The age-herald., 1902-02-11
Gan Hardly Live on S2O,OOO
 in the Philippines
PAYS $3OOO FOR SERVANTS
Mrs. Davis on Her Way to Mississippi Cost of Living Is Much Greatep Than In Washlngton-Some
 Pointed Questions Put

Washington, February 10.-In continu- ing his statement concerning con iitlons in the Philippine islands before the Sem ate Committee on the Philippines today, Governor Taft said that the estimate for the preliminary expenses in those islands must include considerable outlay for school buildings. It was necessary, he said to make salaries from twenty to twenty-five per cent higher than in the United States. In this connection Senator Culberson made inquiries concerning the salaries and allowance of the commits sioners of the archipelago. "Is each of the commissioners paid S20,OoO?' he asked.
 "No," was the reply. When we first went out the commissioners were each paid $10,oO0 and the chairman s1g,oo0, and in addition there was an allowance of S50OO for each for expenses. making the total S15, GOO and $l750O respectively. When I was appointed civil governor. was al- lowed s5O00 for my legislative duties and s15,OOO for my duties as executive, mak- ing s2a0OO The other commissioners were allowed s5OOO for their legislative services and aO.0oO for their executive duties, making s15,0OO. all in gold.
 'Is each allowed private secretaryf7
 Yes" ....-
 And you also have large clerical force?"
 "You would think so If you should step into our office; you also would get an idea of the necessity for such force"
 What other allowances are made?"
 None except that l am allowed as Governor to live in the Malacanan, the old Governor Generals palace
 "Is it an expensive placer
 $3ooo for Servant Hire.
 Rather It costs me $125 in gold per month to light and I pay 5000 year out of my own pocket for servant hire. There are fourteen ponies in the stable. The grounds are extensive, but they are lighted by the city of Manila as any other park would be-
 Are the other members of the com mission provided with residences9'
 "All of them pay rent and I can assure you that I would much prefer paying mine to being required to live at Mala- canan and keep up that establishment If may be allowed a word, personal l would say that of my s1z.5oO last year l had only $500 left at the end of the year, and I am sure that if my illness had not prevented my entertaining to a desirable extent there would have been nothing left of the S20, GOO now paid, and General Wright and Judge Ide have as- sured me they could save nothing. There is much entertaining necessary, and the cost of everything is much greater than in Washington. There are no other prere- quisites or allowances"
 Governor Taft added that the commits sion had had nothing to do with fixing the salaries of his own members, that having been done in Washington, but said it was impossible to obtain the ser- vices of competent men for responsible positions without paying better salaries than here.
 Took Families With Them.
 Governor Taft also said that the mem bers of the commission and their families had been transported to the islands and that it had been President McKinley's es- pecial wish that the families should be taken because of the effect on the Ffli- pinos themselves.
 We want. he said, especially to dem onstrate to the Filipnos the possibility of an honest administration of justice which is something they have never experienced under Spanish rule or under the rule of Aguinaldo. They have no conception of a mans holding office except for the pur- pose of his own emolument."
 Senator Carmack reverted to some of Governor Taft's former testimony to the effect that the Filipinos are now indus trious and asked whether this condition would render necessary the importation of Chinese. Governor Taft said that 1t was to be profoundly hoped that this would not prove to be the case. There might, he added, be some reason for taking the Chinese laborers to undeveloped pro- vinces like Mindanao, but in such pro- vinces as Luzon, Panay and Negros, he was hopeful that the native people could be brought into a condition of greater ef- ficiency In general he thought that the effect of the admission of the Chinese would De to monopolize nearly all the ave- nues of trade but it was more difficult to say what the effect would be on the labor of the islands.
 Has the commission ever recommended the admission of the Chinese?" asked Senator Lodge.
 Do Not Want Chinese.
 The reply was an emphatic negative. In answer to questions from Senator Carnack and other Democratic members of the committee, Governor Taft said the Philippine commission had been criti- cized from both sides, Out" he went or.