Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1899-08-08
LSHITCHED TOGUNS
UNIQUE but Effective Use of Phil
ippine Cattle.
BATTERY PRACTICE AT ILOILO.

BATTERY PRACTICE AT 1LOILO.
Major Sternberg Writes About Some
Things Which Strike an American
Observer In Our Colonies-Adapta-
ton of the Panayan Characters.
Panay's Glorious Climate.
Major Theodore Sternberg. paymas-
ter and treasurer at Iloilo, writes to his
brother, Surgeon General Sternberg,
regarding the conditions Of that part
of the Philippines as follows, says the
Washington Post:
Il send you photograph Of section
of Captain Bridgeman's battery, Sixth
artillery, now stationed at Iloilo. The
horsing Of this battery with native
bulls is the most unique and pictur-
esque thing in the army. Don't for a
moment think these bulls and their ca
pacity for travelling are to be compared
with an OK train on the plains in the
early days you and l so we'll remem-
Der. These are trotting bulls. The
other day the battery was yoked up
and was in battery three miles away
In Is minutes. The men In the battery
are very proud Of their bull teams and
carefully groom them. The other day
I saw one of the men mounted on q
bull, artillery saddle, herding the
bunch. One tried to break the herd,
and the mounted bull jumped bitches,
outran the other and in all things COM
ported himself as well as any herd po-
ny could do.
Il have now been in these islands
nearly eight months, and up to date
have seen more delightful weather
than I ever saw before in any country
In the same time. When think Of the
beautiful homes at Los Angeles and at
Pasadena, Cal, with their subtropical
vegetation, l cannot help thinking that
when the same kind Of men take hold
Of these islands they will be the most
delightful spots in the world.
Il always suffered from catarrh In
the States. Now would not know
had a nose If the city was thoroughly
policed. l look forward to the time
when there shall be American homes,
American families and American
schools here. l want to see American
ideas grated on to this native stock,
and l believe the graft will grow and
bear fruit. Catch these natives young,
and they can be made, the rank and
file Of them, useful citizens, but what
can you expect when labor is not con-
sidered honorable, when the foreigner
would not get up to help himself to
cigar on a table in the same room, but
will call for q servant to get it for him?
I am proud Of the fact that in America
Lincoln stands for honest labor and
it's just reward. We must show these
people by object lessons the honor
which is in honest labor, the delights
Of American home life on the farm and
the dignity Of owning your own farm
and living on it.
Il have met many inquiries as to
when are the Americans going to es-
tablish schools. These people are anx-
ious to learn and want schools, and
after the fighting Is over nothing our
people can do would meet a quicker or
more grateful response than free
schools. fully believe that the rate
Of wages paid is the real criterion by
which to Judge Of the condition Of q
people. Not far from Iloilo is plan
tation-sugar. The owner, foreigner,
paid 81 Mexican, or 81 United States,
a month for his laborers. Just think
Of it-$2 per month for a man! The
man who wishes labor at such price
Is the kind who believes in colonial
government for these islands. want
these people taught to earn and get de-
cent wages, and that is the bottom Of
this whole question for the future, and
the elevation Of labor here. is the oar
we must use That done in these is
lands will make it easier to benefit the
people Of the entire orient.
1T makes me tired to read the
speeches and newspaper articles
against American occupation Of these
islands. The LIST of May is the Fourth
of July of the future Of these people.
The American Indian melted away be.
cause he could not and would not live
the settled and laborious life Of civ.
ilization. These people here will,
fully believe. These peasantry quick.
ly catch on if shown, and will soon use
American plows, put on shoes and
stockings, 60 to school, get up eau
cuses. nominate tickets, vote and hunt
for Office as readily as our Americans
do at home. Those who have had an
opportunity for education are as high.
ly cultivated as any one, but cont.
mental rather than English. A man is
creature Of environment anyway.
"One Of the funniest things illustra.
tive of this noticed the other day.
was introduced to q Chinese mestizo
who talks English with the most pro
nounced cockney accent. His his are