| Show THE philippines mr PaIr palgrave rave lato late british consul to the philippines boya oard of the people there A concentrated never absent fok re rc pont it ft habitual aalf br rati in word and deed very caraly ay okon except whon when extreme pro location induces induce tho the branot transitory 01 but fatal I 1 frenzy k known a aa 1 amok mr it an and ol an inbred cournea e equally qu ily 0 diffused all al classes hia and low decorum decorum prudence caubon lont quin quiet cheerfulness ready hospitality and it a correct though not inventive taste lasts c charae h arac the th philippine malay life hla family la is a st much subordination and nd I 1 arillo t tile constraint unison lit in nuon liberty not license orderly re rc eucled parents omin moman subject but ciul not oppressed men ruling but not dEs despotic ro rev crenco vorance with kindness obedience tn in nc at botlon thello form a picture Ic ture not by bv any means anro in the vil villages res of tile tho lasto n was tho the wagers Wa sars houses lio lorna large some small wood or bamboo two storied or ono one more buts buis or Pac tous dwelling ti AC kording to tho the fortunes or tunca of 0 tho the icmat a 8 ore aro dotted lacre fore and there it in I 1 an ut symmetrical ym metrical row among tho the trees i hut but nil all have it a comfort comfortably Ablo a cos cosy dooh looh no of sufficiency man many a ot about white painted with es g green on or blue rarely red and occasionally it 11 flower pat at orm or fanciful scroll ork to lo ant nn en thorn them more light native moro ore i or loss lam inhabit tho rho philippines a and yot yet be scarcity a oil y inhabit li i of rare occurrence fa famine aun unknown that Is 13 a winsome picture but except in it a limited sense it Is unreal what Is 16 described above Is true ot of only a fey of 0 the eight millions there are several millions of savages in those islands the problem la Is ahat hat will those ho he are somewhat enlightened do when tho the iron rule alch has for centuries les bound them down domn la Is removed heretofore when the native has hag desired to harvest ills little crop of 0 cocoanuts coco cocoa anuta nuts or hemp ho he lias has boon been forced first to go and buy uy a license to do his hie work ile iio has been an annually assessed as a poll tax an oppressive sum it if ho he ira has ever prospered ond and begun to accumulate it a little extra property ho be has been marked ay as a subject for special taxation the question now Is whether with thoo restraints stra ints removed he will appreciate tho the change and seek to advance with increased opportunities or will mill construe the new liberty to mean license which will justify him in becoming an out rind and out loafer indolence Is the rule among men in hot climates and deception doco deco co eption and treachery chery become characteristics te when mr air palgrave sa says 13 there Is 13 seldom scar scarcity elty and never famine to tho the mind it carries tho the idea that a people must bo be frugal and industrious it does docs not follow in the philippines for the great mass of the people live on native fruits and plants and such baich flah fish as they can catch from tho the sea it if a stronger race enters there and begins the systematic ter natte cultivation or of tire the soil tho the clearing of tho the forests the opening of tho the mines how m alil III the dusky millions there accept the change will they J join oin lit in the advance or will they hold it ft to bo be on an intrusion the philippines aro are a problem lern win will not be solved this year or next |
