There are figures available which show the rate of wages or payment. the hours of work. and the earnings of workmen in the cigarmaking trade in the Philippines. and it is perhaps fortunate. considering the animadversions of tile najority on any figures quoted by this side. that these figures are official figures taken from the annual report of the bureau of labor. department of cominer- and police. Government of the Philippine Islands. and gathered and published as a part of said report. Before giving these figures I should like to impress upon the Senators the enormous advantage that these capitalists in the Philippines will have over the cigar manufacturers in the United States owing to an abundant labor supply. an Asiatic rate of wages. and a low standard of living. Furthermore. that cigar making is practically all hand labor. There have been several attempts to introduce machines. and I am informed that there is now in use a device called a suction table. but it has increased production less than 5 per cent and is used only on the cheapest of cigars. .
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Asiatic rate of wages and a low standard of living