The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-08-16
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quite tire thing.
II am also glad to say that base
bah has taken Il Grul hold Oh ne rlll'
u,nos The various schools have thell
BASEBALL teams. and their elders areas
rood roOterS as You WILL ma any
where. They have grown very enthhs
ja%sticOver this sport. In the Guy
where | live. there is Il college WheIe
the Young men are educated Tor the
priesthood. This college has a Dh>t
ball team ard frequently plays the
provincial high school. Tins Is al
wavs an event. No. the Filipino
school boy and college MAJ has not
vet develoi ed to the point where
they have co lese Nelis. l am thank
tul to say.
The statement which Mr.. Brad-n
has frequently made TO his trlehdS
here to the effect that the Stands aie
self supporting, has undoubtedly been
a surprise. Frequently objections
have have been seen III the papers to
the retention Of the Philippines ON the
ground that they are too expensive /"
keep. In refu1ing this oft repeated
statement. Mr.. Braden sad:
TIE Pllipines are entirely sell
supporting and have been ever since
the insular government was estah-
lished. OF course there was expense
to the government in taking the Phll-
ipines, but that was wal and wal
always costs money. Then the puI-
chase price was big. But since that
time. the islands have Q cost the
United States a penny.
1--WE get u revenue from inc Gus
toms and the internal reVenue LAX.
and always have IA sulp us. ms u
plus is expended in building va
which are badly needed. The revenue
received from the sources | have
mentioned are divided IN this way:
The insular government gets 90 pei
cent: the provincial government 20
per cent. and the municipal govern
ment % per cent. OF this % per cent
10 per cent OF 1T is eVo 10 me
carrying on of schools.
"As asample of what it costs to run
the insular government: In the
province Of Ambos Camarines. where
there is a population of about 232, 900,
the ordinary expenses of office S and
employees. repairs t. buildings, mallI-
tence of courts and III provincial JAIL,
amount to about 81, 500 month.
LAS | have said before, the surplus
is put into road building. Roads III
that country cost about $1,000 d mile,
for they must be built substantially
enough to withstand the heavy aims.
which are nothing short of terrific IN
season. 1t actually pours there, and
that is no figure of speech. We call
not build d great many roads a year.
for we .se the surplus to keep III re
pair the roads already built, and then
use what is left to build new high
ways.
may say that whatever roads are
built. trade and agricultural pursuits
naturally follow and rapidly develop
The natives are showing themselves t"
be pretty fair farmers, bat none OF
them. generally speaking, are III the
retail trade. In our city, there is not
a Filipino in trade. Every bit OF the
retail trade is controlled by the
Chinese. There are l.lOou Cinnamon
in trade III u province.
Along this line let me say that for
centuries the spanish have taught the
Flli,ino that it is dlsg, aceful to work,
but in spite of this example. the Il
tives are taking to agriculture and in
cultural pursuits at d most encourag-
ing and surprising rate.
I'm Manila the street railway ser
vice which is conducted by Americans
but operated entirely hv Filipino
motermen, conductors and other EN-
ployes. is considered by experts as oae
of the best street railway systems in
the world. They have fewer accl-