Amiricin Plow With Phlllpplna Motlvt Power.
(Prpml tha National Oaotraphla
Social?. Waanlntton. D. Ct
THE status of the Philippine
Inlands crop op afresh with
the writing of a new tariff bill.
Thli tslnnd group, T.UUU miles
from the pacific coast of North
America, furnishes at once the great
est stake ant) the most difficult ad
ministratis problem of the United
States lo the I'aclflc.
This Is no tin; Island territory like
some of those that fly the Stars and
Stripes In mld-Paclfic. but a country
of nearly 115,000 aquare mllea a
greater area than that of New York.
Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware,
and Maryland combined; or among
the Islands, greater than the three
large southern Islands of Japan upon
which the life of thnt nation centered
while It grew to Imperial stature.
This faraway territory of the
tnlted Statea Is Inhabited by nearly
12.0(10.000 people of many races and
different religions, less than quarter
the present population of the three
most Important Japanese Islands. But
the tropical Philippines with their am
ple rainfall and luxuriant vegetation
are capable. In spite of their moun
tainous character, of supporting
much larger population than at
present
' Sine pacifying the tslnnds, the
Cnlted States has given the Filipinos
steadily Increasing political control of
their affairs. The appointive commis
sion which ruled over the Islands at
first under the American regime has
Bow given place to so elective house
and senate, aryl five of the seven mem
bers of the cabinet are Filipinos. The
governor general and vice governor
nr still appointed by the Fresldent of
the Cnlted 8tates.
V Education has been the center of
the American policy In the Islands.
A very small percentage of the na
tives were litem te In 189S. Numerous
Jonguages and dialects were In use
and only a minority understood Span
ish. It was determined to make Eng
lish the common language and to
oio the necesssry public schools to
rench the great mass of children. By
JJ17 more than 4,000 primary schools
were In operation In charge of 13,
B77 Filipino and 417 American teach
ers. About half the estimated total
of the children of the lslands-floo.000
were enrolled In that yenr. By tfrjo
the enrollment had reached TOI.fMJ,
and It has steadily Increased since
until now approximately one and a
quarter million pupils are enrolled.
Trade Grows Rapidly.
The trade of the Philippines hns
Increased tremendously since ISO. In
that year the combined total of ex
ports snd Imports was 2.ooo,n0 ; by
1017 the total was S1M.0W.OiiO: and
In 10M It had reached $275,000,000.
Jvearly every man In the world who
Hues a rope pays tribute to the Philip
pines, for "Manila hemp" It one of the
best rope materials known. It Is har
vested from a species of banana tree.
Nearly $.i0.0"0.(i0 worth of It was
shipped In 1!C7. Coconut products
"meat" and oil come second. Much
of America's butter substitute is made
from Philippine coconut oil Ship
ments In 1!C7 amounted to more than
flfl.OUO.iXK). As producer of sugar.
the Philippines ennnot yet be com'
pared with the fumous "tugsr Isles,"
Cuba and Java, but Its production
more than .yi,ooo.i0 worth In 1027
entltlit the group to be classed with
Ilnn-sll. Porto Itlco and Formosa
aiming the world's sweeteners.
Pmhnhly the) moat significant detail
In n n Inventory of the state of the
plillllililnos Is the decrease In the num
I it of white residents. The census of
l!i:i allowed 14.000 white people, most
of them American, while the last au
thi.rltntlve census, 101?, showed 12,
ooo. Meantime the popnlntlon of the
whole archlpelngo hod Increased by
R,ll0,000.
Straws In the wind are probably
more Important than the tablets of 25
years of progress In the Philippines
These are some of the straws. Plans
are under way for planting So.ooo.ooo
Pur a rubber seedlings during the cur
rent year. A new profitable export
has been discovered In buntnl or ban
kok straw hnts which has lenped In
four years from the $200,000 peg to
$2,000,000,
Fruits and Flbsr.
