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I JUKE, 1921
The Commoner
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Islands .Want to Be
Free
A dispatch, copyrighted by the Chicago Trib-
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me, from manna, uaieu may i, says: Tne
rood-Forbes mission, sitting In judgment on the
rovernment of the Philippines, finds in general
lis situation in the islands:
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Ihe United States.
There isa deep-seated sentiment or emotion,
tfhich, if a plebiscite were held, would probably
Result in the people choosing an independent gov
ernment, no matter what pitfalls might be in
their way.
The statues ol fhe Filipino patriot, Jose Rizal,
tound in the town square of every town, show
the flame of nationalist feeling which has been
rhipped up here by young politicians who have
risen under American tutelage.
TWO LOGICAL PLANS ADVANCED
I Americans and better informed Filipinos see
Iklternatives for handling the situation as pre-
Kented to the mission. The first is for the grad-
lal relinquishment of control of the government
)y the Americans, the operation being extended
ver a period of from ten to twenty years. The
Ibther is for America to retain complete control
of the islands but grant the natives a territorial
form of government.
The conservative Filipinos are against inde
pendence, citing their fear of Japan, their lack
of an army and navy, the financial troubles that
would beset the islands, and their fear of a Moro
fiinrisinc:.
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me independence aavocates say tne oniy way
to teach the young nationals is to throw them
overboard and make them swim. They want to
see compulsory military education started.
The mission already has put one of its pur
poses into effect, that of having local finances
;gone over by an American auditor. One will
fcsoon start to work here.
POLITICS. NOW GROWING WARM
B Politics is blazinc now and members of the
legislature from the provinces are working for
K re-election. Primary nomination have started in
Cavite province which was the headquarters of
I tho revolution against Spain. Young politicians
from the city don farmers' hats and shirts and
rgo out to the country stores to electioneer. On
.Sundays in the villages, one sees political meet-
lings and cock fights.
The American chamber of commerce and the
Philippine Bar association havo joined in recom
mending the following reforms:
Extension of the use of American money arid
the suppression of local currency through which
the low exchange rate has been responsible for
the loss of millions and the failure of many busi
ness houses in the orient.
Extension of the United States postal system
here and also the federal reserve bank.
Placing the public lands under the United
States department of the interior and making
taxation in the islands uniform with that at
home.
LINCOLN CENTER OF WORLD'S GARDEN
SPOT
From Lincoln Star, June 1.)
C. W. Pugsley, editor of The Nebraska Farmer,
spoke to a crowded meeting of the Realtors at
the chamber of commerce Wednesday noon. He
declared that Lincoln was the center of the rich
est, largest and most productive farm belt in
the world and then proved his statement by of
ficial maps and statistics.
"Some day in the future,' said Mr. Pugsley,
land in this region will be the highest priced
natural watered land in the world."
The value of land, he pointed out, was based
upon three things: climate, soil, the size of the
tract in which it is located. The region within
an appropriate circle of 150 or 200 miles in all
directions around Lincoln possesses these qual
ities in ideal proportions.
Mr. Pugsley spoke of the rich black soil some
times found to be 200 feet deep and of almost
inexhaustless quality. In many places in this
section of the Missouri valley the fertile soil is
200 feet deep, said Mr. Pugsley. "It doesn't need
lime to sweeten it. The three essential elements:
Phosphate ,nitrate and potash are present in the
right proportions," he claimed and quoted Chan
cellor Avery of the university as saying that
these elements would never be exhausted. With
the proper use of home made fertilizers the soil
in the Missouri valley region will remain as pro
ductive as it is now. It is rich in nitrates, pot
ash and phosphates, the three big elements in
the highest production of foodstuffs.
Climate here is also ideal, he declared. We
have a rainfall of from twenty-four to thirty
inches, which is just right for nearly all crops.
If the fall is heavier than this, the surface is
washed off and guillies washed in the land; if
less ,the crops suffer from lack, stated Mr. Pugs
ley. All the principal crops thrive in this region.
