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that the two groups must be dealt with It would not be fair to deny independence to the Christian Filipinos living in the north merely because the Moros have never shown any desire to adopt a republican form of government. (They live under a sort of feudal system. with Sultan ana Datu as the ruling lords).
 But while the work of establishing stable government among the Moros is more difficult one and will pro- ceed more slowly, the same principles should govern 1t. The Moros have furnished a great many pirates for the southern seas, and the influence of the adventurer and free booter is still felt in Moroland Then, too. they have an unpleasant way of killing Chris
 tians, on the theory that by doing so.
 they not only insure an entrance Into Heaven, but earn the right to four wives in their celestial home. Occa-
 sionaliy a Moro takes an oath to die killing Christians Che is called a .jura-
 mentado), and after a season or last ing and prayer, and generally with shaven eyebrows. he goes forth to siay until he himself Is slain. Besides those who deliberately take human life by retail or by wholesale. there are re- ligious far ttics who act under frenzy.
 All III dIi lIl6 notQ cVuhtAy tc AN' below the northern islands In civilfza- ton whether the civilization is meas ured by material. an intellectual.
 political or moral standard But even among the Moros I believe It IS possible to introduce American ideas. Already some progress Is being made in the establishment of schools, ano Governor Findley has succeeded in Tn : teresting the natives In exchanges
 LA ur American methods. While polygamy is stiil permitted, slavery is being ex- terminated, and the natives are being shown the advantage of free
 believe that even among them o sfK can be advanced by assuring tsfem or ultimate independence, to be granted as soon as government Is established capable of maintaining order and en- forcing law By educating young Moros and then using them In oncial
 position, we can convince the Moros of the sincerity of our friendship. and these native officials will exert an in- creasing influence for good In the meantime, we should establish experi- mental stations and by the use of native labor train the people to make the best
 use of the resources of their country. I believe General Wood Is already plan ming for an experimental farm near Zamboanga.
 While the Moros are fierce people and accustomed to bloodshed. they have enough good qualities to show the possibility of improvement. They are a temperate people, abstaining entirely from intoxicating liquors, and while they practice polygamy and add con cubinage to plurality of wives. they carefully guard the chastity of their women. They have their system of laws, with courts for the investigation of criminal charges and for the impos- ing of fines. The existing code in the Sulu archipelago, while lamentably be- low our penal code, shows a desire for the establishment of justice between
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still wanted to Know.
Tit Bits.


 Coin far, mister?'
 They were in third class compart- ment of one of the expresses ~runnins f from LonSon to Liverpool. The questio1 was asked by long nosed, thin nppsd man with pointed chin, scanty whlck- CTS, a slouch hat and hungry expres- sion of countenance. He was rest.ag his feet on the opposite seat of the carriage, which seat was partly occq- pied by a passenger aazsd in a gray ,Srnea Gneea partIy round and took look at his
 sYes. am going to Crew he replied My business there is 70 sell four interest in a farm of eighty acres ten miles from the town and invest the pro ceeds in a clothing establishment. am from St. Albans, in Hertfordshire. l got into the train there at s:32 o'clock utes behind time. My ticket from Eus- ton cost me 13s 2d. Had my breakfast about. an hour ago. Paid Is Cd for 1t. This cigar cost me Sd. or i've shil- ling. have been a smoker for about Williams I am 39 years old, and have A wife and four children, and am a member of the Congregational Church. I was formerly a chemist, but sold out not in any business now. I am worth perhaps f2,000 My father was coop CT, and my grandfather was sea cap tain My wife's name was Carr before [ married her. Her father was a sur veyor. The children have all had the m,1mns chicken pox and measles, When | reach Crewe I expect to put up at a
 He stopped. The long nose man re- garded him a moment with interest
 What did your grandfather do Tor a tiyiu.3"
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ny HON. wILrIAM JENNINGS BRYAN.


