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Show . The Philippines Look to the Future Philippines5 Philippines5r Philippines5f r . . . f i r . . J YZi n Nfi fS fS4f < w wJ 4f ; ' Z fl . etc etcq'ul q'ul qul ' Mr K Kb KX b X . . > l , rf 1 " A Ap 0 a f ' " ' y q 1 b + i Y s p t r i 1 .dxY dxY . A At AAft Aft ) " ' v F t x i t tQ , t av avt 1 P d + t tF 4 4t , Q t + r.b rb . < ' .Brie Brie . - ? + r . - . , yc , , , . , , - k-- k kk : k x Ys { .k k . " Z r ' Y ' { , ' . . i . . fse ,6Rb'fr 6Rbfr ? w NA.v.Wr NAv.Wr NAvWr w et W WY , , m 1t 1ta a f 1tf A recent air vlcw view of Manila , capItal of the Phtllppane Philippine Islands . Shownr Shown ShownIn r : In the Inscts insets are President Manucl Manuel Quezon , making his Intugaral inaugural : address , ! , M Ms x ' s and a peasant gIrl rllrlr rllrlrtypical , typical of the agricultural rcglons regions . it t bt b I ? LLs / L-rf-L L rf LrfLi - - l -i i - p py iJ J M MBy it y , < JJBy By WILLIAM C . UTLEYNDEPL'NDENCE UTLEY UTLEYBNDEPENDENCE NDEPL'NDENCE NDEPLNDENCE NDrp ; ' "DrNCD DrNCD " : of the Phillip Phillippines Phillippines Phllllppines I INDrp BNDEPENDENCE pines was wns not assured nssured when whenPresident " whenPresident hen henPresident President Roo Roosevelt e\ e eelt \ elt signed thenew thenew tlie the tlienew new Islands ' ' constitution , . pre pre- prepared prepared pre- pre prepared - - pared under tlie the Tydlngs Tydings Ty lng : . , ItDnlTle McDullle McDullleact McDntTleact ItDnlTlenct nct act , and nnd turned tnrned It 0\ 0 over 0er \ er to a tom corn tommittec cornmittee cornroittee mittec mittee of ot Islanders Is1'1nders Is11nders ' last sprint sllrln- sllrln sprlnr sllrlnAl . : - ; Al Al'thou Although Al'though Although 'thou thou ' though h tlie the act nct . , lustll lustily lustll3 welcomed welcoU1C'tl welcoU1Ctl ' h by byFilipinos 1 1rillpinos , ) rillpinos rUlpmos Filipinos as ns the achievement achIeement achIe\ achIe \ ement of vlc vie vlcton vietor vietorv ton tor % In their n never ( > ver cn ending w cmu cam cmupaign campaign campaign paign for Independence Imlependence , pro\ pro proIdes provides providesthat providesthat \ Ides Idesthnt thnt that all aU bonds bet\ bet between bettcn \ . tcn the Ul1ltetJ United Ul1ltetJStntes UnitedStates UnitedStates Stntes States and tlie the tropical pnsc possessions possessionsIn ; ( > sslons sslonsIn In the South Pacific Pnclfic shall sll'111 sll111 ' be he sev sev- severed severed . - ered once and for all on Tnly July 4 4,1915 41915 , 1015/ 1015 1015atter 1915 , / after atter tlie the Islan islands : , * li h ive l\'e l 'e e ice \ ' liad hud had ten tenyers tenyears tenyears ye\rs ye rs years ' \ of ot practice pr'lctlce prlctlce ' In gOernin governing governingthemselves gO\ gO governingthemselves \ ernin themsel\"es themsel "es es themselves \ " , the feeling fcellngG fceling * Is grossing grossingthat growingthat ro\\ ro row \ \ w that before those thoe ! ) ten years Yl'lrS YllrS ycgrs ' h litre litrepassed luvepassed 1\ 1 \ 1e 1passed e passed tlie the Philippines PhlHppanes I'hllippines Ihllippines ' \ yvlll will m be berouly.even beroulyeven rc re rcIy \\Iy Iy uly \ . , een even e\ e \ en anxious am.lo115 amlo115 . , to amend tlie the lice agieeroent U ogree ogreemeat I E'e Ee E'ement ' ment meat Into something somethwh somethtnr which will willleave \ willleave 111 111letle letl\e letl e leave \ them more certain safety safdy from fromdangers fromdangers fromdangers dangers \ whicli which luch are becoming mote moteapparent 11101 uioieapparent e enpparent npparent apparent day .ly ly . bv by day 'ly ly ' . , Indeed , . ; since clnce tlie the return of Vice VicePresl VicePresident VicePresident Presl President ent G'll Gll Gainer Gauner ' ner and und ( tlie the lie large dele dale delegatlOn dalegatton delegation gatlOn gatton of senators and congre congress congressInca congressmen s < : sIDen IDen Inca who "ho ho " visited "islted islted " the Islands Ichnds ; to at attend at- at attend . - tend the In Iniuguration tuguralion 1U urntlon of or Presltlent President PresltlentManuel PresidentManuel PresidentManuel Manuel Quezon Que70n , . one question queqUon winch winchhas \ whichlias hich hichbas bas has constantly const'lntl constlntl ' } presented precented : ; Itself to tothem tothem tothem them Is Js * ' Do the I lllpinos illpmos Illptnos .lctuallyv.ant actuallywant . actually .lctually lctually want v.ant vant . Indcpelldl.nce Indcpelldlnce indepcndcnce Independence'And IndependenceAnd . ? ' ' And thenswcr tlie the ' \ answer \nswcr nswcr seems ceems ; to be " ' Yesand Yesand Yes -and and - and no Tlie The desire of ot tlie the "com com "corn corn "common "cornmon "common common " mon taothe tao-the tao the tao ' -the the - tlie pickpr plc1cpr picker of coconuts coconutsthe coconutsthe coconutsthe the " worker orl.er orler . on the Sl1 sugar ar plantations plantationsthe the laborer of ot the rice t1elds-ls t1elds ls fields-is fields is fields - Is , . asIt as asIt asIt It has lJaq lia9 been for dec JCIE JCIEINDD ides-INDL ides INDL idesINDLPEN'DENCL ides ' < ; -INDD INDD - INDDP1JNDCNCD INDEPENDENCE P1JNDCNCD PEN'DENCL PENDENCL ' I ' 'Independence Independence "Inllependence Inllependence "Independence " ' ' ' Is set setIn setIn setIn In capitals capltnls and foll0\\ foll0 followed foll0ed \ ed by an ex c"t ct exclamation " . clamation clamntlOn point because to the rill FIJI rillpino FIJIpino rillpino pino of that level It Is a cry . , a po poUtlcal poittical polltlcal Utlcal ittical slo slogan an , tnu taught ht to lilm him for formany formany formany many 3 ) 3e'trs 3etrs ears e'1rs e1rs ' ' by tlie the politicians ofManila or of orM'lnlln ofMznlla M'lnlln Mlnlln Mznlla ' . . It Is a catc1m catcliword catchword ord tliat tlant that rep rep- represents represents represents - - resents to him democracy dpmocrncy , freedomIn freNlomIn freNlom freedom In a vn vague l1e ' ) sense enSe that It Is Jq some somethln something somethins thln thing a little better than th'ln thln ' tlie the tite poor poorlot poorlot poorlot lot he has now It never occurs ocrurs to tohim tohim tohim him that thnt Independence Indeppnlence ( Is 1s pos possiblythe possibly IIJ1 the thln thins thing that \ will ill pre\ pre prevent preent present \ ent hi Ills his ' ) en en- en enjoying en.joying enjoying . - joying * ' freedom " in tlie the centurIes centurIesI centuriesto I to come comeFor comeror For ror grave rnve clnn dangers C'N CN ' confront nn an In IndepcndE'nt independent Independent depcndE'nt depcndEnt dependent ' Philippine Phi1tJplne [ common commonwealth commonwealth commonwealth wealth that th'lt thlt ' could coullJ cusily ellslly easily destroy the the"ery thevery thevery "ery ery very " liberty lIbprtv tlie the common tno tllO tan nssocl ussocl- ussocl ussoclrites ussocl-ntcs ussocl ntcs - . ntes rites " with "Ith Ith Independence Indppendence ' Thpy 'rhpV rhpV They nre are nreboth areboth oreboth both political pomlcal and nnd nail economic , butli buth both in- in internal In Internal . - ternal and nnd external c"Cternal cCternal externalFear externalFear " Fear Japanese Japanesc Invasion Invasion.The InvasionThe . . The mo most t Imminent danger Clanger (1'1n 11n ( ' er , ns as nsthe asthe nsthe the nvenH average e American sees It . , Is tllt the themenace themenace > m menace .n'lce .nlce nlce < . ' of expanding e(11amhn e11amhn " ( Japanese T'lpanece Tlpanece ' ; im imperlall imperialism Imperialism perlall perialism m In the Far r.lr rlr . r'nst rnst I'ast Iast I'nst Inst ' ' ' , . ready to tograb tograb tograb grab what whnt It can cnn in Its need for forroom forroom forroom room for a s\\el1lO s el1lO swelling \ population pOI1\11ntlon pOI1 11ntlon \ nnd and andfor andfor , for raw materials mnterlals to feed Its gum guns gunsIng glowInff : In Ing and efficient industries hndustrles Inlush ( Ips TliePhilippines Tile The TilePhtllpptncs ThePhilippines Phtllpptncs Philippines are ure 10000 miles from fromthe fromthe