Evening star., 1914-10-11
NSULAR BUREAU CHIEF
SUBMITS HIS REPORT
Tells of Unrest in Santo Domingo
and Philippines
Progress.

Continuous political unrest in Santo
Domingo during the past year. during
the latter months at least, has resulted
in financial depression and consequent
decrease in customs receipts. accord
Ing to the statement of Brig. Gen.
Frank Mcintyre. chief of the insular
bureau of the War Department. in his
annual report But notwithstanding
these conditions, the collections of GUS
toms under the auspices of the United
States agents during the first six
months of the past fiscal year exceed
ed those for the corresponding period
of the previous fiscal year, and the
total receipts for the eleven months
ended June 30, 1914. amounted to the
gratifying total of $S.2S3.947.
Gen. Mcintyre expresses the belief
that the most important change in the
PHILIPPINE government during the past
year was in the substitution OF Frank
W. Carpenter. civilian. for the mill
tary governor of the Moro province.
Mr. Carpenter was one of the oldest
American officials in the Philippine
government. He enjoys the confidence
of both Americans and Filipinos, and
he succeeded Gen. Pershing. the last
military man acting as governor.
There was a decrease in the imports
in the islands, which Gen. Mcintyre
says was due entirely to the reduced
mportations of rice. the result of
good rice crop in the islands, rather
| than to a depression in trade
Many Filipino Graduates.
A great many Filipinos are now te-
binning to graduate from the norm al
school established by the Americans in
the islands, and as far as possible these
are being appointed to teaching posi-
| tions, although the fact that great
interest has been taken in the United
States in the subject of Philippine edu-
cation is shown by a large number
of applications for teaching positions
from the United States.
| At the present time there are about
$4,000 children in attendance in the
public schools. The total number of
schools has been increased from 2,s34
in March, 1913, to 4.304. Courses In
school and home gardening have been
introduced in the primary and interme-
diate grades, and gardening is pre-
scribed industrial subject for one year
in the intermediate course.
| Gen. Mcintyre says the promotion or
industrial instruction for the pubic
schools continues to be one of the chief
aims of the bureau. and at the present
time industrial education is within the
reach of practically every student in
the islands, there being seventy-eight
industrial supervisors, whose special
duties are to promote that work.
Philippine Currency System.
In the last annual report attention
was called to the desirability of modi.
flying the act approved March 2. 1903.
entitled. AN act to establish a standard
of value and to provide for a currency
system in the Philippine Islands," so
as to permit the Philippine government
while strengthening the reserve be-
hind it's silver certificates to make q
profitable use of part of this reserve in
stead of holding it physically in the
treasury vaults.
| Attention was also called to the ne
cessity of modifying section Is of the
Philippine customs tariff in order that
invoices covering shipments of mer-
chandise from foreign countries to the
Philippine Islands might be simplified.
as in the case of similar invoices for
merchandise entering the United States.
| 1t is interesting, says Cen Mcintyre.
in view of the past difficulties of OBJ
| tanning the attention of Congress to
that under the pending Philippine bill
these details are entirely within the
Jurisdiction of the Philippine legisla-
ture, subject to the approval of the
President of the United States.