 (copyright, 1906. by Joseph B. Bowles
 Copyright in Great Britain
 All Rights Reserved.)
 Singapore. Jan. g. 1s06--In speaking of Philippine Independence have pre- sented some of the reasons given by Filipinos for desiring 1t, but there are arguments which ought to appeal es- pecially to Americans. If 1t were our duty to maintain coloniel policy, no argument could be made against 1t, because dutiesare imperative and never conflict. If, on the other hand. the Filipinos desire independence and are capable of self-government, we cannot justify the retention of the islands un- less we are prepared to put our own interests above theirs. and even then we must be satisfied that our interests will be advanced.
 In the beginning of the controversy there were many who believed that the Philippine Islands would become a source of profit to the United States. It was confidently predicted that multi tude of Americans would flock to the islands and find rich reward in the de- velopment of their resources. Those hopes have not been realized. Except in Mindanao. of which shall speak later, there is no evidence of any pres ent or future colonization by Ameri- cans. Inerez are a 1eW AmefiCdhs en- gagged in business in Manila and at other army posts. but these are insig- nificant in number and the business done by them is nothing as compared with the cost of colonialism to the United States. We afN maintaining about 12.0o0 American soldiers in the islands and. 5000 native scouts. off, cered by Americans and .@id for by the United States.
 Besides this outlay for the army. our Philippine policy has been made the excuse for large increase in our na- val expenditures. While 1t is difficalt to determine accurately the annual cost of our Philippine policy to the people of the United States. it is safe to say that it exceeds the value of all the merchandise that we export to the Phil ippine Islands and all the money made by Americans in the islands, including salaries paid to Americans from taxes collected in the Phiiippines--and the expenaes are borne by all the people while the benefits are received by q mere handful No one, therefore, can justify the holding of the Philippines
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on the ground that they are pecuni- ary advantage.
 If it Is urged that we need the Phil- ippine Islands as a. base for the exten- sion of our trade in the Orient. I am swer that 1t it not necessary to deny the Filipinos Independence in order to hold sufficient number of harbors and coaling stations to answer all the re- quirements of trade. The Filipinos are only anxious to have the advantage of our protection. but they recognize that to protect them we must have harbors and a naval base. Tn return for the services we have rendered them we have a right to ask. and they would gladly grant, such reservations as we might need. These reservations could be properly fortified and would furnish coaling stations both for our own navy and for our merchant marine. It goes without saying that in case we had war with an Oriental nation. 1t would be infinitely better to have the Filipinos supporting us, in their own interest as well as out of gratitude. than to have them awaiting an opportunity for in- surrection.
 I have already referred to the dan ger which may come to the principle Of self government in the United States from the systematic denial of self@gov- ernment to the Fi1ipinos. As our of ficials can only explain their continued presence in the Philippine Islands by alleging incapacity in the Filipinos. they find themselves unconsciously sur rendering the governmental theories which were until recently universally accepted in our country. We cannot overlook the influence that these changed opinions may have upon the politics of our own country if colo nial policy is indefinitely continued.
 Neither can we ignore the fact that our prestige as a teacher of the princi- ples of republican government must be impaired if we hold colonies under the law of force and defend ourselves by using the arguments employed by kings and emperors as an excuse for denying self-gpyernment to their own people. We ckhnot preach that Gov ernments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed and at the same time adopt different principle in practice.
 It is worth while also to remember that foreign service is more or less demora1izing on our troops Our sol diers are good, average men. but all men are more or less influenced by
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Western Lumber Resources.