The world Is waking up to an appe
tite for delicious tropical fruit and
the Philippines are waking up to the
fact Hint the Islands are eminently
fitted to grow such fruit. The Fill
plni look with envious eyes on the
profits of Hawaiian pineapple snd
now clulra they can raise even better
pineapples. Mango, lanson, chlco and
pomelo are strange names to the
American housewife, but they muy
not long remain so U the Philippines
re successful In canning and mar
keting their fruit products.
But if the custom of.plgeoohoiing
jailor- or district by Us products.
such ss Illinois, the Cora Belt state;
Sao Paulo, the Coffee country; the
South, the Land of Cotton, la ac
cepted, then the Philippines should
be known st the Land of Fiber. From
banana plant Filipinos obtain prob
ably the strongest known plant fiber.
Manila hemp, from the fibrous stalk of
the cane they produce sugar, the long
hairs od the busks of the Mllloo snd
half coconuts are now put to many
oses, the fiber of the maguey, mem
ber of the emsryllts family and close
relative of the century plant Is an
Important export. Buntal hats are
made from the burl palm, and then
there la the wood and rattau from the
forest. Finally their embroidery In-
dustry depends on the Imported fibers
of silk, cotton snd flax.
The Philippines might be said to be
jagged land both vertically snd
horizontally: Tbey are very moun
tainous snd their coasts are much In
dented. Though only about one twen
ty-fifth the area of the United States
exclusive of Alaska, the Philippines
have coast line twice as great
Commercially, Manila, on com
modious bay and with good harbor,
has an excellent strategic position. It
Is sort of oriental center, less than a
thousand miles from Important Chinese
ports and less than I 00 mllea from
southern Japan, southern Korea,
Singapore and the ports of the Dutch
East Indies. It Is estimated that
within radius of S-VO miles of
Manila live three-quarters of billion
Inhabitants more than third of (he
total population of the earth.
We Lose One Island.
Recently Cncle Sam lost one of hla
tiniest Philippine Islands Pulmns.
That Is, for years be conaldered It
his, but found later that tht .Nether
lands also claimed It as an outlying
fragment of the Dutch East Indies.
The dispute was duly arbitrated, and
the arbitrator, s Swiss, decided lo
favor of The Netherlands.
Few of the many Philippine Islets
are so Isolated as Pa I mas. It Ilea 43
mllea off the nearest point of Min
danao, Cape San Augnstln. and was
the farthest southeastern bit of land
claimed to be part of the Philip
pines. So neglected bad the Islet
been that many mapa do not show It.
and most of the gazetteers pass Its
came by.
Palmas (It Is sometimes colled
Mlangas) Is only little over half the.
size of Central par In New Turk
city, being one and one-third mile
long by two-thirds of mile wide:
mere speck In the sea when Its dis
tance from large land bodies Is con
sidered. It lies about 20 miles west
of the 127th meridian (east longU
tude) which forms the eastern
boundary of the region ceded by Spnln
to the United States, and about 40
miles north of the parallel 4 degrees
45 minutes (north latitude) which
forms the southern boundary. It was
therefore well within the area marked
out by the treaty for United 8tates
ownership.
There It no record of visit by
any official of the Cnlted States or
the Philippines to Pnlmns until lood
when Leonard Wood, then governor of
the adjacent Islnnd of Mindanao, while
on an Inspection trip through the en
ters of his province, anchored off Hie
Island. To his surprise the little boat
that put off from the Island village
carried a Dutch flag. It was explained
to him that the native headman had
on appointment from the Dutch and
that for 15 years Dutch ships had
called once a yenr to bring supplies
anl tn kn away copra. Four hundred
ant) -fifty-eight Inhabitants were then
on the Islet
A report was duly made on this ap
parent alien occupation of American
territory; the Btnte department be
came Interested. For 17 years the
matter was under consideration by the
diplomats of The Netherlands, Spain
and the United Stales, before the
status of Palmas wot settled,
Senate Seniority
The terms Junior and senior sen
ator refer to their continuous service
in the United Stntos senate, and not
to ages or terms. The senior senator
from a state Is the senator who hat
had more continuous service In the
senate than the other, who It called
tht Junior senator.
t
HOW TO LIVE
LONGER
JOHN CLARENCE FUNK .
