The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-10-01

AAkNILA,-The record of American
III endeayor in the Philippines is a
varied story saddened by Instances
OF -wretched failure1 ana illumiHed by
examples of splendid success. When |
the confident Yankee locked horns with
the obdurate. east the rest of the world
looked ON with a smile-the smile OF
sceptiCism that the experienced al |
gays bestOW upon the uuiuiudted /
Men have grown old in the attempt TO
quicken The sluggish blood of Asia.
That the white man could not hustle
the deadcned, mystery steeped east had
long been AN accepted conclusion by
those who knew il from close aSSocta- /
ton. And SO the coming of the Ameri-
can, with his abundant assurance,
caused the scOffers to nudge each other
while they waited for his measure TO
be taken The result has been an all
around surprise. The optimistic
Yankee is opening his eyes TO the en-
Ormity of his task; the droWsy east
stirs suiieniy i'm its stupOr; and the
critics increase their inveotive as the
newcomer shows the stuff that's in
him.
The Best of the Breed.
Kipling struck the true note when
he said the bearing of the white mans
burden would call for the best of the
breed. The Orient is no place for
the Weakling The sloth and stealth
and enerVatiOn of this slOW-gOing
'land of manana' will take the heart
aud blood out of those who are not
Spartan born The white man CT
woman. who would ward of deteriOr-
alton must be strong, physically and
morally. The hostile cline eats into
the vitality of the feeble or iudis-
Greet. and there is a Sinking some
thing that gets in the blood OF the
unwary and makes him spend more
money than he earns. causes him to
be careless of his associates, and
renders him indifferent to the good
resolves of his youth, all of which
are signs that make the devil glad.
While the domination of the Phil
ippines is now recognized as "a titanic
undertaking. calling for the best ser
vice of the best talent We can pro-
duce, the fruits Of success are worth
the winning. The fact that others
have failed is an additional incentive
for us TO succeed, because the true
pioneer is not discouraged by the
thought that he he is breaking new
ground. Admitting that failures have
occurred in plenty since American oc-
cupation of the islands. there follows
q collection of specific experiences TO
show that our widely vaunted trait of
adaptabuity is not myth; that those
who are giving the best there is in
them to the solution of their prob
lens are breaking down the obstinacy
Of this stubborn land.
Clarke, the Pie Peddler.
one of the first Americans to land I'm
Manila after our troops was a young
man by the name OF Clarke, from Cen
tralia, Ills. Before the smoke of the
bOmbardment had cleared away he be
gan to exercise his commercial in
stinct by retailing pies To the hungry
soldiers. The little bakery founded by
the pie vendor has now grown into an
establishment of large proportions. giV-
ing employment To fifteen Americans
and thirty FiliplnOS. The Clarke bdk-
cry practically supplies the white pOpu-
lation of Manila with bread. -Four and
a half tons OF American -four so into
the big ovens every tWeHty-touI- hours.
When the remnant of the battered
Russian fleet limped into Manila har-
Dor this summer. the first thing the
admiral did after cabling the car that
he had been whipped was 20 order 1850
loaves of Clarke's bread for his hungry
jackies.
The elite OF commercial Manila takes
its MONDAY lunch at Clarke-s. He has
also been SO successful in the manufac-
tuTe Of candy that his name means al
most as much 20 The Orient as Huy-
ler's, Gunther's and Lowneys stand
for in the United States. a branch
factory has been established in Shang-
hal, and the proprietor is extending his
business throughout the entire east
This successful young pioneer believes
in the future OF the Philippines and is
investing his profits here. In the cargo
Of the ship which brought me 10 Manila
there was $4,000 worth Of mining ma
chineTy consigned 70 Clarke, which i'm
itself is sufficient commentary on the
growth of a business that was founded
only yesterday with a capital stock
consisting of a basket Of pies
American Firm Wins Out.
The development of the firm of Castle
Bros.-Wolf & Sons, American import
ers and exporters. shows another
phase Of business success i'm the Phil
ippines. The gentlemen i'm the firm
we're not OF the sOldier-Of-fOrtun type
but were trained business men from
san Francisco. vino brought plenty OF
money with them TO establish them
selves. They began By taking con-
tracts 10 bAONluE knE army ~ IN hrEt-
tables, produce. frozen meats, and
other commodities. at. the same time
founding It commission y business iu
-four feed and fruits. IN the course of
time they added dry goods cement and
electrical machinery. and began to ex-
port native products, such as hemp
dried cocOanuts and cigars.
They are now agents for six of The
principal steamship lines. and have
lust. added a FIRE and marine insurance
department 10 their business. They
had TO compete with established Eng
lish and Chinese firms who knew the
puzzlmg ms and oats of the Oriental
trade that are 50 battling and perpleX-
ing TO the American business man. Al
though il has been battle royal fOI
supremacy, the new firm has succeed
ed 50 Well in "hustling the east that
the volume of their business for this
year Will reach i've million dollars
which viii be the high water mark for
this center.
Two Americans who are practicing
AN in Manila have won a case before
he United States supreme court, the