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Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1905-11-18
Filipinos Don't Want Chnese-.Hemp And COpra
Yield Too We'll To Make Sugar Attractive
Mindanao Offers Great Possibilities Educa.
tiOnaI Work

twenty II a fight occurred. The daily
wage these days is three yards Of red
cloth worth, at Mindanao. about twen-
ty.fye cents gold.
Two things | have studiously guard.
er against were enthusiasm and conclu-
siOns. My desire has been to see tho
country as II is and represent It ac-
cordingly.
My opinion of the Filipino people
is Of necessity hastily drawn. | came
in contact with comparatively few.
was everywhere received with
the most charming courtesy. and
found the Filipinos extremely happy
in their home relations. Families are
invariably large and the parents are
good to their children. Poor men who
can Ill afford to lose the labor Of their
children deprive themselves to the
point OF suffering that their children
may go to school. believe they are
primarily a good people and their
present condition is more the result
OF environment.
"The caste line between Filipino and
white is drawn very sharply in social
life A man who marries a Filipino
woman becomes a Filipino. not the
woman an American. This feeling Is
very pronounced. Men who make i'm
proper alliances with Filipino women
are completely ostracised.
while in Manila | met George Sell.
ner, who has made a ten.strike in the
Manila Times. also met Fred O'Brien,
who appears to be doing well as the
editor OF the Cablenews. Honolulu Is
well represented. On the whole there
are parts of the Philippines that are
pretty goody places TO live in. see
no occasion for our being afraid Of
any OF them"
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1905-11-18
OHIO SUITS GUST LIFE INSURANcERS

