The Farmington times. [volume] (Farmington, Mo.) 1874-1902, 1901-12-12
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Tbs Philippines q Pandora Bex 81
Evils for the United States.


who has been In the Philippines for
couple OF monlhs studying the people
and the eouu,ry, In all Interview pab-
li.hed 10 the Republic says:
"The Philippines are an odd mix.
lure Of good aud bad; they contain
rieS lands--picturesquc wastes. 10
places the climate Is not bad, though
everywhere euerya,ing aud for many
dangerous, II not deadly.
''rhe Islands never can be the at
abiding place for the white man.
Like all tropical Iands, the dark races
ouly sau dwell there permanently.
Openings may be found for American
capital and enterprise just as they
might DO found In the tropical regions
Of America.
Almost anywhere In Central or
S,ulh America or the West Indies, The
pecunary sky Is rs bright, and the
IN 'ney making land as aiinring As In
the Philippines. Never eau the Amer
lean citizen hope TO find home in the
far. away islands, though there, Ms 10
every quarter Of the globe the speeu-
l.tor, the promoter, the captains OF
commerce may or may not make for
tuues There, as elsewhere, while
few succeed, the many must fall, and
II health be sacrificed, as very often Il
must DO Ia the tropics, success will be
failure.
"For the great American masses
the Philippines offer nothing but an
increase OF the burden OF taxation, a
fast growing pension roll, very many
snlimely deaths aud many more wrecks
physical, mental and moral. The
people Of these islands are very far be-
low Us In intellect, inheritance and de-
velopment.
"rhcy never can rise or DO raised
to the level OF American citizenship,
unless they advance and VIC drop back
few centuries until common condi.
ton between theirs OF to-day and ours
Of to-day IL reached.
"rhe great body of Flliplnos are
ignorant, lazy and primitive, the few
arc intelligent, active and abreast with
the ranks OF civilization. The long
years Of Spanish oppression aud spoil
alton have made suspicion, insinoerity
and hatred of the white man Filipino
instincts. Aud the brown men have u
longing for a dream of independence
amounting to a master passion or an
inspiration. II is the conviction OF
many well-iuiormcd American soldiers
over there that the spirit OF resistance
to alien rule will be dead only when
the Filipinos arc dead.
"Opinious differ widely ms to the
individual Fllipinos, some ind him
amiable, rich 10 talent and good, while
others esteem him as treacherous,
worthless aud altogether bad. IL is
not easy 10 form q correct estimate of
people whose language one canno.
spoak and who cAnnot speak our Ian
guage, and whose country we are
holding By force of arms. l believe II
Il not unreasonable TO rate the Filipino
rather high for his race aud cline,
though low indeed measured by our
high American standard.
"Are tho Filipiuos fit for self. gov.
crnmentP II such seif.gOvcrnmcnt as
the Americans are capable of Is meant,
tho answer Is no; aud they never will
be. But II dark race government In
the land OF the dark race Is meant, :.
IL not unreasonable TO answer yes.
"We are not forced by the exIgen-
oies of war to take possession of an
alien land beyond the Pacific, as Pres.
ident Roosevelt says, and, having com.
mitied The folly of giving $50, 900, 900
FIR this 'slien land and It's Pandora
box Of evils, we arc net forced by |
present 'exigeneies' TO sqaandnr hun
drcds OF millions more and thousands
OF lives experimenting 10 an allen
land with what must ever be In fact |
an allen people.
ssGeneral Chaffce, commander of
our armies In The Philippines. and
Governor Taft. head of the civil gov
ernment, Impressed me as able. sincere |
and estimahle gentlemsn. we'll equip
ped for their trying stations. Many
Of their sabordinates seem 10 DO The |
right men 10 The right places. while |
others are much too narrow and too
cruel far Americans.