Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1914-11-01
A rich haeier,dado

in about 5000 worth Of milk and $500
worth OF butter year.
The Guila hacienda has many long. low
one-story buildings running round pstios
and gardens. These form the homo OF
the owner. They have roofs of red tile
and their floors are of brick. They have
wide porches and their windows look out
on the gardens They are situated in a
grove of trees which are at least 100 feet
high. and among these are wonderful
palms When 1 visited it the house con-
tanned about two score of guests, in ad-
dition to the thirty children and grand
children of the family of its owner. Each
Of these children had its own pony.
Live Like millionaire.
Others OF the haciendas here have
beautiful buildings or modern construc-
ton. with great parks, with miles OF
shady drives. and all Of the other sur
roundings of a millionaire's home ir. the
states. Many of them are using modern
ma chinery, and some are now expert
menting with fertilizers and intensive
cultivation Everywhere go see Amer
can plows and there ere three or four
| importing houses in Chile who have their
travelling statesmen going over the coun-
try drumming each hacienda as to the
introduction OF American harvesters.
binders and windmills.
One of the interesting features OF farm"
ing in Chile has 10 do with the labor. This
lie made up almost altogether OF class
know as inqulinos. or the class OF which
travellers sometimes speak as the rotos.
This is wrong. The word roto is con-
temptuous word, meaning torn or ragged.
or, as II might be called, ragamuffin.
The proper term is inqlilino or farmer.
He is a respectable person and he may or
may not be ragged These people are
the descendants OF the Indians and the
Immigrants from the northern provinces
Of Spain. They are the laboring class OF
the country. and they correspond to the
poems of Peru. although they are far
above them in character and efficiency,
They are excellent workmen. and they
can learn almost anything that requires
hardness and craft They nre very proud
and will not tolerate abuse OF insult.
You might kick Peruvians peon and he
would sink humbly The Bolivian Indian
Is afraid that his master is angry II he
lie not punished now md then, but the
lnquilino would be likely to resent such
treatment and leave. Indeed. doubt II
il would be Mt ail safe for his master to
lay his hands on him. On the haciendAH
where have been there seems to me q
good spirit existing between the haclendadc
and the laborers The latter are deferen-
tial and the owners sustain a sort OF
patriarchai relation toward them. They
are interested in treating them well. for
II they do not the inquilno will leave. and
Il lie upon his labor that the man must
depend for the work upon the estate.
Like ola FeudaI Times.
The conditions OF employment are
somewhat like that OF the old feuda
times. The hacfendado owns the land
and he let's each OF the workmen have
a small tract to cultivate and also pas
turage for his stock II he has any. This
tract may consist OF two three. four
five or ten acres. and II may be only
enough for a house and garden In re-
turn for the use OF the land the in
quilino agrees to give one mans work
TO the owner when he requires H. This
means that he pays a rent for the
house ana grounds OF about t1.6O a week
and at the same time has a house for his
family to live In. In some cases small
wages are paid. but as a rule the man
is expected 10 furnish one hand for his
labor. Ii his family does work, they, OF
! course. receive an additional payment
Many of the inquillnos are in debt 70
their employers. but the laws here are