The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1913-09-21
PHILIPPINE SLAVERY
CHARGE Is SUSTAINED
lnsular Auditor Phipps Cor
roborates the Finding Of
Dean &. Worcester.
GARRISON GETS THE DATA
Involuntary Servitude Exists in
All islands-HOw Traffic
Is Conducted.
GARRISON GETS THE DATA


Of involuntary servitude, sccompa MED BY
A trafic in human beings. exist In the
islands. have been disseminated.
W. n. Phpps. lnsuiar Auditor OF tn.
has sent an exhaustive report
to the War Department. II contains SEN
satonal evidence on the subject obtained
by himself and BY district auditors in all
parts Of the island who made investisa-
tions at his direction.
Many cases OF the buying Of girls and
boys by Filipinos. and the holding OF
youths and even men and women In
are cited BY the report.
The Phipps report 10 partly in response
to Senate resolution presented by Sens-
tor Borah demanding evidence Of the
War Department as TO the truth or falsity
OF Mr. worcester's statement that slav-
cry exists In the Phllippines The War
Department made an earlier reply to this
resolution. indicating that II had no evil
dence Of actual slavery.
NJ. Wsrcesser NeaOrted.
MIR. Worcester retorted with a v'lumi-
Gus report. the substance OF which was
recently published in THE suN. citing
cases to show that slavery does exist In
the islands.
This report was issued by Mr.. Worces-
ter on his own vOlition and was not called
for by the War Department. Secretary
Garrison, to whom the Worcester report
was presented this week. said that so FAR
AZ he knew At that time there would he no
action taken on IL By the War Depart
ment.
II 1. now believed with the overwhelH-
Ing evidence furnished by the Phipps
report the Department will be compelled
to take cognizance Of the situation.
In forwarding his report to Governor
General Forbes Auditor Phipps rays:
Il have no hesitsncy in saying that
think the charges Of Secretary worcester
that slavery exists In the Philippines are
fully sustained. A question has been
made a. to the term slavery saying that
Il was not . leSalised institution such
a. II Waa In the United States. -...
II do not think that the question OF the
legality or i.leSalit enters into the question
OF fact as to whether or not slavery
exists Human slavery is condition OF
human beinga In a state Of servitude or
bondage and where one person is subject
to the will and commands OF another ;
where the slave 10 Obliged to labor for a
master without the consent OF the servant.
All the conditions that enter Into such
definition Of slavery exist In the
Philippine.
Forms Of slavery.
The almost universal report made to
. skA kaA haar koH
| to Investisats was that slavery In some
, form existed to his personal knowledge
with a number It is a form Of peonage
which 10 the most extensive form Of
| slavery practised here: with many Others
II 10 the barter and sale OF human beingi
= by one person to another who holds such
person 10 sold to him In absolute sub
jugation. and they perform duties and
labor for him without compensation fur
ther than scanty clothing and In man,
instances Indifferent food"
The district auditors who gathered tn,
desired information for Mr.. Phipps all In
sisted that their data we're obtained onl,
ON condition that names be not mentioned
a. serious embarrassment for them wOult
result II II were known that they haC
furnished such information to the officiali
Of the island government.
Consequently the names OF the official
who contributed the Information abou
specific instances cited below will no
be mentioned In this despatch.
Every Negrits servant Bought.
One man reports that he was reliabl
Informed that every Negrito servant u
his district had originally been bought
His Informant said that they are gen
orally bought when quite young and KEEP
a. slaves until they become old enoug
to shift for themselves that they ar
kept in servitude throughout the entir
minority: that when they reach the az
OF Negrito discretion they learn tha
there 10 no law which compels them
remain In servitude. and that II they ar
dissatisfied after they learn their right
they leave the owners house.
This oficiai WAS informed that whe
: Filipino wished TO purchase a slave h
went or sent TO the mountains where tn
NeGritos make their homes and entere
into negotiations with the chief Of tn
tribe. The barsfin Ia made for the d.
livery Of q boy or girl as is desired fo
. considerations ranging from so pesos u
to ieO pesos,
The custom 10 for the chief to delive
the child to a designated party. who wi
receive the money from the purchase
} and deliver to him the slave and the
J turn over the purchase price TO the chit
Of the tribe. The chiefs never explai
how they come into possession Of the no,
and girls whom they thus sell.
Isvssttgatisa "UseIess."
The Investigator was Informed that
would be- ''useless'' for him or any OF
else to attempt an investigation. as
each case Of family having one or mol
slaves he would get an apparently sati
!. factory explanation OF how the sla,
!. came to be there and denial that Il
|. slave was bought. and further stat
ment that he or she was perfectly sati
= ned to stay.
4 The District Auditor was furnished vii
A q list OF seven FllipinOs In one town wi
/. are slaveholders, one Of them haviI
n three slaves. Their names are given In u
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