State, and that both companies In their
annual statements to the Insurance
Commissioners failed TO disclose a
large and substantial sum which was
contributed to Cornelius y. Bliss, one
Of the members of the Republican Ma.
t,onal Committee, the amount %
which is said to have been In excess
Of 100000. II is also alleged that the
companies paid out under the gulse of
fees S25G,OOO TO lobbyists to influence
the Legislature in this State and in
other States aud that the funds OF the
policy holders in this State are being
wrongfully expended and to that eX.
tent wholly dissipated and squandered
for Illegal, criminal and fraudulent
purposes. II Is further alleged that
the statements filed by both companies
were fraudulent and in direct viola
ton of the provisions of the charters
held by the companies in this State.
The receivers to be appointed are au-
thorized by the petition TO make all
corrections Of premiums and funds due
to the companies in this State, to hold
the same to be paid out as death ben.
Gifts until the final hearing OF the
cases.
Copies Of the petitions were served
on Captain II, o. Feederlee and d.
King Paige, agents of the two com.
spanies in this county.
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trees for fifty cents gold per tree per
year The contract for the coming
year would bring 81 per tree per year,
or more.
such Americans as have cultivated
hemp and Copra depend upon the wild
mountain tribes for labor. These men
have hitherto been intimidatcd by
the Moros and are still somewhat
afraid to approach the sea coast. Lit.
tie Is known of them but as time goes
on more and more are coming down
and for the present there are enough
in the vicinity Of Dayao to furnish
ample labor supply.
There are good many Americans
in this section who have taken up
about a thousand acres each.
Hemp resembles the banana and
sends up suckers like the banana after
once planted. Thus after the first
planting the only labor necessary is
to gather and clean. Machines are be-
ing introduced that reduce the cost of
cleaning. The present wages for
cutting and cleaning is one
half the crop. The product Is sold by
the plantation owner and he make a
profit there, so that the owner prac.
tically gets threeffths OF the crop.
The cocoanuts yield about threefourths
the selling price to the owner. AS to
profits. so few Americans have derived
incomes from their properties that II
Is impossible to give any exact idea as
to the eventual outcome. There are
two cases know of however in which
the men started in with $1,000 and now
have incomes OF $4,000 and have just
commenced.
up to the time the Americans took
possession from the Spaniards,
1t was not possible to set.
tie the land. The transportation is
still very primitive. The man who
goes there is a pioneer in every sense
of the word 1t Is as an unknown a
country as Central Africa.
AS to the possibilities of over pro
duction, the Philippines Is the only
place on earth where hemp can be
grown to good advantage. Expert.
ments have been made in nearby Bor,
neo without success.
AS to cocoanuts 1t has been found
that a very high grade oeomargarine
cane be made from copra and the price
is constantly increasing though tho
yield is also increasing. Since there
are much greater profits to be obtained
! from these products, 1t is foolish to
| fear competition from sugar.
Land Titles.
THE More provinces, which com
prise all the southern Islands, have
been placed under martial law,
and the Government has spec
ifically announced that it would
not recognize any titles obtained from
the native occupants by squatters
! Notwithstanding this, land has been
blocked out in l000acre plots in an
equitable manner and is being rapidly
settled ny colonies of squatters. These
settlers come from the ranks OF the
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salaried Government employees and
volunteer army officers. No private
soldiers have yet taken up land to my
knowledge.
Psivations Suffered.
The privations these men have to
undergo are indescribable. They have
to go into the wilderness where the
only means of communication is by
water and the sources of supply 100
miles distant. A number of cases are
known of men being shipwreCked and
OF others attacked by native war ca.
noes. The country offers little food
stuffs other than sweet potatoes and
bananas. The bill OF fare the year
round must be hard bread, bacon. corn.
ed beef, chicken and eggs. Very few Of
the pioneers understand cookery and
are therefore unable to make the most
OF what they have. Some set.
tiers have formed a mess of from four
to six men. They employ a cook and
live well.
Snakes
wild animals and snakes abound.
The only trouble the settlers have is
with the wild hogs and monkeys. The
hogs root out the hemp and the mon.
keys spoil the young Cocoanuts.
Snakes up to 80 feet in length are not
uncommon. At first these were re-
garded as a pest, but 1t was later
found that they devoured wild hogs
and were therefore friend. There are
deer, wild duck and various wild birds
in abundance, but these are not regard
ed favorably as a food.
Like Hawaii.
In general formation the islands
resemble the Hawaiian Islands. But
being much larger the land between
the mountains and the sea Is more ex
tensive. It slopes to the sea like the
land at Hamakua and at Eva. The
rainfall is abundant and the surface Is
cut with frequent streams. These are
useful In getting crops to market but
are so swift running as to hamper nav
igation the other way. Eventually
there will be q demand for steamers
Opportunity for Youth.
For young man with $4,000, will
ing TO rough II. >eat canned stuff and
hard bread, do his own washing, be
bitten by mosquitoes, give up all so
cial relations, and work like laboreE
for five years, such man at the end OF
ten years will have more than com
Portable income and in twenty years a
fortune and a fine plantation.
Were young man | would 10
cate in DavaO, MindanaO and grow W
with the country. The climate Is ex
cellent. One dressed in ordinary dun
garees In the day Is not uncomfort
able and at night a blanket
| is necessary. There Is no fe
yer. The rain is evenly distributed
with about eight inches per month
The country is in every way attract
i've.
THE Moros have left as the white
people have come in, leaving the coun
try to the peaceful Indians of the int
rior. They are not a warlike race
and one white man could stand OF
|
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1905-11-18

Oakland, Oct 2S.-Away backNn the
sixties, in merry England, Charles Il
Lloyd, who recently died in Berkeley
leaving a large estate, became engaged
to wed Miss Mary Scan of Bristol. The
publication OF the banns was cele.
lrated with a dinner on the birthday
of the Prince of Wales, now King o.
England The royal birthday, out
weighing the matter of the intended
marriage as a cause for merrymaking.
tended to lessen the importance of tho
latter and lloyd's suggestion that !,
be postponed was accepted by the
young woman, with the result that II
never took place at all, though sha
took his name. A daughter was
born to her, however, and that daugh
ter Is now Mrs. Elizabeth Lloyd Nix.
This Is the substance of statement
made in court by Attorney Frank Pow
ers, who represents Mrs. Nix in a suit
brought by her to obtain, as Lloyd's
natural daughter, two.ffteenths share
OF the S375,000 estate left by him.
Lloyd never disowned his daughter
according to letters and photographs
that he sent her, which were intro
duced in evidence today. The fact
that he sent money to England and
brought both herself and mother out tC
this country and established them in 9
home on Market street in this city wa
also told. She asserts that In consid
eratlsn OF the fact that she should b
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1905-11-18

