Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1900-09-19

knees. The girl was half naked, he
only garment being wide strip of dill
ty cotton cloth wrapped about hel
waist and fastened there in a knot. 4
had a photograph made, with nysel
standing beside her, and she reached II
my shoulder. AS I stood thus, the slaS
owner evidently thought 1 wanted thu
girl and said 'Mucho bueno,' or 'ver J
good and told me that if I bought hei
only she would have to charge me MOI
in proportion than she asked for tn
job lot. She said the little girl shou. |
be worth at least SIS, and seemed SUI ,
prised when did not jump at the bar,
gain.
Il asked her where the slaves cana
from. She replied that they had bee.i
brought in from the mountains, havin;
been captured by one of the savaa
tribes in recent war with it's neigh,
bors."
Then Mr.. Carpenter shows the VIC ,
latitude which slave owners have with
Uncle Sans slaves of 1900. He says!
Had I bought them, 1 am told Il
would have had, according to the cus1
tom which prevails in the country aboua
here, power of life and death over
them, and that could have killed them
without risk of a criminal investiga-
tion."
To show the extent Of slavery under
the stars and stripes in the Sulus, Mr.
Carpenter says:
Slavery is common among the people
of Mindanao and the Sulu archipelago,
and am led to be ieve that there is a
form of debt slavery In some Of the
Stands further north. Here in Min.
danao there are not only debt slaves.
but slaves by birth and by conquest.
have been told at every place I have
stopped that slavery is common and
that women especially are bought and
sold. All of the Moro datos have nu.
merous slaves and the richer of their.
subjects have as many as they can sur
port.
The Visayans of this island, at leastl
have slaves, although 1t Is nominallst
against the Spanish law. Still humart
beings are bought and sold, and even,
the officials, have been accustomed to,
own them. met this afternoon the
eX-president Of the town of Davao. He
s rich Visayan, who has a large farnlI
not far from here. He owns a number
Of farms not far from here. He owns al
number Of slaves and keeps several i'll
his family for servants. have bee1
-old that the Christians seldom sell
slaves. although they buy them, and
that It Is common for a man to pur-,
chase children to bring them up for
work about the house"
Mr.. Carpenter also deals with an
other vice. He says:
The question of polygany is a mcre
serious noe. This is connected with the
Mohammedan religion, and of the Unit
ed States attempts to abolish it we
shall have a war on our hands which
will probably last until the Moro pop
ulation is wiped out"
Republican party leaders frequently
boast that the Mckinley administration
is business administration" Is II
business for the American peonle 70
hoist their flag and assert their sov-
ereignty where slavery must be to,ers;
ated among Christians IS well as
among Mohamme dams and where pkg
amy must not be disturbed for fear OF
war? The American people viii not
forget that it was William Mckinley
who signed an agreement wherein pur-
chase was made the method OF en1an-
cipation. and wherein $50 Ter he2d was
fixed as the price CT human freedom.
The situation described BY Carpenter
win bring the blush of shane 10 many
American citizens.
Holders OF confederate bends in Eng
lard have held meeting and expressed
Great faith in the early redemption of
the bonds. ..aased en- the well know.
honesty OF the American people yers-
1attering indeed. but tae great Ameri
lean people are not in the habit Of re-
imbursing purchasers Of gold br.cxs.