Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1910-11-30


inc uncertain reward ranches offer
Nearly ten years ago, discussing the
Chamorra natives disinclination for
WORK, civil Engineer Leonard Cox of
the navy, who designed the water
works system now being installed in
Agana, said in an official report:
III the native understood the art of
ectt1hg his enjoyment out Of money.
ana II ne possessed more civilized
wees and could cultivate few cx.
pehslVe tastes, there would be no diff
i'cuity IN obtaining labor. though it
Is doubtful II no would be- benefited
by tho change"
hcccnt letters and reports from
Governor Dorm and from others IA.
'l'l1lar with conditions there. Indicate
inc grave apprehension that Is felt
over the situation and the need that
exists for heroic measures, Last wear
mere was bad rice famine. because
inc natives had neglected their land.
supplies were secured from Japan to
relieve the shortage and Governor
lJorn then tried to force the people
PACK TO their ranches, but his efforts
have been only partly successful.
When the Jobs Wear Out.
AS soon as the government work
now under way Is completed, which
VIII DC IN comparatively short time.
mere Is going to be a panic in the
peaceful land of Guam that will live
In memory as long as any Wall street
panic ever engineered In this country
There will then be a whole host od
Guam laborers without EMPLOYMENT.
win characteristic energy, the
United States has set about relieving
inc result OF American occupation of
the island. On tho station shin Sum
ply when 1t sailed for Manila was J..
Is. thompson, young American sent
over ny tho agricultural department
Two years ago to build up IN axricul-
tural experiment station in the midst
OF Guam's junglcs and deserted
ranches.
Agriculture in Guam has bce,. of y
most primitive character. Cocoanuts,
from tho meat OF which the dried
copra is produced, formed the only
article or produce insuring fair re-
turn on the labor expended: so EVERY
one planted cocoanuts and dcprnded
upon Japanese traders and the SDan-
lsll authorities to see that they did
not want for other food. Bahamas.
oranges and pineapples grow half
wild, with no care or cultivation: and
the brcad-fruit tree furnishes all easy
living for those who will? not work
at all.
kindergarten methods are neces-
sary to start tho work. With his
crops of corn, rice and forage plants
under way, Mr.. Thompson sent to
San Francisco for email American
hand cultivator. When It arrived the
| natives Viewed 1t with delight and
took turns in practising with It. Tho
Guam method Of cultivation had been
to take every member Of the family.
from grandfather to the baby, iDto the
| fields when hoeing was to be tione.
and set them all at work with prit2i-
| tive hoes.
Satisfied that the new toy would
| tighten their work as we'll az please
| their senses. Mr.. Thompson's expert
ment has been followed by the pur~
! chase of a considerable number OF the
Implements in San Francisco for usa
by the native farmers. 1t ia the hops
of the agricultural department late:
| to introduce reliable stock into Guam
! The native will have to be educated
gradually away from his caraboa, OF
native OK.
"Compared with the caraboa, the
slowcst American OK that over moved
Is an express train" says DR.. Walter
II. Evans Of Washington, who planned
the Guam experiment station.
Guam came into Uncle Sans fam.
.ily Immediately after the Spanish war.
1t has good harbor and was looked
upon as an important way station be.
tween Honolulu and Manila, for the
establishment Of a naval base. AT
the last census there were lust 22A
white people, men, women and chill.
drcn, in the population of 11.7G0 ON
tho island.