Show VAST RICH RICHES S AND DIRE POVERTY UNKNOWN That Was in South America Before White Men Came Roger Babson Has Gone There to Describe Conditions Conditions Conditions Condi Condi- and Peoples There Now Few Americans realize how v far tilT the history history his his- I tory of ot the South American countries extends hack I-ack I Into IO antiquity While Romo A N t flourished nourished there thero Is la reason to believe that the Incas that raco race whoso whose relics Indicate In- In tn a n high state of ot culture e enjoyed nj nearly 0 y e d nearl nearly all al the fruits I of at an advanced For or Ins Instance tan c e I a among ong the Incas of at Per Peru u. u I prosecutors who ho failed to bring the guilty J to Justice I were them themselves eles Eta ua- lia liable ble his to the Ule same me pen pen- aU alty Judges wore were re required re- re cubed to dec decide de I R or Q 2 h every Overy suit autt withIn G days after It was wl brought and there were no appeals But official visitors were continually InvestigatinG Investigating gating the work of at tho Judges Every Judge had to make a B month monthly report showing what he had bad done I Every Yer native at marriage e. e which was compulsory was allotted the use uso of or a 1 tract of ot land with seeds and tools sufficient sum sum- dent clent for tho the support of ot himself and und wife To this an nn addition was made when each child came Lands of ot the ag aged d. d the tho sick tho the widow the orphan and the soldier on duty wore were tilled b by neighbors as Os a common obliga obliga- tion Uon All AU wool bearing animals were owned b by tho the state and the tho wool went Into public public pub pub- lic He warehouses whence It was dealt outto out outto outto to each Mch family In quantities sufficient for tor Its Ha wants and woven Into clothing by the women Only the decrepit and sick were excused from from work Some natives were cre detailed to work In Inthe Inthe inthe the mines others to tobe be artisans Twenty thousand men worked for tor fifty years cars quarrying carrying and fitting Into place I without mortar mortar the stones that were used to make the tho palace and forts of ot th the e capital city ed Records V were re kept of ot every cry birth and an d death once a year a census of ot p population population pula- pula tion was taken and at nt longer longcr Interval Intervals an Inventory In of ot tho the natural resources o othe of ot tho the nation When engaged In public work each native na- na tive was supported out of ot the public wealth He did his turn and was re replaced re re- placed leaving him then free treo to do his own work at ot home Men Ien were specially fitted to their tasks and care was taken to safeguard their health By means mcana of at great stone warehouses In all pacts of or the land reserves of ot fo food tood end and supplies were kept for tor use In a time of at scarcity When a man was reduced by poverty or misfortune It could hardly be b by bl fault tho the arm of ot the law says saya Pres- Pres cott stretched out to minister relief not the stinted relief of ot private charity nor that which Is doled out drop b by drop aa as It were from the frozen r reservoirs reservoirs reser reser- ser ser- ol of ot the tho parish but In generous measure bringing no humiliation to to th tho e object of ot It and placing him on a level with v the tho rest of or his countrymen No man could be bo rich no man Inan could be bo poor but all aU ml might ht enjoy enjo and did enjoy en en- cn- cn joy a a. competence Even en In war tho the civilization of at the Incas was of or a high order ONer Tho The sot soldier to was 19 forbidden to commit an any trespass s on the property of at the tho Inhabitants whose whoso territory lays Ian In the lino of at march An Any violation of ot this order was punished with death Lon Long before postmen had been known In Europe the Incas along their splendid roads ronde built small houses at short Inter Inter- vals In each dwelt an athletic man trained In n running Messages and an d sometimes small parcels of ot dainty fruits fruit or flowers were hurried b by these relay carriers at full speed There Is a record d of ot ono one mile 1200 express run rUIl having been performed In twenty da days s r J 1 1 1 p w i. i 1 tw satar P SS R Rt t IOn I- I On the way io w South America picking America picking pineapples on a a. Cuban plantation I |