AFFAIRS IN SAMOA.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3430, 9 March 1920, Page 3

AFFAIRS IN SAMOA.

EUROPEAN SETTLERS’ R }4.‘POR'l‘S.

APIA, March 5.

Em'ope.'ul citizens have embodied their views in I'epol't-son Samoan pl'obloms.‘ Sir James Allen and the Pal'liamollfal'y party will on VVednes—day‘moof This committee for the purpose of giving :1 rcply_

THE LABOUR QUESTIO;\‘

,~\.PL‘\., Marcll 7‘

A report on agrioul‘ture and labour says: The position today is that we must have more labour or face bank--I‘upt('_\'. Without an t1(lBql11l.l’0 supply it is impossiblv for the plzlnters to carry on. The labour bal'l'acl;s_. wliich were previously C(m.~C(l(‘;'u<l to fulfil i'oquilmnmllfs, have bvvnu ccmrlemned. and we worn compollod to make additions and ol'ec’t. new buildings. The last stl'-aw was the fOl’C'(?(l i‘opatl'iation of imlenturo(l Cliiiiose, costing from £2O to £2O 10/ per hozul. as against £2 10/ before the War. These causes, as well as more costly provisions and tho I'a\':lgos of the x'lniliocm'ous bootlc. is at’ribut(‘(l ‘the baiilcrtipttzy of some of the largest conlpa.nie.~'. One company has reduced its la.bourol's from 149 to 12. its rulahor output from 69,3831bs to nil. aml its cocoa output from 139 tons to 20 tons.

Summing up, the r(-pm"t Says: “Five thousand labourers will llliinmfoly he

x'eqllil'od for the mzlin‘rmlanc(» and J -

olo}nnollf of The pro.<ont p]:m‘rJt'ion.< nd to hlm*‘[ the needs Of’ 111ex'<:}1:1111>:' nd public wm'ks. The Opinion is (“X-I 1%-:’~‘.~'(:-(1 that Chinese can be easily; uwurcd at an ou‘tside wage of 30/ a"€ nonth. Failing‘ Crinese the report‘ ngg(‘st.g tnhaf .T:lpanoso hv obtained I‘-3" I“l'mlg'mnellt with the Dntvh (¥lo\'<‘l‘n-, n(:'!H‘ Figures snblniftcd ShO\\‘ that l p._m'o:s'inlatoly 200,000 acres are under! nlt’«\'ation, 'xn<.nslnly owned by (}_cl‘lnzul.~=.i '1!) No\\' Zoalzmd GOV<‘I'IIIH(!111' is ‘:1Cl'(‘.<l‘<‘d in 76.000 m=l'cs of lands allot} w! to Now Zvalaml hv the Peace ‘N:-:1y. On ‘l*3nl'opoan plzmtafions ’rllul'o I'o ad prosonf at work imlonturod I-flonréa I.~'land’el-S and Chinese, but‘ }lo.S‘olom-an Islanders are being regarxjated, and are no longer a. fac‘t'or. ;11 lS)_.-10 the Chinese numbered 2200;} iow.‘-there are 830. The Soloman Is-I %111(!e.1;s n_lnnbm'od 850; there are nowg LLOS. - It is pointed out that a Samoanl \'itlx_llis wife earns more per day out‘ 7'lng-co:pl'2l on his own holding than the '§la.'nte—l's pay him in :1 month. More-1 3\'ol', the Samoans are insufi‘i<3.iom to. replace indemmxred labourers. 1 133,6 -I'cpol"r asks Sir James Allen‘ to nqviso as to the sfzxtus of Germanl ‘pl'opél*ties. _‘ The I‘O}'lOlff‘ on liquor (:onh'o] vigor-‘I §)llsl§' protosf.'s th-. 11, Hue 1-o.<idont's \\~'m'e‘ (not _ (;unsulto<‘i I‘ogal'({illg the proll'l-" bitii<,gu{‘Jll:()<¢]znnutiong and «-on.<ider.~' tho; ;c01':11s_ ‘of the xnandafo do not stipu‘fate fi)|‘,l,ol'.‘:] prnhibi’ri.on. 'i‘hc I'(rpol'f '£llS:)7voL.fiL2{l\‘.'(S :11’t£>ntion to the fact" that f}l(=:E[();‘§§l'l:x;l__lls n'~111p1()_\'o(1 two .\\'hitG ijl(>%'(<T:'(‘::ll<*:l'l.{ Whiv ]>l'acticall_\' m'u\‘ontvd ‘HI9 &{}l§ii‘es from (winking, The report ‘A State control. ,1 ;II_f1{:”2r::;\3j)o1(- on the Constabulary dc::;si\'(’?Hli'gnx:'&‘4:- not \\':n'l‘allt’m7. and as-,;-sllll"<{fg"'t'}ll3‘..‘ ';."i.<imr,- thaf the nativé con‘—:ya?‘;fis3,ll:\',' xwitlz its pl'eS_(~n.‘ officors. is 11($1%j‘t(I_J2.:D éondncive toA the peace and ‘gr’? H:2"..0a.

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