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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-08-11

ers against coolies who refuse to work
| or obey the laws that are laid down
| for them. The employers are permitted
| to fine the rccalcitrart or maynard
| coolie whenever negligence or per-
rerscness becomes his master. .iabitual
| absence from work has up until the
present year been punishable by i'm
| prisonment. The coolic who refuses
to work has been regarded as de-
| scrtcr, and has been constantly dealt
| with in Il severe manner
| Such strict regulations IS those
which permit the planters to iuDriSon
the Indians or to fine them heavily
have given the opponents of the linden
ture system grounds for some Of their
best arguments against the practice
of bringing the coolies from India un-
der the present plan. They were chief
among the arguments advanced in the
recent hearings that brought about the
decision to discontinue indenture.
Since the government took this drastic
step the planters and other persons of
influence have been working publicly
| to better the conditions OF the Indians.
giving them wider range for pleasure
ana making more favorable terms. The
imprisonment for labor offenscs has
been abolished: fines have been greatly
reduced. and payment of these asscss-
mcnts has been made easy through the
installmcnt plan. This course OF action
has been adopted in hopes, that the
-
changes being made for the better. and
Will rcscind their drastic action. or at
least make notifications that will not
deny the planters all The advantages OF
the tndcnturc system.
consideration also has been given to
the advancing cost OF living, for high
prices OF food have affected even these
East Indians. In the early days of
the indenture the coolies received only
is cents day. This wage has been
Increased until now the average earn
inEs OF the coolie man is 30 cents a day
and OF the woman Is cents. In April.
1917. typical Hindu estimated tho
cost of living. including food. oil. wood
an ! tobacco for himself and wife eyes.
most of the women smoker. ana his five
childrcn-four and onc-half adultS-.at
1886 u week. or Is cents day per
adult As man is estimated TO need
three working suits two ordinary suits
and two hats year. \ woman requires
TOUR suits. The expense Of this cloth
ing Is Sl6.24. or about cents day
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ACCOMAC

lSpeciri to Tue Times Dispatch
sS;,s q A. e,s NM, w Ausu:; 10 Miss
WISH Of several weeks 20 friends in
sPhiladclphia
~. Misses Mabel and Ethel Y4aecr Of
Esaltimore were recent quests Of Mrs
s4.seW. Nelson.
VS. orviie Taylor. Of NortoIs, RECENTLY
VISITED his parents. Captain and Mrs.
Lynn +. Taylor.
Edwin Nelson. OF Wilmington. pei.
spent Saturday and Sunday wt.h nc
parents. Mr.. and Mrs. LEVIN :. M.lsa,.
8Ss Mr. and Mrs. George l.. Doughty. IL
gfpent several days last week win
gfriends in Hampton.
Mrs. Elizabeth Rowles, who is :,
guest Of her sister, Mrs. w. W. Joyrcs
Shas received a card from her son Pm
syAies Walter Scarburgh R-~les, an
fnounc!Dg his safe arrival in France
WI William +. Lewis, ~ho has beer. rem
SLcsenting the Eastern Shore Produce
Exchange In Toronto ard Boston. is a,
sAomc for few days bcfor. LEAVING
S3pS indianapolis
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Both sides have points in their