PUT ON YOUR ARMOR
TI1R romance of scientific achieve
ment but been written In the
past fifty yeiira. More advancement
In pure and applied science hns been
made In that period thnn In all the
past centuries combined.
And what tt true concerning sci
ence generally Is equnlly applicable
to the healing art There can be
no doubt about the matter; the sav
ing of life through modern preventive
methods It one of the outstanding
achievements of the age.
Smallpox, which formerly possessed
devastating power Is In this day
Dow-and-then proposition only. Ty
phoid fever, which alayed Its many
thousands annually Is at the present
time at bay. Diphtheria, which at
late as a decade ago whs a terrible
and terrifying enemy to child life. Is
now In many Jurisdictions practically
extinct. Scarlet fever, the power of
which has remained unchallenged un
til the past few years. Is losing lit
fearful bold. And so the fascinating
story goes.
However, the point to this histori
cal recitation Is not to prate about
tht past or even boast about the pres
ent, but to place everyone on guard
concerning the future.
It Is not enough for the Individual
to brag about public sanitation, pure
water supplies, control In the com
municable diseases and modern su
pervision over foods. Nevertheless
that Is what many people do, and that
Is practically all they do.
Of course too much credit cannot
be given to officials snd scientists who
re responsible for the present satis
factory state of public health affairs
but It must be understood that there
ire still few things left for the In
dividual to do If the personal safety
factor Is to be developed to Its high
est expression.
Life Is battle, a dally struggle
with enemy germs, enemy living con
ditions and enemy habits. If this
fact would be more generally recog
nized there would be a phenomenal
decline In the sick and death Hut a
Toxlo-antltaxln for yonr children Is
their scientific protection against
deatb or serious Illness to thnt form
And scarlet fever Immunization for
the susceptible, young and old. Is ct
sldered to be equally efficient
Typhoid vaccine Is effective for st
least seven years. A Journey Into
far country, or even to summer re
sorts where the purity of the water
supply may he questionable, demands
this prevention. And the efficiency
story of vaccination for snialtpox Is
an old and conclusive one.
These are all simple, harmless and
powerful weapons. If life Is worth
anything It Is worth living. So put
on your armor, and live I
SMART ALECKS
THE percentage of "smart alecks"
Is s fixed ratio In the general pop
ulation. This large group hns Ignor
ance for Ita basis of Intelligence! II
Is positively painful to see the num
ber of people who In their own con
celt Insist upon overriding the Judg
ment of lesrned and scientific men.
Tht pathetic feature Is the ho(ie
lesaness of logic In persuading them
that they are wrong. Sound argu
ment, common sense with theita
things they will have nothing what
soever to do. They know II all. Why
Should they bother?
Well, If a temlenllghtened person
blinded by his own magnificent bruin
desires to Indulge In fancies relative
to his health, there la not much thiil
can be done to stop him. And II Is
this pa tlcular breed of person who
fills the pockets of tht rhiirlnuma.
cultlsts, faddists and other peculiar
reactionaries whose wares are fine
words, half-truths, bluff and some
times downright lies.
i Rut children should have a better
chance. Death Is t pretty hlg price
for youngster! and babies to pay. sim
ply becuuse they have parents who
re Ignorantly stubborn and blissfully
headstrong.
A little while ago a wotnun refused
to have her hoy I m mo til zed against
diphtheria. She even would not per
mil the simple test to be made; thnt
would prove or disprove susceptibility
None of this modern foolishness for
her I "Lots of my friends' children
never had toxin antitoxin and they
didn't get diphtheria either," the ar
gued. Well, she took the chance, lint
her boy got diphtheria and diphtheria
got the boy.
It would be cruel to tell thlt mis
guided parent thnt In n l.-rr -tin ruled
way she killed her child. But Unit la
exactly what happened. Ilc-r painfully
Ignorant wisdom and sense of itiperl
orlty blinded her to the plain fuels
about modern preventives.
