Albuquerque evening citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1905-12-05

about 20 per cent. The only limit upon
we number OF pupils seems 10 be the
capacity OF the government to furnish
teachers and schOolhouses.
Free Trade With Islands.
the agricultural conditions of IN,
STANDS enforce more strongly than cygr
me argument In favor OF reducing The
isrin on me products Of the Philippine
earnestly recommend that the tariff
now imposed by the Dingley bill upon
the products OF the Philippine islands
De entirely removed, except the tarin
on sugar and tobacco. and thai thai
tarln be- reduced to % per cent 81 m
present rates under the Dingiey act;
tobacco and sugar produced i'm The
Philippine Islands be entirely Renewed
and hat free trade between the Islands
and the United States il the prodnnts
law. W. w
A statute in force, enacted April IL.
lSOl, suspends the operation of the coast
wise laws of the Untcsd States upon the
trade between the Philippine Islands ana
the United States until July l. 1906. /
earnestly recommend that this suspen-
SION be postponed until July /, 1g9 1
think II OF doubtful utility to apply the
CohstMlse laws to the rad bet een the
United States and the Philippine Islands
under any circumstances, because / am
convinced that ii will do no good what
ever 10 American bottoms and will only
interfere n be an obstacle to the
49, tic IIlllDDliitk ana the
United States; but If the coast wise law
must be thus applied, certainly il ought
not 70 nave effect until free trade Is en-.
toyed between the people of the United
states and the people of the Philippine
Islands In their RESPECTIVE products.
l do not anticipate that free trade be-
tween the Islands and the United States
VIII produce a revolution in the sugar
and tobacco production of the Philip.
pine Islands. So primitive are the meth.
DDS OF agriculture in the Philippine Is
"a M On aNnn tu aa Ia wAHaH - WhA
Islands, so many difficulties surround
a large agricultural enterprise In the
Islands, that II will be many, many
years before the products of those is
lands will have any effect whatever up
on the market of the United States.
The problem Of labor Is also a formid-
able one with the sugar and tobacco
producers Ia the islands. The best
friends of the Filipino people and the
people themselves are utterly opposed
to the admission of Chinese cooiie la
training of Filipino labor and this Will
take a long time. The enactment of a
law BY the congress of the United
states making provision for free trade
between the Islands and the United
States, however. will be of great inn
portance from a political and sentlmena-
benefit has doubtless been exaggerated
by the people Of the islands, they will
accept this measure of justice as an
indication that the people of the United
1900 . ohAApho W Nv ne pfpIlt VI
the Philippine islands in evey way. ana
especially in the agricultural develop
ment Of their Archipelago. 1t will aid
the FilipinoS without injurlng interests
in America.
Fertilization of Hawaii.
In my Judgment immediate steps
should be taken for the fertilization OF
Hawaii. This is the most important
point in the Pacific to fortify in order
to conserve the interests of this coun-
try. 1t would be hard to overstate the
Importance of his need. Hawaii is too
heavily taxed. Laws should be enacted
aside for a period of, say, TWEEN
~ years 20 per cent of the internal
revenue and custom receipts from
Hawaii as a special fund to be eXpend-
ed in the islands for educational aud
public buildings. and for harbor i'm
prOVementS and military and naval de-
tenSeS. 1t can not be too often repeat
ed mat our ann must be TO develop the
territory of Hawaii on traditional Am
erican lines.
That territory has serious commercial
and industrial problems to reckon with;
but no measure of relief can be consid-
cred which looks to legislation admitting
Chinese and restricting them by statute
to field labor and domestic service. The
s sssag" be OF tols sffElii'y on can American RfHsa
soil. We can not concede that
the proper solution of the prob
lem is special legislation admitting
to Hawaii a class of laborers denied
admission to other states and territories.
There are obstacles, and great obstacles,
in the way of building up a representa-
waiian Islands; but 1t is not in the Am
erican character to give up in the face
OF difficulty. Many an American com
monwealth has been built up against
odds equal to those that now confront
Hawaii.
No merely half hearted effort to meet
have met theirs can be ac-
as final. Hawaii shall never be-
a territory in which a governing
class Of rich planters exists by means
of the territory is thereby rend-
cred slower, the growth must only take
place by the admission Of immigrants
burdens of full American citizenship.
Our aim must be to develop the terri
tory on the same basis of stable citizen
as exists on this continent.
Citizenship for Porto Rico.
l earnestly advocate the adoption of
legislation which will explicitly confer
citizenship on all citizens OF
Porto Rico. There is, in my Judgment,
harbor Of San Juan should be dredged
and improved. The expenses of the fed
eral court of Porto Rico should be met
the Porto Rican treasury. The elections
In Porto Rico should take place every
four years, and the legislature should
meet IN session every two years me
$3.50 AN'th PC'Nf
Rico. which provides for the appoint
ment by the president OF the members
Of the executive council or upper house
of the Legislature, has proved satisfac-
tory, and has inspired confidence in
property owners and Investors. ! do
not deem IL advisable at the present time
The problems and needs of the
island are industrial and commercial
than political.
The Other Islands Also.
! wish also to call the attention OF the
congress to one question which affects
our insular possessions generally; name
ly. the need of increased liberality in
the treatment of the whole franchise
in these islands. In the proper
desire to prevent the islands being eX-
by spectators and to have them
develop in the interest of their own peo-
pie an error has been made in refusing
to grant sufficiently liberal terms to in
1uce the investment Of American capital
n the Philippines and in Porto Rico.
in this message have spoken
against the jealousy Of mere
and especially of corporate
as such. But IL is particularly
regrettable to allow any such jealousy
TO be developed when we are dealing
either with our insular or with foreign
affairs. The big corporation has achiev-
ed it's present position In the business
world simply because il is the most eff
Instrument In business competi-
ton. In foreign affairs we can not af-
ford to put our people at a disadNant-
age with their competitors by IN any
way discriminating against the efficiency
II our business organizations. In the
way We can not afford to allow our
Iusular possession to lag behind In in
development from any twisted
of business success. II is, of
a mere truism TO say that the
interests of the islands VIII only
be developed Il il becomes the financial
interest Of somebody to develop them.
this development is one of the things
most earnestly TO be wished for in the
interest Of the islands themselves. We