The San Francisco call., 1904-08-14
Government Pays Dearly
to Exploit the Savage Moro
and the Naked Ygorrotes
GRAFTERS GET BENEFIT
Products OF Country Are
Forgotten While Showmen
Make Fortunes iii Village
By PAUL EDWARDS.

SALL BUREAU, WORLDS FAIR.
ST LOUIS. Aug. ls.-Up 20 date
sl.2O0.o00 has been dumped into the
Philippine Islands exhibit at the
Worlds Fair, AMI Colonel Edwards.
representing the United States Gov
eminent. came down from washing
ton few days ago with sl5o,ooo
more secured from Congress in re-
sDonse 10 wall Of distress from those
directly IN charge
The expenditure OF this fortune in
public funds has brought the insular
government d splendid exploitation Of
the savage Moro" the "dog-eating
HgoTOte" and the Filipino midgets"
the last named being scarcely worth
any considerable expenditure for ad-
vertising, as only two OF them existed
il al the islands. To sum it all up
Lhe dignity of what should have been
one OF the greatest Of displays-its
usefulness. 10 4 large extent-is be
ing sacrificed 10 the scupidity Of a few
shoHmen, FOR whose immediate ben
eht-it would almost seem-this vast
expenditure has been made.
No mater who Is right-those who
support the Government in its ac-
QUESTION Of the archipelago or those
who oppose there are great COM
rnercial possibilities in the islands and
the business men OF the United States
should grasp them The Philippine
display here shows these possibilities;
but what are commercial possibilities
or The development OF trade or COM
r-erce to the exhibition Of savage
tribes for gain? What is the dignity
of 9 country that is seeking self-gov-
ernment, or al least equal standing
with civilized countries, in comparison
With the quarters taken in az the con-
. cessions?
You hear little OF the manifcent
hsrdwOOds, oils, agricultural products
and manufactured articles, all dis
PLAYED in the greatest variety in the
Philippine reservation, but those saw
axe tribes. with their outlandish rites
ana their peculiar appetites. are not
allowed 10 escape your attention The
general public gradually finds itself
% occurring the idea that the Philippine
Islands are one great home OF fierce
e-Tages, bowling and head-hunting
throughout the Iand-bent upon one
scheme OF mutual murder.
SAVAGE HEAD HUNTERS"
The most offensive press agenting''
ls probably done with the Ygorrotes-
heralded as dog eaters" and savage
head hunters" Dog feasts by these
harmless appearing terrors have ac-
ruaIly been advertised and the main
thing you hear about the Philippine
- hibir IS that the Tgorrotes are pre-
pairing for another dog dinner, that
several fine dogs are being fattened
for the Ygorrotes, that invitations
nave been issued 10 So-and-So-
prominent visitors. or perhaps exposi-
ton Ofhcials-to witness a dog-eating
carnival by the savage Ygorrotes."
There was z lull in the dog eating
nalifestos for while and the serious
subject OF whether these rinid, home
sick appearing ~scourges Of the noun
tain wilds,' who have aIwayE gone
naked here, save for a breechcIout,
should wear trousers. This question
vas taken Up at Washington and
hurled broadcast over the country and
then died out, leaving the "terrors'
Euu with their hg leaves. and the
nausestng dog diet material was
fallen back upon.
During al this week the finest ex-
hibft q commercial wealth ever made
BY e single foreign country-if the
Philippines may be called q foreign
country-has lain practically unher-
aided. The money L cost 70 get II here
has been the instrument. mainly, in
bringing the Ygorrote and his uncivil-
lied brothers into prominence
The St Louis Humane Society, com
posed OF q large number OF refined cfti-
zens of the exposition city, tried TO
handle the dOg-eating proposition when
It first began 70 gain prominence, but
Il was baked because the Ygorrote vii
lage was outside the city limits, though
within the fair grounds. The mem
bers didn't care 50 much about the
dogs, for the cannes death al the
hands OF e skillful Philippine butcher
was just as msrciful an end as death
By chloro1orm at the hands Of the
Pouncmester. but they didn't like to
hear al the nasty details OF a dog ban
quet daily.
PRODUCTS FORGOTTEN.
The natural idea OF a Philippine ex-
hihit would be TO attract the ewes %