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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-03-11
PHILIPPINE PROBLEMS
The Biggest One of All
BY Frederic J. Haskin

n Ill eyes in the Philippines are
n turned on the United States to-
day. The fate of the islands rests
with the American people. That we
have come to a crisis in our dealings
with them is obvious to everyone.
What do the people most concerned
think of it--those to whom 1t is the
biggest question on earth, and not
merely matter to be Skinned on the
way to the office?
There are three principal political
parties in the Philippines. All of
them are in favor of legislation in
which the United States shall go on
record as subscribing to the principle
of the ultimate independence of the
islands.
The Nacionalista party is the strong
est and most numerous. This party
expressed itself as in favor of the
passage of the Jones bill, preferably
amended in certain particulars, but
passed in its original form rather than
not at all. (They referred to that
Jones bill which states in its preamble
that the United States has never had
any idea of conquest or territorial
aggrandizement. AS passed by the
Senate. the preamble was considerably
modified.) The Progresista party also
favors such a measure, but the Pro-
gresistas want bill which will estab-
lish a government responsible in local
affairs to the people of the islands
rather than to the War Department
or to the Governor General of the
Philippines. The third party wanted
the preamble of the Jones bill
amended so as to set n fixed date for
the independence of the archipelago.
This third party is an off-shoot of
the NacionaliStas, and apparently rep
resentS that section of public opinion
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ence. There are also a few Filipinos
who oppose any bill which has for its
object the separation of the islands
from the United States. The Nacional
ista and Progresista parties INCLUDE
the great bulk of the people who are
interested in politics at all.
These two parties want definite
affirmation from the United States to
the effect that they will be indepen-
dent some day. Such independence is
their national ideal, and it has been
promised them so often by individual
Americans that they feel some definite
and authoritative statement of our
position to be their due. Every Fill
pino looks forward to the day when
the islands will be governed by Fill
pinos. But as nearly as the sentiment
of eight million such people can be
estimated, it may be stated as a fact
that no considerable section of the
Fflipinos desire separation at this
time. The more serious thinkers
among the natives will not even eX-
press an opinion as to when such
separation will be desirable.
Thus the attitude of the Filipinos
may be summed up; a small party de-
string a fixed date for independence, a
few unorganized individuals opposed
to all talk of separation, a great ma
jority of the people calling for a rec
.f fIA vNrs., I'LL
independence, but setting the time in
the indefinite future.
Americans in the islands were ap-
parently opposed to the preamble of
the Jones BILL but so far as the ad-
ministrative features of the measure
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-03-11
FREIGHT CONGESTION
New York world.l


There is little doubt that the In
terstate Commerce Commission will
approve ultimately of the embargo
which has been placed by Eastern
railroads upon various commodities
entering into export traffic.
Railroad representatives at the
hearings which have. just concluded
offered a resolution for the consid-
Grafton of the commission which pro-
poses that free storage time allowed
on freight in terminals be reduced
and demurrage charges be increased
on cars not unloaded after a fixed
period allowed for this purpose.
While the commission may work
out some new suggestions, the con-
gestion at the Eastern terminal is
due TO a number of fundamental
conditions which can be corrected in
no other way, so far as immediate
purposes are concerned, than by pen
alizing shippers who keep their
freight too long on the cars.
In the dull periods which preceded
the present prosperity of the coun-
try the railroads did not have enough
revenue to enlarge their terminal IA
cilities or provide the cars necessary
for the hauling of the maximum
amount of business. Development
had almost ceased entirely. If the
railroads had been allowed to pro-
vide a surplus for themselves, they
would have been able to purchase
additional equipment and carry on
developments, even in the dull
periods.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-03-11

