The Philipsburg mail., 1899-07-28
LAND OF THE FILIPIN0S
Two Americans From Manila Talk
EntertainingIy.
SAY IT IS A SPLENDID COUNTRY
John w. Taylor, the Principal Speaker,
Calls the "McKinley- Epoch
Third in American History.
Liberty to Millions.
SAY IT IS A SPLENDID COUNTRY

An afternoon devoted to the Philip.
pine islands was the attraction offered
the other day at the Chamber of Com
merce under the auspices of the Manu-.
facturers and Producers ASSOCIATION,
in San Francisco. The speakers were
Douglas Young, Manila newspaper
proprietor, and John W. Taylor. The
latter after reading paper gave a talk
which was generously illustrated with
stereopticon views.
Douglas Young said that the islands
produced almost anything that tenn
perate and tropical climate would
yield that the climate was not bad,
and that the people of Manila are in
telligent. He stated that notwith-
standing a state Of insurrection exist
ed, extending over three years, first
with the Spaniards and later with
americans, the islands exports, as
given through the latest statistics.
amounted to $ll, 900, 900, and this al
though only a radius of sixty miles
was under cultivation. He then ell
tered into an enumeration of the enter.
prlses that wonld beyond question give
good returns. Among them were tele-
graphs. saving and planning mills,
Hcur mills, system of electric rail.
ways for streets, gas, electric and ice
plants, steam laundrles, breweries.
theater and an American hotel. He
maintained that the tariff laws should
De regulated, and congress urged to
draw up civil laws for the government
of the people.
John w. Taylor also touched Oh tariff
and freights, the latter he said were in
favor of Europe. He showed how
heavily the Spanish customs taxed
merchants.
In giving all idea Of the great riches
OF the country, he said had the May
flower landed the pilgrims at the Phil
lpplnes instead of on Plymouth rock
they would now be the wonder of the
world, adding: 1t is kingdom that
Dewey gave to US that morning in May
OF last year. When this government
took hold and its liberty was cleansed.
and elevated it would be |
a splendid country.
He had few scorching words for
Aguinaldo. He pictured him as
traitor and disturber from his earliest |
years, telling that he was reared by a
priest, but when old enough he turned
his hand against the kind. hearted
man who had done so much for him.
He raised an insurrection against the
Spaniards, and when he had secured
peace money robbed his people. He
represented him as now desiring to be
bought off by the Americans, but ad-
ded that what he needed was bit of
Manila rope around his neck.
Taylor told of the Jesuit observatory
in speaking of the wonderful climate,
and said that it's record for nineteen
years showed that only once had the
temperature reached 100 degrees, and
the coldest point reached was 81 de-
grees and a fraction. He was eulo-
CYSTIC III Speeding of the vegetable
wealth, including valuable hard woods,
and OF the readiness with which labor
was obtained.
He represented what he called the
Mckinley Dewey" epoch as the third
epoch in American history, when the
government was to carry the blessings
of liberty to millions of the oppressed,
and contended that the United States
was bound to uplift, teach, ennoble
and set free the Filipinos, not for ma
;ional gain, but in the name of free.
1om. philanthropy and in order to
aelp them to be free and self-sustain-
ng people.