The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-01-06

dten arr willing enough TO study aud
learn While many Of them will not be
preciate aud love those who are over them
and treat them with justice and Kindness.
ihey are very sensitive aud their feelings
easily hurt. Texans who. speak Spanish
seem TO understand them better than amy
one else. As class the Filipinos will for
the present make better farmers than
doctors. lawyers. civil engineers, etc, ana
| believe In the establishment Of indus.
trial schools to teach them mechanical
arts and agriculture and thereby develop
their rich soil.
white believe In one or two respects
the civil government Is little in al-
vance of their civilization. | consider IL
otherwise emlncnty adapted TO existing
conditions. The people OF all classes seem
TO be most friendly 10 Governor Taft and
the civil commission. II Is almost wonder
ful the way the people love aud look up
mission visit the provinces, tho natiyes
have great celebrations and often go long
distances from their towns to meet them.
In what respect do you consider civil
goyerllncnt therc In advance OF their
civilization Y
wen, for instance. the presldentes
tmayors) OF their towns are elected by the
people. The law-ahidng and poorer Gle
mcnt take little Interest In the elections,
while the katipunan and lnsurgent sym
pathizcrs secretly lntmidate and innuCnc2
the iusurEent 10 vote FOR their man who
I afterwards nretends TO serve us faithfully
while he carries water on both shoulders
Ut the same linhe. Inc llNnlNoS are so
anxious TO improve that these matters may
adjust themselves. The provinces are or.
ganized into separate provincial govern
mentS with governor, treasurer supc.
rior and secretary similar to that under
Spanish rule. This was done because the
Flllpinos are very jealous OF their proNin
cial governments and complained bitterly
on one occasion when u became necessary
10 unite two provinces In one However,
although these provinces are much more
populated than an average county In Texas,
hA 80 al lie
not more than that Of the average county,
Its higher officers are few In number and
the salaries are fixed by the people them
selves"
Then YOU do not believe them capable
Of self goVcrnmCntg'
"Not at present. II would he taken as
an evidence Of weakness by other nations
aud the Fllipinos who have education and
! Intelligence and who have any idea Of the
! principles of government all feel the Same
way aud would leave the Islands Ne they
were given sclfgovernmcut. believe II
/ would he pity to undo the good work
! already done by giving them cltgovern-
mcnt. Those natives. many of whom In ~
! fought side by side with us aud those who
/ have been our friends would soon be AZ
| war with the balance.
From many con sersatlons with FIJI
| pinoS ! am convinced they would prefer
! American sovereignty TO that Of any other
| nation ON earth, If they were given in
! dependence there would soon he trouble,
| and II the United States did not inter
/ fpre some other nation anxious 60 acquire
/ the Philippines would seize the first pre-
/ tCy' for Interference.
Whenever they are capable Of sclf.rov.
eminent unless we are willing to give
them Statehood we should give them indie
pendcncc and turn them adrift, rather than
/ shcriOce American principles
DO YOU believe there are enough troops
/ In the philipnuesy'
/ NO; ! believe for a year or two we
should keep an army Of occupation Of at
least 10000 available troops In the phil
ippincs aud that we should build tnrrntks
outside Of the towns, So e. TO not inter-
/ fere with civil government nor quarter nur
troops in their houses This would convince
the people We were there to stay aud were
able. to protect them"
natives toward AmPrcnnsi'
"Some places tt is better than In others
! and considering the fact that their leader,
arc constantly misrepresentIuG ms to HON
Il is better than could bc expected WOW
/ f-w ~ them have a correct idcn az tht
United states or Of It's ueopc. Nh7wN ~
a lyuchinG hoe strike or a largo NC &C.
ours in the United states Il Is much 'yaE
gcrnt6d aud about the only thing eCbl'sh ,
In their proclamatlons, | have often though
+ II would he a good Idea to bring n number
Of FtliplnGs to the United Slnl's auI -
them see the country and that we should o.
something 10 cuunteract these orN nuu
cnccS for instance, nv Distributing o'r
tain literature nicely .lustr1tcd thrnnShou
the Islands written In the Hagalo ana c'he
- believe It is the richest and most beau
tfful country | ever saw. There are 'wpnp
| i'm the Philippines and these arc especially
/ pdnpted TO the raising of rice. ont th'
country generally has good dtnlnagr. oficr
! these swamps are created artihcihllv III or
der to make rice pgddNs, II must be al
nitiGd that there Is considcrnhlo sicknE'
| among The soldiers. However, " IN th'
! United states soldiers had The sam" W1r'
10 do and were subject 20 the same oN
pcsurc and hardshius incident 10 sneh war
rDrp I believe there would ne an ednl
amonnt Of jiscnse ma thcn ngaina TIA,
| called hcuo. which Is sold .h'ap and cIl+',
! sickness and considerable disease rs tAnn',
hy a lack Of sanitary conditions lW"nt
tho Fillrinos. This Is hcing impro.sl
There Is hardly placc IN the IN'lpnilH
as largo as vour hat whore mo't nuV'biui
can not he raised and the wnole 'nHhL!
seems "a he especially adapted I" IN
growing Of sugar cane, tobacco couc'' Choc
olatc coaconut and hcmp. The mountain
a,~ covered with forests of large trees IRON
wlGTh can 10 obtained fourteen Einua o
excellent hard wood There Is m ahunf
ancc Of fish and considerable Ga'nc. we're
fables do well. Int are little cultivated ny
tho natives. and there IS an abundance o
'.Forelgn capital seems 70 hive i"onoro
liz tbcre NJ nreecnt aud II Will redulic n
vorahie legislation giving AmcficaL CIV "a
special concessions ee'9re u, IT. Ht.,,,'',,,gb
Is. dnvolou tho wonderful resources ~ ID
country. which will also have ihH ercrt =
cncninc M the county anl en,ir oa,, ",
cad have bean hult and the rouptrv u
In much hctter condition han K wa me
is no douht hnt IT co7ta as r3n ,l'',n :. !
mineral wcaith Manv rcnnl" helleyo, Nc,
g. r,rnb rvr4Ith ~ Nipdanno which hl'
noon lint lttle cxplnr'd ,..
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