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The American Occupation of the Philippines 1898-1912

Note 15 — Chapter XVI · Governor Taft, 1903

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As the population of the province was about 250,000,15 a loss of $5,000,000 meant a loss of $20 per capita for the six months or so of reconcentration during which the farms were neglected. This would be equivalent to a loss of $1,800,000,000, in the same length of time to a country having a population of 90,000,000, which is the total population figure for the United States according to the Census of 1910.

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