The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-02-04

sether thirty or forty thousand acres
In such farms. and on one OF them.
consisting OF about fifteen aorea.
Average Of about two oi hours ySsf a ON dan an
They maintained flfty-two garden plots
md planted and harvested peanuts, to-
bacco and corn. This Yves at Batac.
gardens whore vegetables are grown.
They have tree nurseries. and there are
classes of seed selection and in poultry
raising
In tho eighth grade courses are
given In housekeeping and tho house,
hold arts. The Yirls learn domestic
science, and they practice cooking. INN
work will eventually Ety make great
ing. OF the people Physiology. hygiene
and sanitauon are taught In all the
schools. 80
The Trade Schools.
In addition TO the regular schools
training, schools. There are many
thousands of students who are per
featng themselves in special lines
leaving school, and $4,000 are doing
industrial work In the upper grades.
About 10000 boys are learning cur
Chinese and Japanese carpenters. who
now practically huve monopoly OF
the building and cabinet work or the
islands.
Manila the boys are taught how to do
all kinds or mechanical work. They
handle machinery, they reputr autoInO-
biles, and they do all sorts of wood
working and iron-WorklnS. In addi-
ton TO this there are tnlrIy-fre other
trade schools, or one for each prov
incc. The most OF these are equipped
with machinery outfits, and all nave
adequate sets of wood working tools.
In many Of them iron-worKng goes
on. thousands OF students are now
l,V.t
cases the institutions have developed
into well organized business enter
prlses.
The instruction Is along the lines
Take the making OF hats. and otner
work in connection with the Philip
pine nbres. The little ones take
quickly TO weaving, and they are lnak-
some OF which are exqulsiteiy bcauti-
fun. The fine Filipino straw hat now
goes all over the world; 1t rivals the
Panama, and II might forin one OIL
the great exports OF the island.
dealer ut Maniln recently received an
order from the United states Tor .uoQ-
people to make them. In 1903 more
than 100000 were exported; but OF
these less than 100000 went TO the
United States.
This education In weaving and along
other Industrial lines is not confined
to the trade schools. AS l have said
school, and It will viii eventually make
the t1lipinos great industrial nation.
Tn c Sr.m reuliZes this possibility
and General Edwards is urgins thas
every part of the islands. IL was In
connection with this that the Depart
mcnt of Agriculture has been alfred
with the Bureau of Education, and the
two now work together. ~ great deal
is expected from the natural skill
whic, the children show in embro.d-
cry and lacc-making. They are fuzzy
the equals OF tho Japanese or Chinese
in all such work, and they may sup
ply the United States markets.
Shi-:waists for the United states.
Not long ago MIR. OReilly, of the
Buraan OF Education, was. sent TO the
Untca states TO see what market
there might be for Filipino emhroid-
cry. lie took back patterns of shirt
embroidered in Belgium and Japan
These will be copied by the schools
to be sold in our stores, or original
work OF similar nature be produced.
such shirtwnists at price which
would be very high for the Filipinos.
The children In this way work for
their schools. and they Will also make
money for themselves. As General
Edwards says.thc two great nccessi-
ties of life are good health and an
rs 70 Sha IS rs
sanitation methods an instruction IN
hygit ne. and it is giving the second
through this industrial work in the
schools.
In some parts of the islands they
are teaching the children 20 raise SILK.
They grow the mulberry trees in their
scho' gardens. They hatch the eggs
and rear the silkworms and reel the
silk from the cocoons. This may be
made house industry, II is in
China and Japan. Later on tca-rals-
Ing will probably no taken up.
TH.... 4.
great work Is going on in cdu
eating the Filipino teacher. Since VIC
took hold OF the islands about 200 OF
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