New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-06-30

! army and one to be officer of the navy"
To meet the expenditures authorized by the
! act, per cent popular loan of S130.0O0.OOO
| is to be fioated by the Treasury. bonds to be
| issued for $50 and mutiples of that sum.
TARIFF IN PHILIPPINES
The Philippine Tariff bill. which became n
| law March 5 1902, establishes revenue
| system for the Philippines and fixes the trade
relations to be maintained between the Philip
| pine Archipelago and the United States. 1t
provides that the tariff laws already enacted
| by the Philippine Commission shall remain in
| full force and effect. and that there shall be
| collected all articles coming into the archi
| pelago from the United States the duties paid
on like articles imported from foreign coun-
| tries On all articles coming into the United
| States from the Philippine Archipelago. the full
| Dngley Of duty to be collected. ex-
! cept that a - per cent reduction is to he
| granted on imports the growth and product or
the Philippines: and no export duties are to be
| laid in the Philippines such articles intended
for use or consumption in the United States
| Tonnage taxes are laid all foreign vessels
| coming from the Philippines to the United
States but till July l, 1901, the laws restricting
! TO vessels of the United States the transporta-
| ton of passengers and merchandise from one
port of the United States 10 another. are not
| to apply foreign vessels in trade between
| the Philippines and the United states OF oe-
! tween ports of the Philippine Archipelago. The
duties and taxes collected under these pro-
visions both in the Philippines and at the
! ports of the United States. to be held as
| separate fund to be paid into the treasury or
the Philippne Islands. The rebate and bonded
| warehouse provisions Of the Dingey law are
! made applicable TO commerce between the
| United States and the Philippines. and IN
postscript to the bill it is enacted that no per
| son in the Philippines shall be convicted or
| treason by any tribunal, civil or military un-
| less on the testimony of two witnesses TO the
same overt act or a confession in open court.
CIVIL GOVERNMENT BILL.
| The Philippine Civil Government bill has
passed both houses. and is now in conference
| The House and Senate drafts were virtually
Identical in the beginning; but the many amend
| ments fastened on the Senate bal after its con-
sideration began materially altered its scope ana
purpose The two important sections over which
! the two branches differ are those which look
| to the establishment of legislative machinery
| and a monetary system for the Philippines. In
| the House bill and the original Senate Dill pro-
| vision was made for the creation or an lnsular
| legislature. 1t proposed that the PRESIDENT
on being satisfied that condition OF peace eA-
| listed in the islands. should authorize the Fhlhp-
pine Commission to call a general election for
|
| as the Philippine Assembly After that cleo
ton all legislative powers hitherto conferred on
| the commission were 10 be vested IN a les!S-
| iature. consisting of two houses. the fnlHpPIne
| Commission and the Philippine Assembly. ne
archipelago also to he divided into two as
| tricts, each OF which should elect cotninis-
| soner 10 the United States.
| The bill passed by the Senate provides only
| for the taking Of a census, after peace is re
| stored of such character as Will INFORM the
| President and Congress concerning the capacity,
fitness and readiness OF the people OF the Philip-
| pine Islands, and Of particular islands prov
| inces and municipalities. for the establishment
and maintenance of a permanent popular repre-
! sentative government -,
| The more material divergence in the two oiHs
| relates however, to the proposed systems or
| coinage The House bill provides for an out
| and out gold standard. with coinage OF pesos.
| or silver dollars convertible into gold at the
| rate of two for The new pesos are TO take
| the place of the Mexican dollars. and monetary
! conditions are to continue much as they are at
| present The Senate bill, however, allows the
free coinage Of silver dollar OF slightly greater
intrinsic value than the House peso. which is TO
| issue at par with gold and to possess the legal
| tender qualities within the archipelago which
the American silver dollar enjoys within the
United States. thus renewing on a minor scale
| in the Philippines the experiment which this
country tried-with limitations on its coinage
| output-from 1879 to 1893.
CHINESE EXCLUSION ACT.
The Chinese Exclusion act, approved April %,
continues in force until otherwise provided by
| Congress, all existing legislation regulating the
| Chinese descent, and the residence of such per
sons therein, except in so Ear such legislation
is inconsistent with this country's treaty obliga-
tons The laws hitherto in force are also extend
ed to the island territory under the jurisdiction of
! the United States. and are TO prohibit the immi-
grafton Of Chinese laborers, not citizens of the
United States, from such island territory TO the
mainland territory of the United States whether
such laborers were in such island territory at
- NO Ia a
also forbidden to migrate from one portion of
the island territory OF the United States to
other portion but not from one island to another
Of the same group. The Secretary Of the Treas
ury is empowered to execute the provisions both
| Of the exclusion laws and of the treaty with
China of December \ 1871 and TO appoint such
agents may be necessary to carry into effect
the purposes Of said treaty and said acts. An
exemption is made in favor of Chinese exhib-
itors at expostions authorized by Congress.
such exhibitors being allowed to bring in me-
chanics. artisans and other employees to install
their exhibits. Every Chinese laborer other than
a citizen, rightfully in any island territory
Of the United States Hawaii excepted, must
| on penalty of deportation. The Philippine Com
mission is authorized TO enforce this provision
in the Philippine Islands, and 1t may extend
the time for registration in those islands for
one additional year
IRRIGATION OF ARID LANDS.
The Irrigation act, approved June II. commits
the federal government TO a benevolent super
vision of a general irrigation system in the arid
and semi-arid sections of the West 1t pro-
vides that all moneys received from the sale Of
| public lands in Arizona, California. Colorado
| Idaho Kansas, Montana. Nebraska, Nevada.
New-Mexco North Dakota. Oklahoma, Oregon,
| South Dakota, Utah. Washington and Wyoming,
! in excess Of the funds already aside for edu-
cationaI purposes. shall be reserved ''recla-
ma ton fund.- be used. under the direction Of