The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-05-07
THE DUTCH
TEACH US
Lesson for Philippines
From Java.
COMPARISONS ARE DRAWN
Theodore W. NOyes, the Distinguish
ed Journalist, Speaks on Our
New Possessions.

Theodore W. Noyes. associate editor
| OF the Washington Star. journalist and
traveller, was a through passenger on,
the America Maru, on his way home 10
the Capital City after an extensiy,.
visit TO the island provinces of the In
dian Ocean, the Straits Settlements. the
Philippines, the tributary kingdom OF
the Sultan of Sulu, and n passing
glance at China and Japan.
Mr.. Noyes passed through Honolulu
on his way to the Orient in December
last on the Nippon Maru and was in
terVieWed at that time regarding his
projected trip and what he thought of
the Hawaiian Islands. The latter were.
IN his opinion, about to witness a
period OF great commercial activity.
due In large measure to the benefits
which absolute annexation would
bring. and also to the prospective COM
merce which would develop the new
possessions in the far East. His in
tention In going to the Philippines o..
that time, he explained, was for the
purpose OF ascertaining in a conserya-
tive manner, the commercial and polit-
ical advantages Of the Philippines to
the United states. and also to inve J.
tigate the labor methods I'm force in the
Dutch provinces. taking Java as an in.
stance, with the purpose OF finding
whether they could be used TO adyan-
tage in creating new Industries in
Luzon especially.
From the several letters which have
appeared In the Washington Star Of
late relative to the Investigations made
BY Mr.. Noyes in Java and Ceylon, II
Ia apparent that he feels satisfied that
Dutch provincial labor methods would
work satisfactorily among the Fill
pinos. and raise the new possessions
from a down -trodden Spanish province
into revenue producing country Of
the United States.
y reporter interviewed Mr.. Noyes on
board the America Maru Saturday Just
before the steamer left the dock. upon
the subject Of his travels, and obtain
ed his opinion as to whether or not the
United states had made a mistake in
taking over the great archipelago.
Lesson From Java.
After going to the Philippines" said
Mr.. Noyes, made a railroad trip
north through Luzon. a steamer trip UP
the Pasig river and on Laguna de Bay,
/ great lake where the Americans
| fought many battles In their little tin
/ clais. Thence I went through the
/ Nisayan Islands and the Sulu Archi-
/ pelugO on the Transport Warren, and
afterwards to Zamtoanga I'm Mindanao.
In Jolo we saw the much written of
/ sultan OF Sulu. IL was an amusing
/ tr'n to- us all. We had n number Of
| ladies on board, wives OF Army officers
/ and they were the first white women
the natives and the Sultan had seen n
| their lives.
( After "a lengthy journey through
/ the Philippines, limited of course, by
/ the Army operations then in force,
/ I went To Java and Ceylon. These
were the especial points OF interest 10
| me in my visit to the East. I wanted
/ to know what had been done-well and
/ poorly done-in the development of the
\ two countries. In order to form an
/ opinion as TO whether they had
| developed their native labor "a
such an extent as 90 suggest emula-
tion on our part In the Philippines.
II found Java and Ceylon TO be tropi-
cal gardens. cultivated 20 the highest
degree. and with the people I'm Java
| working as II they were not Malays
But they are Malays In the same sense
as the Filiplnos are. IL We can develop
Luzon In the shape that Java stani:
to-day In productiveness and geners,
content of it's people, We will do very
we'll indeed.
The first lesson In Java is. OF course
q View OF the incentive which cause:
the Malays there to work. The Dutcf
got their culture system started By
compulsory labor. They were the sue
"cssors OF the Sultans or owners OF Tn
soil. which they claimed In turn. They
took possession Of the land and ran II
, They rented II to the community or
the cooperative system to the farmers
and then took in their crops at fixeC
!, price. They handled the raw products
, gave advances TO them and treated tn
, product as government monopoly
{ They made millions Of money. l. was
b however. semi-slavery. although tn
people shared In the general prosperity
Philippines Could Profit.
The Javanese under the change,
- conditions. continued 10 work In tina
! manner. and the whole island Is per
: feet beehive OF industry. There Is
, population Of $4,000. OOO and everything
2 runs smoothly. I believe that the spiri
D ot The plan can easily be transplaute
!, 70 the Philippines and wonderful re
suits ensue.
] How does Luzon compare with Jaw