Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1900-10-18
WHERE ALL ARE RICH.
some Of the DisndvrAtag of htv-
tDR N n Land whore nobody
Needs Money.

The great dificulty here is the Jack
ot laborers, writes Guam correspon-
dent 70 the New York Times. Every
native is a landowner and farmer. a
mnn may know how TO bake bread.
make shoes or build mouse, yet such
n thing ne a regular baker, shoemaker
or carpenter IS unknown in Guam.
You may be kept waiting weeks for n
pair of shoes or chest or pair Of
trousers, because the man engaged 70
work for you has TO harvest his corn,
or build hut on his ranch, OF plant
rice.
Did you ever Imagine what the con-
ditions would be II every one were
rich7 These are the conditions in
Guam. II you had a farm producing
corn, sweet potatoes, yams, taro,
chickens, pigs, coffee, chocolate sap,
Vinegar, cider, sugar, beans, pumpkins,
etc, would you go to work on the road
for 30 cents q day, OF hire yourself as
q farmland for six dollais a month,
Mexican. and food7 The people OF
Guam win not do this, and they are
therefore called by some losy and
worthless. have seen them on their
plantations planting cocoanut trees,
which, when once bearing, will give
them a sure and steady income, be-
sides cultivasng their sweet potatoes,
tobacco, corn, etc. am sure should
do as they do.
DO not say it n for the good OF the
island that such conditions exist The
roads snd bridges ARE bad end isobody
wants 20 mend them. Formerly ell
such work was done by convicts cent
here from Spain and the Philippines.
We need laborers, and need them bad
ly. IL would be an excellent thing 10
import 200 or 300 Chinese. have seen
them work in. Hawaii, and know how
industrious and frugal they are, and
what good husbands they make when
married TO natives. The descendants
OF Chinese on the island have proved
themselves TO be excellent citizens.
They amalgamate well with the ma
tives. The Chinese are good rice
planters, and we have much land here
which could be cultivated in rice and
sugar.
Rice and sugar cannot be grown by
individuals. Even the cultivation Of
coffee on a large scale is an impossi-
bility without laborers. / never eaw a
country in which coffee grows better,
even down 20 the very level OF the sea.
Yet nobody makes business Of coffee
planting. Each hae his little patch.
and none r. exported.
Many young men have come here
ani gone away discouraged, simply
from the fact that n they do acquire
lOnd they con get nobody TO work for
them, and Il is serious thing for a
ian with only his two hands 10 get a
living ont Of the earth. Workmen DO
not come here, because they can gst
better waRes az home. We literally
have no mArket-not single store
where you con go and buy bushel
Of sweet potatoes or dozen OF
oranges or fowl or turkey. You have
10 beg people to sell you things. They
don't want money. They get pre-
served food, which they really do not
need, and rice from the traders In W
turn for their dried cocoanuts We
found that they were anxious 20 get
a supply OF ships tobacco when last
years supply OF tobacco gave out, 30
several OF the officers laid in supply
OF ships tobacco and exchanged IL for
chickens, eggs, etc. II was the only
wny TO induce the people 20 bring
| them.