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The Conservative, 1900-10-25

were to be found throughout the Philip
pine islands before our recent war with
Spain, and great care was bestowed upon
elementary education, and the common
schools for boys and girls, all well con-
Quoted and organized, were all estab-
lished by the Spanish friars, Jesuits,
priests and Catholic nuns.
Notwithstanding the fact that we find
these statements quoted above in the
article signed by Mr.. Evans in THE Con-
SENTATIVE, of October IL, 1900, which
clearly tend to disprove the following
slander on these orders, nevertheless,
strange to relate, we find the following
statement in this same article which
only covers little more than one page
of The CONSERVATIVE:
"The real sovereigns of the archipelago
were the Augustines, Dominicians,
Franciscans and Jesuits, who soon be-
came in many provinces the great land
owners and reduced the natives to a
state of vassalage and practical serfdom.
They did nothing to promote and every.
thing to prevent, the education of the
natives. Even the law prescribing that
Spanish should be taught in the CON-
mon schools was easily evaded because
the persons who acted as school inspec.
tors belonged to the monastic orders.
The ground of this strange opposition
to instruction in Spanish was that the
monks might keep the control of affairs
in their own hands by acting as inter-
prefers between the Filipinos and the
civil and military authorities fresh from
Madrid and frequently changed in con-
sequence of ministerial crises and shifts
in the colonial Office. With the collapse
of Spanish supremacy, the detested
friars fled from the country, but Arch
bishop Chappelle of Manila, is now en-.
deavOring to have them recalled and re-
stored to their former privileges.
Not Familiar with Catholic Orders.
Whether the statements which we
quote here are those of Mr.. Evans, or
those of Won Ferdinand Blumentritt, in
either case they show the utter reckless.
ness of the author; he displays such
ignorance of the very orders of priests
which he condemns that he refers to the
ancient and we'll. known orders of Aug
ustinians as "Augustines" and of Domin.
leans as "Dominicians.
AS a matter of fact the Philippines
were discovered by Megallen, as Gemelli
notes in his history of the Ladrone
islands, in 1921, and such was the zeal of
the Roman Catholic missionaries in pro.
pagating the Catholic faith that before
the close of the sixteenth century, as
Argensola tells us, more than G, 900 Cath.
olics had been martyred in a single prov.
ince; and the very Augustinians, Dom
inicans, Franciscans, and Jesuits which
this ko;v &c
The Conservative, 1900-10-25
Che Conservative.

cultivated, and in every way fit for self
government.
If Mr.. Evans, or any of the readers of
your valuable paper, many of whom,
like myself, are Roman Catholics, choose
to inform themselves about the facts
concerning the various orders of Roman
Catholic priests in the Philippines, I
would recommend them to read an arti-
Gle written by the Rev. Joseph M. Algue,
director of the observatory of Manila,
which article is dated at Washington
City, April Q, 1900, and is published on
page 6 editorial page) of the New York
Sun of Wednesday, April 4, 1900. I
have copy of the paper containing
that article and will be happy to send
you or Mr.. Evans copy of the same
should you desire to have it. The Rev.
Joseph M. Algue is a member of one of
these very orders abused in the article
written by Mr.. Evans, and have no
doubt that any inquiry at Washington
City will bring forth all about the Rev.
Joseph M. Algue, and then they will
know, among other things, that he is
not only most jealous Catholic priest,
but most highly educated gentleman
and one Of the great scientists of this
age. I would also recommend little
book published in 1899 entitled "The
Friars in the Philippines" written by
Rev. Ambrose Coleman, o. p, and pub
lished at Boston by Marlier, Callahan &
Company. Rev. Ambrose Coleman, o.
p, the author of this book, is one of the
very much abused friars referred to in
the article signed by Mr.. Evans. gave
copy of this little book of the Rev.
Ambrose Coleman, o. P, entitled "The
Friars in the Philippines" to Judge Taft
before his departure for the Philippines,
which he read with much interest and
I believe, with great profit.
Church Property Not Held Individually.
To illustrate how unfair this charge
in Mr. Evans article is, desire to state,
as statistics will readily show, that the
whole number of Augustinians ("Au-
gustines," he calls them) in the Philip
pines in 1896 was 327, and the Catholic
popu lation which this number of Angus
tinians assisted in supplying with re-
ligious instruction and education was
{, 300, 900, about one priest to every
1000 Catholics. That the so.called friars
possessed, or now possess, large estates
in the Philippine islands is not correct {;
the individual friars possess nothing,
and the only property held by the order
is attached to hospitals or colleges, or
other charitable institutions.
1t is not true that the real
sovereigns of the archipelago are
now, or ever were, the Augustin-
ians Dnminicana Franciscans Or
The Conservative, 1900-10-25


