Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-10-02
coon rNoron no KEEP.


%osition 70 dispose Of the Philippin'
islands to some other power. has re
Gently had some new light upon tn
subject and now comes forward viii
J., a proposition 10 sell the islands to thu
Z F%lfipinos themselves. and supports H.
: proposition not By any arguments e
show why e would be good business
. policy Tor a.. but with a number Of
reasons which. If they could be- mad,
2 o. materialize. would make the trans
action look like q very good thing FOR
. the Filiplnos. Starting out with q
statement to the effect that in APP
/. preaching hi question we find that
two questions arise. the first being
What fos the payment Of
the purchase price does the arehi-
pelago possess. and, second, what
method of payment would be compat-
fble with these resources-and upon
these points the Herald says
TO take tho most Important point
first. Il Is easy 10 demonstrate that the
potential wealth Of the Philippines Is
amply sufficient 20 enable their lnhab-
itants 10 purchase their native land
and 10 establish themselves AZ an in
dependent people Their foreign trade
Is already considerable. and is grow
INK steadily. In 1905. the latest year
for WHICH statistics are at hand, the
total export and import trade Of the
is!nnds amounted IN value to s69,-
22s. 9G5, an increase Of S37.7i9.043
over the figures for 1893. the first
year Of American control
III the difficulties which hamper
the commercial development of the
Philippines be taken into considera-
tion-the state of uncertainty regard
ing the political future Of tho Islands.
the insufficioncy Of good roads and
the lack Of means of rapid transport
such results achieved by American
business enterprise and initiative IN
seven years arc little short Of mar
and shuw to what a vast extent
trade could be increased under
more favorable conditions.
Agriculture. which for some years
10 come must be the main source Of
wealth In the Philippines. could cas-
rs be made to yield three or four
lines what u Yields at present Great
~ rich arabic land are left fall
and unproductlye, no%twithstand-
ug the encouragement given To agri- .
.ulturlsts by regular. favorable at ,
nospheric conditions aud an amazing :
y fertile soil, eminentIy suitable FOR I
n Immense variety OF vegetable prod
Icts. In certain districts of Luzon the ,
obaeco grown Is second IN quality /
My 10 that Of the best Cuban to- {
.aceo. The coffee grown IN the PROV Z.
lcos of Laguna. Taynhas. Cavite. ia i
and the island Of Mindanao o.
laimed To be quite equal to that Of
ava Lands are available for Guilt ,
alton on a big scale of sugar cane. I
otton. cocoa. hemp, wheat. rice and ,
indigo !
Nor are the 81 the Phu-
ppinos exhausted when agriculture
bcen mentioned The forests
bound I'm valuable timber. highly os-
cemed Tor furniture and cabinet
making, and the sub-soll Is rich IN
minerals, among them being gold.
GAL, copper and Iron. Systematic and
Intelligent development and exploita-
Of such sources OF wealth would ~
d a short time suffice 20 place AN in %
dependent Filipino state on q self-sup- a
basis aud provide rs govern Y
with the revenue necessary 20 4
.ipc out its financial obligations t. q
he United states,
Now. admitting nll that 60 be true ii
and common fairness requires us 90 u
ssune that q public Journal posHcssed .
{ the Herald's practically unboundod !,
lurccs of Information knows whereof Il
speaks-theu what does It prove? cl
Certainly not what the Herald adj J.,
nrates-the turning of the Islands N
drift in the world, TO become the
rey OF any pirate nation that may
X a covctous eye upon them-but The '
maintenance of the authority OF the
states over the archipelago uu
10 people become sufficiently civil
"a and commcrcializcd % realize
advantages. and appreciate the
ilue Of their great natural resource
hen they viii not be willing go have
a. flag Withdrawn and when the n,
hue 81 their trade viii a%hundantly cu
mpensatc us Tor keeping % there ''
De- to say. the Hcrald's reasoning
owes NOT that We ought To son the
1nd- hut trai thc, are amply worth
to warrant us in keeping :,
H.
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Heads uf thc Immigration bureau ~
re criticised in tht knight. of labor b..
uclul publication fpr encouraging