The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-10-23
.FILIPINOS ADEPT
At POLITICAL GAME
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animals were taken away. That was
back set for without the beasts of
burden nothing could be harvested or
attended to. And on top of all that
came the locust and the crops suffered
again. We worked in the face of great
odds but we made showing.
"Of course there was a great disup-
pointment felt throughout the islands
when the Philippine bill failed to get
through Congress. Until we have fav-
orable legislation at home we can not
do great deal i'm the islands. The
natives feel this keenly and are conse-
quently laborng under the opinion that
the United States is depressing them
That helps to retard the growth of self
government for until the natives feel
that the United States is there with an
entirely altruistic purpose they will not
be satisfied.
The sugar men in Hawaii or i'm the
states need not feel alarmed about Phi
lippine sugar, for there is no menace
there. Last year we only turned out
about 100000 tons and the best we can
ever do is to turn out 100000 tons a
a
i'm the bucket. And still it is the SUI
gar trust in the United States that is
keeping that bill from passing.
1T is the same thing in regard tC
tobacco. Most of our cigars today are
shipped to China and into South Africa
We are forced to pay such tariff in or
der to take the tobacco to the United
States that cigars which are worth 50
a hundred in Manila sell for IS or SO
in the states If that rate keeps up
we will have to create a demand for
them in the states as there is now for
the Havanas Then perhaps we can
get along with our tobacco without a
reduction of tariff.
Here again the Filipinos think that
the United States is depressing them.
They did have a great market for the
cigars i'm Spain but of course the change
in governments stopped that and the
Filipino naturally puts the blame upon
the United States 1t is all due to
the selfishness of the sugar and tobacco
trusts that the bill did not get through
the Senate after passing the House
nearly to l.
There is absolutely nothing i'm this
story of a Japanese invasion of the
Philippines. At the end of the fiscal
year ending June 30, 1906, it was shown
that during the year 1000 more Japanese
left the islands than came into them.
For while during the war there was
large number who came down there
but they all returned to Japan after
the war. | presume they came i'm order
to escape military service. The Japa-
nese are in high favor throughout the
islands and are in demand as carpen-
tiers and artisans for I'm those arts the
Filipino has not yet been educated.
"The purchase Of the islands by Japan
is an absurdity. The appointment Of
Wright as ambassador to Vapan had
absolutely no significance, other than to
pay a tribute to his knowledge of Far
Eastern questions. The Philippines
will become an intregal portion of the
United States within ten years. They
are now receiving their first lessons in
the art Of self government.
"The Filipino is taking to American
methods fast in regard to politics. In
February over forty governors We're
elected and these by the people. There
were fifteen protests and two of these
! sustained for it was shown that
coercion was used. In all their NUM-
cipal affairs they do their own electing
and are learning fast.
Along educational lines the Flipinos
are progressing as well as can be eX-
pected. There are a number of highly
educated class and then it is a long
jump to the lower class. There is no
middle class and that is the trouble
with the whole system. 1t viii take
some time but American methods are
gradually working into the islands and
making progress.
INV SUCCESSOR GOyeruor General