This production in addition to the production in continental United States will greatly exceed any amount which this country could possibly consume. and hence. if unrestricted free entry be given to Philippine cigars. the domestic industry must be to a great extent driven to the wall. We should not permit this. Whatever view may be taken of our duties and obligations in the Philippine Islands or of the attitude which we should assume toward the inhabitants of those islands there is no possible reason why. if we must choose between our own -citizens. native born and naturalized. and accustomed to the American way of living. and the Chinese. Japanese. and Malays of the Philippines. we should give preference to the latter. We have in the cigarmanufacturing industry in this country ani oldestablished. extensively distributed. and flourishing industry. one in whioh there has been a continued and noticeable improvement in the conditions under which the labor is performed. one in which there has been a gradual increase in wages paid. and one which is. as a rule. a very well organized industry.
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