The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-02-21
American Methods Re,
vealed to the Filipinos.
Natives Surprised TO Get Full Pay.
Servants Under Old Rule.
Spanish Prisoners.

The people are gOCd-naturet. kind ,
y, lazy, but quite intelligent and can
1e made good. self-suppoTting citizens.
.nGer Spanish rules they were cowed
and cheated. For instance. rhe Are r
nea were paid on by one Of our pay
masters. One OF the Filipino firemen
got s22. He kept IS aud placed the
other Sl4 back on the table.
What do you mean by that asked
the paymaster.
e. never get but S. answered the
The chief fireman gets s..
the assistant chief gets s.. the Mayor
gets 81 and 1 get ss.'
You are under Americans now and
you get S22 Tor yourself said the pay
master.
The Filipino looked surprised. took /
the money, marched over toward some |
of his friends and explained matters.
They Rugged and kissed each other |
and looked thoroughly happy and mys-
titled. American honor. rs yet, was al
most beyond their comprehension.
The Spaniards are cunning finan-
ciers. They knew how TO increase their
revenues IN the Philippines. All the
servants and labOrers We're Obliged to
pay tribute. As soon IS men or women
servants they were obliged To &c; a
cedula or written permission or pass
port from the authorities in their city
or village. and to pay n certain fee for
il. In this way great sums of money
were collected. II was far from fair.
for character depended mostly ON the
kindness or mkindness of the employ
er. Certain fines were given for a bad
character. so even if an employee was
leverytning he should be. the EMMY OF
the employer might not only prevent
Inn from securing a better place. but
might also subject him to- excessive
fines thanks To American vaIor. the
character passport is dead and the
Filipino can breathe freer.
Yes. saw many marks OF cruelty.
but one OF the saddest scenes | wiz
messed on the day the political prison
ers were released from their chains.
Some 800 Filipinos We're in the politi-
cal prison in chains. for offences. or So
called offences. against the spanish
Government. The prison was not over
presentable and every prisoner was
manacled. The irons on his wrists
were fastened together and few We're
chained to the walls or posts. An
American officer had the honor 20 free
them from these revolving punish
ments. He first told them that their
leases would lie carefully looked into
and they should have full justice and
an honest hearing and be dealt with
fairly according to- ,.eir crimes. II
crimes had been committed.
You will never wear chains again,
but be treated As Americans are dealt
with he said.
The blacksmiths knocked out the
rivets. took of the hand and ankle
cuffs. carried away the chains. and 500
men felt free. They said but little
and looked volumes. There was one
youth. heavily chained. about - years
old. carewon. almost a skeleton.
How long have you been here
chained?" he was asked.
Twelve years.
Impossible, What were YOU 50
harshly dealt with FORE
When l was eight years old az.
tackled some Spanish soldiers, vas az
rested and placed here he said. IL
smiled and continued: They must hov,
thought me dangerous or have beef
great towards TO have punished me s.
terribly Then he broke down an.
wept b. -terly. He received hi free
dom on the spot and was selected rs
servant by one OF the CtnCers, VIII,
finds him perfectly trustworthy. sue!
happiness was seldom seen as the pr!s
oners displayed. In the future the.
Will be we'll taken care OF.
Glad TO get home? I guess so. Ney
er saw anything as beautiful as tn
Pacific coast when first caught sigh
OF it coming home. Yet III go again
|. in a minute Our boys have performe,
superb service out in the Philippine
better work than is generally known
We can civilize those people in shor
order. Every man out there is an sx
pansionisJ, for he sees for himsel
what great advantages those island
possess. We won that territory and !
is ours. hats the way the soldier
1 and sailors feel. Oh. about Dewey. II
\ is the greatest favorite in Manila
modest, ganant gentleman tina; he Is.