able. Both sides have points In their
favor.
1t Is estimated that there now arc
more than 100000 East Indians In this
colony. During the early years OF the
indenturc system many thousands or
these laborcrs were brought here with
their wives. Rapidly they multiplied,
and the coolie colony soon became a
large one. 1t has continued to grow
fast from year TO year. and is still
increasing. in spite of the war, which
has denied the planters full opportunity
TO take advantage Of their years OF
Sracc. So 1t is easy to see how i'm
portnnt these Indians arc In "a country
which depends upon them for labor. and
especially upon they are Il full third
OF total population Of 100000 people.
BROUGHT ny GOVERNMENT,
B';GAN COMING IN 1890
In 1873? the British government really
began the importation of coolies. At
that time it appointed special agents
at Calcutta to supcrintcnd and reEu-
tate the expectation OF all able bodied
East Indians who should wish TO cross
the seas for work. Under the indcn-
;urc plan thus inaugurated and still
continuing, the coolies are bound to
work for period of FIVE years on
plantations TO which they are assigned.
They are fully protected. OF course, by
government rules. which compass the
immigrants soon as they reach the
colony. At this part health officers in
spcct the Indians and give them treat
mcnt to insure that they will land in
Georgetown sound and we'll. The
health of the coolies is guarded
throughout the period of the linden
turc too.
Before the coolies are placed on the
plantations they are insured good
treatment through contracts which
their employers are compelled to make
with the government. In tic agree
ment the employers consent to provide
clothing. food. mcdica, services. suit
able living quarters and otherwise look
after the welfare of the laborers The
clothing and food clauses now. how
ever are Il part Of only few of the
contracts. since the wages have been
raised TO permit the coolies to ciothe
themselves ana provide their own food.
In waking the allotments 10 the various
Ma n;ationS the government refuses to
permit families to be separated. and
iii event Of NJ. rriacc coole woman
is allowed 10 follow her husband to his
place OF employment.
The government is ever watchful to
see that the indcnturcu Indian is we'll
treated. 1t has always reserved the
right to transfer the coolies from any
planter who does not take good care
of them to another employer who
promises to do much better. OF course.
the government also protects the plant
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The cost of living then to the average
man and wife Is 40 cents n day. leav-
ing surplus pm the week OF cents.
HEAVY CRIME TOLL
Is BEING PAID ANNUALLY
British Guiana. like Trinidad, paws
heavy toll in the way Of a lony,
criminal record for having within IFS
boundaries so much cheap l:bor Tho
negroes In all the British possessions
OF this part OF the world are n sonrnc
OF much trouble TO the colonial govern
ment because Of their fights. thefts
disturbances and numerous odd crimns,
but here in this South American colony
the presence of the East Indian in
ereases the law violations to very
high number, and gives the police n,uch
to contend with at all times
The average East Indian is no men.
ace TO the peace and safety Of the whit.
man. 1t Is among his own race, maj
he is u very bad fellow IL he happens
10 DC crossed The coolie invariably
wants to settle all differences himself
without waiting the hand of the law
lie wishes to be his own Judge and
executive. and therefore he is much i'm
court. II coolie is seriously offended
oy another OF his race he is very apt
~ ~ SATISFY himseit by killing the Of
Tending manor woman. Or IL he
fancics he has been wronrcd in some
trade or in some dealing. he either will
wage INST hight or Immediately go to
ii" win MS trouble. Lawyers there
fore. ind the coolie a verv good sonrco
OF revenue. During the sessions OF
court the scenes around the house Of
justice in Georgetown arc often very
picturesque. for ut this time all tho
;colics and their families come TO
Gown Inc women are dressed in tn.
sayest OF coiors and wear all their
udornmentS.
Many East Indians are hanged i'm
British Guiana and Trinidad for muir
DER. Among the coolies il Is an un-
written law that death must come to
wife who commits cardinal sin
y woman is a slave to her master. and
shc must obey him III every way II
sh" refuses. he more than likely will
diShEnrc her face; il she bctrays him
she is sure to die. provided he learns
uf her dishonor: and among these Eas;
Indians news of this sort travels
mystcrtously and fast. An East Indian
woman who asserts herself or who
seems to have All air of indcpcndcncn
Is very rare-so rare, indeed that one
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may wander through the coolic villages
for weeks without mectii such n
woman.
But even with all these peculiar peo-
ple--2nd the situations that arise from
their prcscnce--British Guiana Is n
well-eovcrned colony. The law Is
strictly enforced throughout the entire
country. 1t is administered quickly
and fairly. and seldom does Il guilty
man escape. The Constitution under
which British Guiana is governed is
different from any East Indian colony.
The officers of the government are
comprised in governor, an executive
council court of policy and IL COM
bined court. the last consisting OF the
governor and members of the court of
policy and six financial representatives
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The members. OF tho court OF policy.
whose duties are row purely legisla
tive. used to be elected by n college o:
electors. but they are now chosen by
Il direct vote OF the people. Enforce
ment Of the police laws Is vested in n
police inspector. who Is an ofncer OF
the British army. The present in
spcctor has givcn the colony very
.tron. and commcndable police or
ganization. probably the best in It's his
tory. The military band attached to
his department is considered tho finest
cc;cnul band in the British possessions
of this part OF the world.
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lSRcclal TO The Times Dispatch
! GEOltG EToWN. BRITISH GUIANA.
August lo.-Dritish Guiana is about to
come face To face with a serious labor
problem. the result of Il decision made
by the British government discontinue
ing the indenture system, by which
means thousands of East Indian coolies
are now brought to this colony each
year to work on the plantations The
employers of this kind OF labor are
given five years grace in which TO ,d-
just themselves to the conditions that
Will have to be met
The prosperity and progress of Brit
iSh Guiana to-day are due in no little
measure to the presence of these
coolies. who are tn. backbone of labor
IN the island. and who enable the plan
'atloh owners to GROW sugar ard COCO
nrontablE The wages OF these Eas;
Indians are lower than any pay re-
ccivcd by other laboring classes in the
western part OF the world. and with
perhaps one or two exceptions. are far
less than any workers in the world are
paid. Without these coolies he plant
erS Of British Guiana will find lh, cost
OF production mounting rapidly. for
the negroes OF the island will not work
FOR the low wages given TO these In
dams. SO far in the history OF this
CoIohS IL mas Deen necessary for the
employers to have cheap labor in order
10 get satisfactory returns on their in
vcstmcnts. II the prices on sugar and
COCO should drop considerably with the
ending Of tho indenturc. the planters
would be hard pressed to grow ana
market these products at "A reasonable
profit.
SYSTEM QUESTIONABLE, BUT
COoLiE BLESSING AS LABoRER
The coolie as a laborer is a blessing
10 British Guiana. though IL is very
questionable whether the system which
brings him here should he permitted
TO continue. Opponents of the coolie
immigration plan who. through their
influence. have induced the government
TO decide against il for the future term
II slavery: and perhaps ii is. in a mild
meaning OF the word. The land pro.
prietors and others who have profited
through coolie services defend the in
denture with arguments that the East
Indian is better OFF here than in
crowded India. and that his labor is
necessary TO make cultivation profit
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The Times Dispatch Travel Series
may re seen at the Bijou Theater on
Monday and Tuesday OF Oh week
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-08-11
Mount de Sales
Academy OF tho Visitation

