Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-07-25
HOLD THE PHILIPPINES
Is the Word from the United States Export
Association.

| open letter sent to President Mckinley
by the president Of the United States
Export Association, is plea for the re-
tention of the Philippine Islands by the
United states:
New York, July 10, 1898.
| President Mckinley:
Dear SirA statement in the press
to the effect that the administration.
when adjusting terms of peace with
| Spain, would probably relinquish the
| Philippine Islands with the exception
| of Il coaling station leads me to ask
| your consideration Of the following
points. which have become apparent to
me while travelling around the world.
ana subsequently from my experience
as chairman of the committee on for
eisn commerce of the New York Cham
Der of Commerce. and more recently as
president of the United States Export
Association, a union of American inter-
| ests to widen the market for American
products. whose membership comprises
the leading manufacturers of " princi-
pal lines of business, situated in Il
states. with an invested capital of over
500, 900 900 and employing more than
200 600 persons.
The insular policy advocated by the
father Of our republic was wise In its
day and generation: but steam. cleo
tricity and machinery have changed
the conditions abbreviated time ana
space, and now the field is the world"
In commerce as wei as in religion.
Production has outrun CONSUMPTION,
and this Industrial revolution Is at the
bottom OF the movement Of the prn-
cipal nations To parcel out the territory
of the weaker nations. as hunters d.
vide their game. To find a market for
their wares.
The Koran says: Every man is en-
tilted to as many wives as his RICH,
hand can take ana hold ana the ma
tons Of the earth are now acting ON
this principle. from the little German
war god down.
While OH general principles | am OPP
Iused u war and would never sanction
war Of conquest. when a war like
thu present ~ undertaken t. end the
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Of land pirates.
and territory ana markets fan into our
lap. ! would not rcjec; them indeed.
ly tin logic - events. we viii be forced
to police these territories. for their
semi-barbai Us masses are for thc
time being incapable Of sclf-Enyern-
mont.
Great Eritain has furnished Us with
pr, crl;cnls f3r the government Of out
lying dependencies. Their is no nrcea-
sity Tor assimilatng them into our
union If statgs-at least not uutil they
arr in . condition worthy Of such c!ti-
zcnship.
TrnnySnns dream Of The Parlia-
,Hcrt oC Man the Federation IF the
World" is 2 long way off and In
AHg,n-Saxou race is. pcrforct. obliged
to h. in the procession Of hr nations.
Il ought not to hc at the tail end.
Commerce protest against H. telig-
ion protests AGAINST it, And | cannot
hclieV, that your administration.
which has thus far distinguished itself
in the pres,nt emergency To such an
extent as Ia command The enthusiastic
suupult Of all parties. viii throw away
tn opportunity IL the United States
the opportunity ~ centuries to lead
in tn" industrial march Of tho nations.
l would ID Ike ordering Dewey ana
Schicy not to attack the cncmy's fleet
at Manila and Santiago. when thu
cturil moment came The decks 81
the United States are cleared far ac-
jion, our fields, forests, mines and fac
tories are our magazines. VIII thu
creator of American industries fail 10
give Thorn a chance to win iii this in
du+triaI night?
i,lciy market Is fort. every mcr-
chant ship drummer for trade.
With a navy as a police furCv.
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