The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-02-27

see the Moro as he was under the
Spaniard. There were about 100000
OF them. and they were al slav: deal
ers, slave holders or slaves. Many
had been pirates. not = few were
murderers and al had a low state
Of civilization. An ~lnt.rnecinc wa~
was going on among them. and L
took Us several years 10 Subdu. tho
various tribes. Here IS the news
tina, cones from that section today.
The Moros are gradually engaging
in different kinds Of Sainful octura-
tons. Along the coasts they dry tish
for sale. Farther inland thes ar.
raising cattle and horses. In some
places they have little farms and
in the wllds they gather such things
Is wax. bark and nuts nand by
trade. They are making some copra
and they are also doing ! large bust
ness in pearl shells and other such
things. The pearl industry nov en-
ploys about thirty ~schooners. and
there are buyers from Paris ready 10
take the pearls as fast Is they are
found. The divers At. Japanese and
! natives.
The Moros are also fishing for
ms In some places they weave
mats and in others make excellent
cloth. ON the Island Of Jolo the GOV
III is teaching them how 10 M
prove their herds If cattle and
horses. and about Lake LAnao Il IL
telling them how 70 make more out
Of their farms The people are com-
ing to trust Americans. They pro-
test against their government being
given over 10 the Filipinos. ana say
they prefer 10 be ruled by Uncle sam
under their sultans ana dates, This
is the situation today.
The Moro Province.
1t was in 1903 that Uncle Sam
formed the Moro province. separating
these people from the rest Of the is
lands and giving them a government
which was different from that If the
FilipinOS themseNe The Ncrus are
under military government with a
provincial ca pital at Z~amhoanga and
district capitals at Jolo. Zamboanga.
! 1ligan, Cottobatto and DaSao. There
!, are five districts and they cover the
Island Of Mindanao and the Suln
archipelago. Each district has both
Moros and Christians. but the Chris
! tianS are comparatively few. They
form. perhaps. one-seNenth or me
!, eighth Of the whole population.
AS soon as the country was 50 dl-
: : yided each district governor made a
:, Of the tribes of the districts
and a study Of them with a view to
giving them. as far as possible, self
! government. ounci were formed.
courts We're organized and there were
tribal courts. 1t is provided that both
Christians and non-Chr!StianS might
appear before the justice Of peace
: courts and the first courts Of appeal.
a and that if there were disputes Oh
corning the decisions the cases could
= be appealed to the supreme court Ct
the Philippine Island 4 police force
was organized. and in addition the
c~onstabularies or government police
n Of the islands were placed very
q where. The officials did everything
q they could to get the people to go
to work. They realized that the
only successful future Of the province
could be along industrial lines, and
j. they tried to teach the natives TO raise
h their own food supply. They got
some Of them to working on the plan
tations and timber concessions and
in the sawmilIs. which have been
established by American and Euro
:. pea capital. and as q result they are
now beginning TO view life in a semi
civilized way. The government has
: also improved the sanitary conditions
= 1t has been building roads and trails
= and the revenues Of the province arr
= steadily growing. giving more and
more funds for public Improvements
The Harem and The Slave.
Re In some Of the provinces schools are
being established and the officials are
is doing what they can to get the Moroe
l. to send their children to them. This j!
4 difficult and it will be 4 long time be.
ar fore any sort Of a modern civilization
can be built up. The work has TO b,
is started at the beginning Of things
L. The people have little respect for hu-
80 map life. They have always had STAY
&C cry. and even now IT seems Impossible
= to abolish it. They are also Johann
!, rnedans and those who can afford i
II lave numerous wives. ! saw one datto
an old rascal named TITO, who Wa
said to have sixty women III hi
harem. and | photographed the Su!taI
- CT Nindanao with ten IF his wives.
saw slaves every here and was tUlt
81 that the wife was little more than
ct a--,o 4. ~ 49, !. -
- for ~ wife was $50 in silver. i Natt
= buffalo and FIVE hundred pieces If rio
= a. e worth ala 1snr E..h AitA..th.-