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THE N EWS-RECORD. MARSHALL N. C, THURSDAY. JANUARY 23, 1936'
The PMippm Fat6
Fafiie
ivlflnv Have Achieved
While in Their Twenties
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Island. Shown In
pasant girl, typicw oi xno
By WILLIAM C. UTLEY
INDEPENDENCE of the Philippines
was not assured when President
Roosevelt signed the new islands
constitution, prepared under the
Tydlns-McDuftle act, and turned It
over to a committee of islanders last
spring. Although the act, lustily wel
comed by Filipinos as the achievement
of victory In their never-ending cam
Drovldes that
all bonds between the United States
and the tropical possessions in
-f, pxifln flhnll he severed once and
for all on July 4, 1945, after the Islands
have had ten years of practice In gov
erning themselves, the feeling Is grow
ing that before those ten years have
.i iho phiiinnines will be ready,
even anxious, to amend the agreement
Into something which will leave them
more certain safety from dangers
which are becoming more apparent day
V A a it
Indeed, aince the return of Vice
n.iAn fiomAr nnd the lanre dele-
gatlon of senators and congressmen
v tha ininnda to attend the
WUV T C "
i..nniniHnn of President Manuel
Quezon, one question which has con-
4i- iartati itsAir to them is:
Do the Filipinos actually want lnde-
a A tha anawor sppras to be : xes
viivthar Hnneer to the exist
..nn,an ia aMn coming from
the fields far beyond the cities, In the
M nnr olnfffl ni 1 1I DKiaii'
population, which has been reduced to
lllKln wutnavH HI1U It lilt
- i .i ki n aarnrA a living
una aiseii uuoum . ... ,
If the principal market for Philippine
r u.cf HI ana-
raw products is aesirujcu. -
trous revolutions begin not In empty
neaas, out emyvj
First of the problems to be discussed
officially in the United States will be
the economic one, ror rreswem
i. xr.uu.tiMi to call a trade con-
time this year. Some-
Ut -
it, k iinnm iit that time to ef-
. iin nt tho tariff schedule
which may be more favorable toward
the islands.
. i. ..nni aatimntes have it
AS 11 La
that the first duty to be lmposed
only 5 per cent-wllV wipe out from
37 to 63 per cent of the four-fifths
of all Philippine exports which go to
U TTnltAri StfltPB
mc ii I.. j
Take sugar, for Instance. Under the
-..tirran net. the islands' sugar
ouota 18 1,045,000 Short tons, and it
enables the maustry io uiukc
. aha Inllii
in their insistence that with even a 5
: i k.. than oannnt Oomnete With
per iciii La a mi-.; k
Cuban sugar In the American market
Our Own Trade Sunera.
m.. nlo nrnrka hnth WaVS. tOO. The
XUO I vi V- " - '
nLniLi.. K...r on nor rpnt nf all tex-
tiles exported by the United States If
tariff walls prevent the export of Phil-
to be expected tnai me uuumo
i All fltA
-and no. The desire of the ''common texU,e exports AU of tne
tao"-the picker of coconuts, the work- uslneS8 wU1 g0 t0 Japan. japan has
lau ijit.iv.- .
t,o iinr nlnntations. the la
er uu t 'ift"- v
il. .1 fl ol rl a la aa It IlllS
oorer oi ihb hv. u.-. --,
been for decades INDEPENDENCE I
Anv." ia aot In canitals and
inueiiuiiijcu. -followed
by an exclamation point be-
tho, vnininn of that level it
cause - , . . A
Is a cry a political slogan, taught to
him for many years by the politicians
nuo it la n catchword that rep-
VI 1,1 (11111 H. v ,
resents to him democracy, freedom in
a vague sense that it is something a
little better than the poor lot he has
now It never occurs to him that lnde-
ia nnaaihlv the thing that
peimcuvv i 1-
Z,tn nrovent his enjoying "freedom
iv- .A.inriii tn pnnte.
in us i-nivii "
For grjive dangers, confront an lnde-
a ihiiinninn oommonwealth that
DljUUCUli . 11. .if,
...u Aoatrov the very liberty
CUUIU -
the common tao associates with lnde-
pendence. They are ooin iKumi-ui
economic. Bom luieium n.u
Jananaatf Invasion.
