The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1907-07-20

verely, then stopped halted by the |
unfeigned amaZement In young Jack
sons eyes We'll, sir, there Is one
thing It can't buy, and that is Porto
Rican labor, when the Porto Rican
does not feel inclined to labor. 1t
isn't the wage. Raising the wage only
makes matters worse. As soon as ne
gets enough to stave of starvation he
quits work II 1t takes him three days
to make dollar that he needs, he
will work three days, but II he can
make a dollar In one day"
The owner of sugar plantations
dvummed moodily on the desk. He had
put half a million into the Hacienda
OF Santa Maria and another half
million into improvements, and now
found himself confronted with the
hopeless problem of spickerty labor
From Welburn Jackson. the most en-
terprising of his young civil engineers,
he had hoped to get practical sug-
gestion.
See here, Mr.. Jackson, you just
take hold of this labor problem and
solve It, Find out what will make
the Porto Rican work and keep him
working
Very well, sir. When do begin?'
Now! I'll put Gallons on your
drainage job. Take your own way
get out among these people--learn
their ungodly gibberish. Bring them
in and keep them In until this crop Is
| cut, and I'll double your salary
-, jackson wanted money. Wanted 1t
| in hurry. He was an ambitious man.
| At present he was on a salary OF
| hundred month, with a chance for
slow promotion.
! jackson departed and began to walk
/ fast as the possibilities he had
! glimpsed in the Office began to take
tangible shape. His attention was di-
verted by the action of man COM
ing toward him. who suddenly barred
his head and made the. sign of the
cross. Jackson looked around for a
church, but there was no church. Down
the middle of the village street came
some men bearing between them a
hammock slung from poles. Behind
the men struggled meager process
sion. All who met 1t barred the head
and made the sign of the cross.
Some sort DE- religious procession
guess. Now that's the kind of thing
I've got to get at"
Some time later at the official bal
Jackson stood before beautiful
woman.
"Will the gracious sonora grant mt
the honor OF this dancer" vt
You must ask my husband" she
told him.
Jackson sought the husband and his
plea was haughtily granted. They
danced, and she danced divinely. The
music and the motion made his blood
surge After time he saw his hostess
once more unclaimed. This time sh,
did not send him to her husband
They were barely on the floor before
her husband came to them. In cur
Spanish the wife was ordered to he
room and Jackson was left standing
thunderstruck merry laugh, all thu
merrier for being discreetly subdued
brought him around upon Senorit
Eloise Arden, one of the few girls I,
whom he had been introduced.
rs that one of the customs OF thi
lovely land of yours?" he demanded
May not man dance with anothe
mans wife,"
Not unless the husband first grant
permission" she murmured.
"Ah! But you see | know so little
Now to-day met a procession In tn
street All who met 1t barred thei
heads and crossed themselves, but l.
did not know what II meant
WAS It not funeral, Senor?'
"A funeral? Mo- there was no co
fin"
"The very poor, Senior, bear thei
dead to the vaults in hammock
When they can afford II they rent
coffin for the funeral procession"
Jackson gasped. coffin. Here wa
at least one thing that the spickert
must prize.
/, When an escort claimed the senorit
jackson lay back in the softly lighte
corner and gave free rein to his fina
cier faculty. A coffin, decent buri
Z for their dead, inns and candles
5 that would appeal to the priest
: Wouldn't this win the spickerty
8 Jackson sat up all night with h
d scheme,
He sought priest
Yes, my son, the sad story yt
have been told is only too true, The
are cases when they can give the
y dead neither collins nor vaults--sa'
: for a short time, Often the body HI
g to be removed because the lease {
q the vault is not renewed"
u Removed What's done wi
a them?"
They put quicklime on them wh'
l, they are removed. Would you like.
J. see the place."
u The priest mounted his donke
n jackson strobe at his side. Cou
y such thing really be? Human bodi
thrown to the vultures But they u
4. quicklime and-"l am Roman ci
q zen"
y III you will climb up and look ov