The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1921-12-09
HL|P|NOS UNABLE
TO RULE ISLANDS
Woop.FoR6Es REPORT SAYS FILL
IPiNos ARE NOT READY
FREEDOM
PEOPLE APPEAR SATISFIED
Standard Of Efficiency in Government
Departments In Past Has Been
Low; People AZ Whole Do
Not Want Independence

washington.-Des extraordinary
progress In the past % years the FIJI
ipino people have long road to travel
before they viii be ready to take their
own government according to the re-
port made by Mai. Gen. Leonard Wood,
governor general Of the islands, and
W. c. Cameron Forbes, former gov
ernor general. The complete report
was issued Friday by the war depart
ment. as a supplement TO the recent
publication of specific recommended
lions made by the two investigators.
Need of further national Improve
ment Is pointed out by the report,
which declares, however. that the adj
ministrative mistakes OF the Filiplnos
have not been sufficient to counter.
balance the steadily rising progress
barometer.
Generally speaking" the report
says. administrative departments of
the government are topheavy In per
sonnet and enmeshed In red tape.
The methods OF the administration are
purely autocratic. There is lack OF
supervision aud personal contact"
Discussing the policy pursued dur
Ing the administration OF Governor
General Harrison from 1914 TO 1921.
cess Of promotion on proved efficiency
In the government service was changed
TO hurried Fiiipinization.' and con-
tinued:
while there has been retrogression
In The efficiency Of most departments
OF the government during the past few
years. we do not feel that the RESPONSE
bility for this rests solely upon the
Filipinos. as the ultimate responsible
lily for the selection Of responsible Of
ficers and for the exercise OF proper
supervision was In the hands Of the
American governor general. whose
duty Il was 10 appoint competent mon
At tho heads OF department and
bureaus, and. above all. to exercise
proper supervision over them"
The report asserts that the Filipino
people rs a whole do not want indie
pendenee. while many who favor sew
erance Of American ties do not com
prehend the responsibilities OF self
government.
Economic conditions are favorabiy
commented on. and evidence IL sub
mitted by the wood-Forbes mission In
dicating progressive development.
Figures show the gross business OF
the islands 10 have increased from
s2O0.O00.OOO In 1907 10 ss6S, 0OO. 600 In
1890. while the total resources OF CON-
mercial banks rose from $4,000, 900 In
1905 to present estimates of $2i5,OO0..
GOO.
The report recites the story of the
Philippine bank "as one of the most
unfortunate and darkest pages In Phil
ipplne history"
LOSSES sustained by the bank are
estimated at S22.500.o00. and are said
10 have been caused by mlsmanage.
ment on the part OF some OF those who
have been at It's head aud In charge
OF branch offices.
The mission reports that inspect.
ors OF election" required under the
laws TO prepare ballots for llllterate
voters supply fruitful source OF
frauds" The election machinery IL
practically In the hands of the doml.
nant parties, and the inspectors of
elections are too often their tools. the
report says.
ut is surprising" II adds. "that the
elections have been conducted as well
as they have been In view OF the fact
that outside the larger cities and prin.
cipal towns the organization officially
is primitive. and the people generally
are unaware Of their eivli rights"