The Iola register., 1900-10-26
MANILA
IMPROVES
Enforcement of American
Laws is Popular
And the Natives Welcome the
New Method of Redress
of Wrongs
ARE UNDERGOING A CHANGE
Saloons are Under License
and Control
And Punishment Follows
Crime City Growing
Clean and Larger
ARE UNDERGOING A CHANGE
Saloons are Under License
and Control

Washington, oct. 22.-In the report
of Major General Otis, as governor
general of the Philippines, the proofs
of portion of which have been re-
ceived at the War department, the
following concerning the government
of the city of Manila was made public
today:
"The money expended to police and
improve the city of Manila, to make
the necessary repairs on roads and
bridges. to place government build
ings which were delapidated in u
proper state representation, to stamp
out the infectious diseases of small
pox and bubonic plague, to maintain
large native police battalion num-
bering $50 men, together with the
money required to defray the ordi-
nary incidental expenses, has been
greater 10y about one-half than the
city's collected receipts. What those
receipts did not supply has been taken
from the general fund, as the eXpendi-
lures were considered to be impera-
tive. The population of Manila is
much congested. The work of the
provost marshal general has been in-
cessant and has required for its exc
cution administrative ability of "a high
order, and in many respects very deli
cate manipulation, for a floating
,N,nt,1o ic 1upua ap1 1iffiaulf n
keep in check. The liquor traffic al
WAYS has been extensive, especially
in the matter of intoxicating native
drinks. This traffic mas been the sub
iect of concern and mature delibera-
ton. In reducing the number of Ii
censes which Spain granted freely the
natives complained grievously that
they were deprived of the privileges
which Spain bestowed.
Notwithstanding these complaints,
they were greatly diminished, but
could not be entirely withheld, nor
could the traffic be destroyed by any
means within our power. Experience
led to the belief that it could be con-
trolled through careful manipulation
under a stringent license law"
An order issued 10y the provost mar
shal of Manila is also given, showing
the restrictions that have been placed
upon the saloons, and giving the
license fees which are charged. Fol
lowing this order, the report con-
tinues:
The restraining influences have re-
sIlted in placing the liquor traffic un-
der the control of the police and their
officers, and have been attended by
the reforms anticipated and promised
| doubt if there is anywhere any more
quiet and orderly city than Manila
has been for the past year, and this
notwithstanding its great mass OF
floating population of divers national
tiles and the dense ignorance of a por'
tion of its inhabitants; or city in
which proper punishment for crime
is more swift or sure. The records o.
the courts are cited in proof of this
statement, and the native applica'
tions for supposed wrongs or injuries
suffered show that the native popula
tion has confidence in the justness o
our government.
mot only is the population an(
business of the city increasing, bu
that population is passing through {
rapidly changing social environment
due to the introduction of new methods
and improved labor conditions, alsC
to recent greatly augmented rea
property values"