The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-03-11

into the hands Of a Chino never again sees III,
light Of day As a part Of tho circulating medium
Of the world II ceases to eyist Something will
have 10 be- done to choke Theses leeches from tn,
commercial body u these islands I'd like To IN
a soldier in an army " conquest in China with q
commanding officer who would let loo,ihg 20
Why. the soil Of that nation must be yeined with
buried gold The Turks are worse han the
Chinus, for they are trouble breeders az well as
gold huardcrs. EN English soldiers tell me that
England will no, ALLOW a Turkish trader on East
Indian soil. There Was an order issued on this
island iur their Punishment, but Just a. they were
all packed up and ready To go u was r,scinded
Why, dc not know. 1t should have been en-
forced
We want SINAI American retailers over here.
Wherever the army goes they should follow
Something should be done ~ encourage them TO
come her" They should be guaranteed pro.
themselves and their pr lperly IN army quarters
We want American retailers OF shoes, clothing;
haberia,h"ry, stationery provisions and canned
saloons The prevailing margins Of prIhts are
enormous The stock necessary Is small A
few hundred dollars would buy it, I'm beginning
~ think since | came over here that the iankee
Is the sluwcst man on earth. Every other nation
atty Is getting a hand in on the PHILIPPINES.
What i th' matter Will the American lie
ism coming fns, enough and Is missing hiv opD"'-
tunitieS
In addition TO gold boarding there is another
trick that the willy Chino WORKS on these Islands.
The dukkos. resembling big copper cents, con
corner all the dukes. Also all the pesetos ana
media pcsctDs, equivalent respectively TO 10 and
o cents American. on payday II Is an impos'
sibillty at tif I e. get change for a gold piece -x-
cept IN q thlno's shop, II IN a very foxy game.
But we fool the chino nowadays who tres TO give
us short change On IN" plea that 1t Is all he has.
We take the goods, take back our gold piece,
Writ an order on our detachment commander
for the right price, sign II, toss 1t 10 Mr.. Chino
and walk out The Chino knows that order IS
as good as gold. But it bcats him out OF the
chance to hiSl US out Of a media peso or a peseto.
Az frst, we were good.natured fools and used to
stand Tor 1t.
When ! read in American daili.s tina, there are
people back in the States who talk Of abandoning
these islands, or selling or giving them away,
It almost makes me ashamed that am American.
II Is inoomprehansible Talk about the chump
who sold his birthright for a mess Of pottage
why, he was a solomon compared 10 the Amer
lean who would give away these islands. Think
Of abandoning Negros, the Eden Of the Southern
Seas, Why. there il room for 500 small shop
keepers on this island to-day. In five years
every one Of them could own a plantation that
will annually produce a. much es a county In
America. Are We % abandon this land because
a few thousand natives, who closely resemble
the American Digger Indians persist IN quarrel,ns
with each other and everybody else' II you are
bound u give away these gold mines Just sign
EN- over e. the American regulars. We are as
good as Agulnaldo, are We not
Think ot the land here, already cultivated,
that grows sugar, hemp tobacco, nee, Gomez,
cacau and copta. And for every cultivated acre
there are untouched hundreds equally as good.
Some day there viii be factories here. Nipa
cloth, made from pineapple fibre and more bau
uful than silk. will find q place in every market
IN the world. So will nipIs cloth, made from the
pita fern. The pottery 81 Panay will be sold
the world over. From the it fern the baskets
and hat, Of all civilization will be MANUFACTURED.
Furniture, the most beautiful ever made, Will
he shipped tn every ~civililed port. The noun
of Cehu, Bohol and Mindanao will give
up their wealth Of gold, Who is to control all
this wealth Who Is To take 1t crude and refine
il These Malays' Bah For centuries they've
adhered prayers Sunday morning and mur.
dered each other Sunday night and these gar
denS ats still deserts.
Uncle sam, II you must abandon these Islands,
please give Negroes to a certain regular.