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At present, as an American said to me in Manila, if you should seek to sell a Filipino a two-handled plow he would probably say that two handles may be all right for Americans who are not expert at plowing, but that the Filipino has passed that stage! I mention this only by way of illustrating the necessity of respecting the custombre, or custom, of the country.
Moreover, in not a few cases Americans who have complained of difficulty in getting labor have been themselves to blame: they tried to hire and manage labor the American way instead of in the Filipino way. The custombre, as the Spanish call it that is to say, the custom of the country is a factor which no man can ignore without paying the penalty.
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