81 travelled from Manila to the
southernmost island, Jolo, and stop.
ped at all the principal cities of the
group" said c. l.. Wight in speaking
to the Bulletin man of his interesting
trip through the Philippines.
Character OF People.
Il saw so many things of great in.
terest to me and to anyone who wants
to know of conditions out there that I
hardly know where to begin In telling
of them. The island of Luzon as we'll as
the others north of Mindanao, are
mostly peopled on the sea coast by a
small race of people with dark skin,
oblique eyes, lacking in stamina and
intellectual capacity. The class lines
among these people are very sharply
drawn as between the rich and the
poor. The men of wealth are larger
in stature, better physique and a
much higher order of intelligence
than the common people. The lower
order are completely ruled by the
higher, look to them for advice, are
employed by them and depend upon
them for labor and food. Conditions
resemble those that prevailed In Eu'
ropean countries In medieval times,
Under the circumstances to give these
people all the rights of franchise
would be great mistake, as they
would not understand the privilege
and would not be able to use 1t with
benefit to themselves or anyone else
High Class Characteristics.
The high class people are men OF
great mental astuteness. They pos
sess exactly the same qualifications
for handling the people as Bob Wilcox
had. They are smooth and good talk
ers. They have exercised this quality
in dealing with the United States.
"They make excellent lawyers.
zone young man started out for an
American education. He could not
speak a word of English. He took a
course at a law school in Washington
graduated at the head of his class and
returned home, all before he had reach
ed his twenty.third year. I'll
give you al VI hoN 'hNs "Ne'
with the common people. This was
told me by judge now in the Islands,
an American, and 1t is a statement OF
fact.
Oppression Of Lower Class.
"A rich planter made a con
tract with a family OF common PEG
pie to cultivate a parcel OF ground In
sugar cane. They to work the farm
Two caribou to be furnished by
the planter. The rinderpest took
these animals off and the man
who took the contract died. A demand
was then made upon the widow for the
price of the caribou. She couldn't
pay. The woman was then made a
prisoner of the employer and confined
in cellar until such time as her sons
should furnish the price OF the carl
bou. One of the sons went to the
Judge who was holding court some
twenty miles distant. After hearing
the story, the Judge ordered the WON
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1905-11-18
Impressions Gained From His Trayeles.Filipno
Not Naturally Bad But Poorly Led-Manual
Labor And Social Standing Don't Mix-.Social
Conditions

an released on a writ Of habeas cor.
pus and told the sheriff, Filipino, to
use proper secrecy in serving the pa
pers. Despite this Injunction, that
same night the woman was released
and returned to her home. The next
day the sheriff searched the house
where she was supposed to be impris-
oned and found no one. The Judge
, sent for the woman, who denied that
she had ever been held In restraint.
Her story of her absence was that she
had gone into the woods for trip.
Then the Judge took the woman in
and questioned her privately. where.
upon the woman fell on her knees and
pleaded not to be tortured. She said
that had she made any other statement
in open court than that which she did.
her house would have been burned and
she and her sons would be fortunate
to escape with their lives.
Public Schools.
Il paid special attention to the pub
lie schools. The teachers are
all men Of more than or
binary ability. They take an interest
In their work and are on the best of
terms with the pupils. The children
are unusually bright and showed mark.
ed difference in their conduct when
compared with their elders, who lack
ed their educational advantages.
Il believe the schools OF the Phil.
ippines will go farther to give the
country good citizenship than anything
our Government could have done.
Parents Interested.
The parents are fully alive to
the advantages the Government IL
Offering, though the allowance
from the United States Government
Is small and the school tax Is small.
These poor people are sufficiently In.
terested to give their labor free to build
school houses and do other work that
will aid in the education of their chill
dren.
Hawaii Might Copy.
THE salvation of the country lies
| in the education OF the common peo-
pie, not only in books but In the FUN
damental habits OF industry and the
principles of government such as Is
being taught there today. The
educational method Of the Phil
! ippines could be adopted with
good results in Hawaii. For instance,
the schools are being provided with
tracts of land from three to four
acres each. The boys cultivate the
land. Not only is agriculture
taught, but the best method
OF preparing the common food prod
ucts used in the homes. No funds be-
ing available for, cook houses or cook
ing utensils the people built houses
and provided utensils. 1t Is impos-
sible to bestow sufficient praise on the
school system and school workers OF
the islands. Every place went
endeavored to visit the schools
There is nothing represensible
in this department The most
noticeable thing about the pupils
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1905-11-18

