of the Islands is estimated at 8,000,
Fritas
0.0-0.
dürded
into so or go Part I deals with the clumere questin, which has
always brow of great importame in the Islands ar present the thimese practically monopolize Wholesale & retail trade & are crowding ont
the nations and
agricultural Catomers & artisans. There are estimated to be about 40,000
Clidinere
in the archipelago & the number is yearly incrasing
The Filipinos Agard them with disliker jealousy o have presented sapral petit ims asking that Chinese Chumigratin should i forbidden, in the ground that they spoil the labour market, & hoard their capital, wat end of assisting to dislike the country. "The chinaman", according to one of these petitions," is the personification of the ignorant man in the fable Who Killed the goose, that laid the golden aggs!""
They wish the chin are to be forbidder to engage in trade except in the open ports, a to be confined to agricultural latous. The Commsich seans inclined
to sympathize with the Filipinos & hints, not obscurely, at meraves forbidding Chewere unigration into the wire civilized islands, though they admit that they may be confully employed in developing the wilder parts, where the nations will not work, if work can be avoided. The question is further complicated by the growth of
large mestizo population (i.o half-asles Filipino- Chevere of the second generation.) This rave to spoken of
spoken of as "intelligent but rest eas
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a
schenking & untrustworthy."
Thea Cassia scam
inclined to attach too much importance to the comfplaints of the jealous Filipinos. Looking to the undercloped state of the Authflags of the idleness of the average Filipino, mecares & porrbitit or limit the
mighty oily atly
injury the ferite immigration of Chinese might of the islands.
based on the
The latter part of Chapter 1. of Part IV deals with the tariff. For various reasons forial & Economical, differences buture the Islands & the U.S. A it in
fo
These parts were
nut propored to establish the American tauff.
the Bolans are to be kept
The ferraneo
fentirely separate from those of the U.S.A. The 19
rasure it to to raised principally by excise
а
{
alcoholic drinks, open, rice, tobans & Super; & nummipal & provincial resumes are to to provided taxes on real estate of brommers lèvents. Customs
are to be low with tie islands.
So
as to encourage trade
The most important part of the report is naturally
that meaning the fatme form of for "of the Islands. contained in Parts III-II. The wilder parts of the
auditary firt Aulipo lago are to be ruled as they don
they we firemed
means of Resident's But the Emevasim
all, in spanish these. ofpart thermph their chiefs, by
at the courts of the Sultans. considers this system mapplicable to Lugan & the Visayan Islands, for various excellent reasons, consited with the thang of Sarcenguty, 8 also, perhaps
a more important consideratume because
not
amy
Sult aus or hatire chiefs in existance in these islands.
there are
The plan of a
Self-gering colony is rejected, partly became the country is not ripe for it of
custars
o
partly became the diffrences of blood language from the U..S. A render such a phrase of The system of
the Report":
Q
it
system, in the picturcoque a misfit to the Philippines"
English from Colony is rejected minimal to the habit of self- firemment." They include that the best course is to organize
an elected
Somewhat
the islands on the lives of a U.S. Tamildy If the legislature is to be composed of two chamber a lower house, half of dan
an upper house, half elected a half nominated by the President of the U.S.A. with a civilian framer-General (the Filipinos lay particular stress on the naceraty
of a
civilion in this position. They sean not to cherish Kudly recollections of their Spanish,