Show government AAY BUILD RAILROADS IN THE philippines washington rab 7 the senate committee on Philip today considered tho question of tho revenue of the philippine island gov taft baill be ing on the stand llo began his statement with an explanation of anat bof tion of his testimony of yesterday to tire effect that was the main reason for a substantial reduction of the rates ot tho dingley law so far as they apply lo 10 the philippines say inaho feared the might he misunderstood the idea he biad meant to convey ly that statement was that the philippine commission welcome every evidence of 9 dhe d h e on tho part cf tho american people to au the philippine people and he believed that S etc w t y itla im aadil any such evidence of would aid tho philippine administration and ita work that in time such a as was proposed would be of vast benefit to the farmers of the as landa and practically all alie are farmers lie did not doubt ho was sure the political effect would bo feord but that there would be any substantial effect ho did not think wa true regardless of the statement mado in liis report such a reduction would bauo an advance in trade by leaps and bounds he did no mean to withdraw the recommendation on the contrary ho would be glad to havo a reduction of 60 per cent js governor batt iatt ako explained that ho had not intended to roccy the adea that alio 0 acres of land in philippines not controlled by ownership h arable much of the 1 I T jasi si he said covered by mountain ranges i and h not therefore capable of culli i in response to a suggestion from senator culberson gov tatt said ho did not think tho bill providing a tariff between tho united stales and tho spinca should ba temporary as ii case with to tho porto lipcan bill speaking of the new revenue bill passed by tho philippine commission he aid th atso far tho effect is condee tural but that it aps hoped ano amount under hie impetus it would civo to the trade would soon equal the returns secured under tho old laws which was or there had so far been a great increase in alie im of food products especially canned goods which principally came from the united states giov tatt ackt explained the contracts which have been let lor harbor involving sin expenditure of and in response to biens by air hale he baid that con traces also had bean let for the con lot twenty launches or small seagoing sea going boats tor texi transportation of nuil and of provincial the ott of jhc thc so boats would bo akad for bids from an fran ho aid but they so high tho aras obliged to contract for them with shanghai firms gov T aft aalt cd for power to pam corporation lawr most of tho now ho explained afro controlled uy english capitalists ajr bubois wanted to know it it i would nut bo advantageous for the government ern ment to build and control railroads etc that ii a question of general economic answered gov taft which the commission wishes to avoid n subject of corpora tiong ov taft thought it would IK v hobor congress to give to tho con iiii iton boroo discretionary power in the autler t building buil diug of railroads i |