The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-11-19
CONGRESSMAN GREEN TALKS OF
PHILIPPINES.
Does not Believe That Sugar Can Ever
BE Produced There with Profit.
Opportunities Uncertain.

sADOdlu the DOtlC are SOME OF lut
Congressional party which went out to
the Philippines at the request Of the
secretary of War TO study conditions in
the new possessions Of the United
States. The party originally was to
have been composed of a large number,
but while the transpor- Ingalls, was be-
ing repaired in New York. the docking
gave way and the boat turned turtle.
This caused a delay and the party did
not leave until July TO- The party
dwindled down considerably when the
crowd did sail on the transport Nc
Clellan. The vessel went by way of the
Suez canal and on the trip to Manila,
the party had ample opportunity Of
studying the conditions of the various
governments along their route. In con-
sequnece of having stopped at various
British settlements in the Straits, the
members of the party became, to GER
tain extent, acquainted with the Malay
before they reached their destination.
Those who are returning on the Doric
are Congressman j. w. Gaines of Ten
nessee; 5. NJ. Jack, and II. d. Green
of Pennsylvania, and ID. Fl. Mercer
of Nebraska. Senator Bacon went
through about ten days ago on the
China. While in the Philippines the
party made many excursions to the
different sections of the country and
sought to familiarize themselves with
conditions there, both politically as well
as commercially. While the views, of
the different members of the party, are,
no doubt, quite varied, on Congressman
Green the possibilities for the American
i'm the Philippines, apparently have not
impressed themselves very favorably.
Il can not see," he said what there
is in those islands for the Americans.
The FilipinOs are imbued with the de-
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they are given such government, will
they be satisfied. There are a great
many well educated people among them
i'm the different sections of the islands,
and it is the belief of all the people
and of the educated ones as well, that
if they but had the opportunity, the FL
lipinos could be the dominant factor
in that section of the Pacific and GER
tainly rule the other Malay races.
while there will not, l think, be any
general outbreak against the American
rule, as many military men are inciin-
ed to represent. still there will be a
feeling of dissatisfaction. The Filipino
will wait his chance. 1t may not take
the form of a general uprising against
| the Americans, for the natives will, in
all probability seek to accomplish his
| ends in less violent way. In my OPT
! nion. our government is going about II
to be to put natives in control of the
government as fast as possible and this
is meeting with general abstraction
among the Filipinos. 1t is this policy
which has, I believe, restrained the
| work of the insurgents and prevented
| them from gaining fresh recruits and
continuing operations to as large an
extent as formerly. The Filipino real
ICES that he cannot defeat the United
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| complish his freedom in anoher way.
so far as the chance for American
! capital is concerned, l do not think
much of the prospects. 1t is said that
| the country is rich in minerals. This is
| uncertain. The place has not been pros
pected and in my opinion it will result
in discovering that the mineral wealth
is all in my eye. l have also heard thai
| there are extensive deposits of coal II
| the Philippines but / never saw any
| body who had used it, AS to the hart
woods, it will be found very costly tC
get them to the market. They can no
| be hoated and will, in consequence
| have to be hauled down to the shippinl
place. There are no roads now oVel
which the wood can be hauled and II
order, to develop this industry, it vii
be necessary to build many roads owe
the present impossible districts. As
|
woods, the ties and other woods use(
along the railroad out of Manila, wer
brought from Australia for the simple
reason that wood from that section
could be imported cheaper than the ma
tive product could be prepared.
Some rice is raised. some sugar, to
bacco and, of course, a large amount o
hemp. l presume that more, consider
ably more of these stuffs could be pro
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| paratively limited however. They Nigh
raise a little more rice than is neces
sary for their home consumption and 81
| with the other stuff products.
"As to the cultivation of sugar,
| do not know whether this could bI
profitably raised or not Some of thu
land is fertile and other sections ar,
not. The United States has enough
i sugar raised now to supply all of tn
needs, so l think that there would b.
but little sugar from the Philippines
which would make its way to the Unit
ed States. Then too, the question
of labor is another matter which Il
| bothering the capitalists. They ar
asking that cheap, coolie labor be in
trOduced. The Malay as a labOrer II
unsatisfactory. The capitalists wan
the coolle let in so that they can max
a profit from their investments
AT the present time. conditions ar,
very lively in Manila. Large sums o
money are being paid out every montl
by the government i'm maintaining tn
military and civil forces there, bu
when these are cut down there viii b.
a big depression. 1t is Of course har,
to say what can be done with those isl
ands. We have gone so far now tina
ii is difficult to turn back. | certainl,
was not favorably impressed with tn
prospects there for Americans to settle
Were they to give me the best islam,
they have, in fee simple, to live ther
the rest of my days, ! would not tax
i 1t. The climatic conditions are too try
| ing and play havoc with the health o
white people"
Miss Hamerschlag, formerly witt
| Whitney and Marsh has opened DreS