There is no reason why we should select the status of a commonwealth which does not differ radically from the form of government that Is provided in the Jones law. An analysis of the HareHawesCutting Act will inevitably reveal that with the exception of a few remaining positions to be Filpinized and the power of making appointments and preparing the budget the autonomous powers that we now enjoy are not increased one whit. It will be discovered further that in exchange for these seeming concessions we shall have to sacrifice the present freetrade arrangement and our right of immigration with all the benefits that this arrangement entails for our country. In exchange for actual independence. I venture to assert that we are ready to undergo sacrifices of whatever nature and form I believe that our country would undergo unspeakable hardships for the cause for which she has labored all these years.
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