Show GOOn GOOnIN IN Annual Report of Commission Commissioner er for the Fiscal Year I Ended June 30 1906 FAIR PROSPECT OF PEACE SAVINGS BANKS RAILROADS PUBLIC WORKS Jan Jaim annual or of the Philippine for time the fl fit cal year ended ende JUll 30 1 with the separate reports to the tho of th the governor Cra 1 of th timp und and or of time the heads of th the d departments l his has Just been y the Peace and Order Around Is 18 td t of time the hands or of wh Infested the c e u in Iii the 0 of Since the Spanish regime ben I ally brol broken n up one of th must most tl 1 ate lenders leaders killed and tho th oth r tit tu til number of oC twelve q o II the constabulary that lucy caine amI lit ui surrendered rca without any n to di promise or on omi tI I ii JI t 1 of time the than that tim th would be ted in to ti Manit and a 8 fair trial Later advices from time the gI I Ith th time that th nn mn ht ha been trl tried tl b before fore a judt judg have been shown to b be guilty within exception of time the niost li H a nal murders nn and n nall nL all but OW on w te to death b being mg to thirty It is nt that all of laders of outlaws took high ii 11 Us tins In an Filipino I religious c tn 1 in the nt natives and gain a f f 1 lowing th surrender of 1 l loaders a the lawless lawle auel di h 1 had no one around whom to ga gath an and were quick t ti follow folio time I Ithe the former by BUll surrendering their and entering J I pursuits These two provinces have always IH hi hithe L the storm center r of hut but mw W that peace once more rel reigns ns and amid Ill lIf aId property are arc safe the people no fearing robbery Ot em molestation it the pursuit of their employments or thin devastation of their homes the carrying away of their wives and daughters aril time the destruction of their property and alt altof a of the fruits of their industry at UI thit hands of the outlaws their rt relief I Is un mm bounded aid their in th of these conditions Is tf d b by the fact that they have cultivation lar larger er acreage of land than ever before stat states that he w believes there will be very ery little r trouble from outlaws In this s section cUon art artas as a further proof or of hi hir sincerity in th thui belief It Iii is cited that Ince these IU ti renders he has hs leased from flom the hUf burc t 1 1 or of lands nearl nearly ot of la n din dinan in inan an outlying dl district cIO close to The tl mou talus hitherto Infested b by outlaws Cent ai hc only in northern Luzon was cauSed by y on one Sti 51 vador who has posed at as a pr prophet phet IS long hal hair for tor f effect and amid has s ii CJ iia a religious as the guise r which to work worle his depredations He himself time the head ot or the Holy and the of this movement arc drawn from the mst mast ignorant and sup r who Are devout It In their ob i but In man many of time the rites ot of this organ 1 indecency Iud end licentiousness I IYan vail Yan B By t securing forecasts from the thu weather bureau lim In And thus l lIriS Ie IriS able abic to predict the storms flo etc ime he has created among lunon his ignorant followers It a belief tbt h hm possesses and prophetic powe He used this as tin ItH ingenious ef t tl l levying Y contributions from the nIP natives threatening them Ulem with dea I tion by the elements If IC they did not p A who ho could threaten with t tv those who dId not n t this his request wa a most potent l 1 lem er em when und I 1 excitement und and Influence of a s m of this character ar aI easily carried beyond th the nf rn m assistance and SUPPOrt into alt acts nf rt violence In behalf or of th their lr reli loul i ilief lief A band led by Salvador t constabulary In the limo town f and med killed a sentinel and cap captured al a few fy guns guus Scattered td the Winds Encouraged b by slight Ight made other similar tt 1 prestige l Ure by a fw lIt hilt failed an and were so bold as to try sues with a small ot oC cott I 1 Iular ular whIch had gone In III or of lb 1 and were d to the four two of the principal Ii lUrs t rs and mR mat I of 01 theIr followers km ti ot of tin the arms and r forced seek safety In tim th and at t Pl Plent pie out ent he IS n fiur 1 a r but has h leen en to walt wait for a In order to see the fate fat tf or some ot h r loaders who surrendered red and then themi awaiting trial Northern Ln th mountainous ft r gions of northern central Luzon on teet ma by and other not Christian n or uncivilized d there have e been I ene and good goot r except rr fr the inclination for tor occasional reprisals on time the part of the people of one j jit it liv en cn another Very few or d this kind have occurred however ard amal they are watched and aged to settle their thir df differences b by refe nce to hIgher b r authority Occasionally um s scrupulous agitators in one province or another endeavor to get up among the Ignorant people and such an ant t took place recently In one if r the provinces but y vas as readily brought to the authorities ly hy citizens and the matter as assumed umed no importance lime naha of goo good order depends fundamentally and andin andin in th the end upon the cooperation of the people rind nd that cooperation has bi a avery very largely With time the lions l noted the entire Island Iland of Lu n nt t as a condition of general