The roost Imminent danger, as the
- imnrinan apon if is the men-
nveiugc iuc. .
ace of expanding Japanese imperial
Ism in the Far East, ready to grab
what It can In its need for room for a
in nnnnintinn and for raw mate-
rials to feed its growing and efficient
industries. The Philippines are 10,000
miles from the capital of the United
A hnt ATI IV ann miles, from Asia.
.... ii..,. f th nroblems to the
M081 ...
Filipino ia the economic collapse that
i v frp trade with the
United States 18 cut off. The Tyfll"
McDuffle act provides that In the fifth
year of the ten-year period Meom-.
, .1- i..nni la eranted. Philip-
Pine export products will have to bear
i 5 per cent duty, which will be gradu
. , v. nntn It becomes 25
per cent In the tenth year. Since 80
, . i -m nktilnnlna aTnorta SOW KO
per cent. pi rimn""" ------ -
to th United States, the dwindling of
the America martetjwiU begin to be
... ..:..-..-pii.n hm nlentv of
tell XU ilVw j CTai o. amw . -
reliable economlsU who hold that the
hPM vnnwn wiu vuuv
-I," . I. .mended.
UUOIUCM in il,,
made terrific Inroads on our textile
business; in 1932 we sold 81 per cent
of the textiles Imported by the Islands;
in 1933, 74 per cent; in io, f
a t- i.m ioqk nniv 23 Der cent
cent, uuu in
There is no doubt that the Philippine
a i Knwlors
government wouia sei up uuiu.
i t. t1aa anil nthPF eOOdS Im-
agaiuBt iwniw - "
ported from foreign countries, if we
were winms . ;
cessions. It must be remembered that
we also sell the lsianas aairy
ucts, canned fish, wheat flour and
manufactured proaucts in im.-i,
Philippines are our ninth best cus-
i n.j fl.o Tvdlmrs-McDuffle act
U,ui. v -" . .. i
we stand to lose virtuay a"
trade.
i tho Phiilnnlne raw mate-
JUUUJ "1 mi- r i -
rials which now come into the United
States duty free are proniauie i ub
- i. thov must be Brocessed
CUUUL1J, - -
here, and therefore keep many Indus-
i I Dhl nmnA N 1 1 Lf M L IB 1 c
ines bub- -
fined here; copra Is pressed into coco-
nut oil; cigars are uwsu
uted ; hemp fiber Is made Into rope and
twine and distriDutea.
cik af War Needs.
v.A mnat imnnrtant sources
VJ. 1
,ioia la thp, PhlUnDlnes.
oi war uiKiMw - - i
Copra furnishes coconut oil to make
the glycerine tna goes inro w
.ni tho shell makes fine
yiueiicn, -
it.i. ia nMoHarT In ffaS mfl8K8.
Cuav-vm Lual "v--'-'i" - "
Hardwood ana nemp are mwwbuw
iiji.. .nil Mnlntatnlnir B HAW.1
IB DUiiuias - -
1 t 1 MUU1
The islanaB aiso aavo pieui Bv-
Iron, enronute ana uiausauorc. .
I ,.-v. ik.i tn . war In the. Pa-
lnevimuic wi. - - i
. i, wMllfl BA1KS I llH Islllliua
Cine, aajJBu .
In no time If they were independent of
the United States. ' ,
-man Anm nuueuu VI
i.nc Mi a
Philippine affairs who will have yon
believe thai japan
over the Islands, anywST. although to
the peaceable ways oi.tw
. . . . (natend of mlll-
Inausuoai ueei"i"""-
tary tactics. Be that as It may. there
... m m. nit ATtA TorVanaOA In
and industry are rapidly taking ad
vantage of the richest soil of the Is
lands to assume tne leaueremy
hemp industry, which the Philippines
alone possess.
