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Page 162 - The United States will, for the term of ten years from the date of the exchange of the ratifications of the present treaty, admit Spanish ships and merchandise to the ports of the Philippine Islands on the same terms as ships and merchandise of the United States.
Page 60 - Especial attention is called to the very large number of new buildings that, in spite of the very high prices of labor and material, are being erected in the city. BENGUET. The Commission has been very much disappointed in the difficulties it has encountered in the construction of a wagon road from Pozorubio in the province of Pangasinan to Baguio in the province of Benguet, a road which is essential to the use of Benguet as a site for a sanitarium and for the recuperation of the health of civil...
Page 143 - Of the 253 municipal officials, justices, and auxiliary justices of the peace against whom charges were brought during the year, 220 were found guilty and 33 were either found not guilty or the charges were dismissed. Fifty-six of those found guilty were removed from office, 28 were removed and disqualified from holding office, the resignations of 10 were requested or accepted, 119 were warned, reprimanded, or suspended, and 7 went unpunished by reason of the expiration of their term of office. The...
Page 70 - Filipino of another tribe ordinarily uses broken Spanish. These languages are not destined to disappear or to fuse, nor are they destined to have a literary development. One has but to examine the literature which has appeared in the last fifty years in each of these tongues to see how unlikely of literary development is any one of them. The masterpiece of Tagalog literature is a satirical poem entitled " Afig Salit ang Buhay ni Florante," which was composed years ago by a Filipino " filosofo
Page 193 - Government and people are under to these hardworking capable, and law-abiding aliens. They were already the miners and the traders, and in some instances the planters and the fishermen, before the white man had found his way to the Peninsula. In all the early days it was Chinese energy and...
Page 194 - ... brickmakers; as contractors they constructed nearly all the Government buildings; most of the roads and bridges, railways and waterworks. They brought all the capital into the country when Europeans feared to take the risk; they were the traders and shop-keepers, and it was their steamers which first opened regular communication between the ports of the Malay States.
Page 104 - ... he awaits alone with a perfect stoicism the termination of the day, endeavoring never to work with the accomplishment of a purpose in view, but concerned only with the passing of the hour, knowing that he will be forced to make so many certain motions with the pick or shovel or bar, which he does with painful regularity, cheerful in the belief of his foreman's deception, confident in his own immunity from any undue exertion, and indifferent to the accomplishment of work for such labor as he puts...
Page 28 - ... intention of robbing us of all that means life, honor and liberty. Pretending to be inspired by a courage of which they are incapable, the North American seamen undertake as an enterprise capable of realization the substitution of protestantism for the Catholic religion you profess, to treat you as tribes refractory to civilization, to take possession of your riches as if they were unacquainted with the rights of property, and...
Page 193 - ... fishermen, before the white man had found his way to the Peninsula. In all the early days it was Chinese energy and industry which supplied the funds to begin the construction of roads and other public works, and to pay for all the other costs of administration. Then they were, and still they are, the pioneers of mining. They have driven their way into remote jungles, cleared the forest, run all risks, and often made great gains. They have also paid the penalty imposed by an often deadly climate....
Page 74 - During my six days' absence scarcely any work had been done. Thursday and Friday there was a big fiesta here, and consequently it was impossible to hold school. This morning I attempted to collect the pupils and get started once more. I find my teachers are fully as badly demoralized as I expected they would be. Maria Garingales was the only one that came on time: Maria Girago came half an hour late and then wanted to get excused for the day.