Arizona republican., 1901-12-14


 the natives resorted it proved of infinite guns. They scooped hollows for them in the trees or covers in the jungle. The pacific policy which forbade return attack by the soldiers unless they could find men with arms played perfectly into native hands, for the man could fire a gun and drop it and become a guile1ess amigo in an instant, while
 the woman would get 1t out of the way
 and go about her household or other tasks as innocently as if she had never thought of anything less exemplary. All that is nearly over. and it may be that persuasion by the women had scarcely less to do with making an end to it than any other factor. They are | above all things practical. according 70
 MT. Eddy. If convinced that the f,riev- ances that impelled revolt no longer existed, that the present enemy had TO | designs upon the social happiness of
 the people. that households would be protected. husbands permitted to, hold | and express political opinions freely. | and all the children given as good
 chance as the most favored in money
 possessions it would be quite like them
 to call off the fight and the call would
 be obeyed. That may well have hap pened.
 All observations report that women are taking the lead in exhibitions of
 good will toward Americans. High
 social station imposes upon them. as ;f h
 lie meetings where they may properly
 go. and they seek occasion to prepare for American benefit receptions and banquets and similar expressions of social cordiality. A disposition as
 kindly is shown by those in number
 walks by the adornment of their holses
 and of themselves on gala days. and by entering with the utmost heartiness
 apparently into every proceeding in
 which sincere good will may be mani fested. They are going fully half way
 toward making friends.
 Nothing of the kind would have been
 possible at the beginning of the pres
 ent year. The impulse behind it is new
 and vigorous. The civil commission in its visit among the islands had marked
 illustration of this tendency. One of
 the most noticeable features was that in places where faction feeling ra.n
 highest the women turned out in large
 numbers at public meetings. although at receptions many present at such
 meetings absented themselves. This
 meant that all wished to signify good
 will toward the visitors, but that po!it- ical differences applied to social reia- tions as well. All factions were friend ly to authority. and wished to appear,
 but no woman and no woman's man could think of accepting hospitality ir1 the house of one of an opposing fac ton. That Is the way the rule of wo-
 man works in the Philippines. It's clear.
 sincerity in drawing sharp the line
 of faction may perhaps argue a similar quality of feeling in the universal atti- tude Of friendliness toward Americans. It is observed that if one looks for the woman wherever native business
 may prosper. search will rarely be un- availing- She guides the management
 of most of the big plantations, and has
 always done so. When impulse prompts her to let the man handle the money l there is usually danger. Nearly every story of big mortgages is traceable to that indulgence. In a good year the average native planter acts as If he had no doubt that every year would be as profita ble. So be buys a box of jewelry for his wife, and before the glamor of the gift has left her eyes expenditures and engagements have absorbed so much of the remaining | turns that planting for the ensuing
 crop cannot proceed without advances. The soil is so lavish in its favors that | crops unhindered in their growth yield
 well enough to provide a surplus after
 meeting the usurious rates which l money commands, but drought and
 pest spoil plantation hopes only too often, and the money lenders get such | a grip on property that in some cases planters become little more than their agents. That this has not generally
 occurred is due to the women. who | take the management of affairs stern ly in hand when they become desper-
 ate. and. disregarding impulses to-
 ward leniency. forego the accustomed
 tributes of jewelry and fine raiment and apply themselves with all their
 might to save the property.
 It may be said that they usually sue ceed when they have fair chance, and that the evidences of land abandon
 ment, which may be seen in some of
 the provinces, are due to insurrection. | and do not at all reflect upon the na- | tive female ability to save anything | not utterly lost. Since foreclosures have not so far been permitted. it may be assumed that many such estates
 will be taken in hand by those holding | title to them and reclaimed. It is need