The Japanese nave lmpiuvcu i
In the hemp country, introduced mass-
a 1 inllnil mo.
production methoas, ana iuhuuibu
chlnery to strip the hemp fiber from
the trunk of the abaca plant. They
have Introduced co-operauve uium-
.a . 1. 1 Pnnfuaar
ing direct to tne snipped v"-
il. hi. .1.. l?l1lnlnn nntlve Who ChOPS
tnis wiiii iuq uiF1"" - -
down a plant, carries home the trunk
and strips off tne noer -i.
inh hhah it In the sun,
shares it with his landlord and gets a
poor price for what is leu, uu
easy to see why the Japanese colony
controls 25 per cent oi
production.
Japs Control Retail i rauo
rm. .nnorlnr hnalneSS methods
A11Q BUUlC uui'i'"
have enabled the Japanese to corner a
large and ever-increasing share of the
retail trade In tne ciues 01 v...
Delago. One estimate, probably high,
. . ii .ki -atoll hnal-
puts 40 per cent oi mi mo "
ness of the Islands under Japanese con-
J inillnlnnsi
trol, with Americans auu r....""-
holding 35 per cent ana me
per cent or less.
Inability to compete wim "v"
Industry Is but one of the things that
has made of the Filipino farmer a
peon. Another is the evil of the ap
portionment of land. Much of the land
. . . iin A o four ffTPnt
In the lsianas coui i-- ----units
held by the Roman Catholic
church, which refuses to sen m "
by a handful of weaitny jmupi....
For this reason, a large ww
farmers are tenants, share-croppers
who have no opportunity to acquire
their own land, and are often ex
ploited by the land owners. Even the
. . ivn omnlt atrin
Filipino who aoes owu """ "--of
land he works is often a share
cropper. He obtains seed loans ai u.
almost unbeuevaoie mmcm
10 to 20 per cent, compounded every
month, and by the time he has repaid
enough In crops to cover his debt he
Is lucky to nave cnougu w i v.
for himself and his family.
Political campaigns nave laugui iu.
peon to believe that the answer to the
1118 from which he suffers Is independ-
ence, and his not aesires iu i"
have often provoked him to actual acts
x fla llnnlla A n
against tne government m bo"-.
example was last May's uprising of
many thousands of Sakdal peasants
In the areas wnere lauuimu.ou,
Its tightest grip. They marched upon
the Capital city ana iuiiucu n-
around It, and they were dispersed
only after 60 of them had been killed.
R..IIH Armv for Defense.
Undoubtedly one of the reasons for
the large army the guezon govem-
i t v.. .n.ii,i, la thn daneer of fur-
nieui is uuiiviiuft - "
ther argrarian uprisings. However, the
. .i I ilnf nn
chief reason is me nem
of the inlands against invasion. It is
. iiii. . n r on armv i 1 ir.yv. " i
aamiLitsu i.ui. "
500,000 reserves, would not be sufficient
to save the lsianas irum 4' -
one of the' major powers, but Quezon
points out that It is a big enough army
. . i...t mn oYnpnalva
to make sucn a miuu -
that It would not be worth the trouble.
The army Is going to oe so elu
sive that It might seriously embarrass
the government financially. The 58
000,000 annually required to support
It ft figure which would be rock bot
tom) Is one-iounn u
Income. Since the army Is to be cre
sted tinder the airecuon-oi wu.
w- - . -ivn. Amuff phlef Of 8taff
IBS-. MBCAfcl, v-
of the United States snny, It may b
expected to roncaon wmaaiu,
ever. ' . ..
Records of World's Nota
bles Are Encouragement
to Today's Youth.
Ambitious youth seeking to find
their places early In life In a malad
justed world will find encouragement
If they will take 'a look Into the
pages of history. E. B. DeOroot, Cal
ifornia Hoy Scout executive, in the
Rotarinn Magazine tells of a few of
ti,o man nml wnmeii who hove
'done bis things."
. William Pitt, Mr. DeGroot cites as
his first example, filled the responsl
ole post of chancellor of the exc-he-luer
at twenty-three and servpH as
prime minister of Great Britain at
twenty-four. George Washington was
only twenty-three when he led tin'
Virginia troops against the Indians
and French. Abraham Lincoln cam
paigned for public office at twenty
.our. Robert Louis Stevenson wrote
'Treasure Island" at twenty-three.
Galois at nineteen proved that equa
tions higher than the fifth order could
Dot be solved algebraically, anu merc
by advanced the theory of groups for
the solution of higher equations.
