The Washington herald., 1915-08-28

$4,000 constructing good roads, s'5S,'
| 600 for lighthouses, millions on new rail-
roads, street car lines, government, pro-
vincial and municipal buildings, water
and sewerage systems. schoolhouses.
hotels, hospitals, telegraph and telephone
lines. the opening and operation of lum-
Der camps. sugar plantations. and gold
mines. the building of manufacturing
plants, modern business and private
houses, and finally the creation Of the
beautiful summer capitol at Baguio, To-
Gated in the mountains of Luzon and one
of progressive Americans.
An examination of the record covering
the islands exports and imports at the
time when Mr.. Bryan first declared in
favor of surrendering or giving them up
is interesting. Then the Philippines sold
to the world, produce. etc, to the value
OF s14.siO.l62 Last year Q91D they sold
S4s. s.6s963i. an increase of s34,049.472. The
record covering imports-the peoples
purchasing power abroad. for the same
periods. shows sl3.116,56s. as against s4s,-
5Ss, ,653, or an increase Of s35, AZ, ,0s6 In
1904 we sold in cotton goods to the islands
s27s. Jos. and last year Q91D the sales were
s., ,s26, ,333
For 1913 and 1914 the last two years.
the amount was 81, ,9ll. 900. and IL we an
nually average last years sale. s5.s26.SS
for the next ten years. which we will do
and even better. if the islands are re-
tained, our total sale of cotton goods for
the ten-year period will reach $50. .263, $50.
and our total sales to the islands coverS
ing the same period would be 1858. .ss1, ,926.
The past sixteen years we have sold in
the islands goods to the value of sli6.-
1883. The Filipinos sold and bought
abroad from all countries in 1899 total
of s27,75s.72s. while last year Q9lD this
total increased to se7.27s,2s7. a difference
OF s6s.52l.55s.
From the time of our taking over Porto
Rico, the Hawaiian. and the Philippine
Islands up to December 80. 1914. they
have purchased from the American busi
ness men goods to the value of $3.50. 49,
7S5. In proportion to size and population.
they are the best, the most valuable GUS
toners We have today.
Is it to our interest to give them. or
any one Of them, up-surrender our trade
and legislative control over them to some
other authority or power? If the Ameri-
can business men, exporters and manu-
facturers wish to retain this desirable
trade, they should take the subject up
sentatives. for this question will be de-
termined at the coming session of Con-
gress In the consideration Of Anal action
upon the Jones bill.
Have Ftlipinos Been Unfairly
Treated
Now as to the claim that the Philip
pines need independence and have been
unfairly treated in the distribution Of
the Offices. More than Il per cent of
the government positions were Allied by
natives when Gov. Harrison took charge,
and since the wholesale removal OF
Americans under the present admins
tration to make room for Ffiipinos the
iatter's percentage of ONCE holding has
greatly increased. The entire member
ship. eishty-one Of the lower house Of
the assembly. or congress. Ia composed
Of natives. and at the present time the
upper house. v made up Of ave natives
and four Americans. The governor gem
seal - S4hsg past e Tie law.naktng