The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-07-23

ever, 70 See that the pecus a..~.,x-
tns rcsey. There is aiways : ws.- -
the men On pay day. Thls h .,.SS seee
sA-eseTseers and Others. who rr~,-.s
navs cis'us on the wages % ~ -. ~
sometimes there Is a pianser u-.-
oeHshos for alleged debts ana ,hs. -.
20 SCI percentage os the waxss NO
Many OF TIE men have nevs-
.sa' money ce.ore, ard they harslr s'ea
what 10 co with ~ The gpyarr,s. my
master told the men that ,he ,,,,s. ~
their own. and that TO one Ale. - ~
right 70 IL. and that they sAo.,,s -. ~
nome and spend K for theaaxe,yss 49,
ing the crowd also were oesa,.- ~se
s&nso'ers. who hoped 10 get thu ,,s. -
the poor poems "a soon "a X was -
government is regulating ,hese ta,n..s as
Jar as possible. and in time the 80 -
De able 10 take care Of himself va
The "rouch-Me- store.
me stores on the Plantations ar -,
Ike the "toach-,ne'' stores - -. s<A
mining districts. save that ,sev go, eesa
so-ods 10 speak OF. Their stocks n -
are made up ~ goldfish. jersei 49,
nanas ard Porto Rican rum. q"
Some OF tAesn have bread and sar~
eso'fAng. These stores should ~ aa,l..N
eo, ana the planters should aa serc.ss =
Pay IN cash. rather than in store orss,.
MeSneas should be adopted by which -
cry pson can nave a garden and % taas,.
20 cultivate and accumulate for h,,.sss
He should 't-e allowed 10 have a oh.,n. -
living and should he prosec,ed IN -
rights. SO Tar the Spanlar,is Aays rur -
crything for the rich. They h.v. az.
all they could TO keep the poor IN -
ance and today nine out OF eysrx ,sr -
pie In Porto Rico cannot read nor no.
Education should Re compulsory A.
schools should he everywhere
They Have Banana Ste~.>A.
Speaking Of starvation in nor.n n,..
tbs Is the only part OF Uncle sam.s ~
minion where We can ever have a exr,,.
The soil hero Is rich. but II thers snanss
be such weather conditions as to cans.
failure OF the hanana CROP MANY AZ 80
poor people would die Of staryat,on "a
food OF many Is made up Of bananas ~
man IN q dozen has any meat 10 spe.s
OF. and tho faces OF the people are Mora.
less They look anemic. and are % i.
II is the mortality 3 very great The poae
have so little strength. owing 70 iu.pfA.
cient and improper food, THAI when thsv
grow sick they die.
II is only tho proliacness Of the penn.
that keeps up the population The hah.s
fairly swarm. And such babies. Astae
they have reached the banana -eatins an
they get what Is called here the banana
stomach" They have TO ill thar ,i,,h
bellies full In order to contain enough "a
sustain life. and the average child her,
has an abdomen which protrudes like thrt
Of heer-drinking alderman. II Il a
tight as drum. and his legs below II an
so weak that they hook like pipe stem
walking around with a great load above
The Peon 40 Laborers.
Tho majority OF the poems are whl.M
although there are many mulattoea and
not few negroes. They have good faces
and are naturally intelligent. They An
very quiet and peaceahe. They are kina
to their families and are. on the whoa
good citizens / am told by Americas
who have employed them that they an
excellent workers. and that they ars gad
to do all they can to earn their money
They work from sunrise until sunset AID
are as reliable as the average AneriSs
workmen Some trouble Is had a. to ~
numerous holidays and feast days. vhica
have been customary. but the most Of ~
men Will do their work irrespective y
these, asking for Sunday only.
FRANK q. CARPENTER