| Show T k d W A Am the h Hindus H d A LAND WORK WHERE FOR MANY CENTS MILLIONS I Iv Id tv or ana an 1 v vV ages a Among mong ii t e In us A DAY OTEN d u v One c Hundred Million Farmers and What They Get Carpenters and I II Blacksmiths for Two Cents an Hour Ilour India Has Eight Hundred Thousand Shoemakers and a Million Barbers How the Peasants Live II Their Homes and Their Starvation Diet II n tip Fps wI 1111 I U unrest A f e Is largely hugel a 11 matter of at A e you had hll l to 10 toi i II fur rI I 1 or ur 2 cents cont s an on hour rum II could pave only one oneil rr j tr il I ever every r day 1111 and night utter after t ht I s ur lit family should go 10 to In bed These aro uru tho rho conditions of uC x of if they ox hod It Homo home we Ive not havo havu nn on onna na 1 uh nil 11 h a II vengeance I the tho thet ii l t too Brother for Cor nn t w IN 1 INDIA IIA I h h h me Pie a II lIt lint of lie PC tho the wagen I I uc ir paid I 1 take IlIk them front from h 1 ii th l sent Bont by lIy Ih r I c the III h houses hUM of o 1 t i i At It Lal Lalm m ant At It I Oal Cul Culin Oali in i I nt r II W receiving loss lose JO 6 a ar 1 r ih th mil mid that would w ho bo a II high ns for or m lii through Jialin I n In the lilt province of Oude lii the they 1111 o I II at rr I l i 1 a tt Ihan 3 and at Agra Kra only y 1 vt M I Inn able ii hie bodied boil led farm fu tin hands hit oils roi ro rl rou u i h i 10 Ihan 12 2 p per r month Kor this day cia and In III Nome some v w P r rk 12 IZ hours a It 1 os 11 last to I take grain grub for tor their gr The fur for nil fill IH to I only 1111 about d 4 I cents cc it it a it tiny day v ya t r I PR n ago ig 1 there was ivaa a n famine In inu u Jurn it rn during ii un ng which the 1110 gov oO Peen r the IIII people r ti It by giving m 11 I id T in on public I 8 It Iti i i 14 rent to III the th diggers and tutu 3 cents M w the th win w anon n who carried the Iho earth earthm m f slur phil to I another III in baskets T a I rk 1 from frum daylight lu till dark dork T f were or pull paid 2 Z coils cents a n tiny day 11 T Tim TI I un r us II d to 10 break up the clods clos nt ini h n over er the limn ground Till UE Him 1111 AND ANI POOH AT T OAI CAI Tn rio ti h In i h th Ih nu hin empire In Is I Iy Isey ey iv y n II i of C l rs that ul surrounded by plenty Tun Tuni i t f i tin is II y are up to the tho neck hi lit the tho thorn lhor rn ri r d r I 1 11 with rich fruits of i i MI kIn i over 11 their heid VIn 1 n li Uy 1 p fir f n tho Iho fruits they n 11 I ml they 1111 and strive and in ii n Ism aln 1 I lens struck HI rill by hy this 11 tI 4 1 That Is I known i th IL Ill of but hilI It H la I olio ol o h t ii III I nt or It hits has Its lis thousands I plen i l and tutu automobiles r in I limen and In 10 the iii P g liveries It hits has rich richi i 1 ij a and native rajahs and ho are loaded u with Ith Jewels I t I Kith filth thin them Is I wont want HO sit 0 keen that It ItI I 1 tin lit tI heart hart There are III thousands I i W i tr limn Ii street a ho go gum almost naked i o It u ii i of nC the th common 11 Is hi Ish h tint tut tie the Ih legs of oC the women uro uron n Ii I Ir ir or to I the knees kne and of the tho then thon n i n t I hr the thighs The bones bone lire are clod clad cladi clodIn clu cluIn i In lne In and skin There Is 18 not notI ugh I mi meat at on the tho legs to 10 tempt t n 0 nim im r dug dog They The are as straight drought ns as O n nii nII nhi ii hi erm rm em the tho swellings of the th calves f b ul Tho h arms show nothing t I HP The hl pour poor loor cur car cori curI I i ails n M t In KIll description of oC the mn no Ito was vita wu a n rag fill a n bone bee and n fI sink f hair slue I IU that there thero Is 18 nuts now r nI i th than n i stringy string muscle Ilp thrown In Ini T Tl i i pie ipie work urk almost naked Patted and Ind tk t r w ile I le forms farms ormA may mA bo to seen I have hac nl a me time watching then them bath I g In Ih ht flanges The water glues tho thu th