Tht toxin-antitoxin procedure It
simple, harmless and efficient. If your
child Is over tlx months old and hut
not been Immunized, you too art lo
tht "smart sleek" cliiss. Get out of
It at once.
(A. till. Wnttra Nawapapar t)oios.
Not Las?
If you think you art too tired la
walk to work, Jusl put It down to tht
fact you are veiling hntelessly soft
Think of the Chinese coolie, lit
pushes wheelbarrow loaded with
eight persons. Try that on youi
downtown.
CThe Kitchen
Cabinet
(CO, ISIS, Wwitrn N.wil MHir Union,!
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hurt th strllltnst 47 Is ovctr,
Ana ins sun is soma aown,
Whan ths shstlas of nllit art tall
lug In the country ant) the town)
When thct whir-poor will la railing,
And ths wolf begin, to roam,
Whan tht mocking bird Is doling,
TucjB I want to bt at horn.
Morris Olson.
A FEW TID BITS
When making a luyer cuke of two
layers, If the family Is sum 1 1, use one
Inyor cut Into halves and
put together with sweet
eued whipped c renin light
ly flavored. The other
layer 1111 with tht follow
ing tilling:
Oringt Flllln... Mix
one-half cupful of sugar,
three lublcspoonfult of
Hour, and the grated rind
of one half an orange;
when well blended add
one-fourth cupful of urnngt Juice, one
tublcapooiiful of lemon Juice, the
yolka of two eggs, and cook until
smooth and Illicit ever water. Add S
teaspoon ful of butter anil spread on
the cuke. Ice with confectioner's
tugnr moistened with orange Juice.
A nice sauce to serve with steak
or hoi II sii It:
Parsley Butttr, Take three table-
spoonfuls of butler, one fourth tea
spoonful of tail, one-eighth leii-poon-
ful of HpKr, two tiibleHHNihfulk of
lemon Juice and add one liilili-spiMin-ful
of finely minced puralcy. Work
the butter until creamy, then add
lemon Juice and puraley.
Fruity Cuatard. Ileal the egg yolka.
add one-fourth of a cupful of augar,
(wo teaspoonfula of flour, one-eighth
teaapoonful of suit to cupfuls of
milk, one-half tempoonful of vanilla
added at the last, five tnblespoonfult
of sugar. Beat the egg yolks, add tht
sugar, salt and mix welt Add the
milk and cook until thick enough to
coat tht spoon. Cool, add tht vanilla
and turn Into serving dish contain
ing four sliced oranges. Heat the egg
whites, sdd the five tablespoonfuls of
tugar, heap on top of the custard.
A Delicacy. Take two large or
anges, three cupfuls of diced rhubarb,
two cupfuls of sugar, one-balf tea
spoonful of mace, one fourth teaspoon-
ful of cinnamon, twelve whole cloves.
Place all tht Ingredients together In
casserole adding thf grated orange
nna ana coot who ruuuaro until
tender.
Good Food.
The mother who feeds ber children
green vegetables, plenty or mug,
c o s r t e cereals
aud breads, need
have no fear of
s n undernour
ished child. The
coarse foods, bard
to mssttcate,
make tht teeth
strong, by exer
cise. Tht gums which carry the blood
that nourishes tht teeth, need this
course food also lo keep them firm
and healthy.
In recent Investigations of school
children In the East tht results art
moat Interesting. The poorer children,
coming often from very pour homes,
averaged a better percentage than the
children from wealthy homes. This
shows that Intelligence and not
wealth It the Important factor In well
nourished children.
The cuatotn of giving everybody
glass of orange Juice dully la a good
one and most Important for the child.
It contains lime In smnll amount, fur
nishes excellent Iron suit. Is well sup
plied with vltauilnes enpeclully C,
which prevents rickets, and Is free
from possible conta.nlnutlon, which Is
not true of milk (alwaye). Orange
Juice stimulates the retention of lime
In the teeth, bone tissues and the
body fluids. Alternate the orange
Juice with milk It will be found most
helpful. In many schools they art
using oranges Instead of milk for ths
lunch time,
Junket In tabled and various forms
Is avnllablo In all markets. Junket
Is convenient way of serving milk
dishes.
