The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-12-07
CONTINUED MARCH
OF CIVILIZATION
Steady and Encouraging Pro
gross in the Philippines and
Porto Rico.
REPORT OF BUREAU CHIEF
Receipts OF Dominican Customs
During Year Largest
i'll History.

Washing ton. December S.-Tne march
Of civilization through the Philippines
ara porto Rico. the principal Ameri-
can insuiar possessions, is pictured in
the annual report of gadier General
Frank II. Mcintyre. chief of the bureau
Of Insular affairs
One most interesting feature deals
win the effect upon the insllar pos
| session Of the new tariff act For the
Philippines. the Limitation upon the
quantity OF sugar and tobacco that may
b. exported to the United States has
been removed. Another measure OF re-
! lief to Philippine business permits cN-
ports to the United States By trans
shipment, whereas the exporter had
formerly been limited TO direct ship
incnts Export duties anon Philippine
products which deprived the Ancri-
can manufacturer of Manila hemp OF
| q dihcrcntiai. were abolished. The
! income tax provisions of the new
tariff act we're extended to the Philip
pines. buJ with the rroviso that i;
should be collected by Philippine Of
lccrs and belong TO the Philippine gov
crpncnt
General Mcintyre regrets the failure
OF Congress to enact a law permitting
tic use OF foreign material to the
amount o: 30 per cent in Philippine
PRODUCTS entitled TO fire.. admission to
the United states. lie savs this would
have given a much desired stimulus To
the embroidery and lace industry in
the Islands. which through the schools
Is being developed.
Exports TO the United States last
year amounted to .le.sis,ss5. and were
b per cen, Of the total. az compared
viii, ~ per cent f.: 1912. Sugar ship
ments. which were the leading factor
In this decline. show falling off APP
| Iro%imatins s5.00O,o00 in value
Encouraging Progress.
steady and encouraging progress was
made during the year in education. cs-
pecially in the higher standard of in
struction in English. in the better
school buildings and grounds. in the
aounder basis on which industrial in
struction has been organized, in the
further and very marked Improvement
in the American and Filipino personnel
OF the bureau. in the efficiency OF the
administrative side OF the work, and
III tho physical training of the pupils.
Teachers from the United States have
been almost without exception, Of eX-
! tcllcnt preparation, ana with the i'm
| irovcmcnt in the quality of American
teachers, that OF the Filipino teachers
has kept pace. The latter have been
assigned to positions OF greater respon-
| s!bility, and now ll5 are serving as
supervising and assistant supervising
teachers. which number does not in
cludc twenty-one Filipino Industrial
supervisors.
! In view OF the complete organization
OF tho Philippine University with all
I OF its colleges. tho policy Of sending
| Filipino students to the United states
I in large numbers for their Undergrad
nj. rE &c haip .if
provision has been made for the ap-
/ pointnent of a limited number OF fell
lows. who have completed their under
graduate work TO take TWO TO four
Year postgraduate courses in Europe
and America.
Athletics Encouraged.
Athletics are being encouraged with
favorable results. and in Far Eastern
Olympiad In Manila last February. in
which teams from China. Japan and
,he Philippines took part, the latter
was victorious in every contest except
| baseball
Porto Hican trade fell off last year
$6,o26.ill III imports and s6ol.S4S in
exports out of total trade of $50
! 003,627. Although the sugar shipments
were $4,000 tons greater than during
! the preceding year. reaching total OF
$4,000 tons, the average price received
$40 less per ton--reduced the total
value by S5.o00,000.
Only 3o.9 per cent of the 39o.0 per-
sons OF school age in Porto Rico at
tended school. but even at that the
total enrolment was i6l,7S5, compared
| with 1861 at the close of the Spanish
| regime. In 1910 over 6S per cent OF
tho total electorate were illiterate.
| Great progress was made on the irri-
| cation system during the year, and it
| Is indefinitely established that the total
cost of the project will not exceed ST.,
! 100000
The sixth year OF the operation of
the American rcceivership of the Domi-
ncian customs shows the largest re-
! ccipts in its history. the lross receipts
being S4.ll2,T35, This is said TO be
more remarkable because of the po-
! litical disturbances in the republic dur
Ing the year, and the volume of foreign
! trade is continuing t.. expand. Ameri-
, can goods constituting 90 per cent OF
! all the imports.