Salt Lake Telegram | 1907-08-02 | Page 14 | Philippines.

THE PHILIPPINES Those people in this country who have been en clamoring clamoring clamoring clam clam- oring for complete Filipino independence ought to have their temperature reduced by looking over v. v r the returns of the re recent ent election there F From om the first Filipinos have taken part in the civil government On the bench they have been conspicuous and the promise of th the United States tates Government has all the time been that they shall control their Government so soon as they can make it clear that they have havethe havethe havethe the proper requisites to manage the their r own affairs wisely Well Vell the last law lawis is that they shall have a anew anew anew new Philippine Assembly and d that an election to choose members to that Assembly should be held The election came off offa and d in the City of Manila out of inhabitants only persons voted and of these are Americans This confirms ms the truth that the agitation which has las more or less disturbed that country since the advent advent ad ad- vent of Americans has been solely by a disgruntled few who want to plunder the islands Those Philippine islands will be a great pos possession one o of these days if present restrict restrictions ons can be d done le away away with There has been a steady fight against again t those who would gladly fell the forests and cultivate the soil The Government has been afra afraid d of monopolies monopolies monopolies olies and nd the of valuable properties by byrich byrich byrich rich men The great need is money and men with money will hardly send it there without being reasonably reasonably reasonably rea rea- sure of a fair return The islands ought tobe tobe to tobe be made more productive than Java and Borneo and would be were capital given the needed encouragement encouragement encouragement encourage encourage- ment to go th there re and arid set the industries in motion