The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-11-02

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No. /. The officials of the govern
ment are dishonest, corrupt and despotic.
The islands seem to have succeeded i'll
getting the very dregs Of our people
No government in the world has
more intelligent, honest or Industrious
corps of employees than is serving under
the Philippine commission, and the
sertion is an insult to the families and
friends who remain in the United States.
The records of the Philippine govern
ment 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
is 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 Reiens.
1.-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
gress which was expended for rice and
other foods and distributed where it was
| needed among the people. But is it
honest for Judge Parker to hold the gov
| eminent responsible for an act Of Hrovi-
dence? Last year, however, prosperity
was restored and at the present date
| there is no spot on earth where the agrl-
| cultural population is in better condi-
ton than in the Philippine Islands. The
| only difficulty is the lack of labor. 1t is
| impossible for farmers or other employ
ers to obtain the help needed, although
wages are three and in some cases four
times as high as they were before Amer
lean occupation. The people are clam
oring for Chinese coolies. who are pro-
| hibited from seeking employment in the
| Philippine Islands under the same eX-
! clusion laws that prevail in the United
| States.
mo. 3. The country is overburdened
| with taxation; disease is prevalent and
| the farm animals are dead
The rate of taxation will average 80
| per cent. lower than under Spanish
| domino ton, but under American rule
| taxes are collected from everybody inn
partially. Formerly those who had a
pull or We're disposed to bride the col
| lectors evaded payment. while others
were compelled to pay the last penny.
| The revenues. therefore. are three and
| four times large as they ever were.
Since the enforcement of sanitary laws
| and regulations, the construction of sew
ers and the publication Of the water
supply the death rate has been decreased
! 90 per cent. 1t is true that more than
half the farm animals in the Philippines
| died from the plague during the great
drought of 1902. but is it honest for
Judge Parker to charge that calamity to
the administration?
| No. 4. Whole districts are in the
i hands of ladrOneS.'
| Ladroncs xterminated.
'Ladrones are highwaymen. freeboot-
ers, who live i'll gangs in the woods. raid
the settlements and blackmai the plant
ers. In Spanish times they used to
flourish but the vigorous and vigilan mt
| operations of the native constabulary
have practically exterminated them. and
| the Philippine Islands are now as safe
as any part of the United States.
No D. The price of products is
poor and unremunerative.
Any person Interested in the details
| OH this point can obtain the quotations
on Philippine staples, such as hemp,
tobacco, sugar. copra and rice. from any
commisson-house, where Judge Parker
could have secured accurate information
il he had placed any value upon his
agricultural products are not fixed in
| Manila. but in the great markets of the
world,
No. g. Public opinion has no free
expression: newspapers are bought I'D
or are browbeaten 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 the men and the wisdom of the polio,
of the administration. Some of the
papers support it and some oppose it
and the latter lambaste the officials with
an energy that is unequaled in any other
editorial room in the world Befor,
Judge Parker made such a preposterous
assertion he should have examined a file
The editors of those papers have goot
ground for a libel suit against him.
Rare Case of Inconsi tency.
The criticisms of the administra tior
which appear daily in the Manila papers
often bitter and violent are almost with
: out exception based upon its liberality
toward the natives; for doing exactl,
what Judge Parker says it has not done
for giving the Filipinos too much self
, government; for promising them indie
, pendence and for appointing so man,
natives to office. Every governor O.
every province. every mayor Of ever,
:, town except Manila and almost ever,
proyincinal and municipal official is ,