years of peace has buried under
layer of false security. We sit in SNUG
satisfaction. watching the dollars heap
themselves in huge piles. and we do
not stop to think that only the rivers
of blood of our brothers across the sea
have made this wealth possible. There
Is no call to bemoan the prosperity of
the country. but we do not want to
lose sight of the suffering and blood
shed that has made that prosperity
possible. We do not want to see our
own citizens. in the event of war, led
like lambs to the slaughter. Nor Is
that an exaggerated smile.
If YOU doubt it, go and see THE
Battle Cry of Peace" that wonderful
picture of what would happen to help
less America attacked by a powerful
foe. and if you are not stirred to the
depths of your soul and made certain
beyond doubt that we must prepare to
resist invasion. then you are poor
stick indeed. 1t is a most convincing
argument and we come away feeling
that it will not do to haggle over
methods or price; that we must not
fight the forest fire by sitting idle and
hoping 1t will not touch our property.
We see ourselves standing at the crater
of devastation and we are moved to
demand that Congress cease pickering
and give us an army and navy that
will wipe the smile of derision from
the battle-scarred faces of our foreign
neighbors.
"The Battle Cry of Peace is IIud-
son MaXim's vision of America facing
trained armies with hastily mustered
and inadequately equipped militia. 1t
was filmatized through the efforts of
Commodore j. Stuart Blackton. 1t is
sensational, morbid even, but tits the
portrayal of actual scenes that have
occurred every day in Europe for
almost two years. We trust THE
Battle Cry of Peace" may return again
to Harrisburg so that those who
missed the opportunity of seeing how
we stand as nation in comparison
with other nations may have their
eyes opened to the truth. The picture
ought TO he shown at the national
capitol when the preparedness bills
come up for passage. Tt is worth ten
thousand orations and reams of news
paper arguments.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-03-11
.DrHE BATTLE CRY OF PEACE,

nERHAPS it's old-fashioned and
out of season to admit that the
playing of the "Star-Spangled
Banner" chases thrills up and down
ones spine: perhaps it's bad form in
this day to confess that ones heart
beats like a triphammer. that a lump
rises In ones throat when the Ameri-
can flag waves across screen and
pictures are shown that take ones
mind back over the years to the times
when men of our own blood fought
and died that we might be free; per-
haps it is de trop to admit that ones
hand trembles with eagerness and
ones eye grows bright with the fervor
of patriotism when Liberty flashes her
sword above her bespangled crown and
in imagination American troops as
semble before the Capitol at Washing
ton in defending phalanx to beat back
an invading foe. But choke 'em back
as we will. the emotion will play tricks
on us when the eagle spreads his wings,
and we don't know why anybody
should be ashamed to admit it.
Our patriotism is quieseent; that is
perhaps the answer to the effort to
conceal enthusiasms so apparent in
any audience. We trust it will never
come to the point where actual war
will be necessary to arouse in us that
dormant spirit of sacrifice which many
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-03-11

are concerned, they agree with the
F'ilipinos in desiring to have them en-
acted into law. Opinion is practically
unanimous that the Philippines have
outgrown their present form of gov
ernment. AS it stands to-day, there is
an appointive commission for the up
per House and an elective Assembly
for the lower House. The upper
House has exclusive legislative author
ity over a third of the archipelago
(Mindanao-Sulu). Yet the lower House
must pass all appropriation bills, even
where the money is to be expended
outside its Jurisdiction.
The bad features of this system
were shown when the Legislature
failed to agree on a budget for three
successive years. New things seem
to be running smoothly, since the ap-
preparation bill for the year has been
passed and the two Houses are CO.
operating, but as a matter of fact the
situation is unchanged. Only, the
people of the islands realize that fun
damental changes are about to be
made in the organization of their gov
ernment, so they put all other issues
aside until they see what these
changes will be.
Local government is not only ham
pered by the fact that an arm of the
Legislature must appropriate where it
cannot legislate, but also because the
Philippine Legislature has little con-
troll over the sources of revenue in the
islands Customs receipts and inter-
nal revenues are the two sources
whence the administration draws
| funds to keep it running. Yet the
Legislature under the present organic
! act cannot pass any effectual laws
concerning either of these forms of
taxation; that power is vested in the
United States Congress.
The 1nsular government cannot bor-
row money without express permission
from congress. One effect of this has
been to keep Philippine finances in
excellent condition-the total indebt-
edness is only twelve million dollars
but the people of the islands believe
that a point has now been reached
where the system is a serious check
on progress. 1t is suggested that if
approval from Washington is desired,
a, a suIIiclent precaution would be for
the PRESIDENT to approve each loan
before 1T is made. Such a system
would be much less cumbrous than
the present one, which calls for af-
firmative legislation from Congress.
FINALLY, the local government wants
power to enact laws which will bring
ABOUT the development of the nat
ural resources of the archineIago The
public lands are the great wealth of
the Islands, after which come timber
resources and mines. The commits
sion pleaded vainly for thirteen years
for revision of the public land laws
to form which would stimulate ag-
flculture. 1t seems certain that an
increase in the power of the local soI,-
ernment in this respect will he FOL
lowed by faster progress and develop
ment.
Americans and Filipinos are agreed
that the plan of insular adminjstra-
ton needs reorganizing. That such
reorganization is provided for in a
question of Philippine indenendence
has given rise to dispute which the
body of the bill would never have
awakened.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-03-11
TEMPERANCE SENTIMENT
HARRY L. FosDICK.