thIt thuI it I I the hue skin nod and you ou ice IC thou ml nd f e sk I and pray n Aril seal n th tit n the hones homes of oC the people the tto of oC the tho rich richi h i MI the and the 1111 fine fino i I Iu u of oC the government unit and the thee e f r a n 1 few fel rajahs tho the native o orter T t f Calcutta are rein I l 1 f homes no nn bigger than I Fur TI stores store M lire hirer holes holen In rt tn r II I i Whole families live lIe In one ono oner r ni m i I 1 even corn nut In the tho country tho thin Vt t 1 Ir r that the tho bed beta lire ate set net nett et r t h in file thi tI ti Thu PA PAI I tuc ha c traveled extensively among r I fi f n is r 01 of many batty countries but hut I 1 IIi kit Ii f r ii place pine where they work so su soci sor 1 t r i ci little This rids Is la an oh muni u r of oC the tho people r I III farming a liB as their principal Principals li ini s and unil this shout about im ne There Thre are art moro inure that than lii uri rr v h Ii i work ork In III thin the soil sull and thero are arc xi 90 P women ii Hunch und and children iii ti i ally If It every evey man malt Bi m i i til HI In tn thin the United States K goo out I In III the tho Holds every er tiny day to tu tui tog i it g mi up Hi t II land Id nd or harvest tho rho crops II 11 d 1 havo I ho tu tin till farming situation i ii Ind In III addition 11 thero there ore are nr some milli III him stock clock grazing and andr t ii r t millions who wh tithe care cilc of oC oCd d lit of if various Vii Kinds The Tte i of ot them are low hoc Mi nd conception The em emit f rr then paid In kind getting ir Ii m rum mesa heir lr pod food and 1111 a II small p Ir ir n rd g 1 i of if time the crop rop Where herO money money Ir paid tint thin Ih wages do not nol average 25 Z l po ir flit t mid all 1111 nowhere except In AH As Astir A wm tir I II y ruse rife to bl I U 13 In III the Ihl valley f r Ih wh wll where TO the Ihl soil Is I as its asi II I f lit i ii of the tho Nile Ile the average A g i it ti suo io mind and In time tho pm Hi 0 f 01 It u N Is I tl I R 8 In to III hi bi s run f C the tho laborers ore bond i nn who oho i c t I their the lr hiving amid ami amini ni 01 rm mind then for fur a II rust feast T rim rh firmer 01 who Bute hn 1 their th lt own In I V in r mortgaged 11 up till I to 10 their eyes nyes H MM end the 1111 money Rooney lender thi Ih tax In x all IHK them no nn peace hence The Till got KOV 0 ni i t leA leu ci till 1111 11 real estate hurt e iron maiming 1 The claim the inn en ar f high In III camper sin ii will it I n 11 hook honk on nn India steles 1 thit One of or the entire fiti g P pal in rn n nf tit Madras hoe has hll been Id i out tit f and home haute within lees lell lei i 4 i ode Not 01 only nil their farm t 1 ture and personal por belong i see rt 1 been he taken for taxes On r r boil imd It II Is 18 claimed that the KIn sunn today I l is less leMIC Huse It tins has hn peer ever everen e er ern ha en n Hurt nd that It Is 18 lighter per por heat n th II taxis Of or aim other country of Ile r arid Wo o pay Puy 1111 13 times as nut much h hI J tarn I i r head had ns as the IIII Hindus Th RUb nn rm right ht times i 0 n as built unit tho h 20 O time limps ns ni much HY pY MO ONH il f t h nI td we hall shall have hA to 10 look g i r for fr the of nr In III Ini IIII i III las I i p In Ink iris Vo wn e ran can un fled find om one Ile k of It the people p II w heir h lenta them Im v tn 1 harrow whenever w they Iho can cun canin ft i d in n he money sharks shark who lend nt st heij a rates tAle upon their crops and I 11 n mam such u e f thin tho III litter Inter I t in III kind the tho shark on n the th ground and grabbing s the I i Shut t rl ii r the Ih groin grain ns its It comes come from frail Jorn tM r e yiTi t hung The he usual rate of C In Ir t I 4 pr per cent ent rr per OU asnan II II Dud and Iran ti ni lent fn t r are nt P paying a 3 I per pcr x and upward In the till ItI nr tf r Intuit din the thO banks bonk charge o ns liS