We take the following from Manila Times" of the 20th ult.
Making Tour of Wor: d-wide Inves'igation.
Mr. William Edgar phia, who recently a at present engaged in. making a three years' and a half tour of the world for the purpose of a comparative stu races, Mr. Gell has already isles of the sea and other places of inter including Australia New Zealand, which countries he delivered a number of lectures to large and representative audi ences. Efforts are now being made to hi Mr. Gell disburse some of a information to the people of Mani itis possible that he may be prevailed upon to give a lecture of two before he leaves the archipelago.
From the same paper we quote the fol lowing editorial remarks anent: the New Tariff Bill for the Philippines The New Tariff.
The cable received from the " Times'
ton correspondent regarding the now tariff bill for the Philippines ix decidedly hopeful in its tone, and would tend to indicate that a reduction from the tariff rates first. proposed ix almost assured. While merchants and importers in these islands would doubtless receive more beno fit. from the complete overthrow of the tariff wall in the United States, yet half a loaf is better than none. and it must be remembered that the Philippines will receive whatever sums are collected by the Customs of the United States. This was provided in the bill now before the Senate. According to a cable received here on January 1th, it is provided Taft of a duty of fifty per cent of the Ding-ley rate. The probability would therefore appear to be that a compromise between the two extremes, the committee bill of per and the Foraker bill of 25 (8! per cent, will meet. on Governor Taft's recommendation of 50 per cent.
The " Manila Times" says that, according to the semi-monthly statement is from the effies of the auditor for the Philippine Archipelago for the period Ist of February to the Lith of February, the balance available for appropriation at the close of business, 15th of february, was According to the "Manila Times" of the 2st of February, the action of Irresident Roosevelt in awarding to the Inter ional Banking Corporation the appointment to act as fiscal went for the Vnited States to receive the Chinese in-mon means a great deal more 10 American interests in the Orient than might appear on the surface. Tt means the establishment of a strong American bank at Manila and at other cities of commercial importance from tie point of view of American trade.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.