The San Francisco call., 1906-10-30
.IDE IS BACK FROM
PHILIPPINES.
Late Governor General Says
Islands Industrial Life
Requires Tariff Reform
INJURED IN SHANGHAI

Henry Clay Ide late Governor Cen
eral Of the Philippines, arrived here
yesterday on the liner Hongkong Maru,
accompanied by his daughter. Miss
Marjorie Ide He has come home after
more than FIVE years distinguished
service in the Far East, to attend the
marriage of his daughter to Bourke
Cochran and TO enjoy for a time the
peace and quiet OF private life. The
wedding viii take place at the Ide
home in st. Johnsbury, VT, shortly
after Governor Ide's arrival.
The pleasure Of Governor Ide's
homeWard journey was merred by an
accident at Shang ghai which nearly cost
the Governor his life and which did
cause two, deaths. The Governor was
driving from his hotel to pay a few
calls, when the horses attached to his
carriage ran away. The street was
crowded and il was not long before a
rickshaW appeared ahead Of the racing
horses There was a crash. The Gov
ernor General was thrown with great
violence into the road as the carriage
capsized. The horses so trampled the
rickshaw man and his passenger that
in Governor Ide's leg was torn loose
and he still has limp to remind him
Of his Shanghai misadventure.
SUCCEEDED BY SMITH.
Governor Ide Joined the Philippine
Commission In September. 1901, as Sec
retary Of Finance and Justice. He be-
came Vice Governor IN 1904 when Taft
became Secretary Of War; acting Gov
ernor General when Wright came home
and April l last assumed the office of
Governor General, which he held until
the arrival Of his successor, General
Jim" Smith. at whose installation into
office as Governor General Ide assisted
just before bidding good-by TO the
PHILIPPINES
Governor Ide's share in the work
done by the Philippine Commission was
large and important. He wrote the
code of Civil Procedure which now
governs the practice Of law in the
courts Of the island. He introduced
much needed system of land registra-
tion whereby land titles. previously
sadly obscure, are now guaranteed by
the governments. The new system of
currency was his. whereby some $50
000,0eO. in huctuating silver currency
was eliminated and a uniform cur
rency. based on the gold standard, sub
stituted- The internal revenue law.
which met with much opposition from
the manufacturers of alcohol and to-
bacco, was also his. and to Governor
Ide is given the credit of reducing the
head tax, which formerly was irregu-
larly administrated and OF varying
amount, to uniform tax Of one peso
on the head of every male inhabitant
between the years of IS and so. The
Governor said yesterday:
LAND IN GOOD CONDITION.
The Philippines are today in better
shape than they ever were under Span
lsh or American rule The labor oues-
ton is no longer a problem. for we
have found that the Filipino is all
right under proper direction. He re-
qulres overseeing and a good deal of
il, but where the supervision is wise
the results are surprising.
What the Philippines do need, how
of the tariff. The trusts We're too much
for US this time, but / am satisfied that
the United States will do the right
thing in the end. BY annexation we
and tobacco of the Philippines, and by
our tariff we barred these products
from the United States. Both indus
tries are today in state of prostra-
tfon.
The early impression that Filipino
labor was worthless no longer exists
The Filipino cannot be kicked and
cuffed. Kick him today. and tomorrow
his uncle or aunt or some other rela-
tive will be sick and require his pres
ence. With considerate oversight how
ever, il is another story. The harbor
works AT Manila, which cost 81, 600, 900,
stand as monuments to Filipino lahe.
properly directed.
One must understand the Filipino
We let him have ais band ara do not
interfere with his Sunday pastime of
cock hghting. In Manila we have forty
miles of electric road as we'll equipped
as any in the United States The cost
of building was carefully figured, and
the expense of labor fell 40 per cent
below the estimate
The question Of admitting Chinese
into the Philippines has been settled.
] think There is no doubt that the
admission of Chinese would develop
the Philippines. but would prevent the
development of the Filipinos
The policing of the islands is almost
entirely in the hands of the natives
and except in Leyte and Samar, where
hill tribes make war on the lowland-
ers, all is peace in the Philippines.