New-York tribune., 1911-11-26
mos Offers Big Market. and Business L
Chief Of nsuar Affairs Bureau Who Was Under Fire l12
Times the Islands Has Become BANKER Guardian Coun
seor and Friend of the Natives Whom He Once Fought

, States. u was as clearly a matter Of fate
as that Wellington and Blucher should stop
Napoleon At Waterloo. or that Washington
should defeat the armies Of George TIT.
or that Abraham Lincoln should keep the
American nation together. There was work
TO do. Spain had failed. We have sue
ceeded. And what work it has been !
have seen II all
Picture Elihu Root pacing back and
forth across his room. dictstirg offhand
10 stcnogra pher the memorable nstruc-
tions Of President Mckinley 10 tho first
Philippine Commission instructions that
will ever remain a classic among state
papers. that established civil government
behind the army as il swep; on. that ended
the rule OF the bayonet substituting the
rule Of peace. and that raised eight million
human beings from the ground, stood them
on their feet and liberated them from
Spanish tyranny and hordes OF robbers NJ
their own blood Dictated It. ! say. on
hand. I should like to live under those
instructions myself Some day We Aneri-
cans will snderstandingly realize what Nc
Knley. Root and Taft have achieved IN the
cause Of civilization.
still the objectors say, the Philip
pines are costing this country whole lot
of money Save for the soldiers who are
there-eleven thousand. and half OF them
will soon be coming home-the Islands are
self-supporting. They are paying for every
thing as they go along. All told. they are
not costing the United states s5.000,0O0
year. About S6,OOO.O00 has been spent on
the harbor Of Manila The largest steam
ships can now tie up at three modern steel
piers. paid for with Philippine money.
Properly the cost Of sinking Admiral Mon
tojo's fleet. the capture Of Manila by Mer-
ritt and Dewey and the necessary defeat ~
Aguinaldo. the rebel against American au-
thority cannot be charged to the Philip
pines why not charge it 10 Spain? All
were acts Of war and war measures.
Anyway the critics says. taking their
last stand in a refuge Of fancy that Is far
from the fact the islands were Spanish
territory and Americans are opposed 70
wars of conquest Spanish yes. nominslly.
but wholly for exploitation. Not Spanish In
feeling. however. The natives spoke sixteen
Malay dialects. and strangers could not
understand one another More Filipinos are
speaking English right now than ever spoke
Spanish They were q neglected and plum
dered people. and most Of them were dense
ly and pitifully ignorant
"Now under the folds Of the Stars and
Stripes they arc learning with marvellous
rapidity. Youths brought 10 American
schools forge 70 the head Of their classes.
Their expenses are paid by their own gov
ernment some Of them fell behind and
called for more money. I looked over their
accounts and found that they were buying
scented soaps and perfumery Initiating
the Spanish they had seen at home. YOU
understand The hopeless ones were sent
back. and then | called for boys who hoe
potatoes. husk corn and hustle when they
needed extra money! They came and
nut them into schools out West
and that brings up another thing We
arc doing for the natiyes-teaching them
that labor is not dlshonorabe. The educat-
ed f'ilipinos. when ! FIRST knew them wanted
10 clerk in Offices where they sat on stools
grew long finger nails and sneered at those
who worked with their hands. We have
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