The colored American., 1900-07-21
TIE B0ERS bED KAFFIRS.
CContinued from second rage.)

one is conclusive rroof that they dc
not. oil ject to system which makes
them thrifty and indus tIlC Us, 81 ontar e.
ous workers, in sharp contrast to The
HottentotIs who have become extinct
under the British sway at the CsIe.
Mr.. SiIas Kicking in speech at
Exeter Hall in MsTch Of this year
declared:
81 do hate byrrccriey, and if there
be any cry that savors of cant and by.
pocrlsy 1t is ID this cry that we have
have goL to war for the protection CT
the natives of South Africa. We have
heard great deal about low badly the
Beers have trea'ed The natives, and
yet l ssk you-te consider this question.
How does 1t happen that Low that
every man, aye, and every boy, has
been comms ndeeTed, when all The m ale
population Of The Transvsal and the
Free State are On the border, AID ali
the wemeU ard children ere left unpro
tected on the lonely farms Of the veldt-
how does il happen that they are per
fectly safe with this vast population Of
One reason fo- then WiliiI gness to
remain under the tyrannous sway Of
the Dutch is perhaps to he four d in the
fact that the Trsnsvaal never allowed
the compound system Of labor to be set
up within It's boundaries; that it main
tanned an eight-hour labor law, and
prohibited labor on Sundays. The de
maDd Of The mining com mpanies before
the Industrial Commission at Johann.
esburg was that the government should
procure steady and sufficient supply
OF Kaffirs for the Mines" This was to
be done by aecrt diting and assisting
agents of the companies to obtain Ia
tive labor, by Iaylng premiums to
Kstfir chiefs, by furnishing extra
pay TO the native commissioners for
the same object, and by conveying the
blacks thus secured to the mines "un
der supervIeion,n with reduction Of
railroad fare to one'third OF existing
rates, and with the erection CT COM
pounds along the road. The reason
tb at the TIansvaal government should
60 to so much trouble and expense was
confessedly to regulate che wages Of the
Kaffirs." Mr.. Albu stated before the
Commissions:
1.-THE native at the present time re-
ce1ves q wage which is far in excess OF
the exigences Of his existence. The
native earns betWeen fifty shjllings and
sixty shill1ngs per month, and then be
pays nothing tor food or lodging. La |
fact, he can save nearly all that he receiv |
es. If The native can save twenty pouL Gs |
Year, t is. almost sufficient for him |
TO ge home and live on the fat Of the |
land. In five or Fix years tim the |
native population will have saved |
enough money to make it unnecessary |
for tnemt to work any more The con
sequence of this will be most disastrous |
for the industry and the State. This |
question applies to any class of labor
and ia any country, whether ii be in
Africa, Europe Or Americs. think if |
the native get enough to save five
pounds year, the sum is quite enough |
iol ms iedufio LIZ l 10 aHu WIN PiSfeh'
natives from becoming rich in a short |
space Of time"
Hays Hammond, the American who
figured conspieuously IN the Jameson
Raid, and who owes bis life to the elem
ency of the despised "ollgarchy" de-
clared:
"There are in South Africa millions OF |
Kaffirs, and 1t does seem preposierous
that we ara not able to obtain 10, 600 or |
so 600 ksffirs to work the mines With |
good government there should be an
$ sbundance of labor, and with sn abun |