﻿PUR-SEAL 
  SERVICE. 
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  It 
  may 
  seem 
  from 
  the 
  foregoing 
  that 
  because 
  no 
  greater 
  results 
  

   were 
  obtained 
  from 
  this 
  experunent, 
  it 
  is 
  useless 
  to 
  attempt 
  to 
  lead 
  

   the 
  natives 
  to 
  greater 
  self-reliance 
  and 
  thrift. 
  It 
  is 
  believed, 
  however, 
  

   that 
  such 
  object 
  is 
  not 
  so 
  near 
  an 
  mipossibility 
  as 
  supposed. 
  The 
  

   cause 
  should 
  be 
  sought 
  in 
  the 
  system, 
  not 
  the 
  native. 
  The 
  instinct 
  

   of 
  self-preservation 
  is 
  as 
  highly 
  developed 
  in 
  these 
  natives 
  as 
  in 
  the 
  

   more 
  effete 
  races, 
  and 
  this 
  instinct 
  forms 
  the 
  basis 
  of 
  all 
  desire 
  to 
  lay 
  

   by 
  something 
  of 
  what 
  is 
  in 
  hand 
  to 
  insure 
  against 
  future 
  want. 
  

   Under 
  the 
  present 
  system 
  the 
  native 
  expects 
  that 
  his 
  future 
  will 
  be 
  

   provided 
  for, 
  and 
  has, 
  therefore, 
  no 
  incentive 
  to 
  deny 
  himself 
  and 
  

   no 
  self-reliance. 
  While 
  no 
  one 
  would 
  be 
  willing 
  to 
  make 
  the 
  existence 
  

   of 
  these 
  people 
  a 
  matter 
  of 
  doubt, 
  on 
  the 
  other 
  hand, 
  it 
  is 
  thought 
  

   that 
  it 
  can 
  be 
  so 
  managed 
  that 
  the 
  native 
  would 
  have 
  to 
  depend 
  more 
  

   upon 
  himself, 
  through 
  the 
  removal 
  of 
  certain 
  of 
  the 
  paternalistic 
  

   offices 
  j^erformed 
  in 
  his 
  behalf 
  by 
  the 
  Governn 
  ent. 
  

  

  As 
  the 
  situation 
  is 
  at 
  present, 
  the 
  native 
  merely 
  has 
  to 
  work 
  and 
  to 
  

   draw 
  his 
  weekly 
  rations. 
  He 
  might 
  complain 
  in 
  order 
  to 
  get 
  more, 
  but 
  

   beyond 
  that 
  he 
  has 
  no 
  voice 
  in 
  the 
  disposition 
  of 
  his 
  earnings. 
  All 
  

   the 
  managing 
  of 
  his 
  resources 
  is 
  done 
  in 
  his 
  hehalf 
  by 
  tlie 
  agent 
  in 
  

   charge, 
  under 
  departmental 
  instructions, 
  and 
  the 
  only 
  open 
  line 
  of 
  

   endeavor 
  is 
  to 
  hoodwink 
  the 
  agent 
  into 
  giving 
  him 
  more 
  than 
  his 
  

   share. 
  This 
  unnatural 
  situation 
  should 
  bo 
  remedied 
  by 
  allowing 
  the 
  

   natives 
  more 
  voice 
  in 
  the 
  management 
  of 
  their 
  domestic 
  financial 
  

   arrangements. 
  It 
  is 
  believed, 
  contrai-y 
  to 
  general 
  opinion, 
  that 
  

   nearly 
  all 
  the 
  native 
  men 
  are 
  capable 
  of 
  handling 
  their 
  earnings 
  in 
  a 
  

   thrifty 
  and 
  judicious 
  manner, 
  once 
  they 
  understand 
  that 
  it 
  is 
  neces- 
  

   sary 
  for 
  them 
  to 
  do 
  so 
  or 
  starve. 
  Under 
  this 
  hypothesis 
  it 
  would 
  be 
  

   better 
  for 
  the 
  native 
  to 
  receive 
  his 
  earnings, 
  or 
  at 
  least 
  a 
  large 
  portion 
  

   of 
  them, 
  in 
  cash 
  at 
  the 
  close 
  of 
  each 
  season 
  with 
  the 
  understanding 
  

   that 
  this 
  sum 
  must 
  suffice 
  to 
  support 
  him 
  and 
  family 
  for 
  a 
  year; 
  or 
  

   monthly 
  amounts 
  could 
  be 
  given 
  them 
  with 
  the 
  same 
  understanding. 
  

  

  A 
  native 
  supervisoiy 
  body 
  should 
  be 
  created, 
  the 
  duty 
  of 
  which 
  

   should 
  be 
  the 
  oversight 
  of 
  the 
  methods 
  used 
  by 
  the 
  several 
  native 
  men 
  

   in 
  handling 
  then- 
  resources 
  with 
  a 
  view 
  of 
  preventing 
  suffering 
  on 
  the 
  

   part 
  of 
  those 
  children 
  whose 
  fathers 
  might 
  neglect 
  to 
  provide 
  prop- 
  

   erly 
  for 
  them. 
  This 
  board 
  should 
  be 
  chosen 
  by 
  the 
  natives 
  them- 
  

   selves, 
  to 
  be 
  changed 
  annually 
  or 
  at 
  most 
  every 
  two 
  years. 
  The 
  

   resident 
  government 
  representative 
  should 
  have 
  general 
  supervision 
  

   over 
  the 
  whole, 
  with 
  power 
  to 
  enforce 
  the 
  findings 
  of 
  the 
  board. 
  

   Should 
  a 
  native 
  be 
  grossly 
  improvident, 
  a 
  stated 
  sum 
  from 
  his 
  earn- 
  

   ings 
  should 
  be 
  set 
  apart 
  for 
  use 
  of 
  his 
  children. 
  The 
  Government 
  

   should 
  arrange 
  to 
  deposit 
  any 
  savings 
  the 
  native 
  might 
  make, 
  or 
  to 
  

   expend 
  them 
  for 
  such 
  articles 
  as 
  the 
  native 
  may 
  request 
  to 
  be 
  or- 
  

   dered. 
  At 
  present 
  this 
  latter 
  privilege 
  is 
  denied. 
  

  

  In 
  short, 
  the 
  strongly 
  paternalistic 
  attitude 
  of 
  the 
  Government, 
  to- 
  

   gether 
  with 
  the 
  communal 
  system 
  of 
  living, 
  has 
  robbed 
  these 
  people 
  

  

  