Show GOOD WORDS fO TilE FiUPiNOS1 A Soldier of the Sixteenth Infantry I in Love With the V V Islands and Intends to Settle VV VV V V I Santa Isabel P I April 18th Editor Tribune I am going to write you a few lines in regard to the situation situa-tion In the Philippines 1 am a constant reader of The Tribune and In your editorials edi-torials I find you have a very good Idea of the situation These are undoubted V ly I very rich islands as they produce In large quantities corn tobacco beans peas j cattle hogs chickens ducks geese turkeys guineas cotton wool hemp all kinds of spices tea coffee chocolate indigo sago tapioca rice alt kinds ofsjtroplcal fruit basket ware I hard woods rattan and anything mentionable men-tionable in the vegetable line all kinds of nuts and minerals such asV V I gold silver Iron coal and lead Right here is the finest opportunity I ever saw for a railroad from Aparrl through to Dagupan Tho country abounds with wild hogs deer earl boo etc These natives seem to be quite Intelligent Intelli-gent in their way Of course they are totally ignorant as to education and hardly know what a book is but when V given a chance learn rapidly And I I predict In fifty years time with the American rule it will be hard to find a smarter and more prosperous people i than the Filipinos As a general thing the natives of a tropical climate are a lazy good for nothing lot but the Filipino Fili-pino industrious very religious all of them being Catholics and their women the most virtuous of any 1 have ever met You will see more depraved women wo-men in the States In one day than you will see here In one yean These pao plo have been downtrodden for so many years and have suffered so many Indignities that It Is going to take a number of years for us to build them 1 up again and for them to have confi j donee In us OB yet they hardly know J whether to trust us or not I I The workIngmen get 121 cents V per j day and a man with a large family j I keeps stepping sideways to fill the many mouths on such a small amount I of money Skilled labor such as carpenters carpen-ters blacksmiths demand 15 to 20 cents per day bookkeepers from Vi 1 to 10 per month and expert head bookkeepers book-keepers get V15 V When told of the pay for labor In the States they wont believe be-lieve It I V V I The Filipino soldier draws the large sum of 1 per month corporal 5150 and I sergeant 3 when told we get 15iGO they open their eyes and mouth and I when able to comprehend say Amen cano mucho danlero 1 showed an old I fellow a 20 gold piece the first one he I ever saw and his surprise can better be Imagined than told But give these natives na-tives American tools and a little American 1 Amer-ican push behind them and this island can be made Into a perfect paradise I have been here ten months and have made quite a study of the people V the island its advantages and dlsad ages and have come to the conclusion that the United Stales did a wIse thing when she purchased these Islands All they need Is American push and capital and machinery to make them the finest producers the world In fact I have about decided to slay hero when my time expires and go Into business There is a grand opening for all branches of business and manufactories as there Is no factory on tho island A sawmill and an Ice machine is what Is needed V here first and In succession come hardware hard-ware groceries dry goods clothing banks hotels restaurants In fact anything any-thing you can think of there Is money In it Respectfully yours J GARWOOD SLOAN Private company G Sixteenth infantry Ilagan P I V |