New-York tribune., 1900-04-15

DRUNKENNESS once prevalent here has or.,-
ceased eY
I'VE greatly need teachers in our ~,
schools. We have appointed the onI,, -. -
here who seemed fitted for the place the -.
an American who came here to SETTLE o.
the only English teacher in our public soh--S .
L wish we had more We also greatly No.,
civil engineer. He could help me much :,
measurement Of land and could aeoui,e -
good land in payment of his fees n wont.
better for him to work on his own accom-, :.
not as a Government empIoye so that he -
be entirely independent. We also need j.. -
tOgrapher and dentist. both OF whom corIs
think. be kept busy.
EVERYBODY WORKS FOR HINsvY1
THE great difficulty here IS the tack q, p.
bOrers. Every native is a Landowner =
farmer a man may know how TO bake bra.-
make shoes OF build a house. yet such A tsi-e
as a regular baker shoemaker or carna,,.-'
unknown in Guam. You may be kept wai,.
weeks for a pair Of shoes o. a chest or a n..-
trousers. because the man engaged to wo-s
you has TO harvest his corn or build a ba.
his ranch. OF plant rice
Did you ever imagine what the corS;,;,-
would be if every one were rich? These ara.
conditions in Guam If you hal a farm -.
ing corn. sweet potatoes. yarns, taro chi.s.-.
pigs, coffee. chocolate syrup Of cocoanu, -,
vinegar, cider, sugar. beans pumpkins a.
would you go to work on the road f,s- z, 80,
day hire yourself as a farrnhaes Fe- e.
month, Mexican. and food? The peo,Io =,
Guam viii not do this and are therefore ear
by Some lazy and worthless. / have seen ..
on their plantations planting eocoaru. r..
which, when once bearing. viii give them a sr
and steady income. besides cu!tiva.:nr a..
sweet potatoes, tobacco. corn, etc. 7 am Vn-
I should % as they do
Il do not say it is for the good II the isl..
that such conditions exist. The roads =.
bridges are bad, and nobody wants 10 me-.
them. Formerly all such WORK was dom
convicts sent here from Spain and the Phil,
pines. We need lab0rers and need thern baF.
1t would be an excellent thing to import p.
hundred or three hundred Chinese have -.
them work in Hawaii and know how insr
trious and frugal they are. and hat good bps
bands they make when married 70 natives r,
de scendants of Chinese on the island b.,.
proved themselves to be excellent citizens IN
amalsamate We'll with the natives The Chime.
are good rice planters and We have much a,4
here which could be cultivated in rice and sup,-
Rice and sugar cannot be grown ty .nd5y1
NeN-N- a
scale is an impossibility without Iaborers
never saw country in which coffee grows 10,
ter. even down TO the Very level Of tn sea Ys
nobody makes a business Of coffee plantry
Each has his little patch. and none is exported
PLACE WITHOUT SHOPS
MANY young men have come here and grrs
away discouraged. simply from the fact thai r
they do acquire land they can get NOBODY "a
work for them. and it is a serious thing for
man with only his two hands to get a living on,
of the earth. WGrkmen 60 not come hers. b.
cause they get better wages at home VI.
literally have market-nOt a single sto-s
where you can go and buy busheI Of swee.
potatoes or a dozen Of oranges or fowl or t1r
key You have to beg people to sell YOU things
They don't want money They get preseryel
food which they really do not need and RE
from the traders in return for their dried e0cos.
nut. We found that they were anxious to get
supply of ships tobacco when last years sUVIly
of tobacco gave out so several Of the ofiesrs
laid in a supply of ships tobacco and exchange
it for chickens. eggs. etc. II the only va
To induce the people TO bring them