| Show SENATOR STUNt STONE ON THE TARiff Takes issue With President I Taft Regarding the Phil Philippine Philippine Philippine Provisions ISLANDS SHOULD BE FREE CONGRESS URGED TO FIX THE DATE FOR INDEPENDENCE 0 00 0 I Washington 28 Tho cen J sus sua bill today was sent back to o conference by the senate in order S that its amendments relating to S the civil service law lay and requiring requiring o ing the construction of a tt t building o 4 S for 01 the census work in this city efty 4 might be further considered v S 4 Senator Stone spoke at length in ins inc c s favor of free trade with the Phil J o S i islands and for or Independence 4 S once ence of the islands within a fixed o 4 s time timeo o i At p m the senate s 4 adjourned s Washington Wa D C April SO Taking issue Is ue squarely with President t Taft Pat Tart on the tatters Philippine policy Senator Stone of o Missouri in ina a carefully careful pi PlY pared speech delivered In the th senal s nat s today on the subject of the tariff urged the withdrawal of the tile United States from the islands within a period of lit Jit teen years pending which the of those islands lands l should enjoy all t benefits of a legitimate free trade trado w this country count Mr M Stones Amendment In the form Conn of an amendment al M Mr Stone proposed to strike out section 1 of the tariff bill and to substitute sub a provision declaring declaring ing in it to be the policy of the United States to grant independence to the islands whenever they have organized a stable government capable of or main maintaining taming public order to negotiate agreements with other powers to In hi Insure Insure sure the islands independence by neu neutralizing neutralizing them to admit free of dut duty dub into the United States until this policy has baa been fulfilled all articles wholly the growth and product of the islands in consideration of which agricultural implements and machinery cotton and cotton manufactures books and publications publication cation and machinery for Of use in man manufactures manufactures manufactures of all ail kinds wholly th thi growth and product of the United States should be admitted free into the islands An important feature of or orthe the provision is that it would not be become become become come operative until It had bad first boon approval by the existing e ting te JUI aji or Th r Philippine government Independence Desired The one long Jong prater of the Philip Philippine Philippine PhIlippine pine people is for tor independence de tie declared dared Mr Ir Stone and if ir congress congleS should make such a declaration n as I 1 have indicated it would serve sene as an Inspiration to them to strive after pro progress gress giess to the utmost limit of their then ca ea capacity capacity The tariff feature of the amend amendment amendment amendment ment would be in the nature of a re rc reciprocal trade relation established by b agreement He asserted his belief that during the proposed period there would be no dangerous increase of Philippine importations and that I on the other hand with free fr e entry into the Philippines of the articles named our exports exceed our Imports all al the articles being of prime necessity to the Filipinos Rights of Filipinos a In its present form the tariff bili admits to free tree trade between the islands and the United States articles produced produce in the two countries but places certain restrictions upon Importations importation to this country of sugar tobacco and cigars Senator Stone contended that if the islands are to he be treated t as American territory ter and that if I It ts is our policy to hold them permanently under our out absolute sovereignty then as he con cen construes construes s the constitution the products of the islands have haye a right to enter all aU American ports and Into al American Ame markets on terms of equality with the Ule products of any state Referring to the proposal to subject to the ordinary duty dut on like articles from other foreign countries importations importations importations of the restricted articles in excess of the amount prescribed Mr 11 Stone said that If the islands are American territory then congress In my m opinion is without constitutional authority to discriminate against their products by levying tariffs upon them But Mr lr Stone argued he lie did not DOt believe the Philippines Philippi lies were a territory of the United States and for congress to so will to hold them forever would wouW be an act of bad faith alth Unrestricted free trade with the th islands was not approved by Mr tr Stone under existing conditions He voiced the fear that to so sO encourage American Amerlean I Continued on Page 2 SENATOR STONE I ON THE THEr TARIFF I r Continued from Page 1 I nv v in Philippine industrial en enterprises might beset beget t future i 4 v at allone Ions that would hinder or k I the execution of o our national poll poli policy polly cy y He also alec opposed the entering into free trade relations without consulting the people of the islands in the tite of arbitrary arbitral power Such an act set he M said would comport with the idea of or o permanent sovereignty and would be with the theory that tUat the islands inlands are foreign If we adopt poli poll policies policies cies tIes calculated to encourage Americans to make investments in the islands l i h ti he said r Jd we will thereby build up pow powerful 1 t erful Influences that may I 8 seek s ek to thwart a separation I cannot escape the toe coi coa t I 2 that it would be w r to deal deu I w th the Philippines as a foreign coun cout country try tr temporarily under our occupancy I I Disaster Certain While not opposing the section In question on protection grounds Mr Ir Sime admitted that he had been much i impressed by the contention that tile the i free ree Importation of sugar and tobacco x from front the would be disastrous trous troug to the growers gre vers of ot tobacco anc ane sugar su r beets and aDd cane in this country w a corresponding benefit to the tho th consumer He admitted that free tree trade 1 might so o alarm those interested t In tie I 1 development of DC the growing beet t sugar industry in this country as ILS to check cheek its expansion Furthermore lre he questioned the th wisdom of o encouraging the invest investment Investment Investment ment of American capital to build up upa a Industries of o a foreign country countr to the thed d nt of o our own on I Mr Stones Conclusions I Summarizing his reasons for not sup supporting supporting porting the section of the hut bill as it stands Mr Stone said ld he could not tie tic so 50 because j First if It the islands are to be re n regarded r gamed as an American territory then I they are within the Union and ami then products trod should have une free access acce s to alt all allour our nul ports without restriction or limita limitation limitation tion 1 Second ond If I our occupation of ot the islands Is intended to be only temper temporary ary nry and aDd if It it be our policy to surrender them to their own people then we should pass no law which would tena to create such commercial or political conditions between the Islands and th s country countr as RII might delay delgy or embarras r the final completion of our purposes purpOse and I Third we He are atc under no such auch I gallons to the Philippine people as to tomake tomake tomake I j make it t our duty to support their gov gow government government or to build up their Industries I at the Ule expense of our own I r prefer to stand squarely upon the i Democratic platform ant and do for tat t s what whitt he have already done don donfor for rec the Cubans luban set them upon their feet teet let t them work ork out their own i destiny S |