Akron. O.. Oct. 2S.-Quo warranto
PROCEEDINGS were commenced in the
Circuit Court here this afternoon by
Prosecuting Attorney lIagclbarger, on
the advice of cN-Attorney General Mon
etc. OF OHIO, against the Mutual Life
insurance Company and the New York
Life Insurance Company to oust them
from the State by taking their fran
Chiscs from IN on the ground that
the companies have misuscd their pow
crs for the past five years in violation
Of the laws Of the State. Thirty-three
intcrrogItories are submitted TO the
companies to be answered.
The petitions filed ask that the fran.
chise held by the Mutual Life lnsur-
ance Company and the New York Life
Insurance Company be taken from
them and that they be prevented from
doing business In this State The pctl'
tons also ask that receivers be ap,
pointed by the Circuit Court to take
charge of all of the funds collected
premiums paid by policy holders OF
the two companies in the State and
that the receivers collect all premiums
due and hold the funds in trust,
1t Is alleged in both petitions that
the companies have during the past
Ave years misused their franchises
now hold contracts that are In direct
violation Of the insurance laws Of tn
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1905-11-18

was that when talked with them
they stood erect, smiled pleasantly,
looked me in the eye and withal made
favorable impression, quite different
from their elders who looked out the
corner of their eye, dug their toes in
the ground and had grave and hum.
bic demeanor lacking in self.respect
and independence of character.
The Fiiiplnos are an extremely imi.
tative race. Since the United States
occupied the islands you will see
many of them dressed in white cotton
suits in imitation OF the uniforms worn
by the American officers. These men
will deprive themselves of food in or.
der that they may buy a suit of
clothes like the white men and a pair
of shoes. A Filipino servant who &C.
quires a pair of shoes becomes useless
in that capacity. The lines OF caste
are very strictly drawn. The white
clothes and the shoes has each its sig.
nificance in establishing a mans posi-,
ton in the social and industrial scale.
Dignity OF Labor.
"All kinds of manual labor Is abso.
lutely despised and those who till the
ground are on the lowest plane. On
one occasion had to determine
whether should carry type
writer or go up two flights OF
stairs to rout a man out and have him
take 1t up. The hackman was par
alyzed when | carried II. was in
a big commission house one day
and wanted a small sized piece Of BAN.
boo taken to my carriage. did as
would do here at home, turned to a
boy and asked him to take 1t out He
turned to another, who told another to
tell another, and the whole business
took so long that | saved time by pack
ing It out myself. This phase of the
eastern character We don't understand.
Right in this connection, one of
the most important features of the pub
lie school work Is the constant teach
ing of the dignity OF labor. The pupils
of the schools work In stores after
hours. They have less caste ideas
and are willing to do what comes
along.
/ Philippines for the Filipino.
1.-THE Filipinos believe fully In the
Philippines for the Filipino. American
capital Is greatly desired but Ameri'
can immigrants are not wanted.
considering the fact that the
whole island of Mlndanao Is slightly
populated there is no reason why Am
orleans should settle in the northern
islands when Mindanao possesses such
great natural advantages in soil and
climate.
FiIipinos and Chinese.
THE agricultural industries are In
the hands of the Filipinos; the mer'
camille trade is largely controlley
by Chinese. The Filipinos hold
that the admission OF Chinese
labor into the islands will crowd
the Filiplnos out. consider that the
Chinese exclusion law Is good law
=, for the Philippines. The Filipino has
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1905-11-18
LLOYD SKELETON IS AIRED IN COURTS