TIME growth of temperance senti-
ment in Pennsylvania is shown
by the fact that in this State
there are seventy-six newspapers that
do not publish alcoholic liquor adver-
tisements. Pennsylvania newspapers
lead the dry" list in the United
States. the next State being Illinois
with siXty-six But more remarkable
even than this is that last year, dur
jns a period when the liquor forces in
shc PENNSYLVANIA Legislature were
busy smothering Governor Brum-
baugh's local option bill, thirty five
more newspapers were added to the
dry" column all of them voluntar-
lily throwing out liquor advertising
that would have netted them thou
sands of dollars.
In the United States as a whole n
total of $40 daily newspapers. pub
lished in the English language, de-
cline liquor advertising, according to
an investigation just completed by the
Temperance Society of the Methodist
Episcopal Church (nationaD, of To-
peka, Kan. The Temperance Board
sent its query to all of the 2.133 daily
newspapers listed in the American
Newspaper Directory. The exact
question directed to these daily news
papers was: DO you decline to .ac-
cept advertising of alcoholic liquors?"
\ similar inquiry in 1915 showed
only $40 such "abstaining" newspa-
pers.
The total circulation of the "ab-
staining newspapers reporting to the
society is 5,564,777.
1t will be noted that the question
sent out by the Temperance Society
uses the word alcoholic" liquors,
which, of course, includes beer, wine
and any other beverage containing
any per cent of alcohol 1t is under
stood that some papers decline whisky
advertising, but they are not included
in those counted except in those cases
where they directly answered the
question covering all alcoholic liquors.
Quite a large number of papers
say that they are considering a
change of policy which will make their
advertising. columns dry. Some of
them assert that while they have no
rule against it, they are never offered
liquor advertisements because. they
advocate prohibition. A number are
only waiting until present contracts
expire. and some of them declare that
they will not even accept anti-prohi-
tion ads Another big gain for the
''drys'' is indicated for 1916.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-03-11
ALL CLIMATES AT ONCE

The supply department of the Pana-
ma Canal Organization has been en-
deavoring to develop a supply of fresh
vegetables that would not have to be
shipped in cold storage, as is necessary
with those sent from the United
States. A colony of Spanish Ameri-
cans has recently taken up the cultiva-
ton of vegetables on the slopes of the
volcano Irazu. The gardens begin at an
elevation of 5000 feet, where tropi-
col fruits are raised and end at an
elevation of about 1000 feet, where
the more delicate fruits of the temper
ate zone are raised. The soil is a
porous loan of volcanic ash. 15 feet
in depth and very rich. Shipments
have already been begun by a week.
ly steamer. and If more satisfactory
TRANSPORTATION can be arranged. these
gardens will be able to supply the
Canal Zone with a large quantity of
fresh vegetables and fruits.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-03-11
SEND 'EM IN
By Wing Dinger

