The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-07-15

" produced a witness who had been with him
throughout the previous day and who TESTIFIED
that Blank had paid for everything he hsd
determined never to cross that Turk threshold
again. The next day | was passing. the Turk
store. ] was walking In the middle OF the
lean country town The Turkish hag pushed
out OF her dem and grabbing me and endeavor-
Ing 10 hold me- by main force, demanded TWO
pesos, which she declared l owed her. under
penalty Of a report TO the commanding officer
Her husband. q big smiling lout, stood IN his
store door and grlnned at my discontinue
shook her OF. Then | stood in the door of =
chinese shop a few steps down ne street a,ia
watched. She assaulted six soldiers In sue
oession In the same fashion.
This sort OF thing. of course, soon drove all
soldier trade from their door, But on the fol-
lowing pay day the Turkish bag was on hand
She stopped and accused every American who
passed Of being her husbands debtor, and he
stood In his shop door and nodded approval
Meanwhile the detachment commander had
announced that he would entertain no further
This left the bag with no other resource but
violence, to which she soon resorted. After
half u dozen futile attempts at blackmail. she
sSHa'H With aihte her nails she ore great strips from
his face. Not, wanting TO strike a woman.
however vile. he put outa hand TO push her
away. She grabbed the fingers n her mouth
biting clean through two fngernails. causing
their loss. Just then a practical minded cor
poral happened along and knocked her down,
and their Port Said hays add to the excitement
Of life over here, but we would like TO trade. EN-
for a few decent American shopkeepers. When.
conner Well buy wooden nutmegs or any
other old thing from you. II you will come.
The Spaniard. by the way. very, seldom keeps
tlonss, and in addition to the enormous profit that
Il honestly In the business wrings additional
pesos from his sweating, laborers;
be made In the buying and shipping 81. rriipe from
this island TO the nearby market OF Iloilo, OF
course, the big plantation owners ship their
P Rwt there E,Gs s sns th %Sss .sss Of h nlGns W yhsm fsI.e q
small rice crop. Unlike the sugar business. a
large oanital Is not required. hut these small
rice TiSIi, Ssow xssss Isnn sna own conss or charter ara l0 o, has
mercy OF the rice buyers. The only native
place any conf dence in. Rostico Rosado, is a
rice buTer' and the fairest Of the iSt OLD PAP;
his system for months.
native rice grower brings In his crop TODAY.
together, They bring the rice on carabao sleds.
On each sled Is a big basket. a mammoth affair,
as big as a vat, and unlike anything YOU ever
basket makers. Theyll actually make a water
tight basket house. Their basket trunks are
waterproof. These big baskets are full Of rice.
~ W toiV CuIuN al ullIH NJ ~ sbttt III tIOnt
Of Pap's and the dickering begins. After twen-
%tv-four hours OF talk and Wild gesticulations
Pap agrees to pay q a pico, and the, rice Is un-
on the spot, Oh! no, that ISM, his system. He
swears that he cannot pay until he has shipped
and got his money from !lo!lo. The rice grower
buried in all directions. But he swallows II and
goes home for a week. Pap puts him OF from
week to week until the rice grower begins talk
meets him weeping; The market in Iloilo went
10 smash lust as his shipment arrived and he
only got 90 cents a pico for the rice and can pay
and his laborers come to town and camp before
Pap's door for a week. and the pickering begins
at 4 A. NJ. and continues through the day and
into the night until the breeze blows over the
mountain instead OF from the sen. At last Pap
grudgingly pays 10 cents a pico. and the rice
grower and his tribe &c, their way. glad TO get
further than a warehouse at the, nearest sea-
port, for Pap is rich and can afford to hold until
ths. price In, Iloilo is 81, so or ~ n pico.
You may be tempted 10 say after reading this
that this Is no place for n white man to do busi-
ness. That Ia a mistake. When the white
man starts TO do business here 1t will be a knock
out for all other business men. With a half
decent wage the native will be content a. a la
borer and clerk. In the future there will be dog
ems Of hardwood syndicates. pima cloth syndi-
Gates. pottery trusts. basket factories and min
ine syndicatee, One OF our men who has pros
pected in the States has samples Of pay, ore both
gold and copper, from the mountains on this
l-la1u. nut puZLles me IN tNHt inc Anlerlt an
traders don't come faster.
BY the way. here IL an inventory Of the con-
tents OF a Filipino store in this pueblo.
One barrel bottled beer. Half empty, all warm, no
ice. II is too much trouble for the shopkeeper TO
put Il In wafer 10 cool.
Four one pound packages OF alleged tea. Tastes
and smells like mouldy hay.
one bunch Of bananas. all rotten.
one bunch Of bananas, all green,
One soldiers bl ue shirt, labelled Price. 80"
one GIN bottle fuIl OF beno. warranted 10 KIN a,
1900 yards.
one glass Jar Of fly specked peppermint drops.
-Four packages Filipino tobacco, yisihly mouldy.
One bolt Of red calico, also rs -Specked- but that
makes no difference.
one bottle OF lemon extract, two bottles OF chemlcals.
that mixed. foam like n srdlltz powder. bali bottle
white sugar, full OF ants, one dirty bucket Of dirty
water. one lemonade shaker, one cracked lumber,
very dirty. When the native Storekeeper makes
a luke warm dirty drink that he calls lemonade gu,
Of these Ingredients. he wears An air Of triumph that
would knock a New York b~arkeeper silly. The Gus
toner fishes out the ants.
one can OF American salmon.
one can Of American corned beef.
one can OF California peaches, stolen from Uncle
sam. Price, 81.
one fine tooth comb. The proprietor combs his
own hair with II to show customers how II works.
one tooth brush. when YOU price It the shop.
keeper fubs his teeth with II 10 show you what II Is
for.