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Weekly Nome industrial worker., 1919-02-08
How Indenture Labor Is Exploited Under The British Flag
 (By Kai Viti

(By kai Vitl)
 As sugar economy, along with economy in other foodstuffs, is the chief topic of the day, and as the vast majority of the people are ignorant of the conditions of the sugar workers, it is my purpose to make a brief sur vey of the conditions existing in the Fiji Islands where some of the sugar that British Columbians consume is produced.
 There are five sugar mills in Fiji Four of these belong to the Colonial Sugar Refining Co. of New SouM Wales. The other to the Vancouver Fiji Co.,, which consists principally of Mir T. B. Rogers of local fame.
 Each sugar mill has cane planta- tions of from 20,000 to 60,000 acres All the manual and much of the skill ed work is done by East Indian cool ies. These coolies are recruited in India by the Government and are brought over to Fiji and allotted to different mills, plantations and pri- vate employers as desired.
 These coolies come under five year contract. That is they are vir- tually bound to the employer as slaves for that period. They are paid ac- cording to a schedule laid down by the Government which is as follows:
 Male immigrants, as they are called get six pence per day and rations for six months, and the remainding four and a half years they receive the magnificent wage of one shilling per day, or five shiIlings and six pence per week as only half day is work ed on Saturday. This five shillings and six pence per week, equal to $1.- S4, is all they get with which to pur- chase their own food, clothing. etc. The female coolie gets three pence per day less than the male.
 This system of indenture is com IuOH tO all IIOpiCdl IDilIiSh' SIOW II colonies. It was invented and intro duced about forty years ago, and at the time when the wage scale was most decidedly low. The scale then drawn still exists. Five shillings and six pence may have been enough for a coolie to have existed upon forty years ago, but at present it is far from sufficient The present scale is surely a starvation one. It now takes the coolie's entire wages for week to purchase for himself "Dohti" (loin cloth.) let alone food.
 From the point of view of the em- ployer the indenture system has many advantages over the old chattel as it costs him nothing to rear slave or care for him after he has become broken down from over. work or ill use which is usually his fate by the time he has reached the end of his indenture period.
 Especially before the war the cool les was left very much to the tender mercies of the employer the planter, and the especially trained "Nigger Driver" of the sugar companies. Itl requires but little imagination to pie .ure the discipline and treatment neted out to the coolie by the half degenerate, tobacco o-chewing, whis- : white-skinned 'Nigger 1 Driver,' who has been awakened at o'clock in the morning by a bad ! iver due to continuous and copious internal ablutions of Holland gin the night before, as he sits astride horse armed with big stock whip and l irives herd of coolies to the fields. ]
Weekly Nome industrial worker., 1919-02-08
NOTICE TO CREDITORS

In the United States Commissioner
 Court for the Precinct of Cape
 Nome, Second Division, Territory
 of Alaska, in Probate.
 Tn the matter of the estate of FRED LARSEN, deceased.
 Notice is hereby g;von that the un- dersigned has been appointed admin istrator of the estate of Fred Larsen. deceased, by the above entitled court.
Weekly Nome industrial worker., 1919-02-08
FORBID STRIKE

LONDON, Feb 5-The British goV- eminent has forbidden the electrf- clans who were contemplating going on strike for a shorter workday to quit their employment
 Any electrician going on strike in defiance of the government will be prosecuted under the defense of realm act and will be severely dealt With.
Weekly Nome industrial worker., 1919-02-08
HINDUS ENSLAVED
 FIJI SuGARMILLS

