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discussion 81 PHILIPPINES
Vim. Cameron forbes, viee-6overno'
Of tho islands Delivers AGREES
Upon Conditions In 'slands-osner
speakers Also Are Heard.
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1.-The Philippines Was the
snbject of discussion at today's SEES
sion of the Lake Mohonk conference
The education and welfare OF the
Eiiipinos were taken UP ana az
dresses we're delivered by w. Cam
eron Forbes. vice governor OF the ~
lands. Major General Franklin HE'LL
U. s. A.. and others.
The first speaker was Senior Ocamp'
Of Washington, who talked briety.
He favored the independence OF the
Philippines saying that while the
Philippine islands. due to their geo
graphical position we're a despised'
separated and scattered country: they
aspired to be free.
Conditions In the Philippines we're
Then discussed by Mason 8. Stone.
John T, McDonough. Of Albany, ana
Charles Hopkins Clark. Of Hartford.
and W. Cameron Forbes. vice COVER
nor OF the Philippines.
Vice Governor W. Cameron Forbes
Of the Philippines spoke on the gen.
eral subject Of what is best to be
done for the material advancement
Or the Philippines. He described the
Fflipinos as industrious but phys,-
. cally not by any means robust
Much of the prevalent intestinal dis
ease among the natives he attribute
ed to unclean drinking water. and he
said further that the people must
: learn to supply themselves with bet
: ter and more nourishing food
Gov. Forbes said that the average
wage OF unskilled labor had Increased
from ten cents day under Spanish
rule to twenty cents. He went on to
say
But In spite of these gllmmerings
of light, the fact remains that the
Philippine Islands are desperately
poor that the two million Of laborers
are IN general wasting their energies
In work that modern science con-
demns as ineconomical and inefRcient,
and that the Islands are producing on
" a very small fraction Of what they
should produce were the capital and
knowledge necessary for modern. up
todate development available.
"The first manifest duty OF the
United States is TO open her doors TO
Philippine products, to remove the
tariff barriers so unjustly raised and
so unkindly held up. The produce Of
the Philippine Islands Is not suf-
ficiently large to supply our home de-
mand and make any appreciate et-
feet on the industries here and those
Interested in the manufacture OF pro
duction OF the articles likely to AT.
feet the market would do thousand
times better to welcome the addition
OF the Philippines as a new field for
their activities and assist In de-
velopment which would inure great
" to their advantage and that OF the
Islands.
"But these are matters in which the
oficers Of the Philippine government
have no authority, merely the power
and win to make recommendations,
which II has many times done. and
In the effort to open the doors to onr
markets has received the, hearty co
operation OF the executive officers In
Washington and Of the lower house
OF Congress. We await the actions
OF the Senate.
There is one other thing which Is
out of the hands Of the Philippine
government and jet which would b
Ct the greatest importance to the Il
lands. We need capital and cannot b
directed so far afYela without some
special inducements. The amount 81
land which may be taken up by any
one individual or corporation Is &C
small as to limit the attractions o'
capital to a very sman fraction ol