The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-08-08

ease Of a large percentage Of the cara
baOS which are indispensa BILE 70 the cuI-
I. uvation Of rice and are greatly needed in
All agriculture has largely reduced the
acreage OF rlce and other staple products.
Then the pest Of lOcusts has been very Sc
we're In one province. and perhaps more,
Saunt famine may have 70 be reckoned
with Poverty and suffering in a country
Waere lddrOuiSm has always existed are
sure 10 make iadroues.'
Mr. Taft expressed the hope that
Congress would soon provide for the sale
OF public lands and Of mining rights and
Ior the granting OF franchises CONNER
clal railroads, morJgage-loau companies.
or land banks, and steamship companies
only await Government sanction 10 spring
INTO being. he said These may remedy
the poverty and suffering that a patient
people have now 10 bear Passing
thence to the minor matters OF civil adj
ministrati2n, Judge Taft pertinently
said:
Upon Americans who accept Office
under the civil government is imposed the
responsibility OF reaching the highest
American standard Of official duty
Whenever an American fails whenever
he allows himself 20 use his Official pO-
siJion for private ends. even though il
does not involve actual defalcatiou or
the stealing or public property OF money.
he is recreant 20 his trust in a far high
CT degree than he would be were he To
commit the same offence In a similar Of
rCe AT home Here he Is the representa-
tive Of the great Republic among peo-
PIE uutut0ret in the methods Of free and
honest government. and in so Tar as he
fails ia his duty. he yiudicares the objec-
ton OF those who have fOrcibIy resisted
our taking control OF these Islands and
wetkeuS the claim We make that We are
here 20 secure good government for the
e. .'The operation Of the Civil Service act
and the rules adopted for IT'S enforcement
have been the subject Of some criticism.
but I think that when they are fully
understood and when the Filipino in
seeking a pu-lJIur in executive offices
where English is Jhe only language
spoken. ntS himself. as he VIII with his
autness for learning languages. in Eng
hsh. h. VIII have nothing to complain OF
either in the justice OF the examination
salaries between him and the Americans
doing the same work The Civil Service
act in The bUlWark OF honesty and e.
ncieucy Ira the Government. II avoids
the most marked evil OF American poll
tics the spells system Without IL sue
cess in solving our problem would be en-
tlrely impossible Complaints Of its Sc
verify and It's unfortunate operation IN
individual instances may give plauSibiIiJy
to attack upon it, but those who are Te-
SponSible for appointments cannot be
blinded to the fact that its preservation
i absolutely essential 90 the welfare OF
these islands
without assuming to express an opin-
ion on the mOoted issue or constitutional
law involved IN the tariff question. the
Governor EentUreI the opinion that the
decision Of the United States Supreme
fetal 10 the people OF those Islands. It
~eemed TO him that 20 enforce here the
uitei States tG-in for all time would be
detrimental to local interests These isl
audS are 1850 miles from the coast OF the
United States. he argued The cOnGi-
ti1uS prevailing In them are as different
as possible from those in the United
States The application 20 them Of a
high protective tariff carefully prepared
10 meet trade and che mountaineering
conditions in the United States would
have been a great hardship To is true
that To- sugar and tobacco planters would
have been opened fire market but IL
would have greatly reduced All trade be-
tween the Philippines and China and 9th
er Oriental countries -GI all European
countries and it would have GeC-SsitILrd
q heavy internal tax e. pay Che expenses
OF yhe central Government Now the ur1-
pie may reasonably entertain the hope
that Congress viii give them a tariff here
suited To the best development Of business
in the islands. and may infer from the
liberal treatment according il its legisIa-
ton 20 Porto EiCdl products imported into
the United States that Philippine prof.
uctS viii have equally favorable consider
alton