It is only to be expected that he will oppose such a measure. His opposition is a means to an end. He uses it to force the cohcession of Philippine independence. Third. selfish American employers who have always shown a preference for the lowest priced labor obtainable. Actuated by greed. they would reduce their own fellow countryman to the level of the Oriental coolie. In San Francisco. for example. there is a plant controlled by a big national corporation which employs Filipinos at $2.16 per day. American men and women. who were formerly employed at the plant. refused to accept such wages.