The colored American., 1900-07-21
TIE BOERS IED KAFFIRS.
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one is conclusive rroef that they do
not OF ject to system which makes
them thrifty and indus tHCus, 81 OntaT e.
Gus workers, IN sharp contrast to The
Hottentotls who have become extinct
under the British sway at the CsPe.
Mr.. Snss HCcking in a speech at
Exeter Hall in March Of this year
declared:
"I do hate byIrCcriey, and if there
be any cry that savoIs of cant and ny
pocrlky 1t Is IN this cry that We have
have goL c to war for the protection CT
the natives Of South AuIca. We have
heard a great deal about how badly the
Beers have tTeafed The natives, and
yet I ask you-te consider this question.
How does It happen that Low that
every man, aye, and every boy, has
been comms ndeeTed, when all The male
population Of The TTansvaal and the
Free State are on the border, AID all
the wemeU and children ere left Unpro
tected on the lC nelly farms Of the veldt-
how does il happen that they are per
fectly safe with this vast population OF
natives all around them?"
One reason fo- then WilliI gness to
remain under the tgTannOus sway Of
the Dutch is peThsTs to he fouL d in the
fact that the TFsnsVaal never allowed
the compound system OF labor to be set
up within It's boundaries; that it main
tained an eight-hOur labor law, ana
prohibited labor on Sundays. The de
msDd CT the mining companies before
the Industrial Commission at Johann
esDuTg was thstths government should
"procure steady and sufficient supply
Of Kaffirs for the Mines" This was TO
he done by aecrt tditing and assisting
agents of the companies to obtain na
tive labor, by paylng 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 supervision, with q reduction Of
railroad fare TO onethird OF existing
rates. and with the erection cf COM
pounds along the road. The reason
that the TIansvaal government should
go to so much lrouble and expense was
c0nfessedly TO regulate the wages OF the
Kaffirs." Mr.. Albu stated before the
Commission:
"The native at the present time re-
celves q wage which is far IN excess OF
the exigences Of his existence. The
native earns between fifty shiIlings and
sixty shiIltngs per month, and then be
pays nothing tor food or lodging. In
fact, he can save nearly all that he receiv
es If The native can save twenty pOuL Gs
a ear. is. almost sufficient for him
TO ge home ana live on the fat Of the
land. In five or Fix years tine the
native population will have saved
enough money TO make it unnecessary
for them TO work any more The con
sequence of tins will be NEST 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 AmeTlcs. l think If
the native get enough TO save five
pounds year, the sum is quite enough
for his requirement ts aad will prevenl
natives from becoming rich In short
space of time"
Hays Hammond, the American who
figured cOnspieuousIy IN the Jameson
Raid, and who owes bis life to the elem
ency OF the despised 'olIgarchy" de-
clared:
sThera are in South Africa millions OF
Kaffirs, and 1t does seem pTepOsterous
that we ara not able TO obtain 20, 600 or
so 600 Ksffirs to work the mines. With
good government there should be an