48 COFFEE I ITS CULTIVATION AND PROFIT. 



foot of the table that the monthly wages of " un- 

 skilled labourers" remain unchanged, that is to 

 say, Rs. 6 per month. Such people must live on 

 stinted rations, as many of them now-a-days un- 

 happily do, or neglect those depending upon them. 



The coolie's interest is the planter's. He should 

 be lodged well, fed sufficiently whatever the price 

 of grain is, and kindly treated. An estate managed 

 on these principles will have good labour at com- 

 mand when other estates round about are being 

 ruined for want of hands. Let the planter remember 

 (whether he works in the east or west) that he and 

 his prospects, his manners and his ways, are the 

 subject of keen enquiry and gossip not only in the 

 "lines" that lie below his bungalow, but all over 

 his district, and further still perhaps ; therefore let 

 him cultivate a good repute, and when he has 

 got his gangs together, guard them carefully. 



