The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-04-04

exhsr,s.ef re reserves Of food The nor
nal death rate there Is - IN a thousand
This has risen to 10 n q thousand Ihers
are :. a,o go people engaged IN resief Tors
under the direction Of the British govern
rnenk. This IS a vast number ana gTeat
expense = enfaSiea in .he work Bur 40
not believe the system they are pursuing
VIII ultimately result in permanent re4ief-
Conditions in India are not nofInaA. nor
can siey be met BY normal methods or
the so, 90 people Z75,eSeeo I'VE III VII
lagos ana for sJlS.euance depend upon the
crops Of small farms adjacent. There are
two classes. the high caste HinuooS ana
the low caste. The latter are completely
s1oorGinated.
There Is power in India greater than
the British government. and one when
must be considered in any pan Ter me
be-ternert % the people That power 8
the money lender. He is a high caste HIN
doc and Is the dominant force OF the coun-
try. All the farms are urortgased and me
rulnous rate Of interest. s. Is per cent,
causes debts 10 run up with alarming RAJ
pfdity. ] remember one case where low
caste man was sued for over N,epv. found
he had borrowed al some time previously
s. worth of grain. and the interest had
caused the debt TO grow - the sum asked.
The Inhabitants OF a village are divided
according 10 occupation. Very little money
instead. When the harvesting time comes
ali go out TO work in the fields and for
their labor they receive from the landlords
grain and buffalo butter. The nlsk Of the
buffalo which are cared for in large herds,
furnishes a butter that is very valuable as
a delfcacy. The landlords in the majority
OF instances are opposed 70 the Salvation
Army. Our converts dare not openly as
sert their following or their supplies of
grain and butter would cease, their mort
cages be foreoosed and probably they
would find themselves At the bottom OF
deep we'll
Now my plan is this. There are many
tracts OF land in India TO be secured by
payment OF the government taxes. SUCH a
tract should secure. Then I should go 20
the high caste leader of a village and ask
him for 30 families who might colonize the
land, and l should ask the same in many
other villages. Probably I should be re-
fused. Then I should argue the matter,
and If this were 10 fail | should threaten 10
use the influence of the Salvation Army
with the officials of the British govern
ment, and as this influence is strong. in
the end l should gain my point. The prop
erty obtained from the government could
be divided in numerous small farms with a
central village. all under the control OF a
manager and sub-officers. The families
could have the privilege If they lived up 10
the rules established for government OF
the colony. to take their farms within a
certain time by paying the government
taxes. The effect of this would be TO
hghten the burden on those who remained
in the villages controlled by the high caste
as well as those who came under our pro-
lection. For then when the high caste put
on the screws the low caste could threaten
10 fly TO the haven OF refuge. and for fear
OF depopulating their villages the leaders
u y
ant"
Object of the Work.
What is the end sought by the leaders
Of the Salvation Army?" / asked him.
What will all these plans of colonization
lead tor"
We seek to save mems souls" he ans
wered simply. ito secure them from evil
and lead them in ways of righteousness.
To do this the social plan has been found
a necessity. We found that doxology
must be supplemented with butterology
When you take a man from the haunts of
vice YOU must give him a means Of self
support or he will fall back again. The
Salvation Army is founded on certain
rock-ho principles The military form
of government was chosen as the best fit
ted for the saving of men. even as ii is
adopted by governments as the most suit
able for destruction of men. Another
secret OF our success is the recognition of
woman's equality with man. Our leaders
are chosen for their ability without regard
10 sex. We look not only for intelligence
and ability. but for goodness as well. A
good fool will overturn a careful plan as
quickly as a clever rascal.
"Sef-support is a basic principle The
Army pays its own way. Each corps
must bear its own expenses without aid
from headquarters. This is taught every
soldier, and they take a pride in caring
for themselves. Our measure OF the desra-
bility of a plan is its success. We do not
care for failure. and no matter how good
an idea may be theoretically or how able
a leader may show himself, the reward
must be a success.
"One cause of crime is the overplus of
population in the large centers. Plans
for relief must be with a view of drawing
off this surplus and attracting 1t into the
country. The various trades and manu-
features being as a rule overstocked with
workmen the land is the only natural
remedy for the surplus population of the
cities, and every criminal and pauper in
stftution should therefore be as far as pos
sible, either itself farm colony or direct
ly connected with such. The Salvation
Army plan. adapted TO America. is the
settlement OF large tracts OF land in the
West: the establishment of farm colonies
of 200 70 900 or more acres in the neighbor-
hood OF large cities which are suffering
from congested population: and food and
shelter establishments I'm the cities. OF
course there are immense difficulties 10 be
overcome, but the spirit enthusing the
hearts Of the workers will overcome ALI"
A characteristic delegation OF the Saliva
tion Army gathered on the depot platform
Thursday at noon TO bid God-speed 20
Commander BOoth-Tucker, and as the
train pulled away for Portland a farewell
was sounded that made the engines ef-
forts at noise seem puny. He was gone