The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1903-01-05

subject of labor he speaks of the need
of making temporary provision such as
is recommended by the full commits
sion. Touching on the organization of
labor unions, the governor says that. if
properly directed, the movement may
give to the laboring classes a sense of
the dignity of labor and Of their indie
pendence He regards the objection
made by the Filipinos to the unlimited
introduction of Chinese into the islands
, to be logical and justifiable.
There is in the city of Manila real es-
tate and improvements assessable for
taxation amounting to $41,005, $780, while
there is worcestershire real property in
the city to the amount of so, ,329. Of
which $13,384.3SS is public property and
SI2,117.94c is church property. exempt
under the law. Governor Taft COM
mends to the commission the benefits
that might accrue from the establish
ment in the islands of postal savings
banks
Governor Taft tells of the recently
organized independent Filipino Catho-
lie church and says the commission has
stated that it would take no part in re-
ligious controversies.
The commission report concludes with
the following recommendations which
are specifically urged upon the atten-
tion of congress:
1.-The establishment Of gold STAN
dard in the islands and of banking
corporations empowered to issue circu-
lating bank notes under proper safe
guards.
1.-The reduction of at least IS per
cent of the Dingley rates of duties up
on goods imported into the United
States from the Philippines.
Am amendment of the Philippine
act so that the limit upon lands which
may be sold to or to be held by indi-
viduals or corporations from the public
domain shall be increased to $4,000
acres, or in the alternative, so that the
government shall be given the power to
lease for sixty years upon competitive
bidding, tracts from the public land,
aggregating in any individual or cor
porate lessee not more than 10000. 1t
says this legislation is necessary to the
development of the islands and as the
government owns 65,0O0000 out of TO-
OO0. 900 acres in the archipelago there is
no danger of concentration of owner
ship in individuals or corporations.
4-That the Philippine act may be
amended by repeating the limitation
which forbide an individual or corpora
ton from holding an interest in more
than one mining claim.
5-That all bonds issued by the in
sular government under the authority
of the Philippine act shall be free from
state. county and municipal taxation in
the United States.
6-That an amendment be made to
the Chinese exclusion act giving power
to the government by law to admit a
fixed and limited number of Cinnamon
into the Philippine islands who are GER
titled to be skilled laborers, on the
bond of the employer that for every
Chinese skilled laborer employed he
will employ a Filipino apprentice and
that he will return TIE" Chinese skilled
laborer thus introduced within five
years after his admission to the coun-
try and that he shall pay head tax
of not exceeding $50 for each Chinaman
/ so admitted to the insular government
to meet the expense Of the enforcement
of these restrictions. The commission
thinks unlimited admission Of Chinese
! would be unWise. =,