The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-11-09

Continued from tirst Pogc.
marvellous triumph OF American medical
skill and American administ ration.
Many good Filipino doctors had been
educated and were enlisted in tho work,
Hundreds Of trained Filipino nurses were
bringing health and safety to the mil
lions there. Domestic animals were
being protected from disease and crops
we're shielded from insect pests. The
philippines had been turned from "A
disease ccsspool into Il del ghtful and
sanitary abiding place.
But many OF the laws and regula-
tions were not popular because they ran
counter to customs and prejudices. so
the etrciency or h whole structure was
sacrificed. Rinderpest is Strengthening
work and domestic animals Throughout
the provinces. while hordes of locusts for
two years now have devastated vast
areas OF crops The appearance Of every
harrio and city at once shows what has
become of the excellent sanitation that
formerly prevailed. The details would
only shock. Now and then. however.
as in the case OF the city Of Cebu. the
appearance OF the city has very mate
rally improved.
what becomes Of the money appropriated
for municipal purposes. was told
many times by those whose duty it is to
know how money Is spent that ~ late "a
common practice Is for the officials to
do AS little as possible OF municipal
work and appropriate all the rest to
salaries. II later they found they could
further Top off municipal work. they
promptly increased their salaries. One
man was pointed out to me who had
thus raised his own salary three times
In one month
II must say one word about the fate
of the great general hospital. This was
completed II few years ago. modelled
after a famous Berlin hospital. and ply
sicians pronounced II one of the finest. as
II is one OF the largest, in the world. 1t
was OF the utmost Importance to the
Government and to the people. Thou
sands upon thousands received treat
ment there. Two years ago II was the
pride Of every Filipino and every Amer
lean in the islands. To-day IL Is IA dead
mans chamber. The hospital force has
been ~disorganized M Of the old force
there remained only two or three. who
have heroically struggled on but now
have given up.
The Government institution which
every citizen has to use is the post Of
flee. I wonder II the American people
can believe what the post office situa-
W nv iltlbtiAh'f - W.
Tess I cannot think OF IL without wanting
To fight. The man who Is said TO be III,
best secret officer in the Islands, in II
conversation | had with him soon after
my arrival, remarked that practically all
the petty officials and some that We're
not 20 petty were grating very gem
orally. replied. That can't be So that
Is too strong just point out to me some
employee you think is aiafting"
He retortcd. Take any Of them, my.
I say. and III stake anything you wish
they can be caught al it,
with this In mind | gave some at
,ention to the Post Office Department.
! didn't Try TO catch any II at graft
ing. Of course. That was out of my line.
but l found the idea generally prevailed
that this institution was in decidedly
bad shape. | do know that in nearly
every paper one picked up was an Item
about some postal employee who had
been arrested or was being tried for rob
bling the mails. Some of the cases ]
observed involved the loss Of several
thousand dollars.
RObberics Of Mails.
IL know from sad personal experience
shat the many persons were right who
said that uobody's mail was safe in the
Post Office department. ! was always
careful TO deposit my letters in the post
office myself. | made "A great mistake
most of my letters. and there were scores
OF them, never reached their des'ina-
,iou sen, hack many extended re-
norris. all confidential To certain Am.ri-
,ans Interested in showing IN. truth
about the philippines. and of All tho-.
son, I can md that only two ever
reached This country. | wrote macy
letters "a uarti,s I'm the islands and ,hc,.
seem IN hav 20 shared about the same fate.
SOM. az .he ,;oyernm.u, officials mus.
have road some very interesting th,nrs
about themselves. hut | Wa warned
people there all told me that the mails
rnuiJ ma, he trusted However. hal
20 ha,,o son,. hitter axne-ienc,s before