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therefore is the voifce of the people.
It is true that the municipalities ap
pear to operate with the fullest lib
erty, hut this liberty is restricted, be
cause the provincial boards exercise
direct control over all their acts, so
that municipal autonomy is, as a mat
tor of fact, nominal.
"The most noble and accentnhio in.
stitution which the American govern-
men lias estauiisned here is that of
public instruction. Even the officials
in that department are also the best
liked and those upon the most friend
ly terms with the Filipino people, al
though defects are not entirely absent
..as is the case with every human cre
ation. Against this department we
can say nothing up to the present.
God grant that it may continue so for
many years, without being affected
by the discord of prejudices which the
enemies of the country seek to sow.
"With respect to tho economic
phase, we could be no worse off than
we are now, and this can bo easily ex
plained. Since the year 189 G in which
the revolution against Spain com
menced, the Philippines have gone
from bad to worse in all their eco
nomic conditions, particularly in mat
ter of agriculture which is the sole
' source of their wealth. Of 56,000,000
acres of land which we have fit for
cultivation only 6,000,000 acres are
cultivated and 50,000,000 are not cul
tivated. War. drouth, cholera and
rinderpest among our work animalB
have prostrated us to such an extent
that 'all which the farmer might say
of the situation pales before the real
ity. To these inferior troubles must
be added others on the outside, the
la6k .'of market for our sugar; Japan,
protecting herself from Formosa,
raises her' custom tariff upon sugar;
China, with, the boycott, closes her
market to us because of our" relations
with' America, and rich America,
which should protect us, also closes
her doors to us with a Dingley tariff.
"To vsuin up, the Philippines have
no money, they have no production,
they have no market. Could there
be a harder situation?
"The plantations paralyzed and the
laborers .without work, thus rises the
germ of ladroniBm, The scarcity of
money is such that in order to find a
dollar today one needs a search light,
and to make matters worse the art
icled of prime necessity rise in price,
making existence almost impossible
for the poor workman.
"In the time of the Spanish govern
ment there were in circulation some
two hundred million of Mexican pesos,
v today we have hardly thirty million,
according to the last report of the
secretary of finance, a sum which,
when divided among eight million in
habitants, gives 3.75 .pesos per capita.
"If to this we add the stoppage of
all business through-the paralysis of
commerce and the industries, it will
be seen that-with 3.75 pesos for each
inhabitant, pauperism, hunger and
misery are necessary consequences.
"Hero we have the actual state of
the Philippines, whose competition
the powerful sugar trusts in America
still fear. America needs three mil
lion tons of sugar for her homo con
sumption; her production amounts to
only one million tons, bo that she must
import two million tons from abroad.
The Philippines produce only three
millions piculs of sugar, or be it 187,
500 tons. Is it possible to dream of
competition?
"Our money crisis can only be met
hy the establishment of agricultural
mortgage banks, and if we wish to
escape disaster in that enterprise it
is necessary that its administration
he completely separated from tho
government, with tho exception of the
usual powers of inspection, this be
cause it is well known that prosperity
in these affairs Ib based upon mercan
tile interest, which does not exist in
government officials, whoso interests
aro political rather than mercantile.
As proof of this statement let us look
at what happoned with tho $3,000,000
The Commoner.
15
7,? ? J?0 natinal government donat
ed to the insular government to ini
prove the greivous situation of the
intflyi With all our soul wo are
grateful for so generous a gift, but
we greatly regret that tho government
has not known how to administer it
better. The $3,000,000 have been ex
hausted, but the situation of the coun
try has not improved in the slightest
nCX, L , lneed, a disaster,
loday questions involving many
millions are being discussed and it
would be very lamentable if tho pro
tection and good wishes of the national
government should come to naught
through a mistaken or defective ad
ministration. Our agricultural crisis
is due rather to the terrible mortality
of the work animals, which ia today
extending to all classes of cattlo. This
s a misfortune from which we have
been, suffering since the year 1901.
Five years of massacre, no stock in
the world will stand it.
"To remedy this state of affairs we
need machinery which will take the
Place of the work animals, and wo
believe that the free entry of every
class of machinery for a definite time
would be one or the most efficacious
means of fomenting and encouraging
the many lines of industry which we
have to exploit, and, therefore, of
raising the country from the state of
prostration in which it is found.
"With what has been said, our dis
tinguished guest will be able to form
an idea of the situation of this country
under its triple aspect, political, ad
ministrative and economic and echo
across the seas our by no means en
viable condition. I nave spoken'
YOUNG EQUERRY'S ADROITNESS
Senator Beveridge, in conversation
with a group of young disciples, de
sired to illustrate the quality of adroit
ness. "By means of adroitpess," he
said, "a young equerry of the Caliph
Caid sprang in one bound to the im
portant post of keeper of the privy
purse. The caliph sat on a divan
drinking coffee and smoking a narg
hile, and the courtiers surrounded
him. Suddenly, with a queer frown,
he said:
" 'Whom do yon regard as tho great
er man, my father or me?'
"The vizor, the cadi and tho white
bearded councillors were silent, puz
zled, unable to think of an answer
that would not imperil their places,
ana even tneir Heads.
"But the adroit young equerry
stepped easily into the breach.
"'What was the question, sire?' he
asked.
'"Which is the greater man, my
father or 1?' repeated the caliph.
" 'Your father, sire the equerry an
nounced; 'for, thougli yon are your
father's equal In all other respects,
he is your superior in this he had a
greater son than any you have "
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EUROPEAN
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By William J. Bryan
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