Albuquerque citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1907-1909, 1909-06-14
NEWLANUS ARGUES
AGAINST LOW DUTY
Says Best Way TO Help Flliplnos
viii Be to Teach Them Self
Reliance Rather Than
Be Lenient With
Them.

Washington, June 14.--The Philip
pine islands were the subject for dis
cussion in the Senate this morning
when the tariff debate was taken up.
After an executive session of the fin-
ance committee, recommendation for
free importation of Philippine goods,
subject to certain restrictions and ex-
ceptions was taken up and Senator
Lodge moved that it be made applic-
able to Guam and Tutuilla. A change
in wording was made to make clear
that all manufactured articles import
ed into the United States from the
Philippines should be from the prod
ucts of the island or of the United
States.
Not because of any wish to protect
American cane or beet sugar, but be-
cause, in his opinion, the proposed
subsidy to Philippine products would
bind those islands to the United States
indissolubly, was the reason advanced
by Senator Newlands OF Nevada. in
speech in the Senate today, for his op-
position to the amendment admitting
free to our markets Philippine sugar
and tobacco. He declared that IL we
complicate the Philippine tariff sys-
TEN with ours "the two countries will
be 80 bouRd iogether by this amend
| nent that 1t Viii be difficult to sepa-
rate them" ~
IAN illusions have vanished" he
said The prevailing feeling of the
American people in regard to the
Philippines is regret that we are there
and longing to get out creditabiy."
As matters now stand, he declared.
1t would be easy for the United States
to withdraw at any time by substitut-
ing Filipino commissioners for Amer
lean commissioners. thus permitting
the islands to drift away from us into
"A thoroughly Independent and individ-
uaized life.
He argued that II the Philippines
are ''at some time to be independent
and self-supporting, their people must
accept the worlds prices for their
products. II is the height of folly to
accustom them to the subsidenced
prices of this country. The purpose
of permitting the Philippines to inn
port 100000 tons of sugar annually
into the United States without paying
the duty imposed upon foreign i'm
portations and amounting to about
$3J a ton, is to enable the Filipino
producer to receive in our market
without the payment of duty, nearly
double the price which they can get
anywhere else i'm the world This ex-
planation means the diversion of near
ly S10,000,000 annually from the
American treasury into the pockets of
Philippine producers without lower
ing the price Of sugar penny to the
American consumer"
He held that it would be much bet
ter for us to give this benefaction di-
rectly to the Filipino government
which could expend it for worthy pur-
poses, "and not to the Philippine
planters or as will ultimately prove
to be the case, to the sugar trust 1t
self which doubtless will obtain 3.
monopoly of the production of sugar
there as il is nok acquiring it I'm
Cuba"
If SO, 900, 600 is to be given annual
ly by this government TO the Philip
pines, ii should be done in way.
he declared, that will absolutely Sc
cure the benefits to the masses of Fill
pino people and not to interests that
viii simply exploit the Philippine peo-
pie.
But assuming" he continued
that the S1O,0O0,OO0 of annual sugar
subsidy will 60 mainly to the Philip
pine laborers, shall We really do them
service. by accustoming them to
price for their sugar. which is double
what they can get from the rest of
the world? VIII not the ending of
the subsidy and the reduction Of the
favored prices which they have re-
ceived for their products plunge them
, into such condition Of suffering and
distress as they have never vet real
lied? The right way to help the Fiji
pinos Is To- train them i'm self-sustaln-
ing methods By a system of direct
aid instead Of subsistence. the desired
aid of ultimate Withdrawal with h0r-
or would be accomplished