The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-03-04

auence he ioafs about and MAKE. M. -
ssnnroush lite with only the exp.ndI,,,,e !,
-. - Quantity 81 physical labor absoI,,tsl,,
rss,,.,..s 70 earn the limited means he
-sfair~a 10 satisfy his xnr,, ,.-s...s.,..'
s1hiA Among ths small sactis., a. 49,.
s-,pshAtl0n processing 70 acoonpllah 49,.
Nork The number Of days in a twelve
.aohth gwen up 20 labor rarei, excss4-
-. ana II often under this fv,,r, r..
- presd Characteristic spirit o. ldlenaxs
- slicd an initiative Of these pe-ople h,
matter OF Industrial enterpr.se. ana n
- .or This reason that Jamaica a. sr,,s
o. It's natural resources for tronloai 49, 49,
. culture and comparatively large pon,,ls.
uoh, mnk~a no advance in the airec,,o,
kieAter production. The problenn ~
t1ining life - 20 easy To solve ma,
no enerry Is called for In tn. procs.ss
= famhy II content 20 live in a wossten
snan'y. 70 feed on bananas grown ON an
,.--'s's,e p"ch or ground with the Ieas,
shsir diet with yams sweet potatoes =,
o'eanfrnlt The sea abounds In fish roocs
me Hhores OF the Island. and escoas lopaft,,
nsuihH ~ resorted 20 when other artteia.
VI rood run short. No cQnsclentiors sem
pies exist In the minds Of the coiorcs
9amairans In regard to their neIghhars.
s.o'.rv' and a man too lazy even to ex-
snry TO provide himself with enonyh 90
eat win generally manage to steal What
"r needs IN one place or another Tho
only induccment for any OF these neonge
70 WORK AZ al IL TO obtain the wherewfth-
al 10 purchase the smart clothing IN which
they delight 20 deck themselves on a SIM
Gay or holiday. or. IN some cases 20 huv
s,rnns drink. All attempts 10 incuieafe
habits OF Industry have proved S,,,t,,.ss
among these Africans and this in s-ste
OF an abundance OF schools. Of careful
training, preeept and example. ana 81 the
remunerative results so easily within the
reach o. the majority OF those who care
to be dilgent and thrifty. An absolute
lack OF ambition pcrvsdes the entire COM
munity, and this condition is slowly nut
surely producing a lamentable ecopop,ic
state OF Affairs in the Island
No Cohesion Amonu N~wro~.-
1t may be considered somewhat strange
that tho colored population, In view OF lis
overwhelming numerical strength. has not
~ times In recent years attempted 10 offer
rorc'bie resistance to the rule OF the white
man. There are several reasons why this
phas has not occurred In the arst Mace
there Is no sort OF cohesion among the me-
groea. unless II be that Of the attraction II
color, and no combined movement, Il possl-
DE IN the circumstances In the second
place the coiorcd people IN Jamaica have
everything their oNn way EXCEPT for Ger
tain not very irksome laws and customs
that they are obliged to conform to for
their own welfare Then again there g. a
police force In the municipalities consist
ing ~ $40 Officers and men and a rural
constahuary with n strength OF f.ssO. who
can be fairly well relied upon TO do their
duty ir case of any emergency arising
There are also the British soldiers aud the
West Indian regiment
Briefly summed up. the civilization 81
the African negro In Jamaica consists In
tho fact that he talks a broken English
In place OF the Fantee language o. the
west coast OF Africa. He wears an ,mt,t-
ton OF European clothing, which pleasos
his sense Of vanity and he nominally be-
longs TO some order of Christianity instead
OF openly believing In the fetish" 81 the
Africans. In reality the coiorcd people OF
Jamaica are for tho most part fetish"
worshippers, as their ancestors were be-
fore them.
The policy pursued by the British gov
eminent In the administration Of Jamaica
has certainly led TO the establishment OF
peaceful internal conditions IN the island.
but In many other respects the result CD
tained can hardly bc said to be entirely
satisfactory. The colored section OF ne
population has increased and multiplied.
but the white inhabitants have been driven
to the wall ana this cannot unrescrvedly
be accepted as a desirable state of Affairs
With the gradual extinction OF the white
residents the trade OF the colony has sts.ld-
iiy decayed. until today the island u OF
little value to the British governments cx-
cept as a strategical point in event Of an
interoceanic canal being constructed az
Panama or Nicaragua