The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1904-07-08
The Philippine Exhibit at s.
the World'Faip.

waters, humanitarian ostensibly N the
part Of the United States; teitorial |
rights Oh the part of Spain was ,ught.
Little was known OF that island ad its
inhabitants by a large majority ofeople
of the United States, although searated
from her shores by so short distace Of
ocean travel. The result was aevela-
tion, revenue aud education. Abub the
same time of the Cuban conqutG, ADJ
miral Dewey was in Manila Bal other
Spanish waters, captured the city'f Ma
Mia, the capital of the island of .uzon,
one of the Philippine islands whic com.
pose most of that wonderful archDelago
in the Pacific ocean. some furteen
thousand miles away from us Today
the Philippine exhibit is the mostyaried
and extensive of all other pcoplesat the
Worlds Fair. We give short xtraas
from what is said of this exhibit Dy one
of thesmanagers of the Philippine Expo
sition at ST. Louis. ,
The one thing that has stood a the
way of the proper development d any
colonial possession BY its governinscoun-
try, has been the faets that a lex of
knowledge of the real conditions and at
fairs of their colonies has blocked the
way of the legisl alton most necessary for
such development aud:expioitation
Every Americaa IA jdent of the phili,'
pine Islands has aisf3 this truth TRUST.
upon him, and reslizss just what is.
meant by the! White Mans Bunen,"
fsut as vet there IS not one to be leard
~ ADVOCATES sabandbnment, or on. who
agrees "Tbat east is east, and wsst is
west, and never the two shall meet"
|. a healthy tone of optimism is The key
note of our national character, and those
conversant with affairs PHILIPPINE Hope to
see the meeting of Orient aud Oceident
within the present century.
TO this end spirit of kindly tolennce
has psrvaded the general scheme of
Philippine reconstruction since the days
of the first peace commission. A pa
terbal hand has attempted toguide these
primitive people along the road of prog
ress, and fraternal greeting has met
them at every milestone on the wav E.
This benevolent assimilation has
proved itself strong feature in th4 set I
Element of veXed questions in our IA :
away possessions, race antipathy is near
~ a thing of the past, and there has been
visible, palpable Improvement along all
lines, until today the one thing chat
seems to insure continued peace and
prosperity in the Philippines is ceirer
understanding by the people of the
1tpjisea u AIasss of the duties thrust upon
eighty of the Philippine Islands. %
When, with the other foreign coun-
tries, the PHILIPPINE government was in.
vted to participate in the LHuisal a
| Pun chase Exposition, Governor Taft
slw an opportunity to present to the
people of the United States vivid out
| line picture of the Philippine Islands
and their eight million Inhabitants.
THE SCOPE OF THE EXPOSITION.
For the purpose of securing. organic
ing and making an exhibit of Philippine
products, manufactures, art, anthology,
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The Philippine people at the Louisiana
Purchase Exposition, Gov. Taft induced
J the Philippine Commission to take up
the matter and they by an act, dated
| November IL, 1902, appointed an EXPO,
Sllion Board, consisting of the following
gentlemen: Di. w. Wilson, difect,ir
Of the Philadelphia Commercial MisenH
! Dr.. Gust ,vo Niederlein, an expsa6
| III mi,
tPedro A Pdterno, president of ths.a
npine Senate under Aguinaldo, with
Leon Guerrero as secgstary. -
.tr OVER oNE,{AS,oN DOLLARS.
The. total apprd5flson for tho pdr
pose of gathering add installing .rhe
Philippine Exp >sitiorIs.at the World's
Fair, St. Louis, reaches the sum of
81 900, 900, of whitehall. but 5000, 900
ernme It. This sum Dies not include the
value of the postass telegraphic aud
transportation faciIitiesplaced at the dis
posal OF. the Board by the insular govern
LARG EST BXHIBIT AT FAIR.
The Philippine Exposition consists of
nearly one hundred buildings, ranging in
size and construction. from the Taos
nipa casa to the palatial Spanish Admin
istration Building, occupying AZ acres of
rolling woodland, in which are housed
some 75 900 cataogued exhibits, rs we'll
a, 100 representatives of the different
peoples, showing Clearly all the grdda-
Lions of the civilization of the islands
The Philippine Exposition is the 'Iarges
single exhibit at the Fair; the most in
teresting, and is the garden spot of the
entire Exposition.
The ground, which is situated at the
west end of the Wo Ids Fair, and is IA
beautiful tract of rolling woodland,
whose sylvan beauty makes picturesque
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