W IOSN.
 People who know little of the in- mensity of our Pacific coast forests may get a slight idea thereof by the figures which show what our sawmills are do- ing" said Mr. D. E. Skinner, a success. full young business man of San Fran- cisco. at the New Willard. For 1895 the total productio1 of the Pscino northwest was 5000 0a0, 900 feet of luIn- Der, rail shipments were 2,600. 900 feet. water shipments 1,500.000.o0o feet. and the rest went for local require ments.
 The exported lumber went to almost every quarter of the habitable globe the west coast of South America. the River Plate, the Orient. Australia. south Africa, the United Kingdom, the contt- nent of Europe--everywhere. Our best single customer is China,
 Our timber the Douglas fir. errone- ously called Oregon pine. Is the best on earth because Of It's universal avaiia- bility. It will make anything from toothpick to ships mast or the tnte- rior finishing of a palace. It Is the wood of the future for general com sumption in the rapid giving out of the forests of the Middle North. Even in the Southern States the timber sup ply will scarcely exceed antoher de- cade"
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man and man. Dr. Saleeby has pub lished translation of the existing code. together with the code tnot yet adopted) prepared by the present Prime Minister Of the Sultan. and a compari- son of the two shows distinctly that
 American influence is already being
 felt.
 While do not believe that any large
 number of Americans can be induced to settle permanently in Mindanao (and
 Mindanao seems to be the most invit-
 ing placc). there will be ample time to
 test this question while a government
 is being established among the Moros. It Is more likely that the waste lands
 will be settled upon by emigrants from
 the nothern Islands G.-d that in time the Christian Filipinos will be sufl-
 ciently numerous to control the islands, and they can then be annexed to the
 northern group.
 The leaven of American Ideas is al-
 ready spreading. At zsmboanga wc
 American dress and opened one of his
 buildings for a Moro school for girls.
 He is manifesting an increasing inter
 est In the American work Datu
 Mandi's brother was one of the Moros
 taken to the Worlds Fair and he. too.
 has abandoned the native dress.
 have already referred to the desire ex- |
 attend school In America. This is
 good sign. ana money spent in educat- ing them would reduce military expen ditures in that part of the Island The sultan of sulu also wants to visit Amer lea, and trip would do him more good than a years salary. < As soon as we convince these people that our purpose is an unselfish one. they Will become willing pupils, and in the course of time they will find the home more con- genial than the harem and the ways
 of peace more pleasant than the war 'Ssath.
 While our plans should be selfish. they would probably prove profitable
 in the end, for friensdl are better GUS toners than enemies. and our trade is apt to develop in proportion as we teach the natives to live as we do. When Solomon, came to the throne. in stead of choosing riches or long life. he asked for, wisdom that he might govern his people aright. and he re- ceived not only wisdom. but the riches and the length of days which he had regarded as less important. May we choose the better part and put the wei-
 fare of the natives above our own gain7
 After all. the test question. Have we faith in the wisdom to do 'rightT' Are we willing to trust the conscience and
 the moral sense of those whom we de- sire to aid?
 Individuals have put Christianity to the test and have convinced themselves that benevoierce unarmed Is mightier than seiishness equipped with sword and mall but nations have as yet sell dom ventured to embody the spirit of | the Nazarene in their foreign policy, Is 1t not an opportune time for our nation to make the trial? Our Presi- dent has recently been hailed as a peace maker because he took the initia- tive in terminating q great war, but this involved no sacrifice upon his part.
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environment, and our soldiers cannot
 be expected to maintain as high a
 standard of morality when far away
 from home and the influences of home,
 as when their good purposes are
 strengthened by the presence of moth-
 CTS, sisters and friends. The hospital
 records show the extent to which our
 soldiers yield to the temptations which
 surround the post. and the saloons that
 follow our army speak forcibly of the
 dangers which attend foreign service.
 Can we afford to subject the morals of our young men to such severe tests un- less there Is some national gain com mensurate with the loss?
 If our nation would at once declare its intention to treat the Filipinos liv- ing north of Mindanao as it treated the Cubans. and then proceed. first, to es- tablish a stable government. patterned after our own; second. to convert that government 6to a native government by the substitution of Filipino. officials as rapidly as possible; third, to grant independence 70 the Filipinos. reserving such harbors and naval stations as may be thought necessary; and. fourth. to announce its purpose to protect the Filipinos from outside interferences
 while they work out their destiny--if our nation would do this, 1t would save a large annual expense. protect It's trade interests, gratify the just ambition of the Filipinos for national existence and repeat the moral victory won to Cuba Tn return for protection from without. the Filipinos would agree, as the Cu- bans did. that in their dealings with other nations they would not embarrass us. % The reservations retained could be converted into centers for the exten- sion of American influence and Ameri- can ideals and our nation would in- crease It's importance as a real world power. Unless our religion and our philosophy are entirely wrong. moral forces are more permanent and in the end more potent than physical fotce, and our nation has an opportunity to prove that a nations greatness like | the greatness of an individual, Is meas | ured by service. It also has an oppor- tunity to prove that the Oriental can be led by advice and improved by ex- ample and does not need to be coerced by military power. Our reservations ought to contain model schools, with central college, experimental farms and institutions I in which the people could be trained l in the arts and industries most suited l to the natural resources of the coun- try. Our nation IS unntted by history and by tradition to exploit the tropi- cal countries according to the methods employed by some of the monarchs of Europe. To hold people in subjec. on requires a large military expenditure; l if we were to attempt to make our own people bear such a burden, they would soon protest; if we were to make the Filipinos bear 1t. 1t would crush them. The Filipinos would resist such pol icy, If employed by us. more bitterly than if 1t were employed by a Euro pean country. because they have learn l ed from us the lessons of liberty. Sub l ject peoples are not willing laborers, and our country would snotsendorse
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omens of BrickIayers.

