Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1904-11-03

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NO. |. The officials of the govern
ment are dishonest. corrupt and despotic.
Ihe Islands seem to have succeeded IL
getting the very dregs Of our people
No government in the world has "A
more intelligent. honest or industrious
corps of employees than is serving under
the Philippine commission. and the as
sertion is an insult to the families and
friends who remain in the United States.
The records of tn" Philippine govern
ineHt to date will show a degree Of eff
cheney, honesty and fidelity equal to the
executive and judicial branches of any
government in the world.
NO. =. Alphabetically the country
X for the time ruined. Land is going
out Of cultivation. the population Is ill
fed, and in some places unable to get
work
Prosperity Now Relrns.
Two years ago there was IL terrible
drought all over the Philippines and the
farmers lost their crops. Famine was
averted by an appropriation from Con
greSS which was expended for rice and
other foods ana distributed where it was
s III
honest for Judge Parker to hold the gov
| eminent responsible for an act Of Provi-
dcnce! Last year, however. prosperity
was restored and at the present date
there is no spot on earth where the agri-
cultural population is in batter cond:
ton than in the Philippine Islands. The
only difficulty is the lack of labor. 1t is
! impossible for farmers or other employ
erH to obtain the help needed. although
wages are three. and in some eases four
/ lines as high as they were before Amer
| Ian occupation. The people are clam
oring for Chinese coolies. who are pro.
hibited from seeking employment in the
| Philippine Islands under the same ex-
! 'nsion laws that prevail in the United
| StltcS.
No. }. The county is oyerbnrdcnel
Nith tlxat!on: disease is prevalent and
- farm animals are dead
Pie rate OF tax iton will average 81
'es cent, lower than under Spanish
, 'm,"lt. IN, brit uader American rule
Ives are collected from everybody I'M
'YtiNlly. Formerly those who had a
?ull' or were disposed TO bride the col
-"t2rS evn!ei payment while others
Nr"t compelled t. a'y tho last penny.
III r"y"rues. thetrfose. are thee and
i"ur times ~ large ~ they ever were.
since The enforcement OF sanitary laws
! lni r" mlations, the construction OF sew.
| IRA md the piEiirn'ion of the water
supply the death rate has been decreased
| ~ per cent. Ii IL true that more than
ltlf the farm animals in the Philippines
Led from the plague during the great
brought Of 1902. but is IL honest for
| Judge Parker - charge that calamity I,
| ie ADMINISTRATION?
mo. l.. 'Wh,le districts are in the
lands OF lad.pncs'
.aironrs xtermirated.
"l.n'roaes are h,shwaymen, freeboot.
erS. whp live IN gangs in the woods, raid
the settlements and hlLckm,il the plant
"rS. In Spanish times they used TO
! flourish. but the vigorous aud 4igilaut
! operations OF the native constabulsry
/ have practically extermiuated them, and
the Philippine Islands are now as safe
as any part OF the United States.
| No. y. The price Of products is
! poor and unremunerative.'
Amy person Interested in the details
/ on this point can obtain the quotations
on Philippine staples, such rs hemp.
/ t,'oIIco. sugar. cOpra and rice. from any
commission house, where Judge Parker
could have secured accurate information
| IL he had placed any value upon his
/ word. He ought TO know that prices of
! agricultural products are not fixed in
/ Manila, but in the great markets of the
/ world.
/ mo. g. Public opinion has no free
/ expression; newspapers are bought up
or are hrowbelten into silence.
The editors of the Manila American.
! the Cable News, the Times. the SUNDAY
/ sun and Others newspapers published
/ in Manila Will smile when they read that.
| They differ in opinion as To the merits
/ OF ;he men and the wisdom of the policy
~ the administration. Some VI the
/ r"perS support 1t aud some oppose it.
aud the latter LAMBDA ste the officials with
an energy that is uneQualed in any other
I editorial room Ia ttv world. Before
/ Judge Parker made such prepnSteroas
+ assertion he should have examined a file
, OF the Manila Tunes or the SUNDAY Sun.
| The editors Of those papers have good
j ground for a libel suit against him.
! Rare Gaze of luconsi teney.
The criticisms OF the administration
/ which appear daily in the Manila papers.
/ often bitter aud violent. are almost with
cut exception based upon its lberality
I toward the natives; for doing exactly
what Judge Parker says il has not done;
for giving the Filipinos too much self
| government; for promising them indie
pendence aud for appointing so many
natives to Office. livery governor OF
every province. every mayor % every
| town except Manila, and almost srscy
PROVINCIAL and municipal oacisl is a