The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-12-02

by outside interests for moro lucrative
positions.
"As expressed by the Director Of Civil
Service In his report of 1906. 1t must
be stated with regret that there has been
no change In the tendency for h best
qualified employees to resign aftcr from
to five years Of service
sIn 1907 the same official. after going
into the matter at much greater length
and deploring thc loss to the Government
or the trained M experienced men who
were wooed away from its service bv
more lucrative employment. u up
by saying Good men were evidently dis
couraged and apparently lost hope that
the Philippine public service promised a
which would Justify their remain
ing In IT,
Mr.. TAfts next charge refers to the
matter which a just been dealt with.
He specifies by name various directors
and other officials who, he saye. re-
signed because OF cuts In salary and
uncertainty Of tenure As has just
been shown from the official records. the
Government In the Philippine Islands
has always suffered BY the loss Of com-
petent men who were taken by more
lucrative offers elsewhere.
1T will therefore be seen how utterly
unjust is Mr.. Tart's suggestion tina:
the loss of these strong and effective
Americans which. he says, created de-
m~oral'zation' Was the result OF any
policy. II was tine result OF conditions
over which neither Mr.. Taft nor any
OF his SUCCESSORS. including Governor
Genera Harrison, La any control.
Case Of sleeper.
NJ Taft's next charge IL that
BY transferring tho Office OF public
lands from Sleeper, IN expert who
was rapidly making certain the crea-
ton OF a sinking fund to meet the
$4,000 friar land bonds. to a Fill
Pine insurrecto General named Tinio,
who had no experience OF any kind.
this important achievement
IL made very doubtful. Ths arresr-
ages In collections from leases OF fr!ar
lands are said to have exceeded 500.-
600 pesos, due to !ncfficiency.
The facts with respect to this cha rye
are that under Mr.. sleeper. the director
of the bureau Of lands. the situation. as
disclosed BY the head Of tho depart
ment. Mr.. Worcester. S~ecretar, of the
Interior. On september l5, 1919. was
estimated delinquency In instruments
outstanding. 100000 pesos: estirn ted
interest on instruments outstanding,
200, 900 pesos
"or a total Of 100000 pesoa II this
was due 10 lneficiency, as Mr.. Taft
Says. II was in~eifciercy which had de-
veloped 10 It's fullest extent under
Messrs. Worcester and Sleeper. as re-
corded in the formers report. dated
September Is. 1913. before Governor
General Harrison reached the Philippine
lsland
with respect TO Mr.. Taft's state
ment that III! department was trans
ferred from Mr.. Sleeper 10 a Filipino
'nsurrecto General named Tlnio. who
had no experience OF any kind the
facts are that T!n!o WAS n Filipino who
was appointed six years before that
time TO the Philippine service by the
then authorities nj the islands. who
Were of cours" acting under q Rcpubl-
lean administrator
TiniO's Experience.
1.-TWO years thereafter he VAS given
charge OF . bureau OF exactly similar
rank 10 the bureau OF lands by Gov
e~ruor-Gencral Forbes. acting under a
Republican Administration SO that In
stead OF being a person requiring the
character OF Identification that Mr.. Taft
implies and having had no kind OF ex-
perience. "A he states, he was one who
mad been In the actua employ OF the
Philippine Government for n period OF
siN years. during o OF which he filled
Il position Of similar rank 10 tho one
to which ioy.rnor-Gsnela. Harrison
appointed hi :.
Mr. Taft then goes or 20 say:
similar cases of inefficiency occurred
In the bureaus engaged In attempting
20 suppress the dangerous rindcrpest,
In conducting the hospital, In collect
Ing internal revenue. II usually takes
some time to show ineficicncy due TO
changes becaus" Of original nomcn
tum, but these were almost Immediate.
with respect to the suppression OF
rindsrpest the facts are that II had not
been suppressed during the time that the
previous administrations were in charge.
that It was i%ourishing in a very danger
Gus degree At the time of the last report
OF the previous administration. dated
september %, 1913, Report Of acting
Governor-Gcneral Gilbert. page e.
THE present administration has pur.
sued as vigorous a policy as any pre-
administration In dealing with this
monac!ng and dangerous disease. and the
present conditions are not materially DIFF
ferent than they were at the time we
took over the administration.
Hospital Manage
with respect to conducting the hos
pital the facts are that In the last re-
port OF Secretary Worcester. dated Sep
TENDER IL. 1913. pages li6 ct SEQ, he
shows at great length The dcplorabBs
condition at the hospital at thai time
and says: Such conditions cannot bc
tolerated indefinitely, and IL the mild
- .Ng,I ha,a thu e.
ployed In meeting them prove Ineffective
n very different procedure must De en-
ployed.'
1T Is entirely fair 10 state that COM
ditions are better han they we're, and on
the whole are fairly satisfactory, but some
of the same llhiculties that Secretary
Worcester encountered still exist and tho
condition Is not as satisfactory as Va
would hope 10 have 1t, hut II IL as salts
factory as We have been able tn make II.
II will be seen that tho suggestion that
the conditions AT the hospital were the
product OF any conduct on the part OF
tho present administration Is utterly I'm.
fair and ~un'ounded,
with respect to collecting tho II tor
nal revenu. the facts are that the impli-
cation In Mr.. Taft's statement thst tho
Flipini2ation Of this bureau had been
Initiated ny lhls administration and had
resil,ed I'm inetNciency IL utterly un-
founded. Tho head OF this seryice under
GoV-Geu. Forbes, MIR. Noting, In his
annual report OF tho year 1919 sets fort
at length the reorganization of his do.
partnIent and is substantial Ffllpiniya
t!on. lie says in this respect; I'm maxim.
rlles, changes FIipiuos have been Ar
pointed TO n number Of positions here.
toforo occupied only By Americans and
with y1r" few exceptions the results
haze boon even better tnAn was hcued