never touched.
desire to here quote from volume
Of Marshall's Book of Missions, 4th
edition, published by D. and J. Sadler
Company, my brief quotation being
taken from pages 478 and 48O of that
book. This work is particularly inter-
esting because the important statements
made in this work by Mr.. Marshall are
all based upon the authority of Protes-
tant writer's:
"In the Philippines, the success of the
missionaries was so complete that even
at the close of the sixteenth century
Mendoza could say: according unto the
common opinion, at this day, there is
converted and baptised more than four
hundred thousand SOULS In 1893, as an
ardent protestant observes, in his &C.
count of the voyage of Oliver Mort, and
speaking of what he calls the 'Lus-
SON. islands, there are few Spaniards,
and but one priest, which is of great
esteem and had they priests enough all
the neighbor nations would be subject
to the Spaniards,' for, he adds, the
Jesuits are in reputation with their con-
verts as demi- gods (Purchas' Pilgrims,
vol. lib II, ch v, PIP. 7576.)
"And this work continued, until, as
later protestant writers will presently
tell us, the four million inhabitants of
these islands had embraced that Catho-
lie faith from which they have never
since swerved. Such is the first chapter
in the history of Polynesian missions.
How far it resembles the same apostolic
work in the lands which we have already
visited, and especially in characteristic
learn from Protestant witnesses, whom
Providence seems to have employed to
this end, that their co -religionists might
the more readily accept their testimony.
1.-THE Rev. David Abeel, protestant
missionary, who seems to have wander
ed over the lands beyond the Ganges,
searching for something to do and find.
ing nothing, and whose book is simply a
record of triumphs of Catholics and of
the choleric disgust with which he wit
nesses them,- thus writes of the Philip.
pines The church of Rome has here
proselyted to itself the entire population.
The natives have become bigoted papists.
The influence of the priests is unbound
ed 1t is only fair, however, to this
gentleman to add that he considers the
conversion of the Philippines, accom-
plished by such men as Medina and
Sanvitores, remarkable example of the
power of the beast (Journal of resi-
dence in China, Oh xvi, p. $685.
"ln the year 1853 Mr.. Ore wford, whose
writings are we'll known in this country,
and who was formerly governor of Sing
apore, made the following declaration
at public missionary meeting: In the
Philippine islands the Spaniards have
converted several millions of people to
the Roman Catholic faith. and an i'm.
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"wMAr MORE THAN wAcEs?D

Employers-some of them-are coming
greater interest in the prosperity OF
their business than is represented by the
wages they receive. What this feeling
has led to, in some cases, is set forth in
an illustrated article by William Howe
3Tolman, printed in the December Cen
fury, under the title, What More Than
Wages?,
This is an Industrial question that is
being asked by men, some OF whom feel
that the labor share Of their wealth pro-
duction should have larger reward
than the mere payment Of wages. Other
employers are sufficiently far-sighted to
recognize that whatever makes the
worker more human, more contentcd.
more skilled, is a positive Industrial as
set in the business. and is large fac
tor in industrial stability.
An employer doing a business OF half
a million asked the writer IL he could
commend to him any young man or
woman, preferably some one just gradu-
ated from college. hence OF trained in
telliGence, who could go into his estah-
iishment with the status OF private
secretary, for the sole purpose OF study
iEg and advising, by personal contact
with the working staff so that the en-
ployes could be made OF more value to
themselves. in the first instance, and to
their employer. In the second.
One more fact will show that these
movements Tor industrial bettsrsnsni
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Epta us d.sda ppsa N lsoo 81

