Omaha daily bee., 1914-05-31
Indian Village ea,c,al. ~lh ther et4ffs Of office

and Sunday for himself This is the rule
throughout the year with the exception
Of holidays and saints days. In addition
we have special arrangements as to his
stock, providing that it must be sold to
US at fixed prices"
Can you give me those arrange
ments?"
YES" said the haciendado, as he
picked up ledger filled with writing and
accounts of one kind or another. Here
is my farm book. 1t contains all of the
data regarding the running of the estate,
including our terms of contract with the
Indians. These terms are the same as
have been in use upon this farm since II
was established away back in colonial
times. l will give you them as they are
read to all the Indians when they are
hired. AS you will see, the last rncord
OF these rules was put down in May.
1902
Workers Get Short End.
I'm the first place, the Indians agree to
work for US from Monday to Friday with
out any other pay except an ounce and
a half OF coca per day. This is about a
handful and it costs us, per man, four
cents week. 1t is also agreed that each
OF the three Indian villages on the farm
shall furnish me from time to time
| throughout the year a man servant OF
pongo, and woman servant to work in
my house, or for some one else IL 50
direct / bring one of these pongoes to
Cuzco and Use him here, keeping the two
others TO work on the farm. The pongoes
are. changed from month to month and
the village authorities see that a new
one is on hand before the old one Ieaves
In this way we always have house serv.
ants.
The next provisions of the lease are as
to trade The Indians cannot trade with
a stranger without our permission, and
we have the first chance as to everything
they sell AS an ordinary thing they will
not trade with anyone else under any
condition. and that not even IL the prices
| offered were ten times what we give. Fol-
instance, although my Indians are now
/ selling me their lambs for 20 cents each
| you could not buy lamb from them fol
Sc. The same is true Of horses and cattle
and, in fact, of everything.
Haeiendads ReaDs Big Profit.
According TO our contracts we have
! fixed prices at which certain things shall
be sold by the Indians to US. ] win give
you them in American money. Bulls ;
years old are sold for $3.50 each When
we resell them We get $40 or more. II
the bull is 4 years I'D the Indian gets
$3.50. and he must sell his cows at $500
He receives IS for full grown OK. Fol
COW we get sl7 and for an OK about $50
And then take the prices OF sheep,
this man continued. According to our
written contracts with the Indian he must
sell his lambs at 20 cents each. his ewes
full grown, at so cents, and his wethers
at 30 cents. A hog sells for about S25o-
that is when II represents a weight OF al
least 200 pounds. II II Ia only a shoat OF
months II brings 20 cents. We resell
! the hogs for their meat and lard. and get
good prices for them. II Is the same with
the sheep; they bring us many times as
much as the Indian receives. We have
| also an agreement as TO the pastures. by
which the Indians pay us 10 per cent Of
the increase OF the sheep each year for
their use. They also pay 20 cents per an
mum for the feed OF each llama and al
naca, and co cents for each head OF cattle.
It is provided that the sheep ana eattle