I will quote from his report: Although at present absolutelyincapable of organizing on a large scale for political purposes at home. they have solved many of the minor problems relating to economic cooperation. especially of cooperative protection and production. Such a people. largely endowed as they are with inexhaustible fortitude and determination. if admitted to the archipelago in any considerable numbers during the formative period which is now in progress of evolution. would soon have direct or indirect control of pretty nearly every productive interest. to the ahsolute exclusion alike of Filpinos and Americans. This view is stated with considerable emphasis. as unmistakable indications are apparento of rganized and systematized efforts to break down all barriers. wvith a view to unrestricted Chinese immigration. for the purpose of quick and effective exploitation of the islandsa policy which would not only be ruinous to the Filipino people. hut would in the end surely defeat the expansion of American tada to its natural dimensions. in what is obviously one of its most important channels. In this connection it may not be improper to state that one of the greatest difficulties attending military efforts to tranquilize the people of the archipelago arises from their dread of sudden nd excessive exploitation. which they f ear would defraud them of thir natural patrimony and at the same time relegate them to a status of social and political inferiority. Molr.
Identified stereotypes
Chinese immigrants are described as capable of economic cooperation and a threat to Filipinos and Americans.