, l-J H. nip
Westinghouse inveuieu me on
brake at twenty-three. Alexander
the Great conquered and ruled tne
world before he was thirty. Sir
tcmi" Npwrnn at twenty-four formu
lated the law of gravitation. Whit
ney was not more uiau iiycmj-u
... i i. inn0ntoH thp rrtfnn IT In.
nutii iic in , chlw i - "
Charles Dickens wrote "Oliver Twist"
-a. ,AnWflirA ivjnnnipnn at twenty-
1 iweuij-".
fseven was In command of the Italian
army. Patrick Henry was oui iweu-ty-seven
when he made his conquer
ing and historic speech against the
Stamp act. Thomas Edison was not
far above the Youth Service age lev
el designated by Rotary (twenty-four
years), when he astounded and bene
fited mankind with many of his In
ventions. Paul Siple, an Eagle Scout, was
only twenty when he qualified for
an Important post on the first expe
dition of Admiral Byrd to the Ant
arctic regions, and he was chief bl-nion-iiit
nn thp upcond B.vrd expedi
tion. The average age of the mem-ho-o
nt America's Continental con
gress was thirty-five. Two of its
members, at least, were under thirty
Kdward Rutledge, twenty-five, and
John Jay, twenty-nine.
Lindbergh Immortalized himself at
twenty-five; moreover the best out of
w nnems on the Lindbfigh flight
across the Atlantic in 1927 was writ
ten bv Nathalla Crane, a fourteen-vear-o'ld
girl of Brooklyn, N. Y. And
so on, almost without end could we
record the achievements and services
of youth In the fields of statesman
ship, literature, science, education,
invention and courage. Kansas City
Times.
Album Contains Sigaature t
M tt aT
of Nearly Jtivery Jfamea uno
The signature of virtually every
famous person in the world today
has been recorded Jn at least one
tutograph album.
A recently completed collection of
signatures, acquired by its owner
through 25 years of travel and at a
cost of $50,000, contains every one
of the 30,0(10 autographs tnat ne
wanted, Including those of kings,
presidents and dictators, with the
one exception of Pope Pius XI's.
Collier's.
Pension Plan for Employees
Announced by Wrigley Co.
Recognizing the advantage and
fairness of social security to work
ers and being In favor of an old age
pension plan, the Wm. Wrigley Jr.
company, has announnced a pen
i nir tnr Its emnlovees. effective
at once. More than 1,300 employees
n nflWtal hv thp mOVe.
Under the AVrigley plan the com
otiH omnloveea contribute for
future service pension on a fifty-fifty
h-ois The nlan provides for em-
tr, ho pptlrwl at the aee of
yiujccs -
sixty-five.
Ilontl
COLDS
I n..o nf a4..m In
il MMWO BWmmm
f Irrltatton and promote
clear breathing.
ill1 Wi"
P9l
A Myttery
Why would the average man rath
er be charged with malice than with
making a blunder?
Breakup that
SB mmL
Perhaps lh url wY to prevent a co d
from'catchlns hold" and getting wor If,
. . ft. n..aU IlltaWo
"'H? FREE nay. Doil the pleaMnttM
CHMPl r c"P WV- Flinh tht tyiteni
SAMPLE. 11,, hot cop olGarfisId
""SP,1" Te-hemlld,eiy-to-Ule
B5kSV.. liquid laxative. At drus-rtore.
i:illlliii
Covered Wagon Tracka
n-ho inst slsns of the covered
n agon caravans that crossed the con
tinent during the gold rush days of
the 1840's can be seen today on the
salt beds of Utah. Owing to the pe-
..itn. noinn nf tiipse nats. me iracno
of the wagons have been preserved
. ll.il-.l dlaitnlnM.
on this aeserr Dy a uiuuti,uin.viv.
Hon. Collier's
PIMPLES
WGHBSlFUL FOR
THESE SKKl BLEMISHES
Wonderful, thousands sav, how the sootttog
T penetrat on of CUTiCUJjA oosp .ana
IrCHIHO Eeipg banish ugly skin irritations due to external
eczema r'a Wondirful. how this mildly medicated
. j Vnw fhA Ointment:
aoan cleanses anu bwiuco " - - t
BLACK
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RASHES
ntEB swaps
Essatttteattfiafl
WHAT? RETURN
THATJ DRESS ?i
t CU-1111 n oV
NOT THINK WERE!
