The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-01-11

away " IL easier anu StltE w kiu-
nap children when the opportunity
presents itself. and very young chill.
dren sell best. as they are not likely
To try to ESCAPE. Ncgritos are today
held In bondage. in considerable
numbers, In provinces like Iambales,
Pampanga. Tarlac. Pangasinan. and
Cagayan. While they are not dis.
played for sale in any market in
Pampanga. they can be- readily nego.
tiated for In several different public
markets of that province. and If none
happens to be- available at the mo.
ment the wouldbe purchaser Is as
sured that the supply in the noun.
tains is inexhaustible and that his
needs can soon be met.
The publication of my recent re-
port on slavery and peonage in the
Philippine Islands has caused con.
sternation in many provinces. Some
slaves have escaped and little effort
has been made to recapturc them.
while others have been voluntarily
set free by their masters. but ~ PAM.
pdngd The trdd, tH 0O,S m,JTiiU on.
NeQrifOS hdr, been p'ddltd aroma
the country ddjd,.m 10 Mdnll Hkc
cdrdbdOS or horses. and il is but a
short time since their purchasers
have in some instances refused to
give them up. stoutly asseverating
that they We're their property. Now,
however, warned by experience. own
ers make no such claim. but advance
various more or less ingenious en-
plantations of the fact that they have
Negritos in their possession and deny
that they are slaves. Some of them
insist that 1t is a Negrito custom to
kill orphan children. and that they
have taken orphans out of kindness
in order to save their lives,
DERHAPS the commoncst procedure
of all is to claim that Negrito slaves
are adopted children" or members
of the family" In such cases inves.
| tigation almost invariably shows that
| there has been no legal adoption; ;
the owner has merely gone befor" a
priest and stated that h. or she Will
| be foster" father or mother to the
| child. The child may or may not be
baptized with the name of the owner.
| Thus IS u ch'Gp ana 'GSB m''hOd ~
| securing u SlHrc ana N" rhIh HHS
"ddOpf'd" nm D" cOmpoH'd ~ lamar
| for n lifetime Withum com p'HSdtiOn
or turncd Orcr for u cOuSidcrdtioH Ia
| b" similarly "ddopt"d" bU Som"on"
| else.
| Other Filipinos VINO do not claim
that their Negrito slaves ar" mem
| bers of their families, find complete
| justification for purchasing them in
the claim that they have taken them
to Christianize and thus prevent their
going to He'll.
| wish this We're the worst. but the
worst Is yet to come. Not onig II" M
| FilipinOs buU. sen ami hoh ne wIld
| pcOpC as shares. bW FHIpino 'hidr'n
hare been kidnapped. or "nfic'd from
their homes IN amer FHpWoS. ana
sold as shares TO h'r arm kUd
Young girls On WhOl'sdIc hare been
sold OufriGht 10 ChB"S" reno pW
chased ana Kept them for immorn
purposes. 1h'U hare b'"R SOh Il
| pimps. pdndcrcrs, ana keepers oj
houses Of prostitution AMI comp"N'o
TO enter upOn 1irCS Of Shame. Fli
| pinO Childrrn ana UOHUg T0mCn hdr'
been sold 10 Chin'S' WhO mare taken
them to emma. GOd OHlV knoIrS Whd
fate mdy hare b'Jdll'n Hcm there
In such cases ne ricfims diSdppcd,
from these Islands. ncror 10 return
BY the word slavery | mean the
condition of a human being held as