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Show I REPORT 01" TFIE COMMISSIONER OF 1NI)IAN AFF.41RS. LV by the Indians, the agent was at an earlj- sta.ge of the proceedings au-thorized to allow tllr rmplo~menot f white foremen, cooks, and team- I sters to a limited extent in the lumber ca.mps. Fie thinks the Indians hare now had suffiuient experience to dispense entirely \rith white la-bor, and recomll~ends that hereafter white labor of any kind be dis-penxed with, except allowing a white contractor t,o employ a man at his on.n espense to see tbat the work is properly done according to contract. I have been induced to treat this subject at cousi~lerable length on acconnt of the experimental character of the work. It bas so far prored to be nu experiment in the right <lirrctioo. null I there-fore think the benefit derirril 11y the llitlian~p ecuniarily ant1 as a mat-ter of 11ractioale ducotio~s~h ould appear on record, as some answer to the argtl~l~etnhta t the Indian will not work. I have the honor to be, sir, Very respectfnlly, lour obedient serv;~nt, a. PRICE, Comsiirisiuner. The Hen. SECRETARYOF THE INTERIOB. |