The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-28
THE PHILIPPINES IN 1912-By Frank c. Carpenter

other six are native guards. also armed,
 but not with Gatlings. In the center tower stands an American guard with loaded revolver and three rifles. This
 man has control of the lighting of the
 prison, and he can, in an instant, turn off the electricity in any or all the buid- ings. He has telephone connection, and can call out the force on short notice.
 When I visited Bilbid it was dirty and filthy. The prisoners are now made to keep clean, and everything is spotless.
 There Is no waste nor litter. The men arc on their good conduct and they may rise from class to class as they do better.
 At present 20 per cent of the prisoners are in the first class.
 The prisoners are well fed and they seem to be contented. They are taught trades of all kinds. and they do excellent work There is a carriage and wagon de- partment which makes wheels which are sent broadcast over the islands Tpere are also slvermaking shops. weaving rooms and departments where they dnake hats and baskets. Some of the prisoners are carpenters, some polishers and paint CTS There is also a tailor shop and a large printing establishment There Is an execution yard. SWtNre the murderers are hanged. The garsQ has disappeared. Our Penal Coio at Iwahig
 one or the mOSb&f9TldTkaDie or all prisons is the penal>foiony at Iwahig, made up of life prisdaSrs, murderers, and others who have bsSA Sent there as a
 reward for good conaEbfa at Biiibid. This is on little isarNEA %J3oining Palawan. It consists of a rese@ktion of 20 square miles occupied by heAtRnsers who are en- gagged in inanufactW9rg and farming. These convicts goSeRbt$h The only Americans colnteet3d with them are o;. hft-
 and an agricultural expert brought in to
 teach them to farm ,faey elect theil own officers and make stheir own laws. They have jury. trials iii which the vote of the majority convfcts, although the superintendent has the .right of veto. Such of the convicts assbreak the laws may be logged or sent back to Bilibid
 The convicts can marx if they wish and they may bring their wives and families to live with them. There are now F women in the colony. and six marriages
 have occurred this past year.
 Each of these convict farmers has his 1 own separate holding He does his worl, cn the shares. half of the crop going to the prison and the other half to him The colonists raise their own meat They have beef cattle. consisting of crosses
 between native COWS and Indian bulls | They have also a fishery
 | The colony is now going into cocoanut
 raising and it has already set out $500 trees This will not only render it self | supporting. but will enable it to turn in | great deal of money to the support of other prisons on the islands
 General Edwards tells me sof visit he | paid last year to Iwaliig. He was rowed from his ship to the shore by a murderer and he found couple of murderers act | ing as the family servants of the gov- | ernor. Mrs. Lamb is the only American | woman on the islan1 and she has two 1 little children. Her cook is convict The Helath of a Nation
 1 A great deal of Uncle Sams work has | had to do with the health of the Philip pires. The islands are being cleaned ur and the cities worked over. Manila has new sewers which cost about two million dollars. and 1t has a water supply brought in from the head waters of the l Mariguina river. which are held back by
 a dam 60 feet high. The reservoir there