| Show O OT ON THE T PHILIPPINES P o 0 Reason to Suppose e that t t Order iy ly Conditions Will IU be Otherwise Than Ihan l Jt LEADERS OF THE TilE FILIPINOS IF i Cit can t Their the Ameri caliS lIc Church Has lias Aided Matters I in Jon Jan ur uC V VI I I ft his submitted to tl tho tim president h maul II report o OC Ui i lon with tho 1 I oIt aw thu Q It to ti II tho I v in flo ut it tr I 1 1111 of ot the 1 jK i h i 1 the tI tour four Tl ii I suya III Y that III noon Hi III Ih r f 1 mile lIlIe to t understand th that thai t the Iho 1 l t hitt bol b th the ability and ami HI Ik II 1111 to I protect them they b III cordially tol lIall with the von eon on anti ami other inc by byI I II I in il l I th lawless Ii H f DM II t lIt it t became to kilt kill or nr ori IV i I them thim An AM u 1 1 result the report till lily nut flit a IL Mingle organized t body bo of i s IK IN to b be In the In Ill Ini hI Illk i k i if r Luzon nearly y nil 01 1 the leaders I v live 1111 or SIX nix Q killed ur ol olI I I 1111 1 the twine limy lillY lio ho lIall tl 11 ti J th II I Ii YI islands With the tho ho OX nii ji of lIr Kamar i ii i 11 I idd there hero la II laj III I j I ri T 1 ii to 0 that orderly ton con on will Iw lIe than pernu i i r i The relations between bot en c 1 Id ore are sal aali to be gen q cordial roI with u H steady growth of ut confidence and anI good feeling between them All thOM hOt who are arc Justly JuU entitled 11 to be bt railed lenders Ot It public opinion among tho thu Filipinos the tho report repol con coil cast coet their lot with will tho Iho Americans the tho Moron ioro the tho report Bays the groat area of ot the tho Moro Mora province which Includes all ull of ot Islands of ot Mindanao und nOd the tho Bulu ar Rr except fur for to I Filipinos 1 spoken of or lIa descendants of or convicts tint trout from the tho north by b Is la I I I by lJ mid 1111 U by b other The T he authority of or the tho sultan ultan of ot Hulu W found upon Investigation to be repudiated by dattos In III the Iha Bull ol who dl possessed nH OH II much authority M flu he although ho woe was th tIU titular bond of ot tile tho Moron Moroe rho report i mys 1111 Froin tune time 1111 11 II I tho tim MoraH practised etl polygamy ulI have bran beon to 10 raids upon other 1101 tribes to 10 replenish their tack stock of dt f slaves as its well UH OH to en eU tuge In lu piracy while the th Arabs taught hem I the ufo UM of ot firearms The Tue non iton Christian tribes of ot tho tito Hoon aH IDI they th y understood the Americana u u i would protect them thorn their an on clent foes toes tho the Moro were only too willing to recognize American author ity It and receive the benefits of ot tion lion In a number of ot Instances they been b n Induced to establish them themselves selves in village and till the adjacent soil Doll They mo 1110 said auld not to bo be lucking In n Intelligence In lit speaking of ot the tile abrogation of lit tho the treaty with the milton of at Bulu the ru re report ruport port nays sayin While It IL hud never been recognized n 01 valid and binding and Indeed HH ne n tho Iho relating to shivery had hlll been blell repudiated by tho tim president It St had lived UI up to 10 by b the Amen Inns li IU very Ver cr particular Including the tho of or annual subsidies to IU the sul sui ton tan and hi his hilt principal dattos but bul It had liat been beco be systematically and Violated by b them The rIle laya ye that a pacific policy toward the Moron Moros seemed to 10 kte klo them the Impression that the Americans were afraid of at thi them m but bUI n a short abort de du decisive i campaign gave K vo them to under understand I stand that the tho Americans had not only the lull hut tho the power to 10 support Its Un authority nod and enforce order orlier There Thoro 1 Is hi nn nil reason It Is IN added to 10 expect further trouble with the lulu Bulu Moron to in the tho conference with tho the sultan of or Hulu at the report nays ny that upon tipon tile Ills explanation that the annulment of at the tho treaty left lett him with without wIthout out means of hll he t living bel nit de du deprived prIed of ot the thc revenues revenueR received a us 15 sill Mill sultan tan Inn the thought It would be Inequitable to 1 this unIt and I to give 1110 him and tho of at j I his tile household POlO annually with the tho understanding that thuI he Ito and MI they