A BASEBALL TEAM O^ B^NGUET IGOROT BOYS 



the savages a far surer foothold than the 

 most perfectly constructed hobnailed 

 shoes could possibly afford a white man. 



GOVERNMENT EXCHANGES 



In the old days the wild man was in- 

 variably shamefully cheated when he at- 

 tempted to barter the products of his 

 native mountains with his ''Christian" 

 neighbors in the lowlands for salt, cloth, 

 steel, and similar necessary articles. Fur- 

 therrnore, it was part of the game to get 

 him intoxicated in order that he might 

 the more easily be robbed ; and this, com- 

 bined with the tendency of the sudden 

 change in climate involved in descend- 

 ing from the mountains to the lowlands 

 to bring out malaria, often produced 

 fatal illness. At the best he was usually 

 compelled to sell his produce at a small 

 fraction of its true value and to pay 

 three or four prices for everything that 

 he bought. 



With a view to remedying this situa- 

 tion, we have established a number of so- 



called "exchanges," which are nothing 

 more nor less than government shops, 

 where the wild man may purchase at a 

 fair price the things which he needs and 

 may sell his produce at its real market 

 value. He may also sell his weapons and 

 other manufactured articles if, as is 

 often the case, they are of a sort which 

 can subsequently be sold to civilized resi- 

 dents of the Philippines or to tourists. 



The result is that many of the wild 

 men can purchase what they want in 

 their own country at reasonable prices, 

 and can dispose of what they have to 

 sell without being cheated. They are 

 quick to take advantage of the oppor- 

 tunity thus afforded, and their willing- 

 ness to work increases proportionately to 

 their desire to purchase the goods which 

 are displayed at the government ex- 

 changes. 



With the average wild man life is one 

 long struggle to get sufficient food for 

 himself and his family. One of the things 

 which we are endeavoring to do is to 



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