New YOrk Prtss
 Rricklayers believe it is unlucky to lay the top brick at the north corner Of a building. Some of them would lose days pay rather than lmperh thelr future by doing such a piece of work.
 A brickIayer often bricks up in the hollow of a wall a horse shoe with cent tied to it. This he does for good luck. , -.
 To lay the first and last brick of any building but a church brings good luck to the bricklayer.
 Churches are the luckiest buildings 10 work on, Theatres are the unluckiest.
 It Is bad luck to break trowet
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system of compulsory labor. Educa-
 tion. too, is inconsistent with perma-
 nent colonial system, and cannot be
 carried far without danger to the rul-
 ing power
 We must choose. Therefore. between
 two policies, and the sooner the choice
 is made the better, As we cannot
 radical departure from our ideals and
 ultimately from our form of govern
 ment at home we are virtually forced
 no adopt a plan distinctly American--a plan in which advice, example and helpfulness shall be employed as means
 of reaching the native heart. Some of
 the European nations have been con- tent to seize land and develop 1t with European capital and Chinese labor; our plan must be to develop the natives themselves by showing them better methods and by opening before them a wider horizon. At our reservations there would be religious freedom, free dom of speech, freedom of the press, self government and public instruction for all, and every uplifting influence would have free play. If we believe that right makes might and that truth has within Itself propagating power, we cannot doubt the spread of Ameri- can civilization from these American centers.
 While the Philippine Islands are un- der American authority, the Govern ment ought to be administered for the benefit of the Filipinos. in accordance with Secretary Tafts promise. If they are to be subjs,t to our tariff laws when they buy of other nations. they ought | to have free trade with us. but the Phil- lippine islands are 50 far from us that 1t would be more just to allow the Phil ippine tariff to be made by the Philip pine Assembly soon to be established. !. | The Filipinos belong to the Orient and their dealings must be largely with | the countries of the Orient; unless sney are in a position to have their tarif l laws conform to their geographical po- sition. there, must necessarily be fric- | ton and Injustice
 | alterations that Americans who see fit | to take up their residence upon such reservations as we retain for harbors. coaling stations and naval base ought | to be freed from the letters of our tar i if laws and shipping laws. I even venture to suggest the creation of an Oriental territory. to be composed of such stations and reservations as we may now have of hereafter acquire in the Orient This territory should have
 a delegate in Congress like other terri 1 tories, but should be free by constitu- tional amendment from our tariff laws and permitted to iegislate for itself upon this subject It could thus estab- l fish free ports, If 1t chose. and give to It's people the trade advantages en- loved by those who live in Hong Kong, l Singapore and other open ports.
 | In what have said about independ- ence and self government in the Phil ippines, I have been speaking of Luzon end other islands north of Mindanao As have already pointed out, the con- ditiors existing in Mindanao and the I sulu archipelago are so different from | those existing in the northern islapds
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would Not Inter-
 
