New-York tribune., 1901-10-12

,ba native from keeping up lot of
pD,,,e Easy? Why, IL those miserable in
thihA..e ,rbo live to-day by preying upon their
sU''re.ac,ed brethren in the provinces could
uhp' -,ase 10 realize that right here in Ma
ohs =. can get a living without risking their
nh5 - suins 2 living so soft. so novel and so
pFeoO a.. ,s,bal. they would come down from
Tesp .o,,,-ain Businesses 1 am sure. throw
the' - bolos and turn in their antiquated
ave- :. is a mystery 10 me why they are ig-
m - all this when every Chinaman from
h-.,,ore 10 Shanghai knows 10 penny what
-,a,, of our soldiers and sailors is, and ad-
tDe -, ,,rice of his wares accordingly, and
Ju' every, little sawed off Jap in Naga-
We Yokohama to-day still glories in the
san ,,-.,,o, of transports which brought return
e,,r,eers with thousands Of dollars to spend
i-o r+bless curios and knick-knacks. Easy?
~ ". ,bere is not an Asiatic who does not think
W. ours is a land Of Ophir and that we are all
s.scendants Of Joktan
os IDEAS traits and habits may or may
savor Of extravaganza. The latter after
hD ., oo-nnarative Advance in civilization.
Ger is almost always accompanied by
-a snirit Of wastefulness in the individual.
= injuries of yesterday become the necessi-
l - to-day. The trouble here is that that in
u, is measured not by twenty-four hours,
-. bv scarcely so many seconds. / mean to
.ba+ the highest standard Of prices the
has Nat seen has suddenly been brought
o,+act with one so low to make
- -. adjustment not only the most delicate
"a tnottv problem imaginable, but one we'll
,h irnpossble Of solution by government
.rsrcv alone Take the difficulty. for instance.
e+.snaing the task Of determining the pay of
-f aronloves on that subject General George
n Davis. as clear and analytical a mind as
aver was possessed by a student of social and
economic questions. says;
The fixing Of appropriate salaries presents
,-orious difficulties when il is known that con-
1.eS-able number Of the incumbents Of the high
-. etatjons for some time to come will proba-
M he American. These officers certainly could
-. he expected 70 accept lower salary than
they would be given in the United States. duties
hsing equal. and considering the enhanced eN-
s,ee of decent living in Manila. their annual
aaor,rersa ton ought to be increased amount
scnal 10 the increased expense of personal main
terance peculiar TO this city, and exceeding
+e,al expenses under home conditions.
Here then. We have not only official ad
,,isson that the salaries We pay are inadequate.
mt that they must presently be increased.
Rearing this in mind, you are not surprised that
. demand for increased pay meets your eye in
,be report Of nearly every bureau chief. have
s,-ssdv alluded 70 the claims OF the American
roice force in this city. Similar claims will no
doubt be made before long, and probably al
l,Wed by the proposed Insular Consta bulary-
TEACHERS who, under the Spanish regime. 1t is
tine received ridiculously low salaries, are as
soeiated now with Americans who get $500,
$1,000 and even 81 500: and though they. the
natives are better paid now than they ever
we're before. without disclosing greater aptitude
~ vrriU in he future
he found agitating in favor Of increased compen-
saton The cost Of clerk hire in the office OF
the prector-General Of Posts has risen in the
last nine months az the rate OF $500 a month.
The man in charge of the Forestry Bureau
maintains that $500 gold month viii not secure
the men wanted by him, and he plaintively
points 10 forestry experts in India and Java
who he saws receive from $40 TO 500 gold
twelve times a year. AT the opening OF the
year" reports the General Superintendent Of
Public Instruction, the monthly payroll of
teachers paid from this office amounted TO
sT4l67 The payroll for the month of May
amounts to nearly 5000 and, with the arrival
Of the hundreds of teachers recently appointed.
with accrued salaries and travelling expenses.
there win be a large increase in disbursements.
When the authorized teachers are in the field.
the monthly payroll for teachers will be in the
aeighborhOOd Of SlOObDD-' The pent up enthuSl-
asm, indeed. of this amiable pedagogue, forcibly
recalls the answer made by the first Commits
sioner Of Agriculture TO a stern demand on the
part Of the Appropriations Committee to ex-
plain how he had dared 10 create a deficiency in
bis bureau: Gentlemen" replied that worthy,
the disbursements exceeded my most sanguine
expectations"
And so, after all the excellent showing we
have made in establishing a decent government
and maintaining that excellence in nearly every
branch OF it activity, shall reluctantly be
forced 10 confess that such government must
probably be carried on for great many years
% come at cost based upon American stand
ARDS Of living. for the benefit of people 10
whom such standards. instead Of serving an
Incentive, VIII, probably, be nothing more than
source Of irritation and envy. / shall try to
show, in another letter. what was the govern
ment We supplanted, and what is likely 70 be
The attitude Of the native. after two years of
military rule costing him nothing, when he is
suddenly confronted by the necessity Of paying
ie an expensive civil government which. many
hink. he neither wants nor needs. NJ. G. S.