F:stab. 1876" Nv Sisters OF Visitation
Music. Languages and Art Courses-rcEu.
Ter and elective. commodicuS buildings
,t"autiiui grounds. Homclikc environment
Outucor recreation Catalogue request.
Address THE D1RECTRESS
Cntorsrilc. Near Baltimore Md.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1918-03-22
The Western Front.

BY next year there will be, rough
ly speaking, a million British. mil
lion French, and a million American
troops on the Western Front, hold
ing clearly distinct sectors, although
under closely cnordinated direction.
And when this situaFina arrives. the
Germans will be completely out
numbered on each sector and for the
balance of the war condemned to
face superior numbers with weaker
forces on the line and incomparahly
weaker reserves behind it. This. in
a word, is the general scheme of
the Western Front, when we arrive
in full strength. andit is toward the
realization of this scheme that we
have now made the first move in
definitely taking over one sector,
probably a very small one. of the
line between St Mihiel and Pnnt-a-
MOuSSOn.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1918-03-22
No MeatIeSS DAYS.

After a great deal of earnest OBJ
lection to any such days by meat
producers, the ban on meatless days
has been lifted. The Food Admin
istrdtion in announcing the new
policy, says that more breadstuffs
must be saved for the allies. and
that meat supplies have been meas
urably increased. Mention is made
OF the fact that farmers have had
to hold many hogs longer than tn
usual time, which has resulted in a
great increase in average weight.
This has happened with beef men
also. and in neither case has it re.
suited in added weight of the feed
ers' purse. IL has been hard for
the producer to see the wisdom of
meatless days for some time past
with the packers announcing that
their storage room was filled, and
prices for cattle and hogs falling off
The packers. were guaranteed their
9 per cent profit. but where did the
producers get off?-some of them
with 9 per Cent loss. or there
abOuts. perhaps.
But it's no good crying over split
milk. If the meatless days have
helped along kaiserless days-and
the food administration assures us
they have we shall all be the
gamers thereby. anyhow.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1918-03-22
Daylight Saving.