Strawberry let Crtam. Crush one
Junket tablet and dissolve In ta-
blesK)onfu of cold water. Add one
cupful of sugar to pint of milk that
has been warmed to new milk tem
perature. Add the dissolved tablet
stir well, pour Into s freezer and
freeze to a mush. Add hnlf pint
of cream whipped, two cupfuls of
crushed strawberries, and two table
spoonfuls of lemon Juice. Mil well
and let stand until well frozen.
' Date and Chocolatt Cakt. Tukt two
tnbtenpootiful! of butler, creotn with
one cupful of sugar, add a bit of fla
voring, lemon, almond or vanllln, or a
mixture of all; add two well-beaten
eggs, two tablespoonfuls of cocoa, or
l aquare of chocolate melted ; add one
and three-fourths cupfuls of flour sift
ed with two teaspoonfuls of baking
powder. Add the flour alternately with
one half cupful of milk. linke In
square tin and when cool cover with
the following! ' One cupful of dates
cut flue, one cujiful of sugar and two
tablespoonfuls of lemon Juice, with a
bit of the grntetj rind. When thick
add a tnblespoonful of butter and
cool. After the" date covering has
been added, cover with Icing, to which
a little lemon Juice hns been added.
juuU :7U
5t , m
81
Safety for Aviator
in New Light System
The dimgeroui possibilities of fog
at tht airport luiullng place Is report
ed to have been successfully ovttreoms
hy a new system of lighting recently
Installed experimentally at the muni
cipal airport at L'lovtflltnd. Incorpo
rated In the design of this multi-light
unit are several principles of lighting,
each tt distinct nld In night pilots. It
provides a fun of light which, when
rotated, reaches tht pilot nt any angio
at which he may approach the field,
One-half of this fan of light Is whits
and tht other half red. The rotation
produces alternate red and white
Hashes which Instantly attract the pi
lot's attention aud enable him to Iden
tify the nlrport from brightly lighted
parka, railroad yards and streets. The
high Intensity beams are projected by
the lower, drum-shaped units, of which
there are four two red and two clear
Identical In design with those uaed
lo mark airways. Tin upper units set
to project a less Intense beam of light
at higher angles, are standard, narrow
ben in, floodlight projectors.
Const to Coast good Grocers tell and
recommend Ituss Unit Blue, Better
value than any other. Adv.
Pott-War Complealoai
The latt 0. K. Montague, tht Eng
lish editor and author, bated poat-war
conditions.
An American publisher, after listen
ing to Mr, Montague's complalnta for
an hour or so ont day, said sootb
Inglyt
"The post-war girl, anyhow, thaukt
to athletics. Is shapelier than tht pre
war girl."
"Maybe she Is," snld Mr. Montague,
"and maybe ths Isn't Still there's
one thing I will tdmll shout her. Her
complexion Is better thso tt used lo
be."
"Naturally," said the publisher.
"No, not naturally," said Mr. Mon-
tngue. "Artificially."
Odd Hiding Place for Money
While cleaning old rubber tires be
fore (hey went Into a regenerator at
a Hanover (Germany) factory, a wom
an employee discovered In one of tht
tires a small package, neatly tied, coo
talnlng $213. Doth (he woman and
the factory owner claimed It The
Judge derided In fnvor of the Under,
unlets the American who, to Judge
from the wrappings of the package,
lost It should turn up to claim It
Coattitaeatt ef Honey
Honey contains 18 parts water, 78
parte carbohydrate (including 7Q parts
auzar and 2 oarts dextrin). J02 min
eral substances or 4 parts of pollen
grain, gum, bee glue, formic acid and
volatile oils and other flavor sub
stances. Dainty white dresses for baby or
daughter made beautiful by Rues Ball
Blue. Tour Grocer has 1L Adv.
Maasloe Mere Appropriate
Several masked tenors sre featured
where muzzles would be more appro
priate. Toledo Blade,
. MeaUe'a First Coll.ge
The Brat university In Mexico wat
established In 1553 snd was founded
by a royal order from Spain.
