Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-04-17

roouirod 10 procure annually a credula
personal. or document OF idehuhca.ron,
he charge for which varies rom No'
To s25. according to the means OF Tue Up
plicant. Should these sums seem ihsts-
nf6cont n must bee remembered that mo
average native has little or no opportu-
nitv 10 work for hire: that IT ne doss
succeed I'm securing employment MS wages
arc often not more than . cents per Jay.
and that he Is usually unable 10 ulseos"
Of his farm products for cash. beshs COM
nolIod 10 exchange them for other com.
modjtics. in addition 10 TINS psrsoha
~ ,,era IS a tax on ~cOCoanut.tr~es n
tav ON beasts of burden. a tax on kahhg
oniu,ls for food. a tax Tor keeping Il
shop. a tax ON mills. or oil-presseS' a teS
ON weights and measures, a tax on COCK
fighting. and so on to the END OF tle cldp-
ter. At every turn the poor naive nhu'
himself face TO face with the dire neces-
So ~ having tribute: and he frequently
| enends his life I'm an ineitectuat eHort
! 10 meet the obligations thus imposed
polinouent taxpayers are treated wtn
tho utmost severity. The first step ~
usually 10 strip them 10 the Waist t'
/ them 20 a bench or post ana peat the,h
| numerically. l have seen women sup
toctod to this treatment. II this does
not suffice Imprisonment follows ~hlIe
rrossure e. brought 20 bear on reltilves
ard friends. Should none of these me-
| anu Ai'NfN. .-.a- .ff.nH
| thods prove effective. deportation tolows'
with connscation OF property ana tns
| leaving Of women and children To shHI
| for themselves.
once saw forty-four men dsported
rrom SiUiior because they owed taxes
varying from s. to $40. i was lniotiheu
maj they would bee allowed to return 10
their families, if they could ma theni'
after working out the amount OF taeif
rHH. sIa A. MlinNE9I them
we're 10 be Is cents per day. Boarn was
In ~ furnished them at a cost of . cents
nor dav and they were 20 ciothc anu
shelter themselves, In other words, thelr
sentence amounted 10 deportation TOT IRE.
should a native mauage 20 get aproad
and secure some Httle educatlon' ne -
likely 10 be invited on board d guhoolI
some evening and not heard ffom mere
after. the reason for MS dl7dppe"i""0'
being that he knew too much.
Hrpaudage is tolerated, II not on
corrap.d bv the authorities CHARGED
Win the enforcement VI the laws lhe
civil ou9rl 20 TO much trouble In appre-
handing criminals Of the worst w.
only to have them set az liberty asait
without trial, or mysteslousiy ,sedpy
from prison. II there were no criminals
az large the fees Of the judges "ou'u i"'
oG. h,
qbo Coyernor-Genera Us surrounded ny
] AE d Ill.,
"a numerous corps of officials 10 ala nun
Inn The performance Of his dutlea' Wh'i'
the islands are divided into provinces
over each Of which preside a Governor
and u horde Of minor officials. The "hois
administration Is rotten from SKIN 10
core. with few exceptions these OFFICIALS
have come from Spain with the aenDo.
rate and trankiy-cXpressed inlehlio" :.
improyiug their peouninry status anu
Al .. .t.rf.raG i'm doing ~ MuAlO lC-
amir. for their enumeration more space
imam is allotted % me-. a low years ago
it rsad Ia bee said that the Governor OF
, u|roviuce who failed To become wealthy
An two wears was a fool. Certain II -
MAI few Philippine governors gro"
wealthy out OF their salaries
Hostility toward foreigners Il intense.
The extensive export and import t"""o
OF the Islands is in the hands OF lort's'
+, houses. 10 the great disgust OF =.
nisb. who never weary In their ATTEMPTS
to frame legislation for the rum Oh "e'
mouey-maklns i~uterlopers.
< All i'm aU. Do can hardly be sofa that ms
tot of the Philippine native Is "a happy
I one. lie constantly chaie5 uhhe' no
, burden vhiL. the hFlf-castcs, win thtlr
- greater sru-liyeuess and superior HlleHl-
T. geuoe. are uerpetus.lly boiling WIN moro
al, less wcll-cOucealed fuf$. were arms
10 and ammunition 10 De- h"d' "p"'n 20
i'm These islands would BE- speedily yer,
? min,t,d As b. i. the natives, suIIsa
M ana led by the half-aastes' nave re-
nt,trdlv risen against the government
NaturalIy. Tho Philippine native IS
T reacabIe. tasy-going fellow. Indsr " ue-
cent form OF government ne "oulu sNo
i UttIa trouble. No one f4mlliat Win ~
r. STING conditions can doubt that Spanish
- ,pl, has been "a curse 70 these Islands,
h and n would be a happy day FOR them
y shouId some civilized Power take pos
session OF them. Their largest cities ars
a,.It-pIsh dcfenceleHs. and could %
% readily captured unless defended by .
II powerul naval force.
DEAN c.. W~OBctSTER.
,f University % Michigan, Ann Atoof'
J. Mich.