The writer has been an eye witness to the disciplining of woman coolie with heavy stock whip, within but a few days of her confinement in child birth.
 Sometimes the coolie takes it into his head to have revenge for the bru- talities perpetrated upon him. He generally goes about it with cane knife in the good old-fashioned way and makes mince-meat out of some overseer. Sometimes whole gang join hands in the fray. which usually results in dozen or so of them being hung. This application of British justice is calculated to impress our beloved subjects of the Hindu faith and the dark skin, that it is decidedly unhealthy to administer primitive justice to a "Sahib" with cane knife.
 Another terrific evil in connection with the indenture system is the sex ual "eiations accompanying it, with the inevitable moral degradation that follows in it's wake. According to the government rules laid down, only one woman is allowed to be indentured to every four men. The consequence is that one woman lives with three or four men. This leads to jealousy and quarrels which frequently end up by some male, maddened by wrongs either real or imaginary. seizing a knife and beKeading the fair one.
 There are more murders committed in Fiji per capita, than in any other part of the world The conditions in Fiji became so bad that few years ago the Indian government appointed a royal commission to investigate the situation. The commission consisted of Messrs, MsNeil and Gilman Lal. The commisson conducted thorough and impartial investigation into the conditions surrounding the coolles in the various Grown colonies. It sub mitted report in 1916 that was the most scathing indictment of the in- denture system ever written. The conditions in Fiji, and especially those iii the sugar mills and planta- tions, were cited as the very limit of achievement in the way of brutah- ties and starvation. The result of the report was that the Indian Govern ment prohibited further recruiting of coolies at least until the end of the war.
 Many of the private planters place blame for the findings of the com and the subsequent action on the part the Indian Government 1 on the shoulders of the manager of | the Vancouver Fiji Sugar Co.,. as the treatment of coolies there has been \ far worse than anywhere else Evi- denty MT T. B. Rogers personality penetrates for afield. At least he is the noise in the Vancouver Fiji Sugar Co.,, and his peculiarities in the 'Nigger Driving" line are not alto gether unknown in B. c.
 The apologists for the indenture system put up an argument, that .hough the conditions of the coolies ire bad in Fiji, it is heaven compared 0 the conditions that they live under Il India. If that is so it certainly s no credit to two centuries of Brit sh administration in that country. British Columbia Federationist
 BUILDERS MAY STRIKE
Weekly Nome industrial worker., 1919-02-08
BTn.DERS MAY STRIKE

NEW YORK Feb 6--Local Labor officials stated that nation wide strike of all building trade unions is imminent as result of lockout
Weekly Nome industrial worker., 1919-02-08

GET THE NEWS RIGHT READ THE WORKER.
Weekly Nome industrial worker., 1919-02-08
NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR
 PATENT

M. A. No. O339 M. S. No. 1915
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-12-11

RIGHTWAY SHOE SHOP
Phone 400. 2f3 South Second
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-12-11
DR.. BRIGHT CHOSEN
To HEAD State
CHURCH WORK

Delegates to the Inter-C Church
World Movement gathered at lunch
leon yesterday at the Alyarado and
proceeded to effect an organization
for work in the state. An executive
committee Of eight members was Sc
lected and authorized TO carry on all
business for the larger and more
cumbersome state advisory committee
between its regular sessions. The
executive committee was chosen from
the list Of those named on the advi-
sorry committee and includes the fol-
lowing:
Rev. A. o. Kuhn. Rev S, b. Garcia,
DR. J. II Head, Or. S. Alonzo Bright,
and Rev. A. l., Bowman, of Albu-
querque: Or. r. J, Carson, Ration;
Mrs. T. w Hayes, Roswell. and Mrs.
Hines Bissell Gallup, DR.. S. Alonzo
Bright Of Albuquerque, was elected
chairman of the executive committee.
The state advisory committee Sc
lected from the different churches, Is
as follows:
Adventst-A. f. Liclley, Albuquer-
que.
Christian-Rev. A. 0. Kuhn, Albu-
querque; Rev. s. NJ. Bedford, Roswell,
Internationally J. H. Head,
Albuquerque; Rev. Otto ]. Scheibe,
Albuquerque; Rev. Fl. s. Davidson
Albuquerque Mrs, II. Bissell, Gallup
IIutheran--Rev. A. NJ. Knudson
Albuquerque.
Methodist Episcopal-Dr Alonzo S
Bright, Albuquerque; Dr. II. A. Ras-
sett, Albuquerque; Rev. S. w. Harbel
Santa Fe.
Methodist Episcopal (south)-Rev
A. l.. Bowman. Albuquerquei Rev. T
L. Lallance, Las Cruces.
Presbyterian-Dr joan Marquis
Albuquerque; Rev J. w. Winder, AL
buquerque Rev. Il. j. Carson, Ration
Southern Presbyterian-Mrs. T. w
Hayes, Roswell.
United Brethren-Rey. B. c. Euts
Ter Wagon Mound.
Spanish American Work--Rev ]
M. Moya, Congregational, Albuquer
que; Rev. S. b. Garcia, Methods
Episcopal, Albuquerque; Rev. j. A
Phillips, Methodist Episcopal (South)
Albuquerque; Rev. Gabrino Rendone
Presbyterian, Las Vegas.
Members at large--Col. r. e. Twit
chell, Episcopal, Santa Fe; Mis-
Ruth Stuchfield, Young Woman
Christian Association. Albuquerque
President A. D. Grille, State College
President Frank IT. Roberts, Method
ist Episcopal, Las Vegas; DR.. j. V
Steed. Methodist Episcopal (Southl
Deming: L. H. Fox, Young Mem
| Christian Association, Albuquerque
Rev. Fl. r. Mills, Field Department
! Albuquerque; Hon. B. F. Pankey
lieutenant governor, Baptist, Sant'
| Fe.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-12-11