gave every aid to the Ih governor It Jt I was found that the tho Hulu have hAc no nn g system Of at each tribe has ha I log Inc nn un unwritten coda codo of ot US It own hut but I nil alt so o Incongruous ns OR to nick them as tu a 1 basis buIe upon which to In build As Au nn rin Illustration It Is lu I that In omo of ot the codes COtIeS murder Is Ic punishable by 11 a 1 small fine Olle and In canes of adultery th the mint man Is Ic IllICit fined and the tho 1 ut omen o 11 hurled live n I With reference to 10 the friar lands the commission after tint the mentH of ut on 01 the tho pirt int of ot tho the majority of at the to 10 the tho friars says Kays The rhe holy hoy Kit se e that Hint tho tue wore tere Ho Ito Minn Catholics a nU the Ih wisdom of t sup plying them with priests who be ue to 10 them lint Ims h appointed tin an American archbishop and bishops who have taken laken the formerly occupied pied pItI pt by hI b h churchmen and anI all line has tho thu wise wiN ami Rini conciliatory pol Icy loy of or declining dt to force objectionable ls upon U 1011 p rl loiters and anti has Us Its ireat greal to III bear bellr In th purchase by the tho government of at the landed prop 1101 otIes odle under umer th the control of ot the friar frler orders The rho report reliant s uy ys th her r eUl continues continue to bo be much controversy sail and between bet wen the Independent Filipino church party or as al they are commonly called and ani the Itoman church In to th the churches c convents cemeterIes in Inmany ninny many Fbi fht r report port s IIII yu It II h bo been n that hut the th movement by h wa wn polItIcal rather than religious and had bait ha for fOI Its 1111 motive another that It II Is bly true that he lie tins haM at a n e following of nf the Irreconcilable rust less among the Filipinos but hut It II U Is I also true Irue that lu he h h bus hili H Ha 1 a It large following of ot tho those p who can call not hot thus be classified mind there Is In no which even cen lends color to 10 tho time belief bellet hut his hili purposes arc are other than to 10 build buill up lip a 1 church chuich or nf his hiM own which ho lie to 10 make purely l The report urges that the Iho slon be bo given authority to 10 In the tariff schedules the Ihl commIssIon saying n In this connection that Ihal It always has felt Colt there should exist mo moat mOMI t Inti mote main trade relations n tho d States mid end tho Iho RH 1111 a far as bv by b tariff barriers barrIer that thai In view nn nfl In Iii tenon revenue system hn hns bemi put in Iii fore tort h the committee hopes u ul iii tr may Ina permit of or i leluc duc lions In n existing tariff retea at et l n t on gOl coming from the tho d states The tIngley Dingley tariff nn nil sitar HUll n lid to d unto Into the Iha United States the tho are ale Tutu Tim admission of ot these products free of ot duty dut Into tho the United rUte U it Is II as OIl would not seriously Injure Interests lIll but would be Ie a it boon boomi to the Filipino 1110 sugar ugal rH and ami on tobacco growers A recommendation IK Is h tattOO made for tor the repeal repe l of or the law author I refunding of ot ditties dulle the tho state statement moot ment being baing made that alnee III enact mont meat 1009 60 has baa been collected In re refundable fundable duties dulle principally P on hemp exported to the lie United Un d States The committee II kOll the following recommendations Reduction of at the tariff t rift on anti and tobacco to lu not more 36 per cent of time the tariff tn r e lL That authority be stan with whit the Whit the preel dent and secretary or r to Issue bonds betide from time to 10 time timmie for tor future futuro lin hn rn not hot to exceed In the tho t aggregate II Ie Deduction of the tariff on tugar and government or 01 any Mil of at the time provincial or ur municipal not lint from only federal or Philippine tax taxation atlon but bUI from state municipal and am other taxation In III th United Status That Thill control of or shipping be left lert ly jy I In lu the discretion of ot the Philippine commission subject to III the tine ul 11 of ot Ihl iii nt und end of or war ht the its application of oC time the United Staten lawn lAW to 10 the time trade be fI the tile Philippine and nd mainland of or the United Status States be tie postponed by hy cO I IIi Ie action until July Jul J I 1909 or In the that