The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1911-11-26

ing vegetables, and managing men Will
lam Edwards was delighted.
Resign" he said, and come home to
the store. You will make famous mer-
chant. Likewise you can get into banks,
railroads, and factories"
1t was useless temptation. The SOL
der was there, though temporarily con-
cealed by barter, baking, and agricul-
ture. He was captain of the line in 1898
and a lieutenant colonel OF volunteers
when he sailed for Manila. Coming home
with Gen. Lawton's body, he reported at
the War Department, after the funeral,
for orders and was assigned to the office
that had to do with the customs service
of Porto Rico and the Philippines. 1t
was a small Office then. 1t Is a large
office now.
Also Acted as Chaplain.
II have done everything in the army"
Col. Edwards said to Henry c. Corbin,
the adjutant general. even taking a
whirl at the chaplain's duties; and I
guess I can learn"
Thus began his godfatherly relations.
For more than ten years he has been
helping to build 100000 ignorant, pas
sionate, and poverty-stricken people into
a prosperous and independent nation. If
he were an Englishman working in or
for India he would dine with the King
and his photograph would hang on the
walls Of countless British households.
He watches the islands, just as II he
owned them. He helped President Taft
and Elihu Root throughout their early
work of reconstruction.
II have served" he said to me, ''un-
der the three greatest Americans of this
generation. Lawton was the greatest
soldier we have had in forty years.
Root and Taft gave the Philippines its
government and wrote its laws-better
laws than our own, because they were
written by great men,"
What do you hear about the Fill
pinos?" I asked.
Good news" Gen Edwards answered.
He is an intense and attractive man.
dressed in cucumber green, even TO his
hose. necktle, and scarfpin Good
news" he repeated. Business is going
forward. Development continues Nine
ty-SiX per cent Of the people are satisfied
For the first time in their lives they have
an opportunity to make something OF
themselves. And they are honestly try
ing to accumulate property and become
good citizens. 1 have been back and
forth five times. The changes to me are
very plain. The ordinary Filipino, twelve
years ago. wore a cotton shirt The tail
was outside of his cotton pantaloons
When he began to spruce up, he tucked
1t in. That was advance number one.
Now he is clothed in an undershirt. a
blouse buttoned to the throat, better
trousers than ever before, and American
shoes that cost as much as IS a pair,
Our people at home do not under
stand what is being done to lift 1000
600 Moros and Igorots out of the
wretchedness OF savagery and slavery
They are called the non-Christian tribes
The Christian natives, a. they are known
formerly bought the simple wares and
products of the non-Christians for al
most nothing; and also their children.
Let me give you a single example. A
man purchased a shirt on credit He
and his whole family worked ten years
to pay the debt. which kept pilinK I'D
at usuriOus interest faster than he
could pull 1t down with his labor. Dean
{. Worcester. secretary of the interior.
an American scientist. and a remark
able executive, is toiling night and day
to emancipate and educate these poor
people. He has Travelled thousands of
miles on horseback and has risked his
life times without number. He is an
extraordinary person. but is unappre-
ciated now. History, however, will do
him justice. He has gone where no
other white man cared or dared to go.
The Igorots and Moros were wild