The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-14
America in The Philippines
XIII 1.-THE LITTLE BROWN BROTHER
By Fpederic J. Haskin.

nauons of Europe and with our cous.
 ms ot england. A college-bred man
 may work In machine shop in the
 o"i.eo states and nothing will be said
 t. But 1t is only in the United
 a.es that such a condition exists.
 me the Filipino will be brought
 rs o american idea. perhaps. Al-
 h.x ne ooys and girls in the schools
 r..s reen taught that 1t is consistent
 s misn their dignity to carry their own
 'vTSs .rs and to dig in the garden.
 me Filipino Is a Christian. ana has
 go TOT centuries. While he Is
 h en.ai Tn race and habits of life.
 mind Is controlled by European
 ns.a Sess He Is the most Occidental of Cias. but he is enough of an o,, th .o De tenacious in his grasp
 ne already has. They are snanish ana Just as far away from ours as tne ideas of the venezueIans.
 but' the fact ts, the Filinino will
 mvA ne has the opportunity. He VII not do coolie work, and the Ameri- csn Mno expects to make d fortune in ,ne rhinppines from the profits on the iaooF oi Filipino peons is doomed to .hn ppon'ment. He might as we'll try Will work when the work is of . rind tnat suits him. An American tobacco man, nigh officer in the Trust. after ; trip through the Manila tobacco isctories, declared that he had never seen better workmen in his life. The railroads. the electric plants. the steam ships all testify to the Filipino's abii-
 The Bureau of Printing in Manila fs another refutation of the charre that the Filipino Is essentially lazy and in- competent. The Bureau Is one of the best and neatest print shops under inc American flag. All of the work ia done by Filipino craftsmen and appren- uces under the direction of American instructors. There are 800 Filipinos and sixteen Americans In the Bureau now. They do all kinds of work, rom photo-engraving and multi-color process plate printing down to ordt- nary linotype composition. The work Will stand beside that produced by any print-shop in the United states. and every bit of 1t Is done by Fiji pino labor.
 The passion of Filipino boys and girls to obtain an education Is the constant theme of the teachers. Pa- rents VIII make the most complete sac- rihces to send their children to the schools. and the pupils themselves en. dure hunger and suffering and sleep lessness to get learning. The manual training schools and the agricultural schools are teaching the people a new doctrine concerning labor. and with the increase of needs brought about by wider education. the Filipino will go to work for his own sake. But he will never so to work as coolie. The reason Is good one. The Chinese or Japanese or Hindu coolie must work to live. The Filipino may retreat to the backwoods. plant some banana trees and live to be a hundred without doing a stroke of work.
 Yet the Americans of Manila do not Nike the little brown brother" and the Filipinos of Manila, the educated ones. return the dislike with interest. They prefer the rule of old Spain, cruel as 1t was. Spain did not attempt to educate the common people up to their class. Spain received them as social equals. Spain married their daughters and occasionally let them in on a bit of graft. The Americans will have nothing to do with them so- ciaily and while the United States gives them many offices. Bilibid prison is the sure portion of him who at- tempts little grating on the side. The Manila American wishes to ex-, pioit Filipino labor. The Government will not permit 1t and the Filipino will not fall in with the plan. There fore, he "cusses" both the Government and the Filipino. The educated Fili- pino also wishes to exploit the com mon classes of his people. The Gov ernment will not permit 1t. and. there fore, he "cusseE" the Government and hates the Americans.
 Out in the provinces. SO testify the men and women who work for the civil government and who teach in the schools. the Americans and Filipinos are very friendly. The Americans are trying to aid the Filipinos. not trying to exploit them. The Filipinos know this ,and are grateful. In Manila there Is great friction between the nation alities. In the provinces. witness all the Americans >except the soldiers. the relations are friendly and are becom- ing more so as the purpose and intent ! of the American Government is made more and more clear to the masses of the people. In the Philippines. every American who has gone among the people and lived with, them. declares that the little brown brother" Is a child of great promise and worthy of the helping hand of the older and stronger "big white brother.
 TomOrrow--America in the Philip pines. xIV--The First Filipino As- sembIy.