Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-10-08
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FILIPINO BACK
TOfARN MOVE
tBy LATEST AIaiI.l

MANILA.-DoH Emilio Aguinaldo
Fanny, the Filipino dictator of Teyolu'
t'onaTy times, has been chosen as q
representative OF the Agricultural Go.
operative Society Of Cavite-his native
.Brovince--to the insular organization
now being started here. Baldomero
AguinaldO, a cousin of Don Emilio, is
the president of the Cayite society.
He, also, was a general in the Filipino
army during the insurrection and seTY-
ed with distinction In the campaigns
in Bglaean, Pampanga and Tarlac.
The agricultural cooperative society
scheme is the result OF many years
Of work, and Emilio Aguinaldo has
been one OF the most active in furth-
ering the enterprise. In fact, the idea,
although suggested by DIR. Jose Rial
was left TO Aguinalde to develop and
put into active operation. Practically
from the time OF his capture by Gen
eral Funston to the present, Don Emf
lio has devoted mis- life to agricultural
development of his own property and
that of other Fflipinos with whom he
came in contact. All his influence and
power have been directed TO this end,
and the organization Of the agricultur-
al cooperative societies throughout the
islands is considered personal tri-
umph and an accomplishment Of per-
nanent advantage to the Filipino peo-
pie. In this work Emilio Aguinaldo has
been supported by practically all the
American officials in the Philippines,
Former Governor-Geperal Forbes was
especially anxious for the success OF
cooperative agricultural work, and not
merely did he give il his moral sup
port but he devoted much Of his time
and contributed generously out of his
private purse 10 encourage and
strengthen the enterprise. The farm
at linus, in which Ex-Governor Forbes
and Don Emilio Aguinaldo were both
deeply interested, is model institu-t
tiop, and under the personal direction
OF the latter II has been brought to-
a high state OF efficiency.
Baldomero Agninaldo has also been
active in other pubic and private mat.
ters calculated to improve both moral
and physical conditions throughout the
archipelago. He was chairman of the
Liga del Progreso Moral, the society
which wiped ont cock-fightihg in the
Philippines. Perhaps no reform was
so bitterly opposed at first by the Fill
pinos as the movement to exterminate
the cockpits, but the better class OF
people recognized the danger TO public
morals and public health in these re,
sorts for gamblers and the lawless ele-
ment, and although derided and con-
demned by many Of their countrymen
at the outset the Moral Progress
League suddenly sweIled to huge pro.
portions until sweeping the island
like a tidal wave, ii banished one OF
the worst obstacles to Filipino prog
Fess. The native leaders OF that move
ment are now recognized as the real.
" big men In Philippine affairs.
The work OF organizing the agricul.
tural cooperative societies is in the
hands OF Mack Gretchen and Monieoi
Mecardo. Besides the society in Ca.
yite. others are being formed in LII.
ION At Mololos an organization has
been affected with Donate Teodoro, |
one Of the most prominent agricultur.
lists IN the province OF Bulacan, as pre-.
sident He Is very enthusiastic over
the success OF the enterprise and mas
expressed HIS appreciation for the in.