The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-10-13

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c~ive more than 70 cents . Gay fcr ordinary
lahor. not q great incentive 10 Industry.
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SometlmcA they DID not act anything y
ell. but we're drafted into work without
Since ve have been In the islands tram
pavs have be~n constructed. sewers put
in and other pubic works carried on IN q
way to show that the Filipino really can
work. % our we pay them an I'M
F.kIi through the Pa, Americana. have
paid wages which have made the other
foreigners groan. But We want the work
done and lone quickly. We have h
money, moreover. and are willing To pay
for the right away which seems essential
20 us.
-As a matter of fact we are Paving for
unskilled labor at the rate which formerly
prevailed for skilled labor, 80 cents n day.
In lots OF little ways, too. We have upset old
standards OF compensation.
sE.. t,at anRa IN N driyar aGAa ms N
pescta more than the regular rate | pay IL.
It's only five cents. anyway. and my time
and nerves are worth more than that. But
an Englishman will stand out on the side
walk for half an hour M haggle about
that five cents. It's a matter OF principle
with him. He isn't going TO he imposed On.
-On the o,her hand, though the Americans
pay more, tL.cv expect more work than
the Filipinos have ever been doing. In
fact, I think we ask a little too much OF
them.
Our own men out there work hard them-
selves, too hard. I know many American
men who are shortening their lives by the
hard work they are doing in our insular
possessions.
1T isn't possible 20 work in tropical
countries as we do here at home. Yet many
OF our men try TO do IL themselves and
expect some approach to 1t from their
native assistants.
THE Government working day there is
seven hours, except in the hottest season.
when we nave a single session OF five hours
from 3 20 I or from ] to II. Then We go
home 20 tifin. after which We do not go
back TO work.
to accomplish anything. l really think
there would he better work done IL the
ordinary day were six, or even five hours,
instead OF seven.
I'VE expec the natives to take from
thirty minutes to an hour for luncheon,
~. MO I,N In fhia nnitpfrv and thar Uaf
to work again. Why, before we
came those people and their fathers before
them were asleep at 2 O'Clock.
Now. you will see young men at their
desks, their heads dropping or even down
on their arms, and they fast asleep at 2 in
the afternoon. I've often seen them that
way and hadn' Z the heart to waken them.
THE Americans themselves feel the
effects OF the climate. II isn't n bad climate.
except for the long continued heat.
Beginning with the first of October
we have three ideal months. like our own
beautiful autumn weather. Then comes
the summer. which is very hot. About in
May begins the rainy season. n though
the nights are cooler then the days are
steaming.
There are mountainous regions where
il is cool and pleasant. They used to be 30
inaccessible hat they did not count. But
Mr.. Taft had a road built by army
engineers from the terminus OF the rail-
way, III mlltb iTOm lldIllld up 10 DenHuet,
6, 900 feet above the sea. There, at Baguio,
there are pines and frosts and a deliciously
cool atmos phere.
~The building OF the road was very much
criticised at the time. not only by the native
pa pers but in this country, too. II cost
3. OOO. 900 pesos and was always getting
out Of repair. But it has justified itself
now.
1T is a splendid highway and OF the
greatest benefit. Ambulances meet the
trains in the morning, and by going right on
through one can reach Baguio before night.
Or one can stop at Twin Peaks. a halfway |
rest house. and break the journey by one |
or more days there. Baguio was made the |
summer capital and has proved an in
calculable boon.
There In a fascination about the work |
there which 1t is hard to explain. II 10 |
totally different from the routine of or |
binary Government service here.
There you seem to he doing something,
getting somewhere. And yet il 10 true
that the natives accept all that We have
lone for them in the way of schools. of SAM |
tation. of improved industrial conditions, |
very much as a child would take a piece OF |
cake. They have always been exploited
by those in authority over them and they |
probably think We are at the same game
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