The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-01-17

QUITE ctual, ~ far as peace and good or
icr a ra} concerned TO what they were ut
any time during the n Spanish regime"
There is no reason to " prosc i adds.
ana .tlle orderly and peaceful conditions
which ut present exist will BIO otherwise
than permanent Mt II, VI q Il
'ts,rhc commission cx plains that 1t Is diff
iflcult TO cstab isil friendly relations with
many, OF the F,ilipinos who live an the
rugged nlountainotts ccnters OF the ISLANDS,
some OF whom hayo never seen q white
mn 4. and who are sometimes readily In
q tea A d gainst tho Americans and against
pen ceablo Eriliplnos by enterprlsing men,
VII 3 4 excite their; c,ipidity or play upon
their superstitions n i,sy ~ 13 d ~ .3s Ia
r. NJ ma ySs therefore be inferred" says
the report, hat for several years to come
there will DO eruptlo ns from this source,
ana that they will ma Ike raids upon the
Civilized r. IL pinos II wing In tho lowlands
as i,eretofore. so long as Stl5 tempting field
for$t their lncursionsS Is offered then. ne
commission, SO far. as Its finances permit,
3IsS engaged Iii building roads TO open UP
these remote ect ions of The Interior and
to make them accessl bile. &
stations L be tween Am orleans and IL
sptr1og are said to be X general " cordial,
witt, a ID steady growth OF confidence and
rood Feeling bet tween them. All of those
VIC 4 rc Sjustly ntitled to be called lead
ers # ofS public opinion among the Till-
pinos, n the report continues, "have defln-
itely cas- their lot WI tn the Am rica1s.
Asks Tariff u Re uction.
The comm sslon cor1n'endls O. q reduce sa'l s.
hon fftnrini on sl gar md obnccoi to not
more than twenty five Il per cent. Of the
jDinngleys "a te. It al KS Il for authority B to
irsue bonds for I'M, rovements, not to
exceed IS, 900, 900 lin he aggregate
E5Ieeislation.8 Is recommen ded exempting
MI bon ds I'D ted ~ the Phillppne govern
mem OF, BY any 81 the prov inclal or ,nu-
nicIpa / governments from taxa ton Of any
kind. " he commis si on recommends that
the anplica ton OF he ted States coas
wise navigatiun laws to the trad be-" 2
he Philippine Islands and the mainland y: q
lie postponed until Jul y l., 1909, or, in the
not made applicable y except with "a proviso
that tile rates upon imports from the
Philippines & into the H United States shall
not ia " duty In excessEiof twenty ve per
cen t. ofSthe Ding ley tariff. NH
n General Wood report ting as Civil e oX--
ernor OF Moro Provln ces says the standing
81 the sAmeric p eople among the natives
Of his province has cen much Injured BY
1.-the presence OF large, OUCH class o 1l
lAmericansi those u energies nave heeIl
principal lg pended In the con struct lon,
maintenance and pa troIa sc OF rum 81 ops
which outnumbe q hsr lean business il'
Establishments IA rs
s I'M his letter. to- hesl I'r dent accom-
,anyiEg 5tllsa report of the hilippines Com
ni,s zion, Secretary OF Var Taft says
gs .'Except In * tho wild. noun tain Gus re-
g.on s. of the plored g ISLAND of Samar.
ard In tho Moro region Of the Rio. Grnnde,
end Lake Lanao, in Il the spa rsely settled
Iisland OF Mind anao, and In the island OF
Jolo, s condition as to tranquility and
ladronism continue to improve, 4 and, &exr
cept in the places mem Toned. agriculture
HndSthe arts Of peace are &no-g a all inter-
Tered with by la wless ID ands or depredaa
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