New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-09-14
CHINESE IN PHILIPPINES.

by King Corn.
CHINESE IN PHILIPPINES.
THE REV DIR. ARTHUR j. BROWN SAYS
THEY ARE A NECESSITY IN THE DE-
vEIOPMENT OF THE ISLANDS
Inc rev. n nh,,+erian Board of Foreign MIS-
-, ~ HE recent visit to the Friippiiie'' VI
The chinese question there, he says:
Nowhere else in the world 6uessae more 1 charac
t tsf,sRssg rs
sEa Sss 6esnn the fh be
pines For long time and after ero sne them But
that the were dn IKE the pfe tbe
Esn9 wEe at the time they
apart and refusing to In9 policy Of restriction
esdHay adopted In 175 the sPania a6 de
sdsd to a sgsl d 5hs 5
the simple Of n sn1mttn Ever or Enee she
had hsd s tmd them tn and
1ssnd IS INIT fReir numbers and their freedom
the pn9s f Cara fS ana snco Rs Resulted in
1853 eb Se 10 MASSACRE sometimes by the Chinese
being goadsd to the 5sy fanaoa popsaee s
But in spite Of all this antipathy and opposition
thrive In 1883 their number was estimated to be
80 ooo and now it Is believed to be about oo4 Of
Spanish rule the number was steadily increasing;
they to of entfT a as
But fhs S was eysded with comparative
Of the archipelago only nominal. and partly be
corruption was not dSut where VIII the loss
took many But Ssse h bape all qhv
d eose otherWise the United States GsaTy Exci
Philippine Islands. so that John is now in worse
The reason for all this hostility is apparent The
Chinese Industrious. frugal and persistent, and
as Who
sss in he we ad TR6Ssb the da
entered as laborers. they are the merchant class.
sF as and by to ns fs
early. retiring late. watching keeny for bargains.
competit3rs @gt 2; the aed, 50 that often the less
enterpIslns Filipino Is forced to buy OF the hated
And yet the Chinese domesticates himself in the
rule he takes Filipino wife and estabishes a
home. The native women are not proud of their
In public but they are quite willing to marry them.
Garages sd %y wnt e
cannot afford DO your people sympathize with
pno resGene o Ng 1os He PfoPE red
piled: We wish you would not only prevent any
drive out those already here" Why" queried-
hoppersE,they eat up the country. leaving nothing
partly because the fripnes DO not Want the ch
and 1t is the BGoy Of the commission to do
and to reconcile them to our rule partly because
lose the votes Of few states in which Chinese
labor is a local Issue
with whom talked in the aTehipelsso was en- en-
e his 9P2 1o b hat s ab s
ands. The white man cannot work and the Malay
forbid him would be as fatal to the Industrial life
Of the islands was the expulsion OF the Moors
Morsa sG 9ecared the century Dr.
1T is true the town MAMMAL cannot exist with
and business and very industrious, and work for
About two centuries later Juan de Ia Conception
wrote: Without the trade and commerce OF the
natives the first notions Of trade. Industry and
fruitful work They taught them; among many
sugar and the Working Of wrought from They IN
vertical stone crushers and iron boiling pans"
e Is 69 1s 10 the
Philippine Islands before either spanlards or
We a4e They are settled in homes and ei in i ong
@ the nes b G he
virile strain into the native blood. that
d hs S to- b o on th F e
They are ndgstrogs penee fp a%sbidinf and far
Their very departure from their native land has
aese e ff he he
trade with the more numerous and powerful people
among whom they live has taught them com
plaisance to the foreigner which their brethren
across the China Sea do not possess.
They pay more taxes In proportion to their num-
bers than any other class. They could not be BAN
ishcd without throttlirg the trade OF the islands
they absolutely indispensable to indus
trial and commercial development that unless our
American capitalists and employers have the
benefit OF their labor the Philippines never re-
turn the United States half Of what they will cost
US THE Manila Times truly says: The reasons
which exist for excluding Chinese laborers from
the United States do not exist in the Philippines
The conditions are vastly different here
The law recently enacted by Congress has not
ended this question. 1t Is factor In the Philippine
problem which cannot be eliminated by hasty
vote II enters deeply into every phase of Fill
pino business and social life. and the American
people will do well study 1t more carefully be-
fore rendering a final decision