REPRODUCED AT THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES. DECLASSIFIEDS Authority Stateletter Inha ty. 1375 Ca: 4 who then retire to the 13 Buall tasks in the interior to grow bananas and vegetables. Although this aye tam anables the laborer to enjoy a certain amount of independence over and above the wages, which he receives, 10 is greatly to his advantage to zomain on good tems with the exporting company.
up to the present time one. eompany has eontrolled, to the exclusion of all others, the exportation of fruit from the district and it would be a calamity indeed were the laborer to be deprived, not only of his employment, but of the only market for the fruit which ho produces. At the same time it 18 to the advantage of the exporting company to have ready acosaa to an independent banana producing area. upon which it may depend.
This interdependence has proven advantageous to both parties and has served to cultivate a sense of responsibility which may account, in some degree, for the absence of labor unrest in the distriot.
STANDARD OF LIVING. che In spite of the relatively small member of unemployed in the district, the standard of living is low. cash income tassmall and the majority of laborers live 10 crudes thatched roor huts seat terad thoughout the bush. Those huts usually have but one room and are innocent of plumbing or other sanitary features. The food supply consiste of yuoda, yaxs, comn, sweet potatoes, plantains, banenes, avocado, and whatever else the laborers may be able to grow on the small cleared areas surrounding their