| Show IN IS fill TIU The salaries proposed by the Philip Philippine Philippine pine commission for tor various offices In Inthe Inthe inthe the Islands appear appeal to bo be exceedingly liberal The rite secretary of ot the commis commission sion is s given TOO a II year The rue treas treasurer treasurer uror of ot the archipelago Is to have hll VO and his chief clerk Then there is isa Isa a 1 collector of at customs with a II deputy deput and amI captain of ot the port with 1000 each Other officials antI and their salaries arc are as follows Custom Customhouse Customhouse Customhouse house cashier collector coll ctol o ot of Inter Internal i nal nd revenue 1000 deputy collector 2000 director general of or posts nod hIs hid chief clerk 2600 2500 postmaster of at Manila and his assistant 2 members of ot the civil service board each enoh superintendent of ot public Instruction collectors of ot customs ut nt hello Hollo and Cebu each Jolo Joio and 2000 t tor of or the bureau of ot statistics It is further given glen out that tho the of or orIlee lice flee of ot military governor Is provided with 16 clerks 1 private secretary and 1 law clerk the tho Philippine Philippi no commission with a n private secretary for tor each memo mem member ber nn an to 10 the com coot commission commissIon mission 1 recorder 12 clerks and 1 In Interpreter Interpreter interpreter tho the treasurer with 4 clerks auditor 32 clerks collector of ot customs with ith 7 chiefs of ot divisions 2 clerks 1033 1003 10 3 Inspectors anti elj the they col collector lector of ot Internal revenue with 7 1 In Inspectors Inspectors specters 17 and und 12 clerks de do department I of ot posts 1 chief clerk ills dis disbursing bursing officer Inspector 4 clerks and 1 coachman In the Manila Manlia there are 61 51 clerks und and 10 drivers The salaries of ot Philippine officers have been compared to those paid at nt home borne and this tills comparison Is If not without Its Ils Interest The cabinet officers receive a year ear or S 00 OO more than the sec of ot the Philippine commission The treasurer treal of oC the llie Islands Isla nil is to draw dra It salary equal to that of or the United States treasurer The chief treasury clerk over oer there Is to have HOO more mora than our assistant n treasurer at home The Tho superintendent of or public Instruction tion there Is to have n a year while the national commissioner of ot education here lIere Is If I pall with The moot memo members bers Lers of ot the till i II board are to enjoy the nam Saine salary notary In both places place If H It Is a II fact act that It tt Is cheaper to tolIe live lIe In th thi orient orion I than thon at home that money goes IO II much farther there titan here the servants In the arch are arc really paid much higher salaries than officials at nt homo home and this Is rather rathor remarkable The Fite money mane maneI It I must b presumed is III ultimately ultimate to tobe tobe tobe be contributed l by th tho Filipinos them themselves selves in the form tormY r taxes Is It Il rea to that the Islanders ran can afford to 10 pay an ii high salaries as the people I of ot tho thi United Un 1 States Of ot course It vW fl be bo urged urge that thai the salaries Hunt b iJ In order to nt at trac s but the tho fact U IJ that hat every Iery vacant vac no matter nutter what Is Its It I nature nat m and th the compensation lion Ion Is III eagerly U ht for tor by Of and In the competition loss lew Ie a I then thAn pull 1 k Ow this to be a aIt tact Inel It Willi the Just complaint of 0 Intelli Intelligent gent Filipino luring during J Spanish rule thit the country was l made the dumping round for tor Spanish who HI iii it a ar r for rl nOlle 1 the crown cron cronIN were IN s sent nt there to make juab th most they could out OUI of ot th t f native That nys sy tern loin should he forever t reer abolished The Th ri people fJ ople should be tie provided with popular Jl government at nt a II cost o t proportionate to m th of ot the country The Th l ministration should first of ot all be planned on the th most economic principles plea pIes The salary list ought to 10 I bt be rt t hied In the tha ti Interest both ot oC the th gov governed O Oer er id ed and those whoso duty d tt t it ti s to te Imd 14 the ihl government for r with ui exorbitant e salaries paid to strangers It will wili be lie to tJ t establish the tho cordial cordia rein rela relationship which future ponce pence l ae Anti and tranquil I wil depend |
