Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-09-13

derful worth Of this country and to
get IN touch with the progressive idea.
This Philippine Exposition is place
pr contrasts. The man who goes into
1t thoroughly is amazed at the patriot.
Ism, culture and skill of the best rep.
resentatives, and at the deprayity.
superstition and ignorance of the saw.
age tribes. Some have said this ex-
position has taught that the word
Filipino" is misleading, that there is
no standard type in the Philippines.
that the displays of fierce Moros.
naked Igorrotes, pompous Bagobos.
and monkey-like Negritos, dissipate
the idea that the Philippines are popu.
lated by homogeneous people. This
Is true In a sense. but it must be re-
membered that the Igorrotes number
100000, the Bagobos 5000, the Negritos
$4,000, and the Moros 100000 out of a
total population of 7,635,426. The re.
naming 100000 are for the most part
people with keen intellects and Gull
ture, eager to grasp at any idea that
might advance them, and have accom-
plished wonders with their limited
means.
AS you leave the Walled City a rep.
resentation of the Notifications built
by the Spaniards 300 or 400 years ago
to repel Dutch and Chinese invaders,
you face a plaza plastered with a lux
urious growth Of flowers and sur.
rounded by picturesque group OF
buildings. On one side is the Obserya.
tory, an odd-looking structure with
two spires on each side shooting sky.
ward, pattern of an observatory at
Manila. In its rear is circular walk
within which relief map has been
built by Father Jose Algue, a Jesuit
priest, showing in an entertaining way
the SOFA isles and islets of the archi.
pelago.
On the opposite Of the plaza is the
Agricultural building, within which is
shown farm implements, mavelous ma
tive houses, hemp of all kind, rice. to
bacco, coffee. copra and all other pro
ducts Of the field. There you will see
long streams of hemp in fineness and
sheen not unlike the locks of some
peroxide blonde.
Nearby is hall where stereopti
can views are given of scenes in the
Islands. and to the northeast is the
Fish and Game building, an impress
sive structure Of the graceful palma
bravo, matched with nipa, it's lowe,
end stretching over the waters of the
lake, giving the appearance of al
American boat house
On, the other side of the plaza is TIL.
Educational building, modelled afte,
the Manila cathedral. Here are sam
pies Of the industrial work, essays ant
other things done in the Americanizet
schools of the country. There are NOR,
than 100000 pupils in the primar,
classes of the schools in the Philip
pines alone. More English has beer
taught In the three years of American
occupation than during 400 years O
the Spanish regime.
But to see the work Of education
actually in progress, the visitor SHOULD
step over across a second plaza to
snug nipa cottage. within which Mis-
Pillar zamora, graduate of the Manil;
Normal school, gives lessons daily t,
about SO little natives recruited from
the various villages. This second plaz
is bordered by the Commerce building
the Government building, reproduc
ton Of the Ayuntamiento or capito
building in Manila, the Educationa
building, the Fthnology building, an,
a decidedly foreign looking structure
called the Manila house, with cour,
oyerarching roof and windows mad
from the shells Of mollusks