Despite the jokesmiths both
houses of Congress have passed the
daylight. saving bill and the Presi-
dent will sign it,, The general idea
is to ser the clocks forward one
hour from April to October, thereby
inspiring human beings to 60 to bed
earlier and get up earlier That is
all there is TO it.
People who like to lie in bed I'M
til the sun eilds certain spot on
the carpet will ignore the new law,
for Old Sol will pay no attention to
it. The farmer who gets up about
the time the morning newspaper
man goes to bed will only sniff at
such "fooliShuess." The proposed
law means nothing IN his busy life.
But between these extremes are
a lot of people who are not afraid
OF new idea and who will give it
a fair trial. If it gives them more
time for work, more time for play
and less inclination to run around
at night, it will be a success, no
matter what the hardshells and the
humorists may say.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1918-03-22
Liberty Loan Flag.

A new and distinctive feature
will be introduced in the Third Lib
erty Loan campaign, and every city
or town in the country which sub
scribes more than its quota of Lib.
erty bonds will be awarded by the
Treasury Department an Honor
Flag.
The flag will be SO inches wide
and Sd inches long. The body of
the flag will be white with a broad
red border, and three broad blue
vertical stripes denotine the Third
Loan. The flags, which will be of
the same quality as the flags of the
Navy, are already being manufac
tured and will be awarded as fast
as the right to fly them is won.
Though awarded by the Treasury
Department. they will be distributed
by the Liberty loan committees Of
the different districts.
There will also be q National
Honor Flag for each State, to be
flown at the State capitol, with the
name of each town winning a flag
inscribed upon it. There will be
also preserved in the United States
Treasury a National Honor Flag
with the record of each State re-
corded on it.
Stars. to be placed on the flag of
each city or town doubling its quota
will be also awarded, and an addi-
tional stai for each time the quota
is doubled.
An Honor Roll, containing the
names of all subscribers, but not
the amount of the individual sub
scriptlons. will be kept in each COM
munity. A window card. bearing a
representation of the Honor Flag.
will be given each subscriber to the
loan. to be displayed at the home
or place of business.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1918-03-22
Producing Quality Beef.

Livestock markets during recent
years have experienced continual
growing demand for well-fattened
beef animals weighing from 800 to
1900 pounds. In order to meet
this demand and secure the highest
prices, breeders are showing an in
creased tendency toward finishing
off their beef cattle at younger ages.
Stock raisers find it more profitable
to conduct their operations in this
manner than to hold their cattle to
advanced ages as was the custom
some years ago, when pasture land
was cheaper than it is at present
Such a demand must necessarily
be supplied by Unfinished animals
from ID to 20 months old carrying
a large percentage of blood of one
of the early maturing beef breeds,
usually that of the Hereford. Aber-
been. Angus, or shorthorn. To dis
tineuish them from animals Of
other beef classes, these yearlines
have come to be designated as baby
beeves TIE use of better bulls
with consequent improvement in
quality and early maturity is an es'
asential in the production of baby
beef. The preparation for market
OF this class of beeves requires
more skill than is necessary in The
production of animals marketed al
more mature ages. but, as has beer
stated, it is also usually more profit
able. Heavier grain feeding il
necessary, but as the feeding perioc
ia shorter a less amount OF grain II
necessary to bring the cattle t'
maturity.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1918-03-22

Some fields of spring wheat sown
last spring in Missouri were report.
ed 10 have done better than winter
wheat. This was due mainly to a
favorable season. As a rule, spring
wheat does not do well inthis state.
Those who failed To seed wheat last
'1ll or w3nt tn try some anyhow,
should get northern seed, and not
RISK too much of It at that.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1918-03-22
A Success.

