The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-15
NEWLANDS PROTESTS
AGAINST FREE PHILIPRINE SUGAR
 AND TOBACCO.
The Proposed Subsidy To Philippine Product~ Would Bind Islsnds To United states Indfs-
 soiubly He Says.

Washington, June 14.-Not because of any wish to protect American cane or beet sugar. but because in his opin- ion. the proposed subsidy to Philippine products would bind those islands to the Gated States in6'ssoluhly, was the reason advanced by Senator New lands, of Nevada, in q speech in the Senate today for his opposition to the arnendnient admitting free to our mar kets Philippine sugar and tobacco.
 He declared that if we complicate the Philippine tariff system with ours, "the two countries will be so bound together by this amendment that it will be difficult to separate them"
 "Ail illusions have vanished" he said ''The prevailing feeling of the American people in regard to the Phil ippines is regret we are there and longing to get out creditably." As matters now stand he declared. it would be an easy thing for the United States to withdraw at any time by sub American commissioners, thus permit ting the isiands to drift away from us into c thoroughly independent and in- dividualized life.
 He argued that if the Philippines "are at some time to be independent and self-supporting, their people must accept. the world,s prices for their pro- ducts. It is the height of folly to &C., custom them to the subsidized prices of this country. The purpose of per- hitting the Philippines to import 300.- 900 tons of sugar annually into the United States without the payment of the duty imposed upon foreign impor- tations and amounting to about S35 ton, is to enable Filipino producers to receive in our markets without the payment of duty nearly doubled the price which they can get anywhere else in the world This legislation means the diversion of nearly s1o,000,- 900 annually from .he American Treas ury into the pocker of Philippine pro- ducers without lowering the-price If sugar penny to the American con sumer."
 He held that 1. would be much bet ter for us to give this benefaction di- rectly to the Filipino government which would expend it for worthy pur- poses; "and not to the Filipino plant CTS. or. as will ultimately prove to I,e the case. to the sugar trust itself. which doubtless will obtain a monop- oiy of the productions of sugar there as 1t is now ocquiring it in Cuba"
 If s1o,ooo,0o0 is to be given annually by this government to the Philippines it should be done in a way he declar- ed. that will absolutely secure the " sho thoSsoS oA lie flhpAiio people and not to interests that will simply exploit the Filipino people.
 rBut assuming" he continued. ~"that the $l0.0O0,000 of annual sugar subsidy will go mainly 10 the Philippine la borers, shall we really do them a ser vice by accustomiag them to price of their sugar which Is double what they can get from the rost of the worldf Will not the ending Of the subsidy and the reduction Of the fa- yored prices which they have received for their products plunge them into such condition of suffering and ais. tress as they have never Yet realized? The right way le help the Filipino is to train them in self sustaining meth ods. By a system Of dIrect aid, in- stead of subsidized aid. the desired end of ultimate, withdrawal with hoE- or would be accomplished.'i