Dry stove wood. Coal Sup
ply Co. Phone a and S.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-12-11
WAL TER C0NNELL
IS DECORATED BY
KING OF BELGIUM.

Walter w. Conneu. chairman Of the
city commission. is in receipt of
communication from the Belgian con-
sui at Denver, who expresses to MT.
Council the pleasure of his majesty
King Albert Of Belgium, and his APP
probation of the entertainment pro-
yided for him in Albuquerque.
King Albert takes the opportunity
to make Mr.. Conueu a Knight of the
order Of Leopold IL, in recognition OF
the services rendered their maJestleS'
Mr.. Council, when seen yesterday in
regard to the matter, maintained that
the honor was one conferred upon
albuquerque, as whole and declared
that it was not meant for him per-
sonally at all. Just how he arrived
at that conclusion was not real PLAIN.
The letter which accompanied the
decoration said in part:
"Sir:-IIis majesty, the King of the
Belgians, has been pleased to confer
upon you the rank of Knight OF the
order of Leopold H. 1t affords me
great pleasure in sending you by reg
| istered mail, the insignia of the above
decoration given to you in recognition
| of your valuable services during the
stay of his majesty in your city.
(Signed) u. NEIGNOLET,
belgian Consul.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-12-11

cson, formerly of the Liberty Players
of Chicago, will speak on the Irish
plays at this meeting, and, with an
assistant, give The Rising of the
Moon" by Lady Gregory. Everybody
is invited to attend.
In the last two days the army re-
cruting station has had five enlist
uents: four for service in Panama,
and one for the ordnance department
in the United States According to
Sergeant Post there are still a number
Of vacancies in the army in Panama,
where the traffic of the world flows
| through the Panama canal and the
| tropical climate is delightful the year
| round.
st. Johns choir will meet tonight at
! ':45 O'Clock at the church. All mem
| oers are urged to be present for work
| on the Christmas music.
,ieorge ]. Hoffman and Miss Irene
| Bradley. both of Glorieta, were mar
ried last night at the Presbyterian
manse, the Rev II. A. Cooper Off
ciating The couple will make theii
home on a ranch near Glorieta.
| Mrs. Raymond Naert of 616 Yves
| Coal avenue and daughter, Mrs. O. J
Newlandor, spent the past week II
| Los Angeles III illt Aulllolluhl loIVl
| The American Red Cross, in co
| operation with the University of colo
RADIO, will give a four months home
service institute beginning Monday
| January s. 1920, at Boulder, Colo
| Persons interested in this course ma,
secure full information from tn
home service office in the fedora
building.
The Ladies' Aid Society of the Pres
byterian church will meet this after
noon at 2:30 in the church parlors,
The board of managers of the Wo
mans club will hold their regula
business session tomorrow afternoo
1t 230. The club win meet at
o'clock and a musical program unde
he leadership OF Mrs. w. p. Nc
Oowell will be given.
The c.. Is. Warren Women's Relic
'orps elected the following officers o
he last meeting: Sadie Bowdcf
president; Amanda Cosgrove, senio
vice presidents Mary Fournelle, JUNO
vice president; Frances Sherer treas
rer, Mary HARDWOOD, chancellor; JIG
sephne Strain. conductor; Esthe
ismith, guard
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-12-11
DENIES THAT ALL
MONEY SPENT ON
ROADS IS WASTED

