The Hawaiian gazette., 1901-11-08

Jared smith Of the Department 90
Agric ulture. has received "A very inter
sting letter from Prof j. W. Gilmore,
iorm.rly an Instructor In arsiculturc
At the Normal School. and now In the
service Of tn. Philippine Commission
N the province OF Negros. He gives
very entertaining account OF the
growing of sugar cane in the islands.
and of the crude methods in vogue, AMI
bespcaks great prosperity FOR the Coun-
try as soon as Americans take hold
Conditions there are still very unset
tied. and Mr Gilmore says that IL H.
necessary for the Americans to go arm
ed in order To make the natives show
the proper respect. His letter in full
/ Is as follows.
/ La Carluta. Occidental N.gros,
T. t. September %. 1901.
! Dear Mr.. Smith-Wc are AT our des-
/ tination at last. our journey I" Ma
nia was very pleasant, but in getting
here we have had storms and rain
enough So much had been said about
the peaceful conditions existing in Ne
gros that we We're surprised to find
upon our arrival here that We had to
buckle on our guns in order to obtain
! respect on the roads: and the mere
presence of the gun is not always sur
/ ficient for frequently the soldiers pa
| trolling the country have had occasion
to use them. During the past two or
/ three weeks some fifteen or twenty
bolo men have been killed in this dis
u.ict This unsettled state of affairs
| seems to bc due To the setting up Of
civil government. and to the With
draSval of som" of the troops. The offi
GERS whom ! have talked with think
that both Of these We're very unwist
steps. and it seems that they are right
] ntN1n
officers and men who have been here
for the past thrc. years, say they
, would not trust the people farther thar
they can see them. This condition il
unfortunate, for officials who come
here to look into the conditions drt
met by thirty or forty of the LEADING
senors of tn. place and given the glac
hand of welcome with mucho Susto
and "A few presents. and the commits
sion says they are nice people. 3u
very little dependence can be placed
in them. How could anyone expect 1t
If a new cabbage was found in th'
wild woods where it had for genera
tions been struggling against the op
preston of the larger plants. no on
would expect it to take first prize dur
, ing the first two or three years of 1t
:, cultivation. These people have had t
, live under the dominating hand o
p Spain for several hundred years. an
- | do not think IT is surprising that the
- do not respond to the prospect of
I free government If military rul
= could continue here for IL number &
:, years. and justice be given where jus
tice is due, and IL money was sper
4 in improving the roads and in n FEY
. instances in building railroads wher
shipping interests demand It, wit
these and the public schools, i belier
that the country would progress NOR
II rapidly and permanently than II ca
y under the uncertainties of the civ
IS government At present a police sci
IL vice is being established in some OF II
islands. Each province is to have a
l, American inspector, and his force wi
~ be- natives Here is an instance
Al how il works. At Castiliana, villas
'e abou, eight miles from here. on Il
II night of September 6, were nine polio
u men. They slept. The ladrones Visi
y ed them. cut Off five heads, wound'
three, and one got away. The ladron
al captured their arms and ammunitio
~ and | suppose they think the policem'
o. are dead easy. | am afraid 1t will