Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-09-25
Varied and Interesting Display
to be Made at St. Louis.
Will Show People and Conditions in
Comprehensive Manner.
Forestry and chronological Exhibits and
Military Display Among Features.

Filipino exhibit to be made at the st
Louis Exposition. A specific arrange
ment has been entered into by the ex-
position company and the Insular Rr-
reau regarding every detail of the con-
cessions, to perfect which has re-
quired many conferences. There have
been times when matters looked dubi-
Gus for the exhibit. but the conclusion
reached is declared to be highly salts
factory, particularly to the Insular Bu-
reau.
An appropriation of 100000 has been
made by the Insular government for
the exhibit, and the exposition COM
pany has appropriated 100000 addition
al, half of which is to be paid back
from the proceeds of the exhibit. Work
on the exhibit is to begin at once.
Eleven Filipino carpenters and four
hundred tons of freight have arrived at
Seattle, thrty-one Filipino workers
and five hundred tons of freight have
arrived at San Francisco, while an
equal amount of freight has reached
New York from the Philippines.
The Philippine Islands have an area
about equal to that of New England,
New York state. Pennsylvania and
New Jersey. They are so located as to
be tropical in regard to climate. and so
diversely populated. with nearly sixty
different tribes, aggregating approx
mately seven millions, with a range of
intelligence running all the way from
high civilization to savagery, that the
most interesting conditions of barbar-
ism and intelligence may be illustrated
in this exhibit. For obvious reasons. 1t
is the desire of the Philippine govern
ment to demonstrate by this exhibit so
far as possible what these islands are
physically, what state of civilization
they are in, what commercial. mer-
camille and manufacturing interests
there are there now. or may be de-
Veloped. The Philippine exhibit will.
therefore, be an exposition of itself.
showing the peoples and conditions of
these islands in a comprehensive man
ner.
There will be a forestry exhibit.
which will show the richness of the
islands in valuable timbers. in gums.
rosins. tanbarks, dyestuffs and the like!
The building designed for this section
will itself be timberfexhibit The, roof
VIII ne SuppOl lGl DyftpeUWcei one llull-
dred and two hundred large full length
logs showing the size and duality of the
timbers. Different gums and resins
suitable for varnishes will be, exhibited
Rubber, uttatpercha, seedsp fruits and
other forestry products are being COL
lected to show the resources of the
country. Eminent scientific men have
been at work for months with capable
assistants, examining and studying the
remotest forests with this exhibit in
view. ea3SH 81"
An extensive exhibition of the eth
nology ofithe islands has been project
ed. This will show the habits and GUS
toms. of the people in theirhdailyr ! life
and intercourse. AS there are, about
sixty different tribes on the islands,
which stretch from north to south IL
distance of fifteen hunored miles, an
extensive and interesting exhibit may
he expected. Collections for this sec
ton are being made by the chief of the
Bureau for the Study of Mont Christian
Tribes and so far have been made
largely at the expense of the Philip
pine government, with moneys not in
cluded in the appropriations made for
the Philippine exhibit. A building for
ethnology will be erected which will it
self be illustrative of the habits and
customs of the PEOPLE. Surrounding it
will be placed several specimens of the
peculiar dwellings of some of the more
remarkable tribes, furnished and in
hapited by the natives themselves.
A large building for agriculture. horti
culture and mining has been projected, in
which will be shown the present status of
hemp culture the method of raising rice,
tobacco and many other products of the
islands, together with the crude nipple
ments with which the soil is titled. The
of exports from the United States. has
charge of this work, which will represent
as fully and as completely as possible all
those interests which show the advance
ment of the Fiipinos in this direction
Experts have for the last six months been
making an extensive collection of miner
ais representative of the mining interests
of the country. The horticultural inter-
ests will also be shown in the same build
ing, this section including a great orchid
collection. together with living ferns and
palm trees. which are now on the way
and which have been insured for over
$4,000.
As fishing and hunting are two of the
chief interests of the natives, a collection
including several hundred varieties of fish
Indigenous to those waters will be shown,
together with native boats and other
connected with the inter-
est Such implements and methods as are
in vogue among the wild tribes in the
hunting and procuring of game will also
he shown. A separate building for fish |
cries and game may be erected. |
AS the Philippine Government. repre- |
sented by the commission, has been for |
several years doing extensive work |
through some twenty or thirty bureaus in |
civiizing, educating and lettering the |
of the people, government |
building will be erected in the old Spanish |
style, for the purpose of illustrating the |
methods employed chiefly the educational |
methods. Few people are aware that over
two hundred and twenty-five thousand |
natives are being daily instructed in Eng
fish.
A most extensive war exhibit is also
being prepared, under an order issued by
General Davis directing the appointment
1f an officer to make an exhibit represent
ng the military campaigns of the Philip
pine Islands This will include collections
made by different army officers in the va
rlous campaigns in the islands, uniforms,
arms and materials of all kinds. together
With documents captured, as well as maps
and charts showing the progress of the
1t will probably be necessary
10 place this exhibit in a building of it's
)wn.
For MANY wears the Philippine Islands |