Recently a statement, attributed to
Col. d. X. b. SelleGs, appeared in
print. to the effect that within the
last three years over a million and a
half dollars Of road work in New
Mexico was wasted. due to delay and
a proper system of maintenance, At
least one road builder, d. w. Jones
district engineer in the counties Of
Curry, De Baca, Guadalupe Quay
and Roosevelt, declines to remain
silent in the face of such an accusa-
ton and has written Colonel Sellers,
calling attention to some work which
has been done in the eastern part of
the state and on which the money. he
says, was not wasted. A copy Of Mr..
Jones letter was sent to the Journal
In part it follows:
For instance, three years ago It
was almost impossible to get from
Clovis to Fort Summer in an auto;
today State Highway No. 10 from
TeXico to Fort Sumner (seyenty- eight
miles) is really good road--the sand
has been eliminated, fills have been
made across the low places and
bridges and culverts installed
Beyond Fort Sumner conditions
were even worse. A trip to Albuquer-
que was almost an impossibility. yet
today hundreds of autos are making
this trip in one day From Vaughn
to Clovis G375 miles) can now be
made easily in half a day.
From Fort Sumner to Santa Rosa
an auto trip was a nightmare, yet to-
day people think nothing of eating
dinner in Santa Rosa and supper in
Clovis, after having travelled 120
miles.
Three and a half years ago few
would venture to go in an auto from
TeXico and Clovis to PoTtales and
Kenna, yet today tourists and travel
ing men pronounce this state highway
(No. 49, to be the best seventy miles
Of continuous road in the state,
"a trip from Clovis and POrtales
south ITO miles to Lovington in Lea
county and on to Carlsbad cover
eighty mles) was considered as pre-
posterious as flying across the At
lantic. The trip to LoVington and
Carlsbad is now easily accomplished.
Il could mention other roads but
these are sufficient to illustrate the
idea ! am trying TO convey, to-wit,
that while three years ago it was al
most impossible to get out of sight OF
ones garage with a car, we are today
] lIaNeIluS lOuS INSTANCES III very lew
hours, hence the work Of the state
highway commission has not been
wasted, but much has been accom-
plished-work that will not have to
be done again. Hence these new
funds, as they come in. can be used
to bring these roads w to q higher
state of efficiency and open UP other
sections.
IN this connection will say that
the state highway engineer has com
pleted system of patrol maintenance
on the state roads for 1920 that will
| surely get results that will please you
and all good road enthusiasts.
u join you in
"'Yours for better roads
everywhere
%, w, JONES"
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-12-11

DIR. @. II. CONNER, NJ. ID. ID. o.
Osteopathic Physician.
/ treat all durable diseases.
Office Stern Bldg. Phones 655-22s
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-12-11
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Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-12-11
2 COUPLES MARRIED BY
REV. c. 0. BECKMAN

Miss Winifred L. Turner of this city
and Percy Reid of Kingston, Ari2,,
were married at the homo of the
brides parents, 1906 Forester avenue,
Wednesday morning at 9 o'clock, the
Rev. c. O. Beckman of the Lead Ave
nue. Methodist church performing the
ceremony. only relatives and few
intimate friends Of the young couple
were present Following the cere-
mony a wedding breakfast was served
The newlyweds left last night fol
Kingston, where they will reside.
Miss Willie Buckner of Willard
and Sam n. Jensen of Estancia were
married last night at 1880 at the Lead
Avenue Methodist church parsonage
the Rev, c. 0. Beckman officiating
The young couple will make then
home at Estancia.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-12-11

Tho largest and most complete as
sortment OF smokers articles in the
city at the New Mexico Cigar COM
pany.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-12-11

Mrs. Tille Santzis Of St Louis is
visiting her cousin, Mrs. T. l. Butts,
on North High street.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-12-11
spLFNnIn COUGH MEDICINE.

AS / feel that every family should
know what a splendid medicine
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is, | am
only too pleased to relate my eXpe-
riance and only wish that had
known Of its merits years ago.
writes Mrs. Clay Fry, Ferguson Sta
ton, Mo. Il give it to my children
when they show the slightest symp-
toms of being croupy. and when
have a cough or cold on the lungs a
very few doses viii relieve me, and
by taking it for a few days l soon get
rid of the cold"
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-12-11
A TEXAS WONDER

For kidney aud bladder troubles
gravel, weak and lame backs, rheu'
matism and Irregularities of the kid.
neys and bladder. Regulates bladder
troubles in children. If not sold by
your druggist. by mail s1.25. Small
bottle often cures. Send for sworn
testimonials. Or. T.. w. Halt 29S6
olive street. ST. Louis, Mo. Sold By
druggists
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-12-11
FL DORADO OIL COMPANY
NOT TO CUT MELON NOW