IN BUSINESS
FOR FUN
o
TELL. M
rtER YOU'LL
BET SHE'S
WORN IT
A DOZEN
TIMES.' AND
ASK HER
, HOW ABOUT
PAVING HER:
a A
r.lftUbf. we've
SUNK.EVERV;
neUUV WP MAD
rt.n'i w i .
iM-rtlK STORE '
AND NOW VOU'RE
SO IRRITABLE
VOU'RE DRNINS
CUSTOMERS
AWAY i
F' OH, VEAH ?
THAT5 JUST
ilKB YOU. DICI
...BLAMING AAE
BECAUSE
BUSINESS IS
TERRIBLE
WHATfe
HE CRABBING
ABOUT ? ALL
lic'c i rxrr ic
s "A MONEY. ..YOU'RE
LOSING YOUR,
MIND
1945. unless the act u - . m only aD01It 25.000 Japanese ra n haa been pointed out, tnere is
Nor are these the S"" , Se islands, at the most, out of s total mmSh. fot the contention that
Certain acts of the new, swernment, w . 13,055(220; there are ap- th pWnppines actually do not want
most recently the wtaUment by Pre jgJJ 000 ? Chinese. .T.700 Kdence because they don't know
Went vue" " i koo I Americans ana o,w "P""1"
roeaker, of the assembly, have been e"""f oni, jjOWl P cent of
to by many testloof of fte PhlUpplnes;
JHin dictatorship. The recent tne ""., . . orJ thero n far less
nassaffe of oui www- , - ... v.t them, Japanese oumuu
Sfonelrd of sU thi .money aran- U. Ser naUonaUty. - i
?X o. .nrvronriAtlon to the buUd- her any tha Jananese
U1V -rr - of v some
InK ana .mawv - . . I in tho archioeiaip u
-uh a B00.0OO reserve, has been W tnei jg,
. - as a step to"1! Ue pro.u. ,not. thA
the reserve army If produced. There superior .uu.,
decide that they, had better not giro
tip tne proiecuna ww .
States for their dream of Independ-
ik anniM. ..Miuiia , unn w
. tv. ho taiands back?
to uua; iw " o" .
uThat will be aeterminea pviuw
o much by otwdwlr to-retain our
ninth lanest astome abroad as by
our general f ar amamn yj
S) Waatat wawimpi
'the bank
WON'TLENP
US ANOTHER
DIME WE
Oan't hold
OUT MUCH
LONGER. JT5 VOliV.
GOT MB
WORRIED.1
I'M MORE. WORRIED
ABOtnVOUi DEAR
DR. RIPLEY '").
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THfc PH0Y 't-B
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VAUAT DOES
ilr- nilllkllVj
i;-niAT DOCTOR
rnN TJOLEND
VfOU SOME, .MONEY,
OK BUY OU1 V
TUB CTTIBP 7l
'".- J
LedORHEAtS,
'aches'and sou
cant sleep
Aii.inc i live
Ai-t-f-e.kieDr;c 1
tvvrr c-c iNwn.-v.-'i
WriyNoraurr,
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SvvrrcHTO
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i THAN X DO
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WRECKS MV
PLANS
VSTi,
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Cnew car for
i lo'teicrrUnAV.
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USAMCTiVOU'RE,
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VOUTSWITCHEP
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SWITCH TO POSTUMi
CHILDREN ahould never drink
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-VJ(B- CUUCC, M""" -1
1 Tf AM
ditagreea witn many grown-upa, . -bettered
by headachea or indigeuon,or can't aleep
soundly ...try Poatum for 30 day.1 It tainano
. caffdn. It U simply wholewheat and branroaated
and alithUy metened. Easy to make, costs km
i thsalsne-half cent a cup. It's delicious, too -..and
may prove a real help. A product of General Food.
FRE E-Let oaaand yow snt wjak'a anppty
- -notajn fr8toplyro-lltliCPPPon. Qiaaa.a.p.eww.
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