William Howard Taft, during his administration of the Philippines
In 1900 William Howard Taft, a Federal Judge in Ohio and future President of the United States, was appointed the Military Governor of the Philippines. Taft was a kindly man and a conservative politician, with no previous experience in governing a rebellious tropical country recently ravaged by war.
The Philippines had a large Moslem population on some of the southern islands, who had always felt persecuted under Catholic Spain’s rule. When the United States took over the Philippines after the Spanish American War, these same people, called the Moros, were extremely suspicious and unsupportive of their new American administrators. A series of terrorist skirmishes broke out between the Moros and American troops -- with each side blaming the other for escalating and murderous overreactions.
Governor Taft wanted to end the tit-for-tat bloodshed and win the trust of the Moros. Taft was a firm believer in religious tolerance and the benefits of free enterprise. When his native advisors told him that the Moros were famous for their cananga tree plantations, which produced much of the ylang ylang oil used in Southeast Asia. which were now being systematically destroyed by the American Army, the Governor came up with an ingenious plan to stamp out the ongoing warfare: If the Moros would lay down their weapons and promise to keep the peace, he would instruct the U.S. forces in their territory to stop their destructive strategy and instead actually help the Moros harvest ylang ylang blossoms for their volatile oil for a few months, as a gesture of friendship and cooperation.
About two-thirds of the Moros agreed to this, and the number of terrorist incidents dropped dramatically. Taft’s wife, Nellie, became a fan of ylang ylang oil, using it to flavor ice cream and cake frosting. When the Tafts returned to the United States at the end of 1903, several Moro villages sent Mrs. Taft dozens of ylang ylang oil-impregnated palm fronds -- which they told her to use during hot weather to fan herself and her friends to relieve heat stress and promote pleasant thoughts. The palm fronds became cherished gifts in high government circles back in Washington. Several of them are on display at the Smithsonian.
Today the essential oil of ylang ylang is used to promote healthy hair and control skin blemishes. It also has an important role in aromatherapy, where it promotes a positive mindset.
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The ylang ylang blossom
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