km h w 10 per l lr cent Ont mar annum nl 01 I u 11 the hl Government Itself t elf has lias re rc n nth b tern ending tending the farmers Carmer some om uI nt at S Ii or 6 0 per perno Kerr t tr 1 uk no n county country where whOre banking Li le to so much ot or u II business There are Riles custom licie tore who thoroughly the tho of fit Interest and there thero Ih ro are arc altogether In Indium India a kera and n fit lie rM ol nC u f whom more than hum t ore lire women en Much loch l la Is loaned upon real 09 os tato tulo Rod and from this Ihl the Iho hunkers bankers urn aro getting KIll I lilt hold of fit the land landIn landIn In III some saute provinces an its much mach UK us fiR fiS per lIer cent ot of f tin tilt country belong to In UlIm mid In ht others 40 10 and 60 0 per lIer percent percent cent cellI IN 1 MUD atUU MU HUTS Tho lilO Ill average homo home of ur the Hindu alt Is la not nut us tae 0 good ns as the HIM five average rage American stable It I Is III often after a n mud hut hot from rain 10 to lu 15 I Ii feet square without doors or fir ow s Thin Tho Moor fluor In ii plas pins plastered tired with cow dung I II II It and the furni furniture tore ture 11 ro In I a o rope bed lop I u mt few pots anti and pans The house h Is usually thatched and Its It Interior Inton or Is iii as its II hare hat a aas HH lill a n hare barn It II seldom hits has more inure than thin n tile one room mid In III this thU till thin tho whole lly Ili II Itself II IC ns as It can Tho stove Is la a mule made of fir three Ihre or I I tour four bricks set Ht on a n mil end and the Ih cook cool cookK III log K IH is done In III and pans There Thero arc it ro re n Ito Ihl and th tho n ii Its 1111 way tiny out n rf f thin tho dour door and tutu from un tin tier iler thin tho cau In cauThe The Tho most mo 1 of oC the tho farmers Careers Cn live hive In lit vil villages 11 logos lages 10 18 of such lIuch huts hurts In riding across India yen nu see these tho everywhere dotting the IIII They Tho era built both along lIon rond and havo none nono of tho the Mur aur ur or conveniences M of oC Amerl teen cull 1111 towns There he re mire are ur no sin hug big school houses or churches no nn street lamps no gutters r II no nn sidewalks There Is nn nu of painting and whitewash h the tho only outside decoration being lumps of oC brown cow OW dung of oC the size ilzo and lInd rut shape of n I fill fat buckwheat cake Ake These IlIe l ore are the Ih fuel filch 1 of the people penile plan plas plastered upon the Ihl walls of the hut hilt to 10 dry Iry Tills Ih stuff In Is picked up tip I by h the tho women and girls who whim follow olinI the cattle They Th carry the droppings to 10 their houses M nil mix them Ihm with dirt patting them Into 1110 shape with their bare hands Such Hush fuel Is IH used mill all user over Ue r India anti time tho women Invariably collect It II ItA IIA itA A STARVATION ArIO T The rite Hindu peasants halo made teed feed feeding NI In ing n fI science They Ih know l noll Just t how hol much will suffice to keep kep them Ihm alive anti they the eat Ial little moro more They h save everything lr and cook conk Just enough Their dirt diet Is III chiefly beans hellm millet and course cause e grain grains with lIh chill chili peppers end and other condiments They seldom have havo meet anti this the castes of oC many mans of nC them urn fir such that they th would wind die tle rather that than eat beef or ur pork They consider the tho cow cos holy hol and would ns as S soon think nf at f chewing their grandparents as n a Il tenderloin tell e steak They rh use a II rancid melted butter hillier called ghee The File Ih Indian farmer former rises rl I nt lit and takes with him n snack of ut c cold fond to I thin tho Ih field At noon his III firings brings him n hunt hot dinner dimmer Ho lie eat rats first Or 1 and slit slip takes what Is III left heft At homo home lilt tho people eat Rt off thin tho floor It If they Are rich they have hAe several