New-York tribune., 1906-11-19

& puo INTO Operation therefore. meets with abundant
is on the all esS. s. public fd I'M
oeii''e enort Of this sort was not made long ago
NAvAJos MAKE a.s2s.
the csn sne Iongress was considering that item in
the expenses of 1ansporae a' n'n wnfh provides for
received %Sron nr, scteois asked for and promptly
fron 3e USED for the transportation of pupils to and
profitable occupations. This was with an eve to to
RnH SI s{qadons @ as developed. for instance in the
TuLsIaht isht and growing demand for the labor Of
hn,in tmnia schooboys In the sugar beet fields 1t is
fGnadges 81 Tor pupils from schools near at hand but
nave nave wanted to bring some from rather remote
TndIW b IN Which case the railroad fares become
wish, wish to be able. when necessary to draw upon our
W, work , as the boys get in the Rocky Ford district
az al IaIT wages, teaching them how to measure
more than any form c Of INSTRUCTION 9i n they they can
sye1 seT IN ii the schools themselves have therefore
msnt OF these young people in the beet fields,
unduy. the employers are kindly disposed and the
goVerdrnents e oversight is complete The lads Ike
aside entirely from their training in industry, re-
, report from the s1peTintendent in charge of the
Navajo reservation. that forty-nine schoolboys and
rado beet fields for six weeks this season returned
The pupils he Wrftes ie are 'i going to spend their
money for sEeeP, and arrangements have been been
relatives while they are at school Thus in single
seasons work these lads nave been sta started t1o In
own labor, and those who have the strength OF
self supporting when they have attained their ma
The hold gained by our employment bureau in
the Southwest makes the extension Of similar work
course In it's first uncertain stages the experiment
seemed hardly to warrant larger treatment from
other ground in process of exploration on a
modest scale.
LABOR IN NORTHWEST.
OF his own accord. about three years ago J9hn Ena
Ridge. S. D, made thoroughgolng attempt 70
get the young ablebodied and unattached men
among his 500 Ogalala Sioux at work singly or in
gangs off the reservation The government b,i6 Hao
Ing roads irrigation dShss etc dsn 4u{ s {Re 6o a
families and were making some slight attempts
at permanent home building on their own soil In
three cabins close together marking the stages OF
shscI tbe tsfigbtIy Elongated cleaner building
with window, and the pretty good house, with
sT sTowng 9 neaP To the young men found in such
cabins neither helping nor required 70 help IN their
10 convey practical measure Of salvation by
ers Reeding labor in a rapidly developing country.
To push even part OF these Indians into actu-
where there are no rations will do more than any
other one thing could 90 20 AWAKEN Iae spITit & or
ration system. Mr. Brennan reports that 500 of
roH in some way but that 6oo 500 Of these are
About 500 Of the 16Co are anleboded men the rest
are the relatives whom the 800 support The able
bodied are employed in building roads. dams. etc.
on the reservation ana paid day wages in lieu of
rations, or else work is found for them off the
side. Very few save any money. Some are able
The main point so far achieved is that about 2O0
Indians actually supported by labor instead of
by rations during six months OF the year 1t is
to go on from this point and also invade the ranks
OF the 400 Indians who sun draw rations all the
10 do in the North what in the South has already
IT The fd IS ready Two great gd radwqy tF systsms
The builders Of these roads know the Indians as
wages The Indians are strong. silent and
loaf when the boss's back is turned From the
states, come calls for indian labor Gangs Of ali
sizes are g9ughf one employer at Casper Wyo,
the men I got when vas there are good men
his wife and children with him:
Please. you send good Indian TO shock
ana ten res is average @ # work S to Shock after
the bundle carrier-and furnish him good place TO
camp, and fuel and potatoes We can take his
qdahtit nd Spirit = the demands whSS fhSH'PS hope
yet fill by establishing the employment bureau
SoTth 575s'S "--s's i can WORK proudly ''ouS' ''
BUILDING zUNI DAM
I have already referred to the difference between
bor proPoston D dnerenee groWng t24ff oGt Of
racial habit of centuries. Next to what
doing in persuading Indians TO leave their
tions and engage In manual labor in competition
with whites. consider our most important
pertinent that which making the Zuni
dam at Black Rock. n VI. Here have Indians
employed Indian enterprise in Indian
ervatiOn-cOnditlons less desirable than those for
outside employment, but much better than those
obtaining, for example inside of the Sioux
ton, where Il has been necessary to contrve ar
tifcially lines of work for the sake OF keeping
the Indians busy
The Zuni dam is an undertaking conducted on
legitimate englnesring lInes ana aimed az great
accomplishment in irrigation II made successful.
The labor element in the work is therefore only
Incidental. and Indians have been employed
they at hand and II has been deemed
teaching them habits Of regulr industry. This en-
terpTIse is under the management OF John B Har-
per Of our superintendent Of irrigation. Here
again compelled consider racial
labor from that Of white In M. Dagenetts
enterprise were met by the irregular and un-
certain habits of the Indians growing of their
former mode Of life: at the Zuni dam have
Indians employed. Naturally the bulk of Ind
ian labor drawn TO this point from the
Zuni tribe; after all the ZunS have been employed
VINO wish work and who can be prOitably kept at
are given chance The Zunis small men with
Indifferent muscular development. This condition
IS doubtless largely the result Of centuries OF in
sufficient nourshment caused by attempting 10
supply The fact that they have ted
themselves entirely by the crude tillage of their
fields will account for their lack of sturdy physical
equipment. for they have never had to perform
their regular employment far rs
this Office knows. was when twenty-one of them
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