The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1905-12-05

On the rit5 and self-rsstraint 81
This body nnch DEPEND s.
as III tiItar * 81 ae
Islands concerIeI.
The most enco giElg feature ot
the whole situation has been the very
great interest taken By the common /
people IN education and the great
increase IN the number Of enrolled
students IN The public schools. The
increase was from, 500, 600 to half 3 /
million pupils. The average attend
ance Is about 20 per cent. The only
limit upon the number of pupils
seems to be the capacity Of the gov
eminent to furnish teachers and
school houses.
The agricultural conditions of the
islands enforce more strongly than
ever the argument In favor OF re-
ducinC the tariff on the products OF
the Philippine Islands entering the
United States. ] earnestly recon-
mend that. the tariff now imposed by
the Dinqiev bill upon the products
Of the Philippine Islands be entire
N removed, except the tariff on
4 sugar and tobacco, and that that
1 tariff be reduced to, IS per cent. OF
4 the present rates under the Dingley
Act: that after July /, 1909, the
thrift upon tobacco, and sugar pro-
i duced in the Philippine Islands be
entirely removed, and that free trade
between the islands and the United
States in the products OF each coun-
try then be provoked for by law.
i A statute in force. enacted Aprlt
Il Is, 1901. suspends the operation OF
fhe. coastwise laws of the United
StaFes upon the trade between the
Philippine Islands and the United
States until july L. 1905. earn
\ cstIv recommend that This suspen-
i sion Re postponed until July /. 1909.
i I think it of doubtful utility to ap-
pIv the coastwise laws to the trade
hetween the Or teT States and the
Philippines undcr any circumstan-
ces. because / am convinced that 1t
will do no good srllatnyr- TO Amerl-
can bottoms. and viii only interfere
and be on obstacle to the trade be
, tween the Philipipnes and the Unit
ed States hut if the eoastwise law
must be thus applied certainly 1t
ought not TO hove effect until free
trade is enioved between the people
: of the limited States and the people
of the Philirpine Islands in their
oective products.
do not anticipate that free trade
latween. the islands and the United
!. States Will produce a revolution IN
- IL.
the Philippine Islands So print
tive are the methods, of agriculture
in the Philippine Islands SO slow ls
capital in going to the islands, 50
MANY difficulties surround a large
agricultural enterprise in the islands,
that it will be many many years be-
fore the products of those islands
will have any effect whatever upon
the markets of the United States.
The problem of labor is also a form
liable one with the sugar and tobac-
co producers in the islands. The
best friends Of the Filipino people
and the people themselves are utterly
4 opposed to the admission OF Chinese
coolie labor. Hence the only solu-
tion is the training of Filipino labor
and this viii take long time The
enactment of law by the Congress
of the United States making provis-
ion for free trade between the islands
and the United States, however, viii
be of great Importance from a poll
teal and sentimental standpoint
and while IFS actual benefit has
doubtless been exaggerated bv the
{. peop1e of the islands. they will ac-
cept this measure of Justice as an
indication that the people of the
United States are anxious to aid the
people of the Philippine Islands in
every way, and especially in the ag-
riculturn1 Development Of their
Archipelago. Tt viii aid the Fill.
t1ftos without injuring interests in
America.
HAWAII