The stockholders of the FL Dorado
Oil and Gas company, a New Mexico
organization, decided at the meeting
at Santa Fe this week not to split up
the nice sum accumulated in the treas
ury by paying a dividend, but to apply
the most of it to rushing development
on four more wells on different tracts.
Well No. l, on the Brooks tract Is
flowing $500 barrels daily the oil
selling at the old contract rate Of
$3.50 per barrel. The price will be
SO after January /. Well No q ION
the Bobo tract, IS due for completion
any date after the middle of this
month, says Manuel r, Otero, who has
just returned from the field. This Is
in proven territory and practically
sure to be a producer.
Three other derricks have been
placed by the company and will be
put into operation tomorrow. One is
on the proven Hawk tract
1t is intended to pay dividends next
month barring some unforeseen rea-
son for not doing so.
At the Santa Fe meeting the perma
nent organization was effected, as
follows: President, Eduardo Otero;
vice president, Frank w. Parker; sec
retary-treasurer, Roy Hall. Directors.
| Ed. Otero, f. w, Parke, M B. Otero
| w. S. Fullerton, T. r. II. Smith and
Mr.. Roderick. Of Colorado.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-12-11

Mrs. Marion Colgan, of Washington,
y. c., has announced the engage
ment of her daughter, Laura Beatrice,
to Pelham Mcclellan, of Albuquerque.
The wedding will take place Monday,
December 20, in the church of the
Epiphany, at washington.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-12-11

Pimples, bad breath, sallow color
light it's awful--take HOLSTERS
Rocky Mountain Tea and be in the
wim-Royal Pharmacy.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-12-20
SHIP LOAD
OF BAD REDS
Transport Buford All Ready to Sail
For Russia With Cargo of In
desirable Radicals on
Board.

United Press Leased Wire Service.l
NEW YORK, Dec. 20.-The Amerf,
can transport Buford, veteran of the
Spanish war, was at her pier In
South Brooklyn today with steam up,
ready to sail on two hours notice.
While no official statement has been
issued regarding her mission, 1t was
generally understood she was sched-
uled to take more than three hum
bred men and women reds" or
dered deported, to Russia.
Among the passengers, 1t was be.
lieved, would be Emma Goldman and
Alexander Berkman, anarchist lead
ers, who were defeated recently In
their fight against deportation.
In addition to the reds" expected
to sail on the Buford, $50 others
have been gathered UP in the east
and will be brought here from Hart
ford, Conn, and other New England
points for deportation. To these
will be added more than one hundred
due from the west today. Most OF
the latter were arrested in western
Pennsylvania and West Virginia.
A strict censorship was enforced
at Ellis Island today and newspaper
men were barred for the first time
in months.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-12-20
LOOKING BACK
SOME 65 YEARS
Daily Wing Chronicles Weather and
Market and Even the Cost of
Living as 1t Was De-
cember 20, 1854.

| Under the heading Commercial"
the Daily Wing of December 20, 1854,
tells some interesting things about
weather, markets and the cost of liv-
| ing. The old time report Is given
here just as a comparison:
Daily Wing office, Wednesday, Dec.
20, 1854.
Weather cold, river full of running
ice and very low. Roads good, bust
ness continues very fair.
Hogs-Hogs are coming in with q
rush A drove Of 1000 fine hogs was
brought in last week by Levi Cam
mack for Patterson & Timberman
Other smaller lots are coming in
daily. G. F. Conn has received 1900
in all, and Patterson & Timberman
1000. No change in prices, 1925 to
$3.50, dividing on 200 pounds. 1t is an
item that most of these hogs are pack
ing for the belligerents in the Crimea.
To give an idea of the cost of liv-
ing in this city, we give here the re-
tail prices of some leading articles:
Corn meal rs cents per bushel.
Buckwheat flour Az cents per pound.
Potatoes 40 cents per peck. Hominy
So per bushel or cents per pound.
Green apples s3.75 to $500 per barrel,
dried S2.75. Dried peaches So.
Chickens Is cents each or $3.50 per
dozen. Venison Z to &c. Beef to
10c. Cranberries 20 cents per quart.
Butter, choice roll 20 to rs cents.
Wood SO to $3.50 per cord. sal5ed 81
to $3.50. Coal 16 to 20 cents per
buShel.