The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-07-29

ness To a million neop,e
Coca.
la Cuba. the provisional govern
ment Established in order to prevent a
bcody revolution has s. administered
affairs and initiated the necess lry
laws as to make il pcs ib!e 20 turn
Lack the island tn tie lawfully elect Il
officers cf the republic in February
next.
i 7hiipn' mes.
IL the Philippine, tie cxre i'm Mt f
a national assembly has iustitel ii
self both as IN assistance in the gov
erGment n the islands and a an cd T.
cation in the pract &c OF Sc govern
ment 10 the people Of the Islands. We
have established government Wt1
effective and honest executive
tive departments and clean and
/ feprless administrator OF inst &c, W.
! have created and ara manta ming a
comprehensive school system which
is educating the youth Of Islands IN
English and in industrial branches
We have Constructed eat govern
ment public works. roads and har'
burs: we have induced tre pr'vatt
col struction Cf eig;t hundred MES
of railroad; We have policed t'e
Islands so that their condition as II
law and order is better now than u
ever has been in their history. II Is
quite unlikely that the people, be
cause OF the dense ignorance OF 20
per cent. will tc ready for complete
self government AMI Independence be
fore two generations nave passed bit
the policy of increasing partial self
government step by step as the PEG
pie shall show themselves fit for
II Should be continued.
Denoct attic Platform Means Chaos.
The proposition Of the Democrat
piptform is TO turn over the is 'ands
as soon as a stable government is es-
tablifhed. This has been established.
The proposal then is in effect to turn
them over at once. such action wi
lead to ultimate chaos in the islands
and the progress among the ignorant
masses in education and better living
will stop We are engaged in the
Philippines in a great missionary
work that does orr nation honor, and
is certain to promote in most eff C..
tive way the influence Of Christian
en- ili2ation. 1t is coWardly to lay
down the burden until our purpose Is
achieved.
Change in Tariff Recommended.
Many unfortunate circumstances
beyond human control have delayed
the coming of business prosperity to
the islands Much may be done in
this regard by increasing the trade
between the islands and the United
States. Under tariff laws permitting
reciprocal free trade in the respective
products Of the two countries with
such limitations as to sugar and to-
bacco imported into the United Sta'e5
as Will protect domestic interests. The
, admission of 1900 tons of sugar
from. the Philippine Islands ir a for
eign importation of 1000 GOO tons.
I vii! have no effect whatever upon the
domestic sugar interests Of the United
! States. and yet such an importation
from the Philippine Islands, not like
Is to be reached In ten years will
bling about the normal state Of pros
peritv in these islands in reference
to sugar culture.
The same thing is true of similar
limitation on the importation OF To-
bacco. Ii is not well for the Philip.
pines to develop the sugar industry
to such a point that the business OF
the islands shall be absorbed in 1t,
because it makes a society in which
there are wealthy landowners hold
Ing very large estates, with valuable
ana expensive plants, and large
pcuulation Of unskilled labor. In such
a community there is no farming or
middle class teding to build up a con
SENTATIVE, self-respecting community
capablc of seIf-goyernmenta There
are many other products, notably
thar of Manila hemp. to which the
energy of the Islands can be, and is
being directed, the cultivation cf
which develops the class Of small aud
intelligent farmers.
Annual Cost of Philippines.
One miscCnception Of fact with re
spect to our Philippine policy Is that
it IS costing the people Of the United
States vast annual sum. The eX
penses of the war in the Philip mes
from 1898 to 1902 involved the govern
ment in an expenditure of less tina
BIZ. OCa 600. This was incident te
war. The fact is that since the clos'
of The war in 1902 and the restoration
of order in the islands the extra &C 8
! of the Amer AN troops Of the re@o'a'
Iatm- IN tic islands. together wit!
tina. Of maintaining about 4,9Op PM -
; lu.nc scouts as a part of the regu'a
, ar4lv dos not exceed So 0e0 900 a.
= nrany. This is all the expense u
3 when the United States has been pu
To- FIVE or six years last past. INT
|, eyrrpser Of tho civil government !
! the is ands since it's establishment
: bavc he n net entirely from the pr
q cee,ls of tpXes collected in the islaaa
$ with hut che notably generous ar
lcou.cr.Gallr exception when the cor
se.f &c