New-York tribune., 1901-12-19


We respectfully urge that Congress be requested
to confirm the legislation Of the commission al
Civil Governor and commission, and their sue
oessors by aPPoiRtnsnt Of the President the pow
under the Instructions of the President and sub
therein contained. and that provision be made in
such legislation for the popular assembly already
We further recommend that 6y the act establish
ing ths goyeT4mentt above reeom1endsd provision
joint vote Of the popular assembly and the ex-
interests Of these islands and the Filipino people
before Congress and the Executive at Washington.
the insuiar treasury. This is something Which the
l.i1 lEipino people have very much az heart We be
10 these Islands and TO the United States.
Reference is made by the commission to the bene-
fetal effects expected from the new tariff which
took effect November Is. and reduced the duties
on the necessaries of life and machinery and
railway equipment needed for the development of
the islands 1t is then declared:
II Congress viii reduce by so per cent the United
o Coming fro fbese snG sa5ds hd IS ceT
tain that the trade between them and the United
and bounds: Such generosity would strengthen
people. and 1t Is earnestly recommended.
LEGISLATION RECOMMENDED
The other important recommendations made by
the commission for legislation by Congress
follows:
That the commission be authorized to issue bonds
Of the nSgaE With which to buy T up
religious orders to purchase the same, and so sell
proceeds of the sales sinking fund with which
That authority be given to the commission to
fT the Of hoested Eh the peT
fectng Of titles to those who have in good faith
and public auction sales of the public lands at
fixed minimum price per acre in tracts OF com
ditions as the conn commission may impose. and that
mission 10 grant to the puebos commons from the
public lands. .,...
the present regulations OF the cutting Of timber
with such notifications as experience may show
That the commission be authorized to pass
nifes States mining laws With such naodifcaons
the local conditions require.
a general Incorporation law for the conducting of
legitimate businesses by e9TpoEa9afs authority 70
issue charters commercial railroads, with power
teresf on the investments or both such grants
TO be subject 70 the approval OF the President OF
ly needed are those which Will open up the interior
fhereSy S make possible the development Of their
sTa 9e @ one aaa hosrG as TeWay woud
be sufficient for the present In Luzon and e sb9nt out
abuses which might arise in the grant OF public
lands TO railways, it is recommended that gov
rate Of interest upon the investment Of private
caPaal a IN Ta1"ay g 6oss senr and
safe investment an attractive opportunity for OBJ
fag betMegn " sSts d for the Of the
roads on the terms most favorabe to fhe . go govern
fix routes in manner most conducive to the raPla @
CATION for which the insular government would be-
come responsible II the guarantee were fixed at
0c5 but this would only become payable after the
OF the roads proposed and only II they
failed in every case to earn net pront OF ehefn-
That Congress enact genera! coinage law pro
vidng for the establishment of a gold standard,
with local silver currency and confer power upon
to maintain the parity between the gold standard
That Congress enact general banking law for
the islands. providing for the establishment OF ma
rious parts Of the Islands and in the United States
of nationai banks located in the United states
the carrying and supervision OF other banks not
national. and for the establishment Of mortgage
and banks
PROGRESS IN EDUCATION.
A full account is given by the commission OF the
organization of the system Of education. which has
been going vigorously undel DR.. F. W. Atkin-
son. the general superintendent. Tbs English Ian
zuage is the basis Of all public instruction and near
v one thousand trained teachers from the United
States have already been put TO work III the towns
and cities Of the pacihed provinces. Applications
for teachers have been received from many towns
where it has not yet been possible to send them
to obtain a knowledge Of English and a genera genera
primary education. In Manila secondary scnoolss
have been stablished, normal school is engagsa
In instruction Of Filipino teachers ana nlsnt
schools holding regular sessions with eighteen
hundred pupils. Manual training schools and agri-
Being carried out for Educating the people to better
methods Of labor and production In the night {
schools Of Manila are classes in typewrltng ana |
shorthand and for preparing students for civil Ser
raphy been begun, with the aid OF the signal |
department Of the army, ana II Is proposed 70 |
radually transfer the teegraphic service from the
army TO the civil government by provinces as young
Filipinos become sufficiently competent to act as
English and adapt themselves 10 the new condi- |
tons was shown in a striking manner by tne open
was open only from April 10 to May 10 The COM |
handing officers Of posts were instructed 10 inform
teachers Of the sessions. and special rates were |
made by Of the steamship and railway lines |
han three hundred and fifty Filipino teachers in |
attendance, but on the opening day the number |
enrolled being over six hundred. 1t was |
results were obtained by the short term which are |
still bearing fruit in the education OF the Filipino
The work Of the commission in legislation has |
been constant since il began in September 1890. |
WITH the Inauguration of civil government on July |
'or the judiciary and many other important ap- |
oointments. Among the important laws passed, in |
addition to appropriation bills, have been munich
1al code, provincial law. school law, law pre-
icribing accounting system. acts organizing the
7arious bureaus Of the central government, acts |
organizing the courts. act to il corporate the |
ty Of Manila, code of civil procedure for the ISL
ands. and the new tariff act which has recently |
AIKEN effect
RUSH TO TAKE Up DESERTED CLAIMS
Seattle. Wash. Dec. 18.-Dawson advces Of No
'enber 26 tell OF great stampede that is going
o Mayo Creek in the Stewart River district.
orospectors wandering in the country late in the
summer discovered evidences of several years de-
,elopment the Mayo, but no one around the op-
rators evidently having gone out for the winter.
cabins well stocked with provisions and tools were