Tropical crops, only, do not grow here.
U. S. department of agriculture maps, were
then thrown on the screen.
Lincoln was shown to be near the center of the
ideal rainfall belt. Agricultural population was
thickest here.
"Those maps aro official and not fixed up for
the occasion," Mr. Pugsley smilingly explained.
Maps of the world agricultural rogiona wore
then shown.
The greatest winter wheat region in the world
was found to bo in this section of Nobraska,
This as also found to be the best oats region.
Corn was found to bo grown almost exclu
sively in the Unitod States. Nebraska corn land
was shown to be Just as good as the much
vaunted Illinois corn belt and to be much larger
in area.
Dr. Pugsley pointed out that this section is
capable of producing excellent crops of apples,
grapes and other fruits as well as corn, whoat
and other cereals. As sample of the high price of
farm lands in Europe, he instanced the sandy
farms of Holland valued as high as $800 an acre.
SALZBURG'S GESTURE OF DESPAIR
The almost unanimous vote by which eighty
five towns and villages in Salzburg expressed
their desire for political union with Germany
will have no effect upon tho course of history.
It is simply a pathetic gesture of despair in a
community trying to save itself from destruction.
It would not bo fair .o say that tho plight of
Austria has attracted no sympathy in tho En
tente. Long ago the Italians began sharing their
scanty food with Austrian children, and hard
pressed Britain has not forgotten to aid them
with money. The Entente is trying to devise
some-remedy for tho hopeless muddle of Aus
trian finance. But tho one remedy to which
the Austrians themselves pin their faith the
remedy most effective of all, since it would
stimulate hope and inspiro effort is denied.
Fear prompts tho refusal, and fear is seldom
wise. France feels that tho annexation of Aus
tria would make Germany as populous as sho
was before the war and her consequent lors of
territory. But no barriers of boundary will ever
make the Austrians other than German in speech
and sympathy; joining them with Bavaria
would build up a South German state big enough
to oppose a clipped Prussia, should it ever
again make a drillmaster its ideal and conquest
its aim. '
Escaping extermination, the Austrians aro
certain to be either eager pro-Germans under
another flag or a check on Prussian ambitions
within the Reich. The second solution is really
the moro conservatively safe, besides the fact
that it is their preference. Tho Salzburg vote
is severely cr'ticised in Entente capitals, but it
shows the way of wisdom. New York World.
PROHIBITION AND THE NEXT
CONGRESS
Well, of all things! The campaign
for the repeal of the Volstead act,
and for the election of a congress to
turn the trick, is being organized in
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Love, wealthy, cultivated, orderly,
and substantial, is to be headquarters
for a movement having for its object
the partial restoration at least of
the power of the drink traffic! The
shades of William Penn and John
Barleycorn in close association! You
never can tell.
This campaign will have many
other startling and incongruous fea
tures. It may develop, indeed, into
one of the most intense tussles ever
witnessed in national politics.
The wets are socketing their case
in two propositions, and they lay
them down with great earnestness:
(1) Prohibition cannot be en
forced. The people will not have it.
Many of "the best people'L are vio
lating the law. People outside the
"pale," therefore, feel indorsed and
encouraged in their defiance. The
number is growing.
(2) The drink traffic, when open
ly recognized, yielded an enormous
revenue to the government. Why
not return and tap that source again?
The government needs more revenue
than ever before. The present puzzle
ment of congress is over finding
money for the support of the govern
ment without adding to the burdens
of legitimate business, or to the dis
content of the rank and file of the
people. Give the people the desired
booze again, and the problem is
solved.
The drys have full and open notice,
and there is no reason to suspect
them of having grown languid in
their faith or purpose. Hence, when
the contest warms up, and wets and
drys have at each other again, the
country may witness such a contest
over this issue as it has not hitherto
known. Washington Star.
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