The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-02-12

that they regard the land as Of SO much
more capital value, on which they base
the rent, and require a higher rental 50
really they steal the fruits OF the labor 81
the tenant, and they charge new rent on
the new valuation, and this new valuation
has come from the work OF Inc tenant. lno
natives kick" very much at this; IL Is
very sore point with them.
IN The province Of Laguna, where the
Dominican corporation had their lands,
they even pretended so far as TO say that
cane mills and machinery for crushing
the cane should be left on the estate II
you go out at the end of your three years
and don't renew the lease-that you should
leave them the machinery, very great
question arose. and then there appeared "A
certain man called DIR. Rial, who was
executed In the first week of last Noycm-
Der, or the week previous, aud he went
down TO his native town and raised this
question as 10 title straightway With tho
Dominican order, and he said: "Show us
your title deeds; 1t VIII satisfy Inc and
the people around here and 1t will be bet
ter for ourselves, because II will restore
peace and order, and 1t VIII not do you
any harm" But they could not show their
title deeds.
Question--Are all these lands held in this
way, or do the natives have some holdings
OF their own?
Answer--Oh, yes; here and there some OF
the natives have holdings of their own.
FRIARs LEAD LOOSE LIVES.
Question--What do you know Of the
moral character OF these friars; how do
they conduct themselves in that respect?
Answer--A very large percentage OF
them lead loose lives. They encroacn
upon the virtue Of the women. In the
towns for that purpose, they get up what
hon trftl "a N
thing "Cofradia OF st. Paul or st.
Joseph" and they get women TO Join. and
these women really become the servants
of the priests. They don't, OF course, say
IL Is that but that Is what II really
amounts to, and they are called upon
every once In while for a 'colradia,
taught the women TO consider IL quite
and / knew a place In Negroes where they
| an honor to clean out the parish priests
house, and in this way they have the
women at their call, and there are
| great many. very great many, OF the
| SONS and daughters Of the priests through
| out the islands. There is no secrecy about
| this; they do not tell II IN Whispers, anu
| the natives allow their daughters to marry
J the sons Of these priests freely They
don't seem 10 mind IL much. ! remember
one notable case. l was staying with u
! friend Of mine down In Laguimanco.-
Questicn--On the island OF Luzon?
Answer--Yes. SIR. NY 1rienu puinc ~
! Henry George Brown. He lives now a.
Saffron Walden. IN Essex, England.
have known him about seventeen years,
and / was staying at his place when let
ter came from the corporation saying:
Father So-and-So Is going TO pass
through your town on his way TO Tam
< ina, due north of this place, and VIII you
| please take charge OF his goods and par
coils and see that they are sent on to
Tamina?" I wac there at the time the
small steamer came In, and a drencning
rain came down and simply drenched 10
things. Brown said that Il would be
good act 20 open these things and dry
them, 80 We had the cases opened ana
the things spread out TO dry, and he called
TO me and said Just look here; Is this
| not astonishing?D He showed me some
filthy prints, Photographic slides for a
! SORT OF Kaleidoscope Arrangement, slices
and prints OF most hlthy nature. he
said. ~ show you those because u does
not seem possible that. coming IN me
| package OF a priest, these things could be
possible" Brown said II was 10 business
of ours, but he showed them TO me foI
their moral effect and mentioned u N
my book. And that Is the man who was
TO take charge OF the souls OF the parish
be wat appointed to- That man haa peen