Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-12-09
MORE LOSS THAN PROFIT.
What Imperialism Is Costing the Peo-
pie OF tho United States.

pie or tho United States.
The treasury statement of receipts
and expenditures of the government
for the month OF October, 1899, and
the four months Of the current fiscal
year, shows that the people of the
United States, at present, are paying
at the rate Of sl23,OOO.O0O a year for
the keeping up of T. foreign establish
ment. In other words, we are throw
ing away on sentiment to save the in
dividual William Mckinley the pain
and modification Of having to &C
knowledge mistakes dangerous to the
nation, made by him as President.
Mr.. Mckinley has personally thank
ed the soldiers, and the widows and
orphans of an unnecessary war, for
their sacrifices to the grand old flag,
all OF which Is fudge and bumcombe,
and he has even declared it an act of
herolsm for one or any number Of
mon to lay down their lives upon the
altar of their country for the benefit
OF others, the survivors. But Mr.M
Kinley has not made any sacrifices, is
not willing tc make the slightest sac.
rltice, he even demands that Ameri-
can citizens fall down and worship
his policy; he insists upon his person.
ality being the test of patriotism, and
wrapped in the flag which is not his
property, but the emblem of the ma.
ton, poses as man who is leading
the nation to greatness and prosper
ity.
Mr.. Mckinley, as a man, an Judi
vidual, ID not entitled to any more
respect or consideration than the
humblest American citizen. The
high Office he fills merits both. AS
an individual and as an official, the
servant of the people, what has he
done, what is he doing that he is
bound to do under the constitution
which he accepted and ratified when
he took upon himself the yffice of
chief executive? When he shall give
information OF the state OF the Union
to Congress in his annual message, as
he must do, how can he limit himself
to the state Of the Union? His whole
message beyond numerous platitudes
concerning prosperity, which he has
repeated so often that he actually be-
heves them, must specify matters not
OF, or concerning the Union; matters
not III any manner connected with
the Union, but entirely foreign to the
Union. He will say that he has
wrung from the pockets OF the PEG.
pie OF the Union the gigantic sum Of
$l23,000,000 per annum, which will
be doubled if his policy is pursued.
For the first time In the history of
the nation, its President will be COM
PEELED to travel outside of the nation
and place before the Congress of the
people foreign policy which has in
creased the burdens of the people in
the direction Of an extravaganza not
contemplated by the instrument
which made him President, Perhaps
he will call his policy "business en-
terprise," il 20. whose is the profit,
whose the loss? Upon whom does
the loss fall when millions Of cheap,
Grass laborers are added to our al
ready few opportunities for American
citizens to gain their daily bread?
Who gains in sugar, tobacco, rice
fruits and other products when COM
petition ls on with millions of cheap
products? Who pays the taxes on all
this stupendous departure from our
national existence2 How shall we be
rewarded for our sacrifices, our blood
and our treasure poured out to rec
tify the mistakes Mr.. Mckinley is too
shamefaced to rectify himself? The
only answer is: A second term of
Mckinley. Is the game worth the
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