The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-10-01
AMERICAN SUCCESS in THE PHILIPPINES
The Best of the Breed
Are Doing Well
There.

MANILA-The record of American
endeavor in the Philippines is a va
RED story, saddened by instances of
wretched failure and illumined 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 ex-
perienced always bestow upon the un-
initiated. Men have grown old in
the attempt to quicken the sluggish
blood of Asia. That the white man
could not hustle the deadened, mys-
tery-steeped East had long been an
accepted conclusion by those who
knew it from close association. And
so the coming of the American, 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
enormity of his task; the drowsy East
istirs sullenly in it's stupor; and the
critics increase their invective as the
new conner 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
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the weakling. The sloth and stealth
and eneryation of this slow-going
Gland of manana' will take the heart
and blood out of those who are not
Spartan born. The white man or
woman, who would ward off deterior-
alton must be strong, physically and
morally. The hostile cline eats into
the vitality of the feeble or indis-
Greet, and there is a sinking some
thing that gets in the blood of the
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 i
are signs that make the devil glad.
While the domination of the Phil |
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 is breaking new
ground Admitting that failures have
occurred in plenty since American oe-
cupation of the islands. there follows
collection of specific experiences to
show that our widely vaunted trait of
adaptability is not a myth; that those
who are giving the best there is in
them to the solution Of their prob
lens are breaking down the obstinacs
of this stubborn land.
CLARKE, THE PIE PEDDLER.
One of the first Americans to land
in Manila after our troops was a
young man by the name of Clarke,
from Centralia, Illinois. Before the
smoke of the bombardment cleared
away he began to exercise his COM
mercial instinct by retailing pies to
the hungry soldiers. The little bak-
cry founded by the pie vendor has
now grown into an establishment of
large proportions, giving employment
to fifteen Americans and thirty Fill
pinos. The Clarke bakery practically
supplies the white population of Ma
Mia with bread. Four and a half tons
of American flour go into the big
ovens every twenty-four hours. When
the remnant of the battered Russian
fleet liInped into Manila harbo1 this
summer, the first thing the admiral
did after cabling the car that he had
been whipped was to order 1000
1oaves OF Clarke's bread for his hun
CRY jackies.
The elite of commercial Manila
takes its MONDAY lunch at Clarke's.
He has also been so successful in
the manufacture of candy that his