La Junta tribune., 1904-11-05

spacs. I will take some Of them sera.
tim:
mo. !. The ofncials Of the govern
ment are dishonest, corrupt and despotie.
The Islands seem to have succeeded In
getting the very dregs of our people
mo government In the world has .
more intelligent. honest or industrious
corps Of employees than is serving under
the Philippine commission. and the as
sertion 10 an insult 70 the families and
friends who remain in the United States.
The records Of the Philippine govern
nsent to date will show q degree Of EN-
ciescy. honesty and fidelity equal to the
executive and judicial branches OF any
government In the world.
''No. 2. 'Agriculturally the country
IL for the time ruined. Land II going
ont Of cultivation. the population Is ILL
fed, and In soms places unable to get
work.
Prosperity Now Rsians.
Two years ago there was q terrible
drought all over the Philippines and the
farmers lost their crops. Famine was
averted By an appropriation from Con-
gtess which was expended for rice and
other foods and distributed where II was
needed among the people. But 10 II
honest for Judge Parker to hold the gov
ernmeut responsible for an act OF Provi-
DR. ,cs7 Last year. however. prosperity
was restored and at the present date
there is no spot on earth where the agri-
cultural population i in better condi-
don than In the Philippine Islands. The
only dificulty II the lack OF Labor. II IL
impossible for farmers or other employ
era 10 obtain the help needed, although
wages are three. and In some cases four
times ~ high ~ they were before Amer
tican occupation. The people are clam.
6rin. for Chinese coolies. who are pro-
hibited from seeking employment In the
Philippine Islands under the same ex-
clusipp laws that prevail In the United
States.
mo. 3. The country is overburdcned
with taxation: disease Is prevalent and
the farm animals are dead
THE rate Of taxation will average IS
per cent. lower than under Spanish
domination. but under American rule
taxes are collected from everybody i'm
partially. Formerly those who had q
pull or were disposed to bribe the col
lectors evaded payment, while others
were compelled to pay the last penny.
The revenues. therefore. are three and
four times ~ large ~ they ever were.
Since the enforcement of sanitary laws
and regulations, the construction Of sew
ers and the puri6cation Of the water
supply the death rate has been decreased
50 per cent. 1t IL true that more than
half the farm animals In the PHILIPPINES
died from the plague during the great
drought of 1902. but IL 1t honest for
Judge Parker to charge that calamity TO
the administration?
mo. 4. Whole districts are In the
hands Of hdrones.'
Ladroses rxtsraiasteA.
"LAdrones ass hishwaymen, freeboot-
err. who live In gangs In the woods, raid
the settlements and blackmail the plant
ers. In Spanish times they used to
flourish, but the vigorous and vigilant
operations Of the native constabulary
have practically exterminated them, and
the Philippine Islands are now a. safe
- any part Of the United States.
"No. B. The price Of products u
poor and unremunerative.'
ANY person interested In the details
On this point can obtain the quotations
ON Philippine staples, such a. hemp,
tobacco. sugar. eopfa and rice, from any
commission house, where Judge Parker
could have secured accurate information
Il he had placed any vaIue upon his
word. He ought to know that prices Of
Agricultural products are not fired In
Manila, but In The great markets Of the
World.
'.No. q Public opinion has no ffes
sxpression: newspapers are bought up
- are br0wbsafsn into silence
The editors q the Manila Americas,
tbs Cable News. de Times, the Sunday
San and Others newspapsrs published
In Manila will smile when they read that.
They diRr In opinion ~ to the merits
Of the men and the wisdom Of the policy
Of the administration. Some Of the
papers support It and some oppose II,
and the latter Iambasts the o6lcials with
IN energy that Il unequaled In any other
editorial room In ths world. Before
Judgs Parker made such q preposterous
assertion be should have examined q file
Of the Manila Times or The Sunday Bun.
Ths editors Of those papers have good
sxoend for q libel suit against hin.
Rass Case of lsesssa sency.
The criticisms Of the administrntio
iwhich appeae daily in the ManilA papers,
eftsa httsr and violent, are alnest With
est sxcsDtioa based upon IL 1beraIity
toward tie natives: for dbiaG. exactly
vhss Js1se Rarkef. says e has ~ done;
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