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has been brought to the natives should not occur as in the past, and on account of considerable controversy 

 over the question of the illegal handling of fox and fur-seal skins the inspection of all packages taken away 

 from the islands would eliminate further criticism. 



CONCLUSIONS. 



The whole Pribilof Islands problem may be summarized thus: // moral, intellectual, and general condi- 

 tions are to be improved; if the business of the islands is to be carried on along businesslike lines {and surely 

 the proposition of these islands, including the fur-seal and fox herds, is largely commercial) , then the situation 

 must be viewed from an entirely different standpoint than hitherto; for the returns the Government is to receive 

 from its investment warrant the expenditure of a sum of money large enough to give the officials of the Govern- 

 ment and the natives civilized surroundings, and provide adequate means and necessary facilities to accom- 

 plish a proper administration of the affairs of these islands. 



ADDRESSES TO NATIVES. 



Following are my addresses to the natives on both islands, made just before leaving them: 



ADDRESS TO THE NATIVE MEN OP ST. GEORGE ISLAND, IN THE NATIVE CLUBHOUSE, ST. GEORGE SETTLEMENT, JULY 17, 1914. 



Citizens of St. George Island: 



I consider it a great honor to be able to address you this evening. Back in my home, near Washington, D. C, before I ever came to 

 the Pribilof Islands, I often wondered if I ever would have the pleasure of visiting you myself. And to have my wish come true greatly 

 pleases me. It gratifies me more than I can tell you that I am here to see you in your own homes. 



I can not tell you how much pleasure it afforded me yesterday when I visited most of your homes. All of them were so clean and so 

 homelike that it pleased me beyond words. The wife and the mother make the home, but the husband and son have got to help toward 

 making it bright and cheerful. 



I was pleased to go into your schoolhouse. There is no greater obligation on the fathers and mothers to-day than having the children 

 learn the English language. If you want your boys and your girls to grow up and be good citizens of the United States you must send 

 them to school and teach them the English language, and I want you, as the citizens of St. George, to see that your sons and daughters 

 go to school and do their best to learn. 



Next, I want to speak to you about the morality on this island. It is the duty of every man here, above everything else, to protect 

 his wife and daughter. It is the law of our country, of which we are a part, that our women shall be protected. You must protect your 

 womanhood from any wrong among them, and you will have protection from the United States Government against any bad white men. 



I want to speak to you about drinking; that is, drunkenness. Liquor — beer and whiskey — used for pleasure, hurts the body and the 

 brain. The law provides that when you are sick or have sickness in the family the doctor will give you what you need. That is all 

 right; but drunkenness can not be allowed, because it is against the law of the United States. It doesn't do you any good, and it is a 

 bad example to your children. 



The man on this island who is responsible to the United States Government is the agent and caretaker. There is no man whom you 

 should try to help more than this one. He has your interests at heart. He wants to help you. He wants to help your families. He 

 wants to build you up all he can, but you must listen to him and obey him and do as he directs. On the other hand, when you have any- 

 thing you think is not right, you have a way to bring it to him, and that is through the chief of your tribe. 



You have elected your chief because you believe in him. You believe he is an honorable man who will do right by you. And when 

 he is doing right by you he is not only helping your interests, but he is doing his duty by the United States. I am sure your worthy 

 chief and his assistants are going to try harder to help the agent by cooperating with him. 



I want to say a word to you about your doctor. Do you realize what he means to you and your family? You should do everything 

 possible to make his work easy and light. You should see that his orders in the sick room are carried out, and do what he tells you to do, 

 because it is for your interests and your family's interests. 



I know I bring the good will and the best wishes of the President of the United States, Mr. Wilson, and of the Secretary of Commerce , 

 Mr. Redfield, and of my associate, Dr. Smith, and when I go home with a report of this island and what you and your families need they 

 are going to listen to me, and they are going to try and help you further. 



I want to thank you for asking me to speak to you. I consider it an honor, and when I come back here again I hope to find you have 

 done a lot to help this island. Thank you. 



ADDRESS TO THE MEN OF ST. PAUL ISLAND, IN THE SCHOOLHOUSE, ST. PAUL SETTLEMENT, JULY 20, 1914. 



Citizens of St. Paul: ■ 



It is a great honor to be with you this evening. I can't tell you what a great pleasure it is to come all the way up here from Wash- 

 ington and have this talk with you. 



I have often looked at your islands on the map in the books down in my State and wished I could be with you, and now I am here, 

 as I have often wanted to be. 



I want to talk to you about things that are of great interest to you and which concern you and your families and the United States 

 Government. 



I don't want you to think that anything I say is said with any unkindness, because I come here as a representative of the United 

 States Government. I want to speak to you first about your homes, your houses. There is nothing you should have brighter than a 



" Repetitions and unusual construction of sentences in these addresses are due to difficulty in making native interpreter understand me. 