If you haven't sent your dime In
For the battleship fund. bo.
1t is time you're gettin' busy,
Just cut out smoke or so.
Walk the next time, stead of riding,
Or in some such other way
Just deny yourself some pleasure
And the savings throw this way.
It's a stunt that everybody
Who has stickin' in his hide
The least spark of patriotism.
Should take part in. with much pride
So get busy. send some coin in.
Do your part and help to buy
The "America''-come on. now.
We can do it IL We try.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-03-11
WELL KNOWN PEOPLE

Horace Geiger, who is out for the
LEGISLATURE from Philadelphia, is one
of the leaders of the local option
Edward T. Stuart, of Philadel-
phia, is on a southern hunting trip.
Mayor James Harvey, of Halle
ton. has hit upon a plan of making
tramps arrested in his city work on
the streets.
hem vice-presidents, is in Luzerne
county looking over plants which may
be acquired.
DIR. r. V. MatJison has been chos-
en- as head of the Upper Dublin Lii
brary at Amber.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-03-11
LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA

feDTudTy 20, 1910.
To the Editor of the Telegraph:
Dear Sir
We have received through the Luce
Clipping Bureau cutting from your
issue of February IS, according to
which you were good enough to use
an item from one of our recent press
sheets anent the trailer protest this
company is making against censor
ship.
We wish to thank you for the
courtesy of putting our position before
your readers. But at the same time,
we would enter a mild protest against
the comment which you have tackled
on.
1t is not the policy of the opponents
of Censorship to do their best to con-
vince the people that everybody, chill
dren included, ought to be allowed to
see crime, seduction, murder, without
the least check being placed on their
production-as you infer
That is not the milk in the cocoa
nut. Censorship is wrong and un-
American. You would hardly approve
of newspaper censorship, no matter
how yellow and offensive and cor
rupting to the morals of the young
some of your competitors are. This
matter of children and the films is en-
tirely one of parental control. Care
full parents exercise some supervision
over what their young read. Certain
ly, you wouldn't condemn the Bible
simply because some parts of the
book are too mature for children. Or
would you censor" ii too?
I enclose another and fuller discus
sion of this issue, which you may find
interesting. Really, Mr.. Editor, you
have as much concern in this fight for
freedom of expression as picture pro-
ducers. Let the principle Of censor
ship once become legalized in our
country and it will not stop at the
film Ultimately the publisher will
feel it.
Cordially yours,
THE BALBOA AMUSEMENT PRO
DUCING co.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-03-11
Give the Manufac-
turer the Facts

Mr.. Dealer, when a manufac-
turer enthuses about his adver-
tising plans to you. give him the
facts.
IT don't know all about adver-
tising, but I do know that the
goods on my shelves that are ad-
Sertised in the local newspapers
are the goods that make new Gus
toners for me.
"And, by the way, these news
paper advertised goods are not on
the shelves.
"They are out in the show win
dow and over there on the count
err"
Tell him he could have clinch-
ed the market at the start IL he
had promised you a newspaper
campaign. He could have lined
up New Distribution, Your Sup
port and Consumer Demand-the
three real factors in merchandis-
ing.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-03-11
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
THANKS FIRENIEN

TO the Editor of the Telegraph:
On behalf of the congregation and
trustees of Bethel \. NJ. E. church,
want TO express through your col
umns our appreciation of the heroic
work performed by the Harrisburg
Fire Department in fighting the very
stubborn fire which partially destroy
ed our beautiful new church last
Wednesday night. Without this as
sistance on the part of the firemen,
the church, and perhaps other build
ings. would have been total loss
We also wish to thank our friends
for the many kind expressions of
sympathy.
Very truly yours,
c. SYLVESTER JACKSON,
Secretary, Board of Trustees,
Bethel A. M l.. Church.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-03-11
John Baptist Meets Iesus

And John bare record. saying, saw
the Spirit descending from Heaven like
dove. and 1t abode upon Him. And I
knew Him not: but he that sent me to
baptiZe with water. the same said unto
me. Upon whonS thou shalt see the
Spirit descending. and remaining on
Him. the same is He which baptizeth
with the Holy Ghost. And l saw. and
bare record that this is the Son of God.
John /. SO to "a.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-03-11
THE STATE FROM DAY TO DAY