friend. He is not to any large extent,
sor his deal Is confined to the specuia-
tive market ana In order TO be success
sui 1T must first be demonstrated that
there is very little corn in the country
that VIII grade No. 2. Therefore it is
s dent that the higher the price goes
ess corn there must be to profit by
rise. Phillips was simply shrewd
sh to ;orsase that No. 2 corn was
g and he has cornered the market
elbow spectators are the ones who
suffer. They were not so shrewd
sold corn for November delivery
ch they did not have. They are
.,slat short. Nevertheless no one can
- that the spectators OF the board
are not OF benefit to the farmers, for by
their association and by their opera
lions they make q cash market for all
grains. Without them the farmer,
When his grain went to market. would
have to wait until 1t was sold to the
man who wanted to use it before he
could tell what price it would bring
and should many farmers ship on the
same day the market wouldabe glutted
and the price unnecessarily depreciat-
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are in the air. Last spring the writer
was asked II hegwould entertain a prop
osition to go with a large concern about.
5tosstarts a plant III the suburbs Of a large
scity The flrm wished some one to- take
the general oversight and planning OF
NIL kinds of movements that would tend.
TO Improve the conditions of their eln-3
lloyes, In education, recreation, santa
ton and SO on.
After an inspection of a plant where
nearly fous- thousand men are employed,
the superin tendent asked for SUCCESS
tions looking toward industrial better
ment. gave him several that We're
perfectly obvious.
Why" he replied. I'VE can't give the
time to following out those suggestions,
which are cnlinently Practical: we are
too busy-we must do our own work. y
OF course you are too busy" said
and for that very reason you need some
one on your staff whose sole business
will be the planning and direction of
movements to improve industrial condi-l
tions. In other words, you need social
engineer.
i Social engineering, accordingly, is a
new profession, and the above facts
show that there is already demand for
experts in this line.
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SENATOR DAVIS, DEMisE.1

The death of Senator Cushman IL
Davis, Of Minnesota. occurring as 1t
Goes in the period of his greatest use
fulness, is national bereavement. AS
the head of the foreign relations com-
mittee of the senate, he had q greater
knowledge and more complete grasp of
International questions affecting certain
important interests than any OF his col
leagues, and the loss of his counsel at
this time will be distinctly felt.
At the age of 81 ne falls as the result
of an almost tritling incident that oc-
Cured while in the full vigor of health.
The poison from the dye of a silk stock
ing reached his system thru an abrasion
in the skin, and, by possible neglect at
first. slowly and surely penetrated the
Vital organs and brought about his
death after two months illness.
Senator Davis was one of the vast
body of patriots who enlisted in defense
of the nation in the civil war and sub
ssquently in other important positions
assisted in achieving great results. AS
a lawyer he reached the highest place
in the legal profession. and as a states
man he was the acknowledged peer of
those who have placed the nation upon
a higher plane in these closing years of
the nineteenth century.
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GREAT REASONS FOR THANKS.

If ever nation had reason for
Thanksgiving it is our great republic in
the year 1900. II ever people had
cause for devout acknowledgement of
many material blessings it is the Amer
lean people at present. If ever a coun-
try had easy opportunity TO prepare an
appropriate and merry feast it is the
nted States in this favored era. There
eVsdenee to warrant the statement
st Thanksgiving day will be more
Widely observed this year than ever.
The assembling in houses of worship
islill only be one incident of many of the
events of a happy day.
There is much ground for general ma
5tional felicitation over the blessings
the country has enjoyed With good
times" as the result of bountiful crops,
great industrial activity and abundant
money and with freedom from national
sealamities, the people have reason to
rejoice equally over what they have
ssalleu ara WHAT 8tneS' nave aVertec.
Take this last feature for moments
thought, During all the present season
a great national election, ms pirins hope
and fear, has been impending. The
f;,isis came early in this month. The
clash of mighty interests awakened
sseat anxiety. The result was so deci-
siNs as TO calm all fears and in the
language Of President Mckinley. tail
aien rejoice when an election is so d.
nisive as 10 admit Of neither dispute Or
contest II passed away as a cloud in
the night.
1t is true that some of the poor and
unfortunate may not have occasion for
rejoicing. Such a class is always with
us. And yet hosts Of them will he re-
membered by their more fortunate fell
lows and but few that will not have
reasons for Joining in the universal
chorus of thanks.
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advertising and glory Which the team
has brought home to Iowa and her uni
aversity this year should appeal TO the
board of regents, should convince them
that more liberal appropriation for
the support Of athletics is desirable and
would prove profitable to the inssitu-
ton, and that grand stand built to
accommod ate 5000 or 5000 people would
be a great aid in securing games in the
future with stronger teams than have
come to Iowa City in the past. II seems
to US that inasmuch as grand stand is
used exclusively by the public and not
by the players that the board Of re-
gents should provide the grand stand.
Then LET the enthusiasts who want to
do something nice to commemorate the
1900 Hawkeye team build and equip a
pavilion for the use of the athletes
The sentiment OF the president is de-
served and just and it is shared by the
great body of republicans the nation
over" says the Waterloo Courier in
speaking Of the presidents tribute to
gold democrats.
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IOWA PRESS COMMENT.

