The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-05


the exception OF the aborigb
dwarf blacks, the Ftiipinose
Malay stock, with the po y
tion Of the Indonesians. ="
ably Of Caucasian origt &
the purely native str h~ Is
Chinese. and Spanish H..s H4-e.@ 20
Msstixos. The Nest sJs ide .ng4hs
wealthy and influens a +.nes' ~ %
are also about 6o.e &c Y htooS>
In the islands, bus ne ESQ n 5us3D
law prevents thu papu# '. =
Ing recruited b ~ 81 F'5a -
Y6e ast ~. siHes !eA tupp-nes
r. ;stel 1pr y i IS 81 l2f lis II
5. 2tsHty W. a. 1iases
saa tg~as 3ansl, d. .red In
r. glossvs" ,hhab8tr. > re ivilized
iibss. This rief. ChrSt.aa tribes.
ove. waoss After, tn. tusUlsr Govern
1aeat ,rus;a.s aalnber sbo ~ 1890. 00o.
g, eetAsg wa. h.t stizos. l. ropeans and
~ erscaus rr4'asa In the islands. The
the wild tribess make up the balance
Of the grand total: These peoples are
governed directly from Washington
and not by the Philippine Assembly
In conjunction with the Commission
ers, The civiiized tribes are practi-
caliy all Roman Catholics. The Moros
are Mohammedans, ana the wild tribes
are pagans.
At the Louisiana Purchase Icxposi-
ton. the Philippines exhibit contained
sections In which Moros, Igorotes and
Negritos were displayed The spiel
ers" talked more about the dog-eattng
Igorotes than about the culture of the
Christian Eilipinos. The result was
that there grew up In the minds OF
many Americans the impression that q
very large part Of the population or
the islands was composed OF sayages.
The complaint that the Americans knew
too little about the race whose des-
TIMES they are attempting to mould
is frequently heard In cultured Fill
pino circles. M
Recently the Philippine Assembly cut
out an appropriation "for the purpose
Of maintaining friendly relations with
the wild tribes and putting down head
hunting. The ground taken was that On .
world had already heard so much about
head hunting In the Philippines that
the popular idea existed that this was
the chief industry In the archipelago.
The appropriation. like the silk drese
of the commercial travellers wife. was
put into the BILL, but placed where 1t
did not attract attention.
The Tagalogs were ciyiliSed people
400 years ago. but how much longer
history does not definitely tell. They
were writing and staging plays be-
fore Magellap's day. As their rulers
were called Rajas. and their vocabulary
contained q fair percentage OF words
of sanskrit origin. 1t II probable that
the Hlndus who invaded Java about
fourteen centuries ago also brought
Indian civilization to the Philippines.
At q much later date Arab priests
brought Mohammedanism into the
southern islands. AS an evidence OF
commercial advancement, mortgages
were executed and bonds sold In the
islands before the Spanish Invasion,
and when the Spanish took "Mayniia,"
the present capital. there existed q
cannon foundry which the invaders
saw 1T to continue In operation under
the native foreman.
Before the Spaniards came the more
advanced islands were governed by an
aristocracy that cared little for the
rights of the common people. With
certain notifications. the Spaniards
continued the policy OF making the
masses hewers OF wood and drawers of
water. Not until the American occu-
patton was there any attempt to edu-
cate the whole people and give them
equal rights. Nowadays the most
primitive Of the Ftlipinos are. as a
whole, gAmericanistas." while there
are many members Of the old aris-
tocracy inclined in the other direc-
tion. In Manila, where, mixed blood
ana political aspirations fire the veins
and the energies OF large majority
of the upper class, one hears that the
Americans are disiiked. In the prov
inces. where even the fanatical puia-
lanes respected the lives OF American
school teachers during the period OF
outlawry after the Instruction. one
hears another story.
Aside from the Spanish speaking
Tagalogs OF Manila and the con-
tiguous territory. there are seven
Christian tribes. the Bicols. the CaRa-
vans, the Ilocanos, the Pampangans.
the PangasiRans, the Yisayans and the
Zambalans. The Igorotes and the Mo-
ros are the most widely known nom
Christian tribes In America. At Ba-
guio one may still hear the familiar
son. Meet Me at St. Louis, Louis"
sung by an Igorote who dinsd on dog
in the Philippine section at the big
fair. The Igorotes are for the most
part still savages. but they are not
altogether benishted.
The Igorotes live in the hills have
feuds with one another and worship
demons, but as intensive agrieulturists
they are perhaps the equals OF any peo-
Pile on earth. The Igorote rice ter
races, winch ontDAe large popuiA-
ton to subsist by agriculture in a
limited area in the rugged heart Of
Luzon, are probably rightly called the
larKest Industrial work ever accom-
plished by savages. Their methods OF
cultivation and scientific fertillzing are
ahead of those of most civilized coun-
tries. The irrigated terraces. some
times running lsp the sides of precipi-
tous canyons TO a height of 1000 or
1000 feet. and sometimes encircling
mountains to their very submits. are
more remarkable as hydraulic engineer
ing feats than the rice terraces OF ia
pan.
The theory OF ethnoiogtsts Is that the
IRorotes were the first Malay invaders
in Luzon. that they were subsequently
driven TO the interior by other Malay
Invaders. and that in mountainous
country and cool climate they dsvel-
oped into the rugged race Of savages
they are today. Commissioner Dean
@. Dorcester, who has won the conf
dence of the wild people. has caused
head hunting to cease in the Igorote
country. He has introduced the great
American game of baseball as rec
reation in which the warriors work on
steam. Their fine physiques and good
training as mountain farmers hunt
ers and lighters. make them first rate