''I was three times under an
operation and I was very weak
and nervous and could not eat
I suffered for ten years. I
learned about Lydia E. rink'
ham Vegetable Compound
and my husband bought me a
bottle, I felt a little better and
he bought me two more.
I had the Compound In my
home for two yean and took
it all the time. Now I feci strong
and can do anything." Mrs.
A. Michalk, 3443 Mitchell Ave.,
Detroit, Michigan.
The EMcntial of Scanty
Clear
TfoulhfHl Shin S-rr
USB Cntlcnra Soap daily to thoroughly
cleante the ikin snd keep it in a fresh, healthy
condition. Ai with Cntieure Ointment
to soothe snd heat sny irritstioni. Tht fa
vorite method of cuing for the skin fof
tht put titty yctri. "
Soap He Olntmani He. tni UK. Ttkiua He.
atmplt each fret.
AMmil "Caucus," Deal. Bo, Mtldao, Mau.
Mr Cntlenm Snaring Uek Bos.
fe" c 1
Maheslife
Siveeter
Too much to eut too rich a diet
or too much amok lug. Loll of thing
causa sour stomach, but one thing can
correct It quickly. I'hllllps Milk of
Magnesia will alkallnlze the acid.
Take a spoonful of (his pleasant
preparation, and the system Is sooo
sweetened,
Phillips la always ready to relieve
distress from overeating; to check all
acidity or neutralize nicotine, Ite-
member this for your own comrort!
for the sake of those around yon.
Kndorsod by physicians, but they al
ways lay J'Mlfipi. Don't buy some
thing else and expect the same re
mits I
PHILLIPS
Mnk ,
of Magnesia
fne Soap
fu awee?
for n?
tVe of betmtaheM, tm
ToUet
kM tUw Ml. mootai
jmI whta, fovi rstaf lkf
ei gUattftlni. Votjfl
Bath
Shampoo
i body nfiNltM.
Use
Glenn's
SulnhurSoan
M s .
Erudite
"Can yon spelt cair wt aiked of
tht little Boston boy.
tea, air, and I can do conic aec-
(Jons.
For Poisoned Wounds ss Rusty
Nail Wounds, Ivy Poisonioe.etc
HANrORD'S BALSAM O MYRRH
SmkthIMMUillMIMl All lllilllO.
Tke Toil.r.
Somebody Is trying to Introduce
snot her new dance." "Yea, at least
there Is a lot of agitation on foot."
We dont call confidence In one' '
ability to accomplish what he under
takes, self conceit.
Worse Iban a bloody hand Is a bard)
heart Shelley.
WELL OR MONEY BACK
1m Hit t HI 1 ftMrttStS-aiHus
VVKJTTKN ASiilfK ANCB (in In iMWf
Ins int m. 1. 1. Uhi ham
aoa-CKirgktl CMIhdrl mi mat.
Mat (IM kl m ocMnlvk
Kurlubl aiKctM Um Win
SinnKKtiiaMUiiofliiirMnt.
st TOUAY (nf fkkg 100
paat knot) nl dalallt tad
tiwfwlrtda oHfttlimwttala.
COLON CLINIC
sctoolTfor men
Wat tat amiNui. nubtt rtorusioM
Hiirull an tlma. Hand fur ll!ratiir
ORtO ON INSTITUTg Of TtCHNOUXJV
( k.U. A iiltis rorLUMul,lr;ua
PARKER'S
mX'.JfM HAIK BALSAM
- 7 H 1 .... .. . ..
E UJb ", I Baaulr la Or., and Fadad HaM
F 3i' a1- w. an.nt wat iirnati-ia.
.i'J1 Jllliriii., l-il.lvnna. ,
PtORESTON BHAMPOO-M'tl fir " n
CitiniKllou wllh t'alk-r'l Hair IIHMn. MtknUi
balr niM and AurTf. tn ranla hjr mall it at ilcujj.
(lilt, lliauil Cuaralcal Wukt, I'tutwaut, M. (. '
W. N, U., PORTLAND, NO. 28-1929,
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