In speaking OF the biennial election
amendment and constitutional conven-
stion the Charlton Patriot says: Here
in Lucas county the newspapers. ire
spective of party, opposed both conven-
tion and amendment propositions and
our people defeated them by a decisive
vote" Ard 1t adds: I'VE trust the SUI
preme court may find it possible to hold
both propositions invalid and feel au-
thorized in dumping theswhole mass Of
bsunders into the ditch"
In referring to the report of a possible
combination to elect a republican and
a fusion senator in Nebraska, the
IAnamosa Eureka declares ..if Nebraska
With a republican majority OF nine on
joint ballot does not elect two re-
publican United States senators this
winter she will merit the contempt OF
the whole country, and she will get 1t.
with a lot OF not very scriptural cons
ments thrown in
On the subject of providing perma-
nent memorial to the Iowa City foot
ball team, to commemorate it's splendid
Victories. the Republican says: There
is a feeling that the immense amount of
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] TOPICS OF THE TIMES

Il AS to Thanksgiving stuffing, it is
much better that most CT 1t is done in
preparing the turkey.
+ SO poor is the spelling in some of the
Chicago schools that return TO the
spelling methods of the country schools
of two decades ago is earnestly advo-
Gated in that city.
Colorado at present has 1000, 900 acres
of land under irrigation. State Engi-
neer MoCune estimates that with reser-
Noirs properly placed a t least 2O,6O0,0CO
additional acres could be made produc-
tive. Twelve years ago farming was
practically unknown in Colorado. but
with irrigation facilities 1t may be
counted upon with more certainty than
those sections of Kansas and Nebraska
that depend upon rainfall.
One Of the best features of the old
short session of congress, which meets
on Monday. will be the dissolying Views
OF Allen, Pettigrew, ct all.
New Orleans is the greatest claret
drinking city in the world. says a gos-
8siper in the New Orleans Times Demo
scrat. 1T consumes more than Chicago
and San Francisco put together You
will find no other place in the country
Z u l. 3 y
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-11-28
A CORNER on CORN.

