The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1919-05-03


lands. As an eloquent proof Of the
attitude Of the people toward the
public schools and as an indication OF
the fate of education in Filipino
hands, mentonmay be made OF the
fact that in the last session OF the
Philippine LEGISLATURE, a legislature
composed entirely Of Filipnos, the
largest single appropriation for edit
catonal purposes was voted and
through this appropriation plan has
been devised whereby inside Of six
years every child Of school age in the
Philippines will be given an opportu-
nifty for education. In addition to
the increased yearly appropriation
for the Bureau of Education. the sum
of thirty million pesos was approved.
In a cablegram to the War Depart
ment from the Secretary of Public
Instruction. Vice-Governor Yeater
now acting Governor-General. on this
point said:
This most important measure, in
my judgment, is that by which over
100000 pesos was appropriated for
the extension of universal free edu-
cation to all the children of the is
lands. This act is of prime impor-
lance, not only because it provides
funds for a term of years sufficient
to extend a primary education of
seven grades to all the children of
school age, but also because it ena-
bles the Bureau of Education to pre-
pare and carry into execution a COM
plete and systematic development of
the existing excellent educational
plan, which lacked only extension
over the entire field. Furthermore,
it is means of incalculable value for
the welfare of the Filipino people,
since it will vanish illiteracy, establis
permanently English as the common
language of the land, afford firm
foundation for democratic institu-
tions, and insure order and stability
to the Insular Government"
In other lines of activity the prog
ress made under this reorganized
government is equally marked. The
financial progress of the country is
marvellous The total foreign COM
merce of the Philippines in 1913 was
$l07 ,685742, with a balance against
her of $5,500OO0 while last year, 1918,
her foreign commerce reached 1884,
231 ,747, with balance of trade in her
favor of S37.883,324, or an increase of
Sl33.1o6,000 Of the 1918 trade over
that of 1913, an increase of 131 per
cent from 1913 to 1918
With respect to our monetary Cir
culaton, we had in 1918, or a year
Before the war. S25,348,626. or $40
per capita, while at present, we have
in circulation S66,50l ,4S4 or S674 per
capita. Our total bonded indepted-
ness amounts to only S20l25,00O Of
which more than 100000 has al
ready been set aside to pay it.
Taxation in the Philippines was
STA per capita in 1913 as compared
with S2.68 per. capita in 1917. .
The Philippine National Bank is
an incontrovertible evidence of the
great financial progress of the coun-
try. 1t was organized with resourc-
es amounting to S5,9O0,0O0 in May,
1916 and gradually rose to S14.650,-
300 in July, 1916, S25,350.OOO on De-
cember 81, 1917 S1O5,471 900 on June
70, 1875 and -Sl54599.039 on Deem
Der 81 1918.
| now come to the other reason
why we say this is the proper time
to grant the Flipinos the; 'epen-
dence America in the e war
fought for the liberty, the lf-gov-
eminent, and the indicated devel-
opment of all peoples" and cheerful
" assumed her full share in the war