The Washington herald., 1919-08-20
HEAD HUNTERS
BOND 0W NERS
Filipino Savages Now on
Path to Prosperity and
Civilization.

The most remarkable ciyiiizing
experiment in history was under
taken by our War Department soon
after we took possession of the
Philippines" said Gen. c. c. Wal
cutt- chief OF the Insular Bureau of
the War Department
- The northern part Of the island
or LuZon. which is a very rugged
End densely fOrested region. is in
hebtted by a race whose occupancy
long antedates the discovery of the
Pacific by Balboa
They can hardly be called abo-
risines-a term which, in the Phil
ippines, seems to be properly ap-
pliCabls to the pigmy blacks of the
archipelago. Doubtless they came
from Southeastern Asia but it may
have been thousands of years ago.
At all events. when the Ameri-
cans first saw them. the Igorots Gas
they call thcmselves) were semi
sayaECs. wild folk. living in the
most primitive style imaginable,
and dcvotinE their attention largely
TO the hunting OF heads. Every viii
lage was TerpetualIy at war with
its neiEhbur-.
Hln 20 Years a change nothing
short Of marvellous has taken place.
Under the influence and instruction
OF the Anne riCaus, the IEorots have
heCOmt Tcaccful and order-lovinE.
Head hunting has been wholly
abandoned. development of the arts
of civilization has progressed. Th"
Childrcl 20 to school and are
taught uscfu, arts.
War IS waste. \ semi savage
mode OF life means lack Of utilization
Of things calculated to promote we'll
being. 1t is only when num1u beings
become civilized that they begin to
produce moro than they consume, and
TO save
with the acquisition of civilization
the IEoroLs have become thrifty. Thos'
crstv hiie hcad-huulers have bought
many Liberty bonds and would doubt
less invest freely M war SAVING
stamps and thrift stamps if they had
the opportunity. but the Treasury De
partmeut. for certain reasons purely
fiscal. has not deemed Ii cNpedieut to
offer them the little securities in Gucs-
tiou.
They have money 10 spend now. In
ono village. NinHC. all the inhabitants
have become rich by burning lime and
selling il TO American engineer for
building purposes. They find a market
fer thoir agricultural p aud other prod
UCts at the ti= stores or 'eXChang 5.
maintained by our government at CEN
traI points.
Practically. before the americans
C4-,c they had only two vegetables,
s.rye"t potatoes and rice. TIL" former
in th0t region. thirty" almost without
raa -rrf
concerned. nobody could give anv
l-o,uis to those primitive folks; thor
mountain sides. mile aftcr mile. seal
IOaed with a s,IIes OF terraces all II"
WY from the valley to heights l,9.p
feet above.
The AmcrIcars have -INCn them
Irish potatoes and other Vegetables
and cereals. With p-oWs and a=ricul-
tural utensils OF UN-to-datc pattern.
Thus they d. not lack products 10
send to market. and they are even
able to export @uoJs Of native m'tne-
f4CtuIe and other articles to tns
u.trd States and foreign countries
d.~ecr-uot. that D. to say, by way OF
Manila
20. be IL realized. the mountain
n-o. fnrC ias the terr,toUv of the
I.orOts is called actually has A sea-
t--ior b, 80 miles Of magnificent road
Tho IGo-' rculrka5 bic road in tie
" orId-whIcu va built by the former
Hcad-huutcrs themselves under the Ci-
re~,to1 OF Awoican .-u-- neer@. To a
great extent 70 is Guy OFT Of the rocky
sides Of tHe r-ountatus AMI at inter
,7i- It overiaNs canyons by suspension
bridges.
"Iu tic -caooI- established by our
GOV crnmcut tho boy are taught to
mako tr~.r own clothes. 10 construct
furniture. to do carpenter work and
iron vors. and 10 follow other trades.
They even build the looms ON which
tho -trIy learn 10 weave cloth. Tho
girls arc iusJrUrtci I0 drC~smakIUG and
houscwlrrIr art. aud when they leave
school they tain" their looms home TO
their villages and show the women
folk"