Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-08-30

Democrat, South tafOllnd, NoltliIS
opposition and Senators Capper of
Kansas Colt of Rhode Island, I.aFol-
lette of Wisconsin, Republicans and
/ others. supporting the measure
Independence For The Philippines
After the petition f.: independence
of the Philippine Island, which mas
been so strongly and ably urged by
a distinguished delegation TO WASH
OF the Philippine Islands, which has
arguments for and against, which the
politicians so confidently declare, it
is informing to haze the views OF an
American who is now and has been
in successful business there for sew
eral years. During our interview ne
explained why it is not practca! at
present, and in his judgement cannot
be for many years to come.
He paid the highest tribute TO the
educational. judicial and financial
systems which the United States has
established and maintains there. Our
government of the islands has been
excellent. and in the larger cities and
a considerable zone about them the
I
where they could doubtless stand
alone in many respects, for the Fill
p!nO is possessed of no small amount
of natural ability, which education
quickly Develops The great Difficult
ty is the want of solidarity, and the
huge task of bringing about any such
condition. Conditions there are COM
parable to those small European
mountain states where tho people of
one province have centuries old Gus
toms and habits, each peculiar to
itself: and where the inhabitants of
one cannot read. speak. or understand
the language of another, perhaps only
q few miles away. Tho same is true
in the islands, with the additional
handicap that as vet the great MAORI
ty of the people arc very ignorant,
and many of them semi savage or
worse There arc scores of tribes
numbering thousands of members
each, who still maintain their hatrf d
of certain other Tribes and it is only
the presence of our forces there which
restraints many tribes from warfare
and plumber Of others. The Spaniards
made little or no effort to prevent
these periodical incusIons, and, he
said, with American restraint re-
moved, it would be matter of only
a few days or even hours, before
many tribes would he in action again,
so overwhelming is the prepOnder-
anCe of what may be designated as
wild men" over the civilized. Then,
too. distances between the various is
lands, Of which there are hundreds.
are much greater than we here at
home realize. and there are periods
of days, at times. when travel between
certain islands is impossible.
BY no means do all the islanders
want to be educated. and thousands
Of adults are quite inoap able Of learn
ing even what We call the rudimonts.
They love their wild state in which
they and their ancestors have lived
for centuries: it satisfies every want.
then why make the radical change to
the white mans mode of life The
difference in mentality among differ
ent tribes is more pronounced even
than the social status of the classes
was in European countries 80 wears
!ago
IN many. probably most. ways we
would he better off had we never ac-
Huired these possessions 1t is doubt
less matter Of indifference to most
or orr citizens whether we have them
or not
We may fairly ask ourselves the
question. when Will all the islanders
become civilizcd?" in our sense of the
word
We may also ask ourselves, when
Will The millions of square miles of
useless and now waste land in the
United States become productivec"
Some day. perhaps, but not in our
tme.-H. II. Windsor in Pop. Mech.
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adjusting. At the base Of an opening
IN one handle, near its jaw, is full
crum for the other handle, which
acts as a lever as it slides throw h
the opening. until it grips the pipe or
nut between its own jaw and that of
the other handle The wrench. dcs-
cribed and illustrated in the Septem-
her Popular Mechanics Magazine. is
made adjustable to widely varying
sizes by means of an auxiliary full
crun.
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