Like most Florida cane growers. Gulf & Western imports Jamaican labor through an arrangement between the United States and Jamaican governments. If a cutter does not fulfill his quota200 feet of cane per hour or eight tons per dayor if he complains about his working conditions or food. he is likely to be summarily deported to Jamaicaand charged for his passage. The Miami News quoted one Florida grower who summed up the process this way: "We used to own our slaves. now we rent them." Florida is not alone in allowing such in. human treatment of farm workers. Many California and Arizona growers have their own system for "renting" them.
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