The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-10-27
only a memory, lingering unloved among

only memory, lingering unloved among
the older generation
Several American teachers a~e expect ID
here within month, and an American
here from the Carolines. Education has
not been entirely neglected under TIE
Spanish regime. On the road from the
port to Agana, the capital, one passes a
teaches reading and writing in Spanish,
but the. reading is essentially religiou5
The Virtues of the True Christian Re
ligion,' Extracts From the Ca eer Of
Jesus Christ" such are the titles, or
sln7itaraones. which grace the title pages
of the text books The pupils each .recite
In a loud, s1ngsseng tone the words of
the Spanish text, and seem little Asturb-
ed by the curious eyes of their foreign
visitors. This school and others of It's
type will not be disturbed in any WY
by the American authorities, but the
opening of the American schools pom
1ses to result In a stampede to learn
Americana" except among a few ultra
conservatives.
The life Of the natives presents that Gu
rious state of NATURALIZATION found in
so many countries where CaueauSians
have planted their stations without per
meatlng the whole social system. Iron
tools and weapons Were probably brought
from Spain three centuries ago and are
In general use. American and Japanese
boats, Spanish and Japanese furniture Eu-
English cottonS are scattered among the
matched cottages but are far from hav-
ing made the natives a modern civilized
people. Instead of having developed a
constantly growing scale of social needs
as in more temperate countries the stand
ard of living seems to be in an arrested
state of development like the Spanish
sovereignty. which faded away so sud
denly one July morning three years ago.
The natives have enough to make life
comfortable; from tropical point of
view, and they seem to care for nothing
more. They plant cocoanut grove foc
each new child born, each tree yields an
average annual return of Mexican dol
lar, and by the barter of the crop they
OBTAIN tools, cotton and utensils neceS-
sary to carry them through the year.
Phe cocoanut also furnishes food ard
iirink, and the food is varied by other
tropical fruits The few stores on the ISL
goods tozthe more wealthy natives, but
the trade does not soon promise to be
large.
Gov. Swift. who came here on the York
town to relieve Gov Schroeder. is al
ready making plans for improved SANTA
ton in the towns. a more healthy life for
the women, and the adoption of civilized
customs regarding marriage and death.
1t is his belief that the introduction CT
money. economy in place of barter will
give the people larger purchasing power,
and will increase. their wants and their
physical and intellectual activity This
will come with the Incorporation of Guam
into the monetary system of the Philip
pines and the adoption of a distinctive
American currency. Large commercial
development is hardly possible however.
because the highest estimate of the ma
tive nopulation is only 10000, and there is
little to attract Caucasian colon'sts
There is plenty of cocoanut land; there is
fine mahogany at one end of the island,
but it is inaccessible, and sugar planta-
tons might be possible. But for some
years to come Guam is likely to remain
one of the outposts of our empire in the
Orient, chiefly valuable because it con-
tains the best harbor in the Caroiines,
guns and a string of torpedoes across the
channel.