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Show CHINESE AND THE PHILIPPINES. ijjj. M tjH When Governor Taft last month reached Ma- ;i ' ) M nila he was given an enthusiastic welcome. The I , ' 3k Chamber of Commerce of Manila was particularly f ' tjB demonstrative and the president made a speech i; ; fB in which he was strongly insistent that the intro- Jjj '1H duction of Chinese Coolie laborers should be pro- j'(f (I H vided for. ,1' ',fl Replying Governor Taft disapproved of .this, il'j J '( H saying that the labor of the Filipinos must be re- jj; t ttH lied upon. ' ,5 'H In this wo believe the Governor is wrong. We ; y i H have to accept things as they are and make the ( i j ( lH best of any set of surroundings. When President ji 'H Diaz took charge of affairs in Mexico he looked 1 ( 1 ' !'B the facts straight in the face and proceeded ac- f !, 1 . 'H cordingly. i ! ;l He saw that of themselves his countrymen had $J j , H no elements of advancement. For every one alert $. J H and enterprising man there were five men who , , ' 1jH could not be aroused to become useful citizens. Ho f '' 1 ll accordingly offered inducements for the young and ' ). ,ilH enterprising men of other nations to go to Mex- m, fj jfl ico and begin with him the regeneration of the 11 ;' f'T'jB country. The result was in twenty-five years a ,ii i ''JIH transformation. Now -the Filipinos are bright 'Ijj- kjl enough, but they are as trifling and unreliable 1e M''fH as are the creatures who pass for men in Central , vj? ,! $ America, where they are vastly worse than in- '$ B Old Mexico. The true policy in the Philippines . ,v pu ffl was partially outlined by the president of the . jiL- ' fl Chamber of Commerce. Not only should Chinese i j,1" , ,ViH Coolies be admitted but there should bo an effort 'lili ,' '3H to marry every one to a native woman, for ti- fJh & ,J 9 breed is so trifling that an admixture with Chi- -VH nese would be a marked improvement, and would, Af, ' fjiH In the next generation result In a far truer, stead- 1 y ' 'ftfljH ier and more industrious and reliable race than '? i '11H that which now stands In the way of all advance- I ,' TfJH ment there. We do not need Chinese in the United I y! 'jpH States; they are badly needed in the Philippines. 1' j''JM |