The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-02-13

ice and told them that in America
water became like that in winter
The men handled thu ice. and ono
said he was going to take his piece
home and show 1t TO his fellows He
thereupon thrust it into his waiSt-
hand. Very quickly thereafter he Was
seen to sneak it out agarl. and loof
anxiously down at his new moisten4t
clothing.
How Uncle sam Works
In all Of the region. known rs ti.
mountain province. head hunting hts
been practically suppressed. Hun
,ireds of miles of new roads and trans
have been built, and govern .rent *
changes have been established I.
supply the people with goods at zee
trying to create 4 market for tn
products Of these people. He has
brought peace to them. and is in
PRODUCING various industries. SOM
~ the I~orrotes and other tribes
weave beautiful mats which command
ready price in the market. The
also do carving.
These new roads are bringing thr
neople together They are trading
with one another, and are in fact en-
tering upon new life. They like
orr government stores where the safes
are made at Manila prices plus -
per cent and the cost Of transrort,1-
ton, and they bring their basket
work, wood carving. weapons and
! curious dresses to the exchanges.
| where they are bought for cash as
! curOs SO far the exchanges haze
/ been operated by the lieutenant GOV
ernors but it is believed in time that
/ there will be men appointed by the
| government to study the local needs
and to bring in the goods to supply
them.
Moving Pictures FOR the Sayaec>.
The government is establishing
schools and is doing what it can L"
! teach the grOWnupS. one 81 Its
| methods is by the stercopticon lecture.
, The officers show moving pictures
and other lantern slides by which,
| they teach sanitation, agriculture and
| industries OF various kinds. one pic
ture will be Il village in a wild state,
and another the same village cleaned
of dirt. one will show q hut which
is shabby and poor. and another
a hut of the same size we'll made
One picture will ba that Of head
hunter when he was wild. The next
presents him in citizens clothing. AMI
third as an officer Of the police
| force. The people like these pictures
ana Inty are uO1nS cOnS1GcFdbft Stod
, The tribal lines are fast disap pear
ing among these savages Of the north
In the mountain province there now
exists 80 miles Of good trails. Cars
are being run fro mthe coast TO Ger
venteS, and in short time they vii
reach BontOc, the capital. In Ifugat
there are 10000 men who each die
ten days work on the road last year
The old trails have been Widcne(
and improved, and it is expected tina
), 800 miles Of new roads will haN'
been completed durinp this tisca
year. This road work is going OF
> ! in Mindoro and otherwheres.
The Americans Versus the EilipinO>
In closing I would say that the viii,
= men are afraid Of the Filipinos an
. that there is a mutual distrust be
tween the two classes. The Filipin
despises the wild man on account 0
his ignorance. and fears him for tn
vengeance he has shown in the past
. war Of prejudice and hatred ha
). risen up between him and the semi
u savages. and 1t is said that he Ia
tainted the latter with the statemen
" that the American government is
:, be only temporary and that in tim
all the tribes will be ruled by him
= This the wild man fears and he ha
come to the American again an
>. again and begged him to stay All
= continue to give him his rights in tn
II courts and the other GREAT adyar
a. tages which he now has
II FRANK G. CARPENTER.
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