fromthe the capital of the United States Statesbut , but only 100 miles from AsiaMost AsiaMost Asia AsiaMost Most erious bcrlous serious t > of the prnlilems prohlems problems to tothe tothe tothe the rillpino rlllpino Filipino is tlie the economic col cal collapse callapse collapse lapse that thnt threatens thre.ltenq threltenq . wlien when free freetr.tde freetrade freetrade tr.tde trtde trade . with tlie the United States state * Is cut cutoff cutolT 011 off ' Tlie The T T3dings TV ) dln dings s ' McDufne 'IcDulTle IcDulTle 1fcDuffle act pro provIdes prosides providcs vIdes sides that th'lt thlt ' In tlie the fifth firth year of the theten theten tlieten ten year yenr period Iwrlod bcfoic befOle before complete comfJlpte In Independente independence Independence dependente dependence Is granted gr'lnted grlnted ' , , Philippine Philippineexport Philippineexport Philippineexport export products \ will 111 have to be'1r be1r bear be'1ra beara beara ' a 5 per cent duty , which "hlch hlch whisk " \ will III be begraduated begraduated begraduated graduated each ) scar year C'1r C1r ' until untlJ It be becomes becomes becomes comes 25 per cent In the tenth yenr year yearSince . , Since $ 80 $0 0 per cent of Philippine Phillppine ex- ex exports e ex exports - ports porle ; now go to tlie the United U11Iled States Statesthe Statesthe Statesthe the d dwindling " IndHn of the American mar mar- market mar-Icet mar Icet . - - ltet ket , will ,111 111 begin to be lJe felt ttIt In fl (1\ (1 1 (1e (1yeJ.rs ( fiveyears \ e eyears yeJ.rs yeJrs years . ' There 'fhere fhere are plenty Dlent of reliable reliablec.conomists reliablecconomistg reliableeconomists c.conomists cconomists cconomistg . \ who ho hold that the e ceo ceonomlc economie o onomic nomic nomlc bre'll.do brell.do brelldo breakdown ' . " n \ will \ III come lefore before ! hcfon1915 191 1315 ; ) . , unless the act ts Is amen amendedNor amended amendedNor ed edNor Nor are the tlicse these < ; e tlie the only prohlems problems prohlemsCCI problemsCcii problemsCcitain Ccii CCI t'lln tlln ' iln ' acts 'lcts lcts of tlie tho the new m.w mw . gO\ gO gOernment government governmentmost \ ernment , mot most . , recently reclntl ) the curtailment by byPresident biPresident b President Que/on Que on Queron Quezon / of or the poweis powelS powers of ofthe ofthe olthe the &peakei peakei bpe\l.el bpel.el bpe l.el lel speaker & ' \ . of tlie the nssemul assembly ' , hae have havebeen ha\ ha habeen liavbeen \ e ( been pointed polntE'll polntEll ' to by mnn muni mnny as Indica lndica IndicatlO11S lndications Indications tlO11S tions of or impending imlH.OI.llng imlHOI.llng imlHOIllng . . dtctatorslnp dlctatorslup dictatorship The recent passage p'lssnge plssnge p'tssage ptssage ' ' of ot a bill bl11 v . which whichwould whichwould blc11 ' would appropriate npproprIate one third of 2111 all 2111i 2111the allthe alltlie i the money 11\ 11 available 11nihble avaihble \ nihble for appropria npproprla appropria- appropriation appropriation - . I Itlon tion tlon to the building and nnd mnmte matnte mnmten'lnce matntenonce mamtenance n'lnce nlnce nonce ' of nn an nimy mmy atmy of 11)000 11000 1000 in ) 000 , , with a aGOO a500000 GOO 500 000 reserve , has been hailed hni1ed In Insome insome Insome some quarteis qunrtels quartets as a step toward towardmlHhry towardmilitary towardmilitary mlHhry military fascism f.lscIsm flscIsm . , . especially CSl1cchlly since stnce the theresen thereserve thereserve reserve resen e army nrmv will require com corn compulsory cornpulsory cornpulsory pulsory military training tr.llnlng trllnlng . of nll all nllcitizens allcitizens allcitizens citizens Further rurther ( danger huger hD er to the ex- ex exIstin ex existing . - isting Istln Istin , ; govcinment government govel nment Is seen comingfrom coming comingfrom comingfrom from tlie the fields ficllls fur far be\ be beyond beond \ ond the thecities thecities thecities cities , in the form of or uprisings uprlslns , ; of