the tho coast coal wl Vise o laws of or the be tic JI mails not applicable to In the rode between the IsIs amid the time mainland I of at the I ii e United tin It od States except with n U proviso or condi tion itoH that the tho rates rate upon Imports tram from the tha Philippines Into time the United States Platen shall not 1101 pay PY duty In excess of ot 25 6 tier per cent edit of ot the DIngle tariff lalIN notion nation authorizing tho tim Philippine commission with the Ih ap of time the president and 11 III secretary of ot var war to 10 railroad construe lion tiomi In lit tho iii Islands Island by accompanying this the grants of at s when nor lice essary car n Ft guarantee by h the utile pili government of ot lucerne Income nn on the tho amount of ot time till Investment to 10 be fixed Oxe III in advance In the Ih act Art of at guaranty time the Income not mint to 10 exceed an Rn t I per cent of ot time tho fixed principal That runt the tho amount of or land hammil which may b he acquired by iy emmy any all Individual or cor con IK rut Ion be he extended to In acres and din that time the law which forbIds the Ill fil lug ing of more on minim claim eimil u by h the seine same Individual upon III a ii 1 lode or de tie deposit posit be repealed Legislation the th commis cominis commission sion to ni kp nn on present and alit future when hn In Ill Its 1111 ion 1011 to do clo 50 so will till I be Je In I n I hi lie public bi Ic Inter Interest I n est II ll o to 10 provide proper authority for tal time the extradition of at fugitives to 10 and amid from Crom rein the In his annual report an as civil governor Mr Wright Bays sas that thaI with the thin lion of a n very ver few tew provinces Province marked program uric been made In III th the cultivation lion tion of at fluids fields tint production of oC crop crOll HH III compared flit red with tho tito pi needing year ear and nut us u u consequence there has hall been beau no suffering among the tile poor for Cor or the time n feces ell s earle of ot life Ufa Mr Mt Wright says ays lint life lire and und property are ure now no stile nto to a n do tie Ihre gree re lIever before experienced by Ity the time people of ot the ho Islands and alit the outlook In Is more favorable t than for tor years cars past pact t lov 10 Wright recommends nn grunter ater safeguards for tor or provincial and municipal elections saying It u Is difficult to make candidate Mild tind voters understand that ancient may not nol bo imo resorted to 10 The report r nf or Mr r Worcester to the secretary of or the tho Interior culls attention i to the Iha tact fact that forestry visit I all puts pait of at time Islands I 1111 un as all an Illustration of ot the time order prevailing Health conditions ho reports good Dod throughout the tie Islands I Cholera Chole has the plague has hoe been bean h held ld within a 11 very er I LineR area MI Mr report na thorn there arn over 00 In hi Manila where opium U Ia I smoked lie He adds adel Titer They Tho are ems filthy and unsanitary are aro at lit present not recognized by law lane hl or r required to take out omit In his liln report as civil governor of or Moro More Oro Oen 1111 Wood SayS laH slave trading trailIng has hall be been n brought practically to toan toRII toRn an Rn end through the seacoast Moro Morn cite he ime rays pay It undoubtedly continues to 10 omi 1111 extent between 11 the time Inland aunt he ha savage tribe nf ot the Interior elm Wood Woo cayu It be he to n a 1 worse worn form nf ot slavery the Iho slavo having absolutely no rights No effort haw has beon hn lactic mado to 10 their r slaves tram from their lisle but hut nil nit have hae tacit been told toW that they the are free to leave th them m with the result that ninnY former slaves left their masters With ith all ail their faults says 1111 Clem Oen Wood this th Morns Morn are arc bravo brave and resolute re a nil under Rood good goo laws las and lii nn amm homiest government In time wilt will give a 11 good account of or themselves lie He rays ell the standing ilia I of or the American people the natives of ot his pro province vince line has been he n much Injured by the presence of ot a mu large tough class cla of ot Americans whose whines hilI M have been heen principally expended In Iii the time construction tion In anti of or rum rUIn hopA which h outnumber oilier other business establishments |