  Treat the Reservstiens Gould Be Made 
 Connposed of Our Own Tsria selfGov- Moroiandsnitaa of Welfare of the Natives the End--Ns of America.
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WM | BRYAN FINDS A SOLUTION FOR THE PHILIPPINE PROBLEM

May we not win Q greater victory by proving our disinterested concern for the welfare of a people separated from us not only by vast waters but by race, by language nnd by color?
 Carlyle. in concluding his history of the French revolution. declared that thought Is stronger than artillery parks and that back os every great thought is love. This Is lofty platform, hut not too lofty for the United States of America.
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SAN FRANCISCO, CAL, AND RETURN.
 ~62.OO. LOS ANGELES, CAL, AND RETURN

Account Imperial Council. Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of Mystic Shrine, tickets will be sold from this point to above mentioned points at rate named. on April 24th to May 4th. inclusive. limited to July 3fst. 'os. Liberal stop overs can be made at very low rates.
 For routes. schedules and other tn- formation, call on or write to Q. L. Wolf. T. P. A. Montgomery. Ala. No. 22 Commerce St. Phone 1495.
 adv--sun-wed-fri.
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NEW ORLEANS, LA, AND RETURN,

Account United Confederate vets- rams Reunion, tickets will be sold from this point at rate mentioned above on April s3 to 2s. inclusive. limited for return. and by paying q fee of DO cents. tickets can be extended to May 2fst. 'o6. Low rates on above account will be in effect from all principal points on this line
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CffArrAN NooGA, TENN. AND RETuRN

Account Southern Baptist Convention and Auxiliary Societies. Tickets will be sold to the above mentioned point at rate of one fare plus 25 cents for the. round trip. limited to ten days from date of sale. Tickets will be on sale May sth, sth and 10th, and by deposit- ing ticket with agent and upon payment of fee of 50 cents. extension oe limit will be made to June 18th. 1906.
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In what I have said about independ- ence and self government in the Phil ippines. have been speaking of Luzon end other islands north of Mindanao. As have already pointed out, the con- ditiors existing in Mindanao and the Sulu archipelago are so different from those existing in the northern islands
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-10-16
SUPPLEMENTAL TEXT BOOK.
Il Is an Appeal 10 Republican Negro Voters
in Clos e Congress Districts.

WASHINGTON. Oct. l5.--Supplamentary
Republican Text Book, Congressional Cam
paign 1905: The Republican Party and the
Colored Man" il the title OF a pamphlet
copies OF which have been distributed in
Washington. The document was issued
by the Republican Interstate League. an
organization Of negroes OF note, and it ia
assumed here that it would not have been
nut out without the consent OF Chairman
James y. Sherman Of the Republican Con-
Qressional committee. The supplement Il a
direct appeal in behalf Of the Republicans
IN colored voters in close States and dis
tricts.
The first chapter deals with President
Roosevelt az the worlds peacemaker and
the p~aopIe's champion. Under the head
ing The Grand Old Party, the Colored
Mans Friend the Democrats are roundly
abused, while the Republicans are highly
commended ~ friends Of the negro. An
interesting feature Of the publication Ia
statistics Of the vote in twenty-one states
which have not di~sfranchised those Of
African blood. The figures show that in
the twenty-One States the combined negro
population IL over a million with a total
negro vote Of $50 ,Ol7. This high tribute
!. raid tn President Roosevelt:
I'm the worlds history there are com
parativeiy few men who may he classed ~
great men Theodoc Roosevelt n n who
is justly entitled TO this distinction