The Survey October 1916-March 1917 . compared with the num-bers who scheme for even underpaid government students deplore their hopelessly corrupt are they alone in these thoughts. Foreigners withextensive business, mine, factory interests, speak bitterlyof the bribe-takers palm so frequently extended. Some-thing for nothing has become almost instinctive. At one Spanish port, the foreigners in shipping firmssay that half the customs duties leak on what should bethe way to the royal treasury. These business men com-plain about the petty annoyances at the octroi stat
The Survey October 1916-March 1917 . compared with the num-bers who scheme for even underpaid government students deplore their hopelessly corrupt are they alone in these thoughts. Foreigners withextensive business, mine, factory interests, speak bitterlyof the bribe-takers palm so frequently extended. Some-thing for nothing has become almost instinctive. At one Spanish port, the foreigners in shipping firmssay that half the customs duties leak on what should bethe way to the royal treasury. These business men com-plain about the petty annoyances at the octroi stationslocated wherever a road enters an Andalusian town. Com-ing from the suburbs into town, workingmen each morn-ing are examined from crown of head to soles of shoesfor smuggling. Imagine this tolerated in an Americanfactory town! Spains octroi collectors often gather hardly enough fortheir starvation salaries; yet they take pride in their gov-ernment job. It is genteel. They are enjoying a kind of THE SURVEY FOR OCTOBER 7, 1916 19. COCK-FIGHTING This demoralizing form of gambling likethe bull-fight, has spread wherever Span-ish civilization has gone. One of the prob-lems American officials are working onnozv is the substitution of American base-ball for cock-fighting in the is a gambling game, largelysedentary; baseball, a game requiring skillas any boy zvho has learned to pitch a curve knowsMoreover, baseball calls for the team-work necessary for that cooperation re-quisite to a healthy democracy. It givesexpression to primal instincts such as strik-ing, using a stick, throwing, running andchasing. Just as a juvenile court judgestopped the breaking of Pullman car win-dows by offering the gang the substituteof a diamond with a bat, ball, mask andgloves, so baseball is a tremendous factorin educating the vigorous Philippine ladsnot only in the play they instinctively yearnfor, but in the team-work which is neededto eliminate some of the unfortunate fea
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