The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1906-06-07

| l2Ige mn o. which he was AFRAID would
/ be shaken from the wall while ran to
the window and looked up at the vol
. ano, (it can be seen from almost every
house in the prOvince) to see if it was
affected and intending also to Jump to
the ground if the quakes increased in
violence. The volcano was quiet, how
ever, and we had no more shakes that
night. At the army camp nearby a
lecture was being delivered. When the
shock came everyone, including the lee
tu~er, bolted from the hall.
Our schools closed for the summer
vacation March Both and April End
s2iled for Manila, arriving two DAYS
later: distance ESQ miles; cost 25 pesos.
u this trip we saw schools Of porpoises
which looked like big hogs jumping
tc),l wave to wave, sometimes on the
11rface and sometimes underneath the
vatsr. Many flying fish, scared from
Tie sea by our ships or by larger fish,
vent skipping over the waves. We also
saw that monster sea animal, the
whale. He was about half {. mile away
Glowing" and sending up G. column of
water 10 feet high, anu lazly SWIM
ming on the surface few minutes.
All thepassengers, EXCEPT myself and
The crew were Spaniards, Filipinos and
Chine-e. Two Spaniards were on their
way to Stain TO visit; one Of them, a
r,crch2nt, was brought to these Islands
when child; he had married ar2tive
woman and was taking his two bright
loys to Spain to be e3ucate1; one of
these logs was very fair but the other
was as brown as Filipino. Two or
three Of the Chinese passengers were
on their way to visit China. So it is.
Asia, Europe and America send their
sons to these fair Isles but most of
them retcrn to the home lands it is not
ne Colonization.
People here are very much GiSaL-
ointcd by the recent action Of he U.
5. Seize committee in refusin~ + Ie-
rort tie Philippine tariff bill, thereby
probably killing it.
The natives are beginning to ak, eff
his is AmeIicGn tel tit.l. why Is our
t-adc with the States restrictc i; il it is
&c. American trrlitmJ who do the
i~c float over every town and 81 army
9-eiea officials continue 20 govern
Us? Io' Cast Of your gel intentions
b. La, do you know ,haC G G. -evcn
.,s- Of American lie he corn J is
/ oro nd com cree is in a worse con-
il dy q The Span' sh role"
" go f Q ~ -lief has been agaln
by? Because the sugar
- CIR compe ion; in fact
icfoe- .-a srcrIdless because we
anaot for many years produce enough
ger t. AFFECT the American make,
rat if VIC colld odpce the price cf sugar
the SITS woJE you consumers of
Gar no be jonof-5ed hereby? If
u WI no, give Us lower tariffs why
81 o protect us 6l-o; for example, with
he stimulus afforded by & pro ective
.I.h The opicay possessions If the
U. g. c0uid pre- duce m,.y CO he CO zee
c>iil that com. b. 1T
I IL article We have e ~ <dp and
Ei~2il suppli-s he mace.
consider also the petty annoyances
at we suffer. EXAMPLE: 7 sent by
mail some Filipino cigarettes to friend
n Pennsylvania, they cost 50 cents only
Int were held up at San Francisco and
letu' ned to me because the duty was
rot paid.
II TIE Americ~a PEOPLE really wish
} give as Square deal" they VIII be
gin fy lowe ing tha ,arif bars end CIV
ing US a ID market for the products
# o." sill and labol. You need not
foal the competition Of sevel millions
tropical rsCple.
CHARLES E. HOYE.
Harila My l, 1896.