tout a t and Is free from disorder and law lawless lawless less bands SamarA t the time of the last it was thought that the wort was 0 r rin in Samar as 1 mony meny of the Chil tribes had surrendered and come in wit 11 their guns and th that t a just and humane would bring its reu Governor Curr Curry has made mado e progress In securing the sympathy and of th timi He theta In their own localitIes them th 1 he was their friend and had hod their at tart and Is that the gret mass of the people in inthe the Island are la law w biding abiding find and earnestly wIsh for tor maii mai of good order but a feud bet between these hill people on ote 00 side and those on the shores or lowlands on time the other and a long g series of op oppression IP pres ion b by petty officials and trad traders rs cannot be In u a few weeks As the result of the governors work amon among them the i o M tit L l hel held out had agreed to surrender arms in March last with Which the isa ot of the Island hamad w bet bel completely effected and u a ot o Continued on Page 5 p 1 i GOOD FlOOD GOODIN IN PHILIPPINES F w t Continued from Page 1 tranquillity d which has never before exIsted but unfortunately the tho nt ill q t presence or of some somo people from i the coast towns town who had come up t to see seo seethe th the surrender and who had always been rf regarded as t the c bitter r enemies of the rendered the suspicIous and evidently n a Of heart eur for instead of surrendering they opened fire and were only repulsed repulse n lows lOlls deplorable hag for the tho time undone the flood work alread already Accomplished with them and delayed the complete lUon catlon or of the tho Island Minor Outbreaks Juno June 9 lOOG the island of x J tp remained in peaceful condition fin had elected a Filipino to suc c ed Borseth of the ho had done one such god goad service grIce for Cor them tor two terms The rhe campaign Was a spirited one and so bitter that much Its id feeling was engendered and the tho nr WV v made the tho mistake h hi the ead early part of his Ius of harshly p draing with those who had opposed his Ius election Thio together with religious fanaticism an and other contrIbutory causes farmed ned the embers into a flame flamo an and sev several ev evral eral ral minor or local n arees res occurred which Were put down municipal residents who were hos the to the pro provincial governor agreed tt to tolay la lay aside all their differences and co for the purpose or of securing gool good order orr and several or of them have made matle tour of province with the thc governor far tor this purpose It will probably require a short time to restore the tho province to Its Ita former conditions of tranquillity The province Jo In a ver or rich ono one and the tho disturbance Js is unfortunate In all ull the remaining or ordinary conditions of industry and uni uniform uniform form peace prevail the killing kUling or of Dato All Ali Alithe the most desp desperate rate outlaw on the tho island or of Mindanao th the situation Is very much improved and the problem is now one of ofIn In rather than establishment oI J order Elections In December 1305 1005 the biennial elections were wre held for the tho selection of municipal officers and in February last elections here pre held for lor the election or of provincial s in twentynine or of the tho thirty provinces These elections are a ati ti Ital part ot of the tho scheme which has bas been authorized b by the government or of the tho States in its work of training the i Filipinos in self government by allowing th diem m to choose their own officers for local administration These elections although outwardly conducted in nn an orderly manner and without disturbance o 0 the public rr were attended with much ment and n a large number of the 11 elections w were re protested and many b by the provincial boards because of Ii frauds intimidations or briber bribery and new elections ordered Fifteen of the tho provincial elections were also protested on various rounds grounds such n as 1 of votes coercIon and intimidation Intimidation dation of voters allowing nonqualified d dr r ons to Tote Fote use of marked ballots rh tl and the governor general ordered i rw W elections 1 In several provinces in h It ascertained that the will or of 1 h hr p people had not been fairly free choIce or of these officials has been an experiment and is pre preliminary to the exercise of the still RUn fur furt t important duty of electing their rep representatives to a legislative y is IR to convene probably within the them m year II depending upon the then exiting eX J conditions or of peace and order Go Gov General Jd Ids stat states s that undoubted h l if there has been it has hns not been J I t I or of restriction tion hut but rather in the grunting or of ft a larger mens nrc of C s self lf government than a people ab absolutely I untrained in the exercise ot of any or of the tho functions or of government nt were pre prepared pr I pared for The results have been on the thewl wl whole ote encoUraging and the training that has come to the people has bas been invaluable I able In some Gome provinces though little tittle or nOI no interest is taken in general political subjects sub aub 1 great greut interest Is excited b by local 1 elections In the city or of