ofthe oflie ofthe the ( lie agrarian ugrmlan agrniian population populntlon , . which has hasbLen hasbeen hasbeen bLen been reduced redut"ed reduted " to a It pitiable pltlllhle pltinble peonnge peonage peonageand , lIId and : \ which hlch may Dlny find ItscHunble Itself ItscH unable un\ble un ble ' \ to toseCUle tosecuie tosocuie seCUle secuie a lhln living : ; It If the principal prlncIp'll prlncIpll ' mar marI.et marLet markct I.et Iet Let . for Philippine PhlIlPIlne I'lulipplne Ilulipplne ' ) raw products Is Isdestroyed Isdestroyed Isdestroyed destroyed Most disastious dlsfistlou3 disastrous revolu revoluUons revoludons revolutlons Uons dons begin b be in Jll not In empty heads head * , but butcmpty butempty butempty cmpty empty stomachsrIrs stomachsFirst stomachs stomachsFirst rIrs First : of the problems to be dis discusse discussed discussed cusse cussed officially omcaally In the Unitel1 United Unitel1Stutes UnitedStates UnitedStates Stutes States will be the economic one , for forPI forPresident for.Piesident forPiesident . PI President eSldent Hoose\ Hoose Roosevelt Hooseelt \ elt Is expected epcctcd , to tocan tocall tocall can call a ti tl ide tde conference confer'nce confernce ( ' some time timethis timethus timetins this thus thisear \ year \ear ear tear Something Somlthlng may be done done'It doneat doneat 'It It at ' that tiiat ( time line to eJTect eITect effect a I ( . revision of ofthe oflie ofthe the ( lie t tirifT trHT triff schedule which may be beI bemore bemore bemore I more fa favorable \ orable ton toward ard the IslandsAs islandsAs Islands IslandsAs As It Is . various .nrlous nrlous estimates have haveIt haveit haveit It that thnt the firbt Or.t Ort first : . duty to be imposedonly Imposedonly imposed imposedonly -only only - - only 5 per cent-\\ cent cent111 cent-will cent will cent - \ will 111 wipe out outfrom outfrom outfrom from 37 to C3 G3 per cent of ot tlie the tiie tour- tour four- four tourfirths fourfifths four-fifths four fifths - firths fifths of all Philippine Phlllpiline e\ e eorts exports exportswhich exportswhich ' \ > orts which \ hlch go to the Uulted United States StatesTake StatesTnl.e StatesTake Take Tnl.e Tnle . sugar SU'lr SUlr su ' ; ' ar , , for instance . . . Un Under Under Under der tlio the tones Jones Costigan act , the Is- Is Islands islands Is Islands - lands ' sugar quota Is 1,015000 1015000 , short shorttons shorttons shorttons tons and nnd It enables the Industry to tomal.e tomike tomake mal.e male mike . a good profit . , But nut sugar Cporters cv- cv cvporters ex C\ C exporters , \ . - porters are loud . In tlieir their Insistence Insistenceth'1L Insistencethat Insistencetliat th'1L th1L that ' with even e\en e en \ a 5 per cent ccnt tn tax taxthey taxtlicy > . they cannot compete with Cubansuo'ar Cubansuoar Cuban Cubansu.tr Cubansugar su.tr sutr sugar , ; ' . In the American market marl.et marlet . . Our Own Trade Suffers . The rule works worhs both " ways "ays ays , too tooThe tooThe tooTlie The Plullpplncs PhIlippines buy bu 30 per cent of ofall ofall of.all ofall all . textiles te"ttlles tettlles " expoitcd expotted e POl tetJ by tlie the United UnitedStates UnitedStates . 5ta States tes It If tariir tnrlrr tariff " walls "alls alls pre\ pre prevent preent present \ ent the theeport theexport theexport eport export ' ( of Philippine Plullppine goods to Amer Amer- AmerIc'l America - . ica Ic'l Icl ' , It Is hardly h'lrdly hlrdly ' to be expected c\pected c pected ' \ thattlie that thatthe thatlie the ( lie Islands Is1'lnds Is1lnds ' \ will III protect our textile textilecports textileexports textileexports cports exports ' ( All of tlie the buslnc business < > s will willgo \ willgo 111 go o to Japan . Japan Jallan has made m'lde mlde ' ter ter- terrific terrific - . . rific rifle Inroad on our textile textlle busi busl- busl buslnecs busi- busi business business - - ness necs ; ; in 1032e 1932 1032 \ we \\e e sold 81 Si per cent centof centof centof of ( tlie the |