New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-09-15
OUR WORK IN THE ORIENT
= RECORD OF PRACTICAL ACCOMPLISH
MENTs IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS

.,,,s arc taken from the official records ana men
accuracy vouched FOR The data Nis -
rv Jesse OverstFeet, one of the most ac''e' o00'
.rsorraed and able members Of the comntlee-
II is a record OF practical accomplishments uu'
civil government. for the beneht OF tfie maui N
and shows remarkable progress in the estaosi'-
ynert of schools the improvement OF haFSors. 'he
building of roads and the enforcement OF s"'''1''
laws. II Is follows
While public attention has been drec9ed t" e'e6S
phase Of military operation IN 1l4' nv The
Democrats and rolled like sweet norS - I'M, ne
army was sent 10 the islands for spechc pu ios,
accomplish certain WORK ana IN ma taking
formed task in remarkably short I'M. tr ~
into consideration the climate, the e2araC,iI ~
fhe warfare. and the territory covered % 4iiHl'S
The 56efal prophecies that it would take nun
.ired thausa nd men score OF years % lscilH Cs
Philippines have been proven iaIse ~ -, setsh ~
iisbed and The army has been reduced To aooof
eighteen thousand men. much sTna I er states
1nsintained in the early DAYS Of the rePubllG
vas triiiiani success. The leaders were pfgGent.
the boys were brave and IN me is5' Attention
has been 50 directed military operatiSns f 5GI
The marked progress in civil government mas
overlooked by the public
A NEW DEAL IN THE FAR EAST
In the slow going Orient new clement has been
sntroduced Persons and Rdo6eFty Ne love has been
ssctea as never p sf Y5 Yr5srsss and bolo
OF the insurgent has been beaten H3'o ''s f0
on the takfng Of Manila local military govern
1nent was or bit !@ca .riiMHais Many old
Spanish tax burdens were at once reno 51x food
existing tariff was m, modified .isL 20 ss TO ii''As
Even While the military government was being
organized President Mckinley and his a dNlssas
engaged in preparing pan a. 81 ca six months
after the capture OF Manila The hTst EI aFei o7
Commission was appointed and TeaoI1e1 was
March 4 1899 and this original cGinll cn;ssoT
submitted a year later by the Tar oiH nm Tin
special administrations and the President lnSIra6
Nat
The spoils system rightly barred from nm, me
ISLAND The fifth passed by the commission p n
vided Tor thorough ana COMP , ' en sesame 10
position or advancement. As far as poSs1ole cire5
positions under the insular government were E ~
90 understand that an important par - rorl- a.
auties was to train natives to l'efioli" LIZ
rareful system on accounting was established
based upon the experience gained in R2Pa No FINDS 81
public FUNDS in the ni6ed Fta' and accountei for
from the date Of occupatlon. 49, ,,a1l,- shall
~ h Mania ali the freight Of seagoing vessels
81 over sixteen feet has to be transIerIe4 ~ LIE At
ST reat e%pnse and risk This has been heavy
, te he1lTeer, Manila and Hong Kong. distance
OF about seven hundred miles @ @5e Kong and San
Francisco a distance Of about elght tho"saiiN
'nl Inc commerce Of Manila urgently demanded
creation OF thoroughly protected haInUl he
largest vessels The Spanish Government had neem
ToTfdng i Ia to The tinted states and had nm
sebe5 about 81 per cent Of the work The commits,
zTcrk and Within years Manila will have
Saoalinr freight that will cheaper every pound 81
1nerchandise which enters or leaves 5hat porl;
,ion the wretohed condition 81 In fo1qS' r pl
rather. the absence OF roads; %rcn more fbe
die rivers,
PROSPERITY AND PROGRESS SHOWN
The commission appropriated s.. 10000 lAIexioanl
bridges. AID This work vel the harbor i'm
f s tinted States Corps of Engineers and dur
ing the year s they built eight hundred miles
froicaI rams Of those Islands More public i'm
- he, y1ad, during the less than four years Of
American control than Spain accomplished In all
The magnificent work ACCOMPLISHED IN Cuba has
~ the Orient is on the highway to prosperity and
Il is Evident that with their great extent Of fer
tile land and wide variations Of elevation. and
therefore OF temperature. improvements in the ag
the Immense ~-a Of the people. Their
f@c efh%aS q dr s owith 5si
,rany vegetables ar, ..p.,rsed from China ana
other points Many grains and vegetables ur-
known the people could undoubtedly be raised.
in view OF this condition department OF agr r
United states Department of Agriculture was put
in charge, experiment stations and farms were
series Of agricultural primers is being printed
;ird distributed among the people. written in simple
language that will aid them in improving their
crops and methods OF cultivation
may be imagined when account is taken Of the
fact that good sugar land in the Hawaiian Islands
Is worth from $500 to S-60 acre. while good
sugar land in the island Of Negros in the Philip
pines. can be bought fer from $50 @ SCI an acre
Under Intelligent cultivation. with good seed and
improved machinery the Philippines can and will
become the agricultural Monte Criso Of the world
nbie TO vie with Java. that has been such mine
Of wealth To the government Of Holland
The past history OF the development of the re-
Of the Philippines under Spanish control
IS Of carelesSneSs. Indifference and posifFye
opposition. while under tiGe few years Of American
control il has advanced by leaps and bounds and
the foundations Of insuar prosperity have been
laid broad and deep
The bill passed during the last session Of Con-
sresS makes provision for the natives of the slard
fc homesteads and title and possession viii
he assured They will be attached the soil
alone by the accident Of birth. but by owner
ship. and cannot but be loya1 the powers that
thus safeguard their interests
A NATION STARTS TO SCHOOL.
The insular government has not been content
with developing the teTal side Of government
ia the instructions OF the President 10 the To .,
Commission occurs the following:
1T will be the duty Of the commission IN rro
mote and extend, and. they find occasion 10
tr1rroVe the system Of education already iraUg,,
rated by the military authorities. In doing tbTe
they should regard of first Importance the ely
tension Of system Of primary education which
he free o no shall