. Review of reviews and world's work. ^Ii»v7« -•«, .^--- FILIPINO LABOREKS PHEPAKING FOUNDATIONS FOU POWER HOUSE—APRIL, 1904. appreciate the American forge and machinetools, with which they can turn out an improvedstandard of woik. The native carpenters do. THK POWER HOUSE COMPLETED BY NATIVE LABOR-APRIL, 1905. good work. They very readily adopted the Amei--ican power saws, planeis, and boring-machines,but preferred their own hand tools. FILIPINO LINKMEN, MOTORMEN, AND TRACK-LA YEKS. They make splendid linemen, as they canmatch any monkey at walking to the top of apole. When the trolley line w
. Review of reviews and world's work. ^Ii»v7« -•«, .^--- FILIPINO LABOREKS PHEPAKING FOUNDATIONS FOU POWER HOUSE—APRIL, 1904. appreciate the American forge and machinetools, with which they can turn out an improvedstandard of woik. The native carpenters do. THK POWER HOUSE COMPLETED BY NATIVE LABOR-APRIL, 1905. good work. They very readily adopted the Amei--ican power saws, planeis, and boring-machines,but preferred their own hand tools. FILIPINO LINKMEN, MOTORMEN, AND TRACK-LA YEKS. They make splendid linemen, as they canmatch any monkey at walking to the top of apole. When the trolley line was opened themotormen and conductors were all Americans ;now the cars are manned entirelyby Filipinos. When Governor Taft was in Manila, last Au-gust, he was much impressed with the industrialparade given in his honor. In the processionwere representatives of all classes of labor thattook part in the construction of the W^hite elec-tric plant and the electric road. Commentingon the festivities of the occasion, the correspond-ent of a Manila paper says : III the procession Monday, it may have been my op-timistic imagination, but I tliought tlie workers,—line-men, track-layers, and others,—from the street railwaywalked with more pride in their bea
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