Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1906-01-07
TALKS
FIVE HOURS
ON TARIFF II
Hill Of Connecticut FaVOPs
Filipino Bill
M0NDELL SAYS IT WILL KILL
BEET SUGAR INDUSTRY
Lawrence in Behalf Of Massachusetts
Republicans Pleads for Abolition
of Tariff on Hides,

Washington, Jan. Elm n session of
five hours today the house placed on
record a speech in favor of the Philip
pine tariff bill, one against 1t and a 20
minutes talk for tariff revision accord
ing to the republican demand of Mas
sachusetts Mr.. Hill of Connecticut,
occupied three hours and was listened
to with the greatest interest In dealing
out the knowledge he gained from two
visits to the Philippines, the last one
as a member of the party of Secretary
Taft last summer. He paid particular
attention to the tobacco feature of the
measure and explained away much OF
the apprehension as to the enormous
products that might be expected from
the islands. Their territory. he said,
was small and their fertile lands still
further limited.
Mr.. Mondell (Wyo.) who has led
the fight against the bill I'm the inter-
est OF the beet sugar industry of this
country, spoke vigorously against the
measure and against the policy of
helping the Filipino people by grant
ing them open markets in the United
States. lie said the passage of this
bill would be the death knell of the
beet sugar industry In the United
States.
The abolition Of the tariff on hides
was pleaded for by Mr. Lawrence. OF
Massachusetts, who presented the po-
sition taken by the republicans of that
state.
No Danger OF Competition.
A map showing the quality of the
land i'm the Philippines was brought
into the house, and Mr.. Hill also had
several samples of tobacco raised
there. The country he said, followed
in remarkable degree the physical
! features of Japan. where the tillable
area was only something more than
| 12 per cent The census reports give
g1a per cent of the total area as the
agricultural land of the Philippines.
In describing the population, he said.
that slavery existed among the Moros.
It was a mild form OF slavery, but
slavery nevertheless. There we're he
said, no Filipino people. There are
eighty-seven tribes, speaking over fif-
ty languages; there is no means of
communication, no roads About IA
! per cent can read; per cent read
! Spanish. Under these circumstances.
| Mr.. Hill said a higher order of in
/ telligence could not be expected. Mr..
! Hill predicted that I'm fifty years the
population would be so, 900, 900 insteal
of 100000.
Substantially all of the export to-
bacco of the islands comes, he said.
| from singles valley OF the Island OF
Luzon The valley is two miles wide
and about fifty miles long. No human
being can comprehend, he said, the
| primitive methods which prevail In
the making OF all crops In the island,
unless through personal observation.
1t was the widest imagination to sup
! pose that at any time would Philip
pine industry ever be disastrous to
American industry
AS a republican, Mr.. Hill said he
thought there was cause for criticism
of the excessive cost of American gov-
ernment In the Philippines. but the
fault was In America, and grew out OF
the division OF opinion as to the policy
to be pursued.
lie reviewed the tobacco Industry hi
the Philippines. explaining the prImi-
tive methods of tobacco culture and
the limited manufacture Of smoking
and chewing tobaccos and cigars. He
said single factories in the United
States make more than the entire out
put of manufactured tobacco in the
Philippines.
Mr.. Hill said careful study of to-
bacco production in the Islands and
the export tobacco trade had persuad-
ed him that the United States has
nothing to fear from competition with
Philippine tobacco, because of its in
feriorlty.
Mr.. Hill summarized the purely
commercial effects or the proposed
reduction in tariff, saying the stimulus
, to Industry IN the islands Will result
in the preservation of Philippine Inter-
ests which must sink into ruin IL relief
|, be not afforded. lie said the greatest
benefit however would be the IN
creased alternative markets In the
United States and the islands for high
grade products at good prices. i
, MondcII Attacks BlII
Mr.. Mondell, Of wyoming, was the
next speaker fi 1nH NI tN
, I'VE are giving the Philippines
! every advantage In our market, luud-
vnntages that no other country ever
enjoyed" said Mr.. Mondell. ''and N
return we are paying tribute to the
Moro in internal revenue tax on goods
imported to the United StateH."Ra
Mr.. Mondel rldleuled the state
ment of friends OF the bill that only
0 per cent Of the Philippine islands
, are tillable, and declared there wefe
, no islands in the world so fertile and
; capable Of such extensive agfIcultur-
: al development ta MtHl
Until the united official detrac-
: tlon" from the working qualities of
the Filipino and the richness 81 the