The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1898-12-06
No statistics Of CONNIE, GO

atwood. No statistics Of CONNIE, GO
exist.
The Carolines aro inhabited by
Malay fishermen and produce moth
ing Of value. The Ladrones are IN
like condition. S
OUR NEW CLIMATES. ,.s
We have also annexed now eli.
mates. a,. >-~..F..-. "a
The Philippines, as all travellers
agree, ha . climate in which man
from the temperate zone can keep
alive only with the greatest Difficult
ty, and can keep well only by nevcr
forgetting for an instant to guard
his health.
Malaria is the lot OF all who d. oil
there. Tropical fevers, tropical pla-
CUES such ID smallpox and leyrosy,
thrive and prey upon natives and
newcomers. ... ....
Tho air is hot as we'll as moist, and
only the most rigid comers from tenn
perate climates are able to resist the
universal, innate and incurable idle
ness. ... :! ..E,.
Of Hawaii we already know much
q gorgeous beauty Of sky and
earth, a paradise in which turks lep- 90
rosy. ....
In both these domains the only
possible labor that is commercially
productive is contract labor not dis
tiuguishable from ihe harshest sla-
very. This fact is duo chiefly to theI
climate. IS
| In Cuba the semi tropical climate
makes conditions tolerable only by
the acclamated by Inheritance. Rcs-
idence all the year round in the Gu
, ban cities and plains ia impossible
for the white races. The heat and
the diseases bar the white laborer.
, Porto Rico, called "athe most
hoalthful of the Antilles,"' is de-
lightful winter resort But white
men from the United States will
never live thero longer than for the
brief winter season. - r<.3iss
AS whole the new climates add
0 ell to the long established American
varieties are not attractive 10 the
a healthy, vigorous white y. races.
q These races will not labor in then,
0 will not thrive in them, will not vol
0 UNFAIRLY live in them. And they
stunt and weaken and ravage and
y render indolent and savage the ma
tive races. ...I.
BIGGER-BUT BETTER -.
Yes, it is undoubtedly bigger, q
greater United States But is it a
better United StatesP
:, With these areas in the Asiatic
hemisphere como 100000 Of Asiat-.
~ ics-yellow brown aud black. With
i, all these areas near anU far come
- peoples alien in blood, alien in
y, thought, alien in habits, customs,
manners. A few of them in The
,r West Indies are somewhat akin to
" our home negroes who constitute
J. such menacing race problem. But
even that kinship is light, remote.
And these new people will be
L. Americans, citizens of the United
States at once, perhaps. Are they
1T not entitled to the rights guaranteed
to us by our constitution? Do they
Pr not come in under our declaration of
Independence, with it's sweeping as
e. sertions Of universal equality and Of
" no government without the consent
of tho governedp .'...r ".',.
- Was it wise, is it wise, to add these
problems, inseparable from tho in
il coming Of these new Asiatic, South
o Sea and West Indian "Americans," !"
to our present problems? Are we or
are we not enlarging our commerce
" to any great extent? Is this en-.
N. largement commensurate with The
&c. enlargement Of our difficulties?
. Bigger yes. Greater-yes. But
N -bettor?
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