New-York tribune., 1901-01-27
HIGHWAYS AND RAILWAYS.
The chapter of the report relating to railways
and roads is as follows:

The chapter of the report relating to railways
and roads is as follows:
AS an instrunlentaIity for the development Of the
great and varied resources of these islands tns
railroads is of the first Importance. Their yage
from a military standpoint can hardly be Overesu-
primary schools as educator of the people.
Ii may be asserted as a truism that a peogs yos
ciety is impossible: and Just to the extent '1s "a
tarded and prosperity hindered The absolute ne
cessity for reasonably efficient means OF ~
accommodation between the various commune,
ties OF these islands is therefore sef-evident anu
requires no discussion
tion and comparative wealth are to be found a.
the seapOrts and territories contiguous tneIeiv Nv
which are more or less accessible To So-sd
means of water communication. but these taVOIea -
localities limited in area. and their tacihues ot
doing business are. with few exceptions In IHrS- IN,
Quate and unSa ttSfaCtOry. Although there are ~.
rule they not landlOcked and are more or iess
are frequently days. and weeks, IN WHICH
ships can neither load nor unload. 49,. ,-.,t
There numerous water courses IN the stcIis
islands of LuzOn and MindanaO which nave taer sr
in the mountains Of the interior anu g.r an
eral rule. they nconSiderable in volume ~ ~
only for a few miles from their mouths, so that
they may be eliminated in conSideFlhs III 4ue
The so-calIed highways are generally merely rase
trails. which in the rainy season lasting nan 9 sn
are rough and only available for travel TO very @
limited extent. Whatever may nave heen tiie -
tive. the policy of the Spanish administrator uus
ing all the of it's occupancy seems 70 haE
been one OF isolation. Their trade laws were - :,
framed as prevent intercourse with tne ISSr -, -
the world. and insure them monopoly. lns5
lacked the fOrethOught energy 70 Construct - -
tersve lines of communication with the inleIlpo
and Manila and the other trnoortant towns on -
seacoast a result. there are few natives or 80
interior who have sr been teyOnd the bcundaILrS
or the towns in which they lve. Besides tne NJ, NJ,
tribes OF Luzon speak different dialects aa
IL was only here and there in eacn GonlhlgaS I'm, %
one could be found who spoke Spanish sucn -, SS-,
munication as they had with the central sUN51a.,
ment was through the medium OF the pariSn tp ne
who generally Spaniard familiar Wltn -. 80
native dialects and who taught them IN tneir ~
tive languag ges the very little thev knew ~ ~ -
remarkable that the maSsec OF the peopIe $50
densely ignorant. and CredtIlOuS TO decree 80,
can hardly be understood by Americans-nor tnHs sv
they easily imposed upon and carried a~ay -
the most absurd falsehOOds to our sinister pun
pose In reference 10 them 49,.
Such Is the natural richness Of the SOL thst -
limited accessible TO markets exported coi,
siderable vessels plying from the small por,ss -
Manila and Ioilo. but RE scale OF their operat,,
has been and Is relativelv tnsienincant as Conr
pared with what 70 ought 20 be and wOuld oe N0'N
all parts Of the island accessible H..
The most serious hindrance to rapid and e1ecss,
movements by our troops has been the fn7ccessa
blity of the country In which the Insurgents pa "a
overcome. but to get at them The cost OF miiHA''