The spectacular actions of a young
man on the Chicago board of trade are
now occupying the attention of bust
ness men turnout Iowa. Young Phil
lips, a man of little prominence in the
world of trade. has suddenly occupied
the boards as star actor in what is
known as a corner on corn. Ten days
aga he became prominent as a leading
'.bull'. in the corn pit That is, he was
buying all of the No. 2corn offered for
November delivery, which stimulated
the market 1t was learned then that
ne had an enormous holding Of Novem-
Der corn, more tllan@the actual avail;
able corn in the city with which to set
tie the deals.
1t is the custom on The board for men
TO buy and sell futures i. e., grain
for future delivery, without ever any
actual grain changing hands. but when
they make their deals they promise TO
deliver the grain and must do SO If re-
CURED. An the time that men were
selling November corn at &c cents ex-
pecting that corn would decline and
they would be able to settle with
cheaper corn than they sold young
Phillips was buying. Relying on the
accuracy of his knowledge Of crop CON
ditions, he thought that he would be
able to buy all of the supply of No Q
grade corn that could be got into Chi
cago before the last day of n ! yember
when by the rules Of the board con
tracts every deal in November futures
must be settled. He now has some
where between 100000 and 5000, 900
bushels Of November corn, bought
mostly at 36 cents. and if he can con-
tinue to take all the No. 2 corn that Is
offered between now and Friday noon
he will be able to compel the shorts
or those men who have sold corn that
they did not have. to settle at any price
he may name. November clsns +
been forced up to 81 cents by the n1e,f
who are hurrying to buy and settle
their deals. It will go higher If Phillips
can hold out.
Now that the Sensational features Of
the corn pit once more attract the at
tendon Of the business world to the Chi.
cage board Of trade, some may say that
Philips Ia his corn deal is the farmers.
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where 3snall ,.oyn.. . :, rona,,. s,5,ras H.,
5twenty. t,va 10 - . ti,,,, 800,
a purchase Is an every aay incident N
New Or,eans wbat l. tnown az 80
.Ya,nilr trade. ~ thasa h,,,,h,1. .s,3n
t,ishn,ents wo1,,d amaze procars e,ss.
whars. ,rhars. IL . co,4t;n,,a; q
PROCESSION az chi;aren ana co,ar..,1 go.
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The cran r. nr,,pas this year Z ~ AZ
al "a d0o 0op nanrds mi. hain. ,,,a
cro,, a. 0,a1;fornie, W, ah,,, 80 &c.,
and Ida Ia a. f,Yea ~ M. s,at;sti., : & Z
Of tho alifornia ,,,,,its lt.rows 30
citation.
80.
order that he chicago e Northwsster,,
railroad NAV ant.r pe.ori, fro,o 8 =. IL, !,
If viii M b.. -, - !,
the man Of peoria conr,y M Ill.
road has Durcbas efl 4 IL ant,re t,,wn ! !, J,
viii move every house n 4 s,y,.h ~
exception of FIVE. me site oecun;,.a 4,
the town viii be used bv the rafiroa,,
for yards.
Several Fort Wayne capitalists have
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Cal APRIL

Catasrh has become such common
disease that person entirely free from
this disgusting compliant is seldom met
with. Ills customary TO speak Of Catarr..l
O nothing more serious than = bad cold,
) simple Inflammation Of the nose and
throat. It is, in fact, complicated and
very dangerous disease; if not at first, it
very soon becomes SO.
The blood is quickly contaminated by
the foul secretions, and the poison
through the general circulation is carried
TO all parts of the system.
.salves, washes aud sprays are unsasis-
factory and disappointing, because thy
do not reach the seat of the trouble. S.
S. s. does. 1t cleanses the blood of the
poison and eliminates from the system all
catarrhal secretions, and thus cures thor
oughly and permanently the worst cases.
Mr.. P. H. NicAlister of Harrodshurg. KY.
Vf1tea. Having been a terrible sufferer FROM
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Land Seekers

Settlers. Tour SIS ,spectors or invest.
of these rates. For further in1ben, atioc
& AddreseI j. G. Beem.. Jr., Mort i 4 sstcrn
I; Passenger Agent. Southern Hallway. 3s5
Dearborn street. Chicago. h. or j. p.
4 nepastmsnt at The same address.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-11-28

-. 80 80 -
Catarrh, and being now
sound and well, the ques-
ton often put to me Is,
What cured you1' Imam
.ewer ! feel it my duty to
state that Swift's Specific
Is the medicine. I am
such a true believer in the
efficacy OF Swift's Specific
that I can honestly and
eonscientiously recon :
mend II to any one suffer
ing from Catarrh. Have
recommended ito many,
and am happy TO say that
a a. - q
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THANKSGIVING PROCLAMATION.


thru The religion
blessed with abundant Labor and the
lands
narve
day Of THANKSGIVING and praise Him who holds
all His
atywi
and ina iour.w
witness vhere reuntose tnyh ndsetc.
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Southern Railway

The greatest Southern System,
travefsing the states of Virginia.
North Carolina, south Carolina,
j Tennessee. Georgia.. Alabama,
Niseissippi. Kentucky. Also one
way settlers rates from Oincin-
qAfi and Louisville on the Same
1a1es at greatly reduced prices.
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Low
Rates
South

On the first and third Tuesdays Of
September and October Home
seekers tickets will be sold TO
practically all points in the South
and Southeast at one fare for the
round trip plus 81, via the
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-11-28

The population OF Utah is 275,74s.
against 2o7, so5 in 1880, an Increase OF al
percent.
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To Cure a Cold While You sleep
Take Weeks Break Up-a-C Cold Tab.
let's. No cure, no pay. Price. 25 cents.
Peter Mayer. sole agent.