ee 1 1 large If It poor Igor ono one or two tivo In addi addition tion there the re nr small dishes I he A for or curry and anil condiments All 11 oat eat e lIt with their Ingers and the UI men always nys first firsti n nIt It i Is III a II itch family that has lias two live wo good genii 01 meals mell n II char dav In I 1 urn ern told that not ono of the tho Ih natives native cnn can afford to 10 eat cult rice and that Ihal the th majority live hlo on Jour flour made matte of course e grains which they hey rook cook up ip Into hen unleavened cakes culled called I 1 have never eaten with time the rondos Hindus They Thoy would not nol tolerate mv my touching their heir tend food for tor this would them lose one caste OMle and lend head to 10 mention damnation INDIAS 1 JAg PA R The whole nation notion seems acorns to 10 live from lined to mouth std tho the result Is la that n It i short crop crull always muses causes a n famine This has hns ha been blell Ito 10 centuries pew hundred and anti forty turl years yearn eal t ago ngo a Il famine amino In n caused the tho death ileath of and years since Alno starved I In one province Famines are arl ao 1 common that hint the tho government govern government ment keeps keep n II fund In reserve which It adds to every esery clr year fluid It lies has a regular system of nf taking care orl of oC the people bv hv employing them on public works nt lit such mich times During the thc fam fani famine lute ine of 1870 moro than ra rn rations ions were Issued h each e day anti and not notwithstanding withstanding thin Hint t almost n fI million died of disease dl ln e or starvation The Tho people live so closely lIoe that hint they 1111 have hare no reserve le erO force Co r 1 and when their food anti Is III cut CUI down lolIn they time drop droll oft off like sheep In some Monio parts harts of India the Ih population Is so lease dense that It II dots docs not Increase from year to 10 year the natural growth which goes ItOl on over oer the rest of ot the Iho world being absent oh enl enlA A striking evidence of the of oC India Is I the tho absolute lack Inch of ot torn lom forts fort which Is I everywhere seen Heln The Th pennants live hive moro more like animals thou than men They will pl sleep le p 11 anywhere I Isee Isee see Heo thorn lying King on tho the floors of the tho railway stations with wIlh nothing hut hat n thin piece lucre 11 of oC cotton colton between helwe n their hones bones and the tho stone Ione In Ill the towns there ore public lodging places pI II I hero the accommodations cost ro 1 from I 1 to In S R Scents cents n a night The ordinary farmer sates ills his hl cent celli and canes camps outside Tim Thin ho sliest most common bed heel III Is a u rude frame framework fr lOe work of or wood woo I over ocr which a n netting of ot I ropes of the tI size 1711 of n II clothes line III Is I 1 stretched This hl Is I the bed h ll of oC the moro more favored members of the Ih The rile Thelie lie upon tho time hued bed for Cor If IC they the stretch out nut their legs their 1111 tent feet would hang tang over sometimes the tho children anti nn l always tho III widows sleep I el elon on the thO floor CONDITIONS IMPROVING O Notwithstanding nil till this one onn nf ot the Iho cabinet t of oC time tho viceroy tells us u that this the tI farmers sue un much t better oft nuts than they Ihl were In the past laBI Said Hall he hue The Flip h wages wn have almost doubled In Inthe Inthe Inthe the past pact generation When 1 I conic came to tn India Inlo 30 years yearn ea ago airo tilt the eyes 11 who took look care of ot my horses hor got Itol ot about six ru rupees rupees ruPees pees fe 2 Z a u month and I now have hll to tiny pay that much for Cor a u common servant and II 12 1 rupees 14 H or more for ono one on of ot the Ihl bettor classes chasers A good 1 farm hand can enn now get ns as much ns an sixpence n a day In must most mo 1 localities 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