Fifty-fifty is the motto which the
men of the Montgomery Fire Company
have adopted with regard to Evan
gelist Biederwolf, at present in Norris
town. short time ago he denounced
a banquet and vaudeville show which
they gave and now they in turn refuse
to hear him speak. DR.. Biederwolf,
by the way is engaged in telling the
Norristown mothers how to take care
of their babies.
A new menace. that of smothering
babies has risen its head. Within two
days three babies have been smothered
to death, one in its mothers arms at
Ephrata while the mother slept and
two in Bridesburg whose heads were
too we'll covered by the bed clothing
which their mother tucked about them
at bedtime.
Measles. measles, who's got the
measles, is a new game they have in
vented at Allentown. Many schools
in that vicinity. have been closed and
the epidemic is having big run.
More than a dozen respectable resi-
dents of Bethlehem have been arrested
for not cleaning the snow off their
ell started has resulted In the arrest
of a Lehigh University professor, an
attorney, a merchant and an official of
the Lehigh Valley Railroad.
The Eastern Pennsylvania Railways
Company, operating over one hundred
miles of trolley roads in Schuylkill
and Carbon counties. have erected a
fine new club building for employees
Bedrooms. bathrooms and reading
rooms are features of the new club.
The unique wrecking Of n big deliv-
cry truck at Chester landed the driver
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-03-11
SATURDAY EVENING, MARCH If.

When man thinks of his tcork as
God.giveH, i1heH he t0iShes he had
more strength to tCOrk NTH. and more
hours in the day than tUeHtgfour,
4cheH he dreams Of hedUen as a place
ichcre a man can iCork all the time at
his best and HeUer get tired. tCork drops
its froWa and begins to smile and he
md his cork. good friends. ioiH trUdge
on to the end and be sorry When the
second mile is done.
Harry Il. FosDICK.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-03-11

head first in a snowbank. wharA be
chewed snow in an inverted position
for a period of half an hour before
some kind pedestrian liberated the nm
unin1ured.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-03-11
DO YOU KNOW

That Harrisburg railroad yards
are among the biggest I'm the
State and vet are crowded?
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-03-11
OUR DAILY LAUGH

THE BRIDES
LAMENT.
My husband is
perfectly heart
less.
How so?
He refused to
buy an ermins
necklace for my
dog.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-03-11
BAD FORM.

BAD FORM.
Do hurry, Kit
ty; the train
leaves in -wenty
minutes.
oh, be quieti
You know it's
bad form to be
on time.
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HARDLY RECOGNIZABLE

philadelphia Press1
Senator La Toilette has thrown his
hat into the presidential ring. but itI
is a pretty badly damaged hat, and
the party tag is not recognizable.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-03-11

HISTORIC HARRISBURG
The present executive mansion was
soon after the Civil war.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-03-11
TELEORAPH'S PERISCOPE

There is one thing about a mule
that cannot be said of a mamie
cares no more for fiattery than he does
for hard work.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-03-11

1--WE can remember" says an ex-
change" when a silver dollar looked
as big as a cart wheel" Right. oh,
but why put it in the past tense?
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-03-11

No, Maude. dear. the buoketshop
raids will not be followed by any bar
gain sales of buckets.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-03-11

1t will be a good thing to rid
Mexico of Villa; also to let Carranza
in for hint as to what might nap
pen in his own case under similar
circumstances.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-03-11

Published evenings except Sunday by
THE TELEGRAPH PRINTING CO..
Telegraph Building, Federal Square.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-03-11

Figs are again becoming deli
caey." says the Philadelphia Bulletin,
which precedes, we suppose, Spring
fashion bulletin to tho effect that fig
leaves are also coming back into style.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-03-11

=. ]. STACKPOLE. Prest aud Editoy-iH-C hisf
=. r. OYSTER, Business MGndger.
GUS NJ. STEINMETZ, MdadgiHg Editor.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-03-11

The unique wrecking Of n big deliv-
cry truck at Chester landed the driver