Manila agitation ot of political factions in view or of the ap approach approach I of the elections for the popular as assembly embly has been marked marke b by Increased intensity and bitterness and an in an brought to bear b by the candi candidates ates an and their friends upon the elec electors tors I Industrial Conditions The Th reports or of the various governors O taken alcen ass as a whole indicate that thee the crops fire are In a moro more prosperous condition except as to toba tobacco co sugar RUgal and hemp plants of the latter having been dama damaged ed b by a destructive typhoon to the tho ext extent nt of about to value of the crop The reduction re reduction In th production or of tobacco Is due largely largel to tack lack of a suitable market that or of th the United States being closed b by bythe the tho absolutely prohibitory duties utie imposed b by the thEl Dingley Je tariff and to the conso conse consequent quent low price realized for tor the leaf In tho mattEr or of exports the loss was made up by the Increase In the production production tion and exportation of cocoanuts The Tho imports ImP were reduced below the preceding year b by some a large which consisted in the reduced importe of rice which I Is a good sIgn as tt it indicates that the Uli Philippines are raising their own and extending their a agri agriculture rl culture which for tor a number of years has been retarded b by death ot of cattle and draft animals from locust plagues I etC The balance or of trade In favor of the Islands about Enormous i numbers or of new plants of Manila hemp a most useful fiber plant and have been set out and there has i been n a large Jarge increase In the area planted to rice Another r good sl sign or of returning prosper prosperity ity Ib Is the increased ed purchases ot of improved a agricultural implements and machinery which not merely denotes improvement In purchasing power on the ot of the peo people o opIe pIe but also furnishes the thA material for constantly enlarged production Financial Condition The financial condition of the islands is reported to be very much better than for several years At the close of the last fiscal year there remained an excess of receipts over expenditures of over a million and a halt half gold duo due in part to the increased collections by the bureau of Internal revenue and in part to the great greater er economy In expenditures and It Is con confidently stated that during the coming year there will be a sufficient amount available over oer and above the ordinary expenses of the tho government to devote two or three millions to internal road and bridge building and permanent public works Bonded Indebtedness In addition to the certificates of indebtedness edness or of on account of the gold standard fund the only bonded Indebted Indebtedness ness of the insular government Js is in 4 per cent cont bonds issued for the purpose or of purchasing the friar lands and In public improvement bonds I Internal Revenue Law Lawn LawIt n It is stated that practical experience un tin the internal revenue law has complete completely IJ ly demonstrated the wisdom of its enact enactment enactment ment as it Is indIspensable for the pur p se of revenue and r R the bur burden burden den or of ta taxation placing it very largely on articles of optional consumption and re relieves many small Industries from an an annoying annoying and burdensome tax that had be before before fore rested upon th them m The total collections during th the year ar amounted to nearly four and a 11 half million doUa dollars rs the bul bulk k of which is obtained from taxes on alco alcoholic holic products manufacturers of cigars and cigarettes opium smoking by Chi Chin Chinese nese n and from liquor licenses per cent of the total amount was collected in Manila and 3 37 per cr cent in th provinces at a cost of 41 per cent of th the rN receipts Th The agitation against th the law to some extent until O Octo October to tober ber 1303 wh n becoming convinced that It would not be modified fn any vital or essential feature the dh distillers and man tobacco products product adjusted themselves s to tb the tho new conditions ns Suspension of Land Tax Owing to the continued agricultural de depression the loss Joss of locust plagues typhoons etc a d the improved condition ot of the insular treasury It was expedient to furnish the land landowners landowners owners outside of Manila n a temporary and rest from the burden of lard taxes for one year and inasmuch ns as the proceeds of this land tax were de devoted devoted voted solely to local purposes ses and In or order der that the municipalities might not be embarrassed b by not havIng sufficient funds to meet the e expenses necessarY to the tho maintenance of schools roads bridges public buildings and police pollee forces the Philippine commission passed au an act appropriating to th the provinces and mu from rom Insular funds a sum equal to the total amount of the land taxes collected b by them respectively dur lag 1 lei goo leiThe The land tax Is an equitable one very small In amount and can not exceed 78 of 1 p per r cent in anyone any one year but the tle aggregate amounts to large sums muon needed for local uses As the tax Is nw new It has lias necessarily encountered man many ob |