The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1911-04-12
OF Conditions inflicted By
Uncle Sam.
MEMORIAL TELLS GRIEVANCES
Claim They Are Not Given
Much Chance 10 Govern
mental Affairs.
SAY AMERICANS HOG" OFFICES
Especial Correspondence of The
Herald.)

HERALD
Washington, April S.-That the
heavily-taxed little brown broth
ers" Of the Philippines are begin
ming to look upon the ever-increas-
ing army Of high-salaried Ameri-
can offceholders in the islands with
about as much favor as the Ameri-
can colonists viewed representatives
Of the British crown in the days be-
fore independence was secured, is
indicated in a memorial prepared
for the benefit of the Secretary OF
War, President Taft and the Amer
lean Congress, and published in the
Nacionalista Party, which repre-
sents approximately 81 per cent OF
the natives of the islands, having sc
Of the 81 members Of the Philippine
assembly and 23 Of the 81 provin-
eial Governors of the islands.
The memorial states that many
Americans in the Islands are "ani.
mated apparently with the idea that
the GoyeTam ont has been establish
ed here exclusively for their inter-
est and benefit" and that the Fill
pinos are not to be, nor ever will
be, Independent"
Since the Congressional investi-
eating committee upheld the ruling
of Attorney General Wickersbam
that the purchase by American SUI
gar interests of 5000 acres of rich
Friar sugar lands was proper. the
sentiment in the islands for early
independence has grown with a sew
en-league-boots stride. The Fill
pinos have come to feel that the SUI
gar trust is debating the Philippine
policy of the Taft administration.
and they are convinced that the
trust intends that the United States
shall retain possession of the islands
forever,
THE people observe" continues
the memorial, that all the prefer
ences and stimulus of the Govern
ment is kept for foreign capital and
IT is not to be wondered at that the
people feel a profound neglect and
that it sees itself in advance beaten
in an unequal economic condition
and loses faith in the benevolence
of the intentions of the Government.
"In the practice of professions, it
observes likewise that the natives
of the country are being relegated
to the background and that the
business is controlled by Americans,
and that, as in the case of the sur
veyors, there have been efforts to
deny to the latter the practice of the
profession in what relates to an of
flee OF the Government.
THE gravest defect of the present
system is founded in the lack of
confidence in the capacity of the ma
tives, who are prevented from de-
veloping themselves. The central ak
lie of the administrative organism re-
wolves in such a way that it leaves
to the Filipinos no opportunity for
practice in the conduct of public af-
fairs through means of direct con-
tact with the methods of action and
their difficulties. If it be consider
ed that the basis of the policy fol-
lowed in the Philippines is the prep
aration of the Filipinos for the ex-
ercise of the powers of an independ-
ent government, it is not seen how
under the present system such a re-
suit may be obtained.
For example, nearly all the chiefs
Of bureaus are Americans, as are
their principal assistants and local
agents. The best education would
be that which places the Filipinos
in contact, by virtue of the duties
OF their Offices, with knowledge of
the methods and practical Difficult
ties in the public service. The same
treatment is not accorded to Ameri-
cans and Filipinos in the civil SER
vice. The Americans are promoted
more rapidly than the Filipinos In
the same ONCE. The Increase OF
Filipino employees each year Is not