Bingham inspects America's army posts in Islands

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English

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The American Chamber of Commerce Journal Volume 7 (Issue No. 8) August 1927

Year

1927

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August, 1927 THE AMERICAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE JOURNAL 9 Disallowing these offsets, at the very most the Islands have cost us ten million dollars per annum for the last decade; but for that sum, our achievements in these distant lands have cost the United States nothing. They have all been liquidated from funds of the Insular Government. Philippine Trade with the United States by Years Imports Per cent imports Exports Per cent of total exports Total Trade o/total trade 1899................. .............. P 2,706,172 7 P 7,870,510 26 P 10,576,682 16 1900................. .............. 4,306,396 9 5,921,702 13 10,228,098 11 1901................. .............. 7,068,510 12 9,092,584 18 16,161,094 15 1902................. .............. 8,306,348 12 22,951,896 40 31,258,244 25 1903................. .............. 7,674,200 11 26,142,852 40 33,817,052 25 1904.................. .............. 10,197,640 17 23,309,936 40 33,507,576 28 1905................. .............. 11,179,892 19 29,680,814 44 40,860,706 32 1906................. .............. 8,955,772 17 23,738,578 36 32,694,350 27 1907................. .............. 10,135,076 17 20,658,774 31 30,793,850 24 1908................. .............. 10,203,672 17 20,901,510 32 31,105,182 25 1909................. .............. 12,890,662 21 29,453,026 42 42,343,688 32 1910................. .............. 40,137,084 40 34,483,450 42 74,620,534 41 1911................. .............. 38,313,974 40 39,845,254 44 78,159,228 42 1912................. .............. 48,618,020 39 45,764,014 41 94,382,034 40 1913................. .............. 53,352,522 50 32,868,036 34 86,220,558 42 1914................. .............. 48,022,802 49 48,855,420 50 96,878,222 50 1915................. .............. 52,762,138 53 47,306,422 44 100,068,560 48 1916................. .............. 45,725,346 50 71,296,265 51 117,021,611 51 1917................. .............. 75,241,295 57 126,468,717 66 201,710,012 62 1918................. .............. 117,649,222 60 178,293,837 66 295,943,059 264,288,213 63 1919................. .............. 150,982,829 64 113,305,384 50 57 1920................. .............. 184,579,556 62 210,432,525 70 395,012,081 66 1921................. .............. 148,260,030 64 100,713,586 57 248,973,616 61 1922................. .............. 95,476,651 60 128,223,201 67 223,699,852 63 1923................. .............. 100,705,070 57 170,094,046 70 270,799,116 65 1924................. .............. 120,797,206 56 194,627,805 72 315,425,011 65 1925................. .............. 138,595,166 58 218,089,883 73 356,685,049 66 1926................. .............. 143,151,236 60 200,006,430 73 343,151,666 67 Bingham Inspects America’s Army Posts In Islands REVIGATOR The best HEALTH INSUR ANCE that you can possibly have for your entire family is the Radium Ore Revigator. It creates radio-activity, Health Spring Strength, in your drinking water. No upkeep ex pense. There are now thousands of satisfied users in the Philippines. The Radium Ore Revigator Agency P. O. Box 377 Telephone 2-56-22 313 Pacific Building Senator Hiram Bingham (in whites) beside General Sladen at Fort Wm. McKinley, and General Johnson Hagood, commanding the Philippine Division, at General Sladen’s left. Senator Hiram Bingham paid a visit of three weeks to the Philippines and managed to see something of seven islands and 17 provinces, utilizing his complete command of Spanish and talking to men in private and public life without the intervention of interpreters. He inspected all the military posts, was surprised and dis-pleased to see two flags flying in front of all school houses, and doubted that loyalty to America was being inculcated in the mind of youth, while stating that he believed being for independence was disloyalty. Aside from this slant, his more cogent opinion was that though the government was in pretty deep on the sugarcentral loans, the properties are good and are under business management, so that there is a good prospect of their being able to pay out without loss to the government. He therefore was not in favor of selling them at a loss. He paid General Wood a number of high tributes while he was in the islands, and said that if Wood’s campaign had not been managed “not wisely but too well” in 1920 he would have been President of the United States. He declared that Wood’s stand for preparedness for the World War saved the lives of thousands of Amer ican soldiers in Europe, and that the country, still idolizing him, resented even yet his not being sent to Europe in command of a division. He plainly indicated that he would favor amend ments to the organic act of the Philippines to obviate the possibility of a stalemate in public administration here through disagreement be tween the chief executive and the legislature. POPULAR MEETING PLACE Many meetings are now regularly held at the chamber of commerce, which in its new quarters has a large airy hall, a well equipped kitchen and facilities for catering to downtown meetings. On August 5 Theobald Diehl gave a supper for members of his lodge; on August 12 comes the annual banquet of Stotsenburg Camp, where about 200 always gather; on August 13 the Veterans hold a reunion in commemoration of Occupation Day. The convention of the Amer ican Legion was held August 6. INFORMATION FOR INVESTORS Expert, confidential reports made on Philippine projects ENGINEERING, MINING, AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY, LUMBER, ETC. Hydroelectric projects OTHER COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL ENTERPRISES BRYAN, LANDON CO. Cebu, P. I. Cable address: “YPIL,” Cebu.

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