Show r f t r ya am Y fb w r A Typical Philippine H Homestead The United Isn't the only country that has homesteaders those homesteaders those enterprising pioneers wh who leave thickly thick thick- ly Iy populated districts and take their families Into virgin territory to Create create homes for themselves The Philippine Islands have thousands of at thrifty home home- TI The e above photograph shows a picture picture picture pic pic- ture of ot a Christian Filipino homestead homestead- homesteader er and his family Lear rear to province Mindanao P. P I I. I FIve Fhe years ago figo he was a cab driver working for tor forlow forlow low wages at Cebu a thickly populated city He went Int Into the then wilderness of ot Mindanao planted hemp and cocoanuts cocoa cocoa- cocoanuts nuts p paid ld for his land and has become become become be be- come wealthy Thousands of ot sl similar Instances could be cited One Mindanao homesteader Is worth I The Philippine government Is encouragIng encouraging encouraging aging the Immigration of ot Filipinos from the thickly populated sections Into into In in- to Mindanao This Is the second largest largest larg largo est cf Cot the Islands of ot the archipelago It Is still sparsely settled although It is la one of ot the richest and most productive productive pro pro- productive Islands In the world Many Americans ha have ve established plantations planta plants plantations there and become rich Filipinos are using the stories of ot the many successful Filipino homesteaders as an argument for tor Independence They make the point that a people that can cango cango cango go out Into a tropical wilderness with I Ino no capital save t their lr patience perse- perse and energy and win homes 7 r themselves es have the necessary stamina to run their thel own affairs |