The play. "Topsy Turvy" rendered
at the public school auditorium
last Thursday evening by the High
school pupils was a bowling success
in every respect as witness by the
large and appreclative audience in
attendance. The parts we're well
rendered and the assignment of
characters could not be improved
upon. Every character elected ap-
plause and special mention would
necessarily have 70 include all The
receip's of the evening amounted
to S70,15.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1918-03-22

Mr.. and Mrs Guy Christian spent
Sunday in Shelbina, the guest Of
the latter's parents
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1918-03-22

D. F. Henderson,. bit SO ri jas
per Henderson of this city, j. & AZ.
gerously i'll at his hour in P lrIr
Price Griffith suffered d severe At
tack of acute INDIGESTION Tuesday
and for a time Wa u Verv SICK n4u
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1918-03-22

John Jayne and family Of Harm.
bal were Sunday guests of A. S
Jayne and family.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1918-03-22

Look up your last summer
clothes and let us fix Them for 20,
now. L. L. Lane. Tlilrr.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1918-03-22

The German u boat was designed
to 90 down and come up again. but
the Americans want them TO stay
down.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1918-03-22

The former Gar is said to be dull
and unsociable in his Punishment.
If he should return to Petrograd he
would find it lively enough.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1918-03-22
Wheat Looks Fine.

Wheat in Shelby and Monroe
counties looks fine. 1t is all good,
but some of it is better than the
rest. There is large acreage of
oats sown and probably 80 per cent
of the crop is now in the ground. 1t
went in in excellent shape. the
ground being as fine and loose as
an onion bed.
We greatly need warm showers.
The wheat would be much benefited
by a series of showers and grass
needs soaking.
A great deal of sod has been plow-
ed during the past few weeks and
, discing on last years corn ground
is under way.-Shelbina Democrat.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1918-03-22

The man who already gets up at
sunrise is now irving to figure
where he gets in on the DAYLIGHT
saving law.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1918-03-22

The day when green is the domi-
nant color having passed, red. white
and blue again mOnopoiiZe atten-
too.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1918-03-22

Hindenburg and Ludendorf. the
blood-and-iron twins. announce the
big show on the west front is about
to begin. They ought to know.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1918-03-22

Mrs W p WYNN of Hannibal,
spent Monday 10 this city with
friends
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-05-06
THE PRAISE CONTINUES
Everywhere We Hear Good Reports
Of Doan's Kidney Pills.

Fitzgerald is no exception. Every
section of the u S. rcsounds, with
praise of Doan's Kidney Pills. Fifty
thousand persons are giving testi-
mony in their home newspapers. The
sincerity of these witnesses, the fact
that they live so near, is the best
proof of the merit of Doan's. Here's
a Fitzgerald case
J. M. Causey, conductor, 303 N. Lee
street, says; my kidneys were weak
ened by the constant Earring Of the
train and | often had severe backaches
and soreness in my kidneys. Ny
kidneys acted irregularly, too. I be-
gan using Doan's Kidney Pills from
the City Drug Co and they soon fix
ed up my back and kidneys. l use
them occasionally and keep my kid
neys in good shape"
Price 60c, at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for a kidney remedy-get
Doan's Kidney Pills-the same that
Mr.. Causey had. Foster Milburn
Co., Mfgrs., Buffalo, N. Y. adv
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-05-06
CALVIN OBJECTS

Atlanta, Ga, May 6.-Martin V
Calvin, president of the Georgia state
Agricultural Society, which is now in
its l08th year, has written a letter
to Speaker Champ Clark of the nat
ional house of representatives, pre-
senting a strong array of arguments
why the federal congress should not
INK maximum price on cotton.
With particular reference to the
Emerson bill which would fix 20
cents as the maximum price, Mr.. Cal
vim declares the cost of producing a
pound of raw cotton under existing
conditions is full 20 cents. Cotton is
a great staple, as he points out, pro-
duced by only ten states in the union,
whereas wheat is produced in more
or less abundance by nearly all the
states, and is not in a class with cot
ton for the reason that wheat is a
food crop and is therefore an abso-
lutte public necessity.
Notwithstanding the conditions of
the war, as he further points out, cot
ton has not reached an extraordinar-
lily high price, when compared with
the cost of production, whereas wheat
would not be out of the reach of the
great mass of the people if the gov
eminent had not fixed maximum
price