorous. cheer
ful lot OF people. many OF them singing
as they progressed wiki the tasks allotted
70 them. and now and then glsneIng at the
children. who we're playing about them n
the vicinity. apparently quite as healthy
and strong a. their parents
At the registering department.. the visit
ing officers had another interesting ex-
periercs. -Four clerks. seated OF a high
paIaD1o PLATFORM, were g4tkIz TIE new a.
rivals IN search OF relief, work. the slips
OF paper qualifying them for employment
on the work On the slips were Inscribed
the name. caste and amount % wages 70
Re paid 10 the workers. who were in turn
sent OF 10 the different sections OF the
canal The greatest order and discipline
prevailed on al sides. and there was =
cheerfuluess and regularity about the
whole proceedings which reflected credit
upon all concerned Finally. the mission
officials visited ths huts set apart for
helpless workers. There again Was
evidence OF good work upon the part %
the government officials The same ex-
freme cleanliness prevailed in AMI about
the huts. and every medical care possible
was bestowed upon those needing attsn~
ton. Many babies had been born az the
canal works AMI the mothers Of these in
fants are maintained free % charge ,receiv-
ing extra pay while they are incapacltated
from doing hard work and are given an
extra sum Of money for the maintenance
Of their babies Deserted babies. or babes
whose mothers are unable 20 suckie them.
are fed On condensed milk by the medical
STAFF.