Evening star

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cattle and farm animals. Haiti’s teem

ing population literally cannot sub

rsist on wnat is produced by their

country's backward agriculture. Con

siderably greater production would be

possible in Haiti, despite the fact that

the soil has been treated villainously

ever since the Frenchwere expelled,

if it were not for a racial trait which

is characteristic of the island. Well

does the Haitian peasant know this

weakness of his fellow-countrymen. Of

what use for him—or, more accurately,

for his wife—to work hard and pro

duce an abundance if some one else

is to reap the benefit? In Haiti, the

prudent peasant never allows fruit to

ripen on his trees—if he does, his

neighbors, on the first dark night that

comes along, will pick it for him.

Thus the situation in Haiti is a

combination of dense population with

underproduction of food. When such

a situation comes into being in any

country it means trouble—trouble

within the country and trouble for

the neighbors without.

Hunger Basic Cause.

In a word, it is hunger, and not

just a propensity for vicious thiev

ery, that drives the poverty-stricker®

Haitians to commit depredations. But

the isolated white homesteader in

Santo Domingo, who sees his cattle

driven off and slaughtered by roving

bands from Haiti, does not stop to

ponder on the economic forges which

in their functioning make the Haitian

a marauder and himself a victim. He

strongly resents having his live stock

stolen. But that, while bad enough,

is not the worst of his worries. He

fears for his very life and for the

How to cite this articleCómo citar este artículo

Evening star. (1937). Washington, D.C., 1937-12-05. US/DR Newspaper Timeline. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83045462/1937-12-05/ed-1/?sp=41

ReferencesReferencias

Library of Congress, Chronicling America: Evening star, 1937-12-05.