as a daughter to him, but at the same
time keep secret the real fact Of that
relationship, he said he would treat
her just as his other children when II
came to the disposition of his property.
Instead of this the father beQueathed
her a paltry $4,000, and today the trial
of her suit for the specific performance
OF his contract was begun before Judge
John Ellsworth.
Charles r. Lloyd was shot by hla
nephew, William BoXall, in San Ber'
nardino, in 1908, on account Of alleged
disgraceful conduct OF Lloyd toward
BoXall's sisters, and after the shoot
ing, as Mrs. Nix testified today, Lloyd
sent her a letter asking that she and
her mother make aftidavits denying
statements that had been printed in
the newspapers, the mother to deny
that she had ever lived with him and
the witness TO deny that she was his
daughter, so that he could SHOW Fred
up" This, she testified, they both did
in order to carry out their contract
with him to keep their relationship TO
him a secret, although, as pointed out
to the court by Attorney Powers,
against their own interests. II Is for
these services as much as for the &C.
tual relationship existing that she now
asks for a judgment at the hands OF
the court OF sum approxlmatlna
, $4,000,
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greater antipathy for the Chinese
than has the Irishman OF the Pacific
Coast. Twice during the history OF
the islands the Chinese have been mas
sacred to a man.
| AS to why the conditions OF today
are as they are It is difficult to say
The Spanish undoubtedly oppressed
the laborer and poor people and their
example has been followed to an eX
tent by the Filipinos of today. On Tn.
other hand, the Spanish were industri
Gus. built churches and roads and
bridges. Certainly the Filiplnos have
not acquired the good traits OF the
Spaniards. Consequently It Is not fair
to attribute their undesirable qualities
TO the Spaniard.
Filipino laborer.
Notwithstanding their Incidence,
was told by white men who had come
In contact with them that the Filipinos
made good laborers. The dock labor
ers compare favorably with our Ha
waiians, and one contractor who en-
ployed thousands of men told me
that he desired no better labor. In
this matter you of course have to take
into consideration that some men can
handle a gang OF men and get good
work, and another will take the same
crowd and get nothing.
Penitentiary Influence.
| 1T is a curious fact that those Fill
pinos who have served a term In the
! penitentiary are invariably more In
dustrious than their neighbors, who
have been, you might say, less fortu
nate.
Philippines and Sugar.
AS to the country in general, the
soil and climate is well adapted for
sugar. The great question Is labor
There is no reason why the
italian or Portuguese laborer should
not be brought into the islands.
so far as the Philippines becoming
factor in our sugar market, do not
believe we have anything to fear
Should more sugar be produced 1t viii
! NC bDlu III NHt vi i'ht iu'hN' ''' -
the American markets.
"One Italian after having remained
in the islands two years, can have an
assured income by raising hemp and
cocoanuts which give an average net
yield OF from $50 to 800 per acre pei
year with no labor other than gather
ing and preparing the crop once the
plantation Is started.
1T takes seven years to get copra
crop and such Americans as have TAX
en- up agricultural industry begin b.
planting hemp TO get an immediate
crop. 1t requires two years to gel
the first hemp crop. The cocoanu'
trees are then planted in the henri
field and combined with the cultivation
of hemp till the cocoa is ready fol
marketing.
Being skeptical about the returns
from cocOanuta. was referred TO thu
city treasurer of Davao, Mindanao. HI
said that the municipality sold TO thu
Chinese the crop of bearing cocoanu
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1905-11-18
SUE FOR WAR RISK.

Seattle (Wash), October 25.-The
Northwestern Steamship Company,
owning the steamer Tacoma, seized by
the japanese during the Russo.Jap.
anese war has begun suit in the Supe-
rior Court against the Maritime lnsur-
ance Company to collect sl3,362 90. the
amount of an insurance policy issued
on her cargo, which the company re-
fuses to settle. on the ground that at
the time OF the seizure the vessel was
violating the order of President Roose-
welt by carrying Contraband Of war.
The Tacoma left Seattle January 9Th
with cargo of beef for the Russian
army at Vladiyostok, and on March
lith, while attempting to run the
blockade. she was seized by a Jap.
anese manofwar. Later the vessel
and cargo was taken before prize
court and condemned. At the time
the Tacoma left here the local JAP
anese Consul notified his Government
that the boat carried contraband for
the Russians, and II was predicted she
would never reach her destination.
This is the first case growing out of
the late war, and II Is said will act as
a precedent for others.
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You will often find a silver watch at
the end Of a gold chain.