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clean home. It is the means of keeping a good wife good. It is the means of bringing your children up in the right way, and it is the 

 means of happiness and health. 



I'm glad to say that some of you men and your wives are setting a good example, but I am sorry to say that some of your houses are 

 not as clean as they ought to be. 



It is not too late to correct this, and I want those who haven't clean houses to help their wives to correct it. 



Now I want to tell you who can help you do this; it is your doctor and physician. He is put up here by the United States as a 

 Government official. He knows what is best for you and what you need in your homes to keep you healthy and also to get you well when 

 sick. 



You must not take any offense at anything he tells you to do, because he has yotir interests at heart. I ask you to go home and tell 

 the family to help, so as to make your lot happier and better. 



Now I want to speak to you about your school. There is nothing any more important than giving your sons and daughters an 

 education. This is offered to them without cost. I want to tell you that the English language is as necessary for your children as any 

 thing in this world, if they are going to be United States citizens. The man and the woman that can speak the best English are the ones 

 that can get the best wages. I want you to do everything with your children to get them to school regularly so they can learn. 



The next thing I want to speak to you about is the morality of your community. There is nothing that will ruin any place so quickly 

 as immorality between men and women. 



It's your duty as fathers, as husbands, as brothers, to see that your women are protected. And you can't expect them to be loyal to 

 you unless you do protect them. You have a way of doing this. You have the agent to complain to and the laws of the United States 

 will protect you. And I want to tell you, furthermore, that the United States is not going to allow any white man to disturb the sanc- 

 tity of your homes. 



I want to speak to you about your drinking. Drink is the cause of the breaking up of more homes than anything else in the whole 

 world. The instruction sent out here was that nobody is authorized to give anyone a drink except the authorized doctor. The drunken 

 man is a breaker up of the home. He sets a bad example for growing sons and daughters, and what good does he do himself? It's 

 against the law for you to make beer; it's not allowed anywhere else in the United States without a license. I've got to ask you in the 

 name of the Government not to do it any more. If you continue to do it, which I hope you won't, it will be necessary to stop the 

 supply on the island of everything you use in this beer. 



I want to speak to you about your duty to the agent. He represents the United States and he is responsible for the way affairs are 

 conducted on this island. He has your interests at heart; I know he wants to do the very best he can for you, but I ask that you do 

 your part and come to him when things don't look right, and then to obey him. 



You have a chief; you have elected him the chief because you believe in him. He has an honorable position and I'm sure he is 

 going to do his duty to you as well as to the United States. And I want to say to your chief that it is his duty and right to see that the 

 things I am speaking about to you are carried out; but let him do it by going to the agent and talking it over in a proper way. And I ask 

 you and your families to support the agent and the chief on this island and make a better return than ever before. 



I want to speak now about a matter I know is of interest to you all, and that is matters relating to your pay. 



While the commercial killing of seals is not going on, you men and your families get paid the same. Don't forget this now, men, when 

 you are called on to do anything you must do it cheerfully and willingly when the agent and the chief call on you. Do you ever real- 

 ize that this very cargo you are unloading is your own food? And yet you are getting paid 25 cents an hour for unloading it; you get 

 your coal to burn in your stoves; you get your oil. I'm not speaking in unkindness, but you must understand. I don't want this 

 done away with right now, but I want you to appreciate it and to do your best by helping in everything that is done on the island. 



The work on the streets, the roads, the trails, tne storehouse, schools, and water system are community work and must be attended to. 



The Company house, the Government house, and other buildings used exclusively by the Government officials will be repaired by 

 you as usual, and for such service you will receive pay as heretofore. The warehouse, the shop, and the salt house belong to you and 

 these should be community work just the same as anything to do with the seals. 



I want to tell you something that you may not realize. You get about $300 — some more, some less — out of the store each year. 

 I want to tell you how much work you do for that; you do less than four days each year a man. I want to tell you how much that is 

 a day; it's over $80 a day. I just tell you that to show you that you haven't much to complain of and I'm sure you will agree with me. 



I want to speak of something else that is very serious and a matter that the United States will not stand for. It's a prison offense 

 and I want to tell you that the first man caught doing it must leave the island. It's killing of seals illegally. You can have all the seal 

 meat you want to eat; that's what we are killing the seals for to-day — your food; but I know last year a great number of you killed 

 puppy seals. It doesn't matter much now who it was; it can't make any difference; we'll forget the past. I do know several men 

 who did it, but they are not going to be punished now; but don't do it any more. When you need meat tell the agent. It's to your inter- 

 est to protect the seals as much as anybody — you get the meat. I'm going to put everyone of you on your honor now; never break the 

 law again. 



There is one thing — it came to my ears that foxes have been killed. No foxes shall be killed unless authorized by the agent; and this 

 is against the law also. 



The President of the United States, Mr. Wilson; the Secretary of Commerce, Mr. Redfield; my associate, Dr. Smith, send greet- 

 ings to you and wish you success and want me to tell you that they wish to help you. 



Finally, let me say that I want to help you on this island; you are a part of the United States just the same as I am, and you must 

 do your part. 



I want to say again that I appreciate your asking me to speak to you. When I go back I will better understand your affairs, and if I 

 can help you in any way I will do it. 



If there are any questions you want to ask now, I will be glad to hear from you— the chief first, and after that his men. 



