Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-09-06

Mia Is the great market for ylang.
ylang. Prices are quoted daily in the
newspapers.
The native here is fond of bright
cOlOrs, cigarettes, and rides. ! never
saw such an aversion to walking as
obtains here. 1t Is very common for
a native to spend half his salary rid.
ing to and fro between his home and
place of employment. The average
wage here for experienced labor is
about 80 cents a day.
Thousands are employed in the to-
bacco factories in Manila, of which
there are nineteen licensed now.
| Some of these plants employ as many
as six thousand operatives. One fac
tory has a daily output of 16 million
cigarettes and n million cigars. One
third of all to.auco is consumed To-
cally. Every one smokes, men, wo-
men and children. A package of so
good cigarettes costs five cents. A
good 10 cen cigar costs l IL cents
by the box of 100.
In woman's clothes the styles never
change. There is always the long
train and flaring collar and sleeves
introduced by the Spanish. Many
men affect a fondness for red striped
trousers with green coats.
have not formed a general opinion
of the native here yet although l have
arrived at a few conclusions, but the
idea of giving these people indepen.
dence in 1912 is humorous in the very
extreme when you Judge conditions
on the ground. The Indian and the
negro is far better fitted. Another
tact, regarding the Philippines is this
that they are self supporting and have
been so two years. The expense for
the United States is for standing
army in Pacific stations and would be
as great if the U. S. had nothing
whatever to do with the islands. ia
pan, Germany, England and China are
all ready at any time to take over the
territory at an time the u. S. wants
to let go. The islands can produce an
enormous amount of wealth just as
soon as capital is introduced and does
alread produce a great deal with the
hand to mouth primitive method at
present employed. But all lines of en-
terprise takes capital-great big gobs
of it. The English and German in
weston Is getting in here but the
American capital is absent. Standard
ill is responsible for the railroad and
street cars both OF which pay enor.
nous dividends. In agricultural lines
for instance, success in any large de.
gree is hardly possible without $780,
700 and in every case it Is a rather
long wait for profits.
The exporting and importing bust
ness is possible on less capital and IT
proper lines are taken up very feast.
Bile and profitable. ! am devOting con-
siderable spare time to learning all ]
can about it and am planning to put
some of this information into action
before long.
For amusements We have band con-
certs every evening and the two
bands are splena4u organizations. The
concerts are given on the Luneta, a
large park bordering on the bay, and
the wind nearly always blows off 1t.
So that is a very pleasant daily event.
Moving picture shows are numerous
and on every hand. Prices are the
same as at Bismarck.
While we were in Shanghai We Wis.
ted the ancient walled city. This
city was builded $500 years ago and
has been maintained practically with.
out change. Here we saw customs,
people, horses-everything, absolute.
y u%ninfluenced by the occident and a
great sight (and smelly it was. The
streets averaged about eight feet Id
width and no attention whatever is
paid to sanitation. Foreigners are
:lot welcome here neither BY the Chi.
aese nor by the English colony out
side, because inside tee plague, small
oox, etc, always prevails. We saw
the execution ground where two
weeks before our visit they had chop.
ped off the heads of 30 c%onvicts. Lite
las no value whatever in China.
While we were staying at Hong Kong
! Chinese policeman was executed
sor grating to the extent Of twenty
cents.
In both Japan ard China you are
impressed with the fact that with
.hese people it is a struggle for ex.
stence and there is no chance for
inhibition.
The Japanese are fly years ahead
II the Chinese and by the stopping In
Yokohoma, Tokyo, Kobe and Maya.
.aM we got a pretty good Idea OF
Japanese life. rather like the Jap
but prefer to trust a H,inan.an before
any other oriental. There is q mar
tial spirit in Japan. 1t la manifest
everywhere and everything seems to
center on preparation for war. The
school children are given military
training from ten years OF age and is
never relaxed. The military spirit Is
not offensive y but defensive. Japan
is IN financial straits and cannot At.