The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-12-22

yond the dream OF avarice.
ems for ! moment moment and and then fades into
moner dashed upon the. public mird as
in. ' %heS %oud e sne he
Atlantic With the Pacific was accepted
as an assured undertaking BY the gov
eminent. and. what Benton described as
OF Columbus to put Europe and Asia
into communication through the heart
Of our country was regarded as GER
tan environment N the scheme Of ne =
domain.
There Were False Prophets.
''Since the organisation Of the thirteen
original states each generation has pro-
duced some misguided citizens who. blind
to the benefits offered by extension of
national domain, sought In vain to thwart
the march OF commercial progress and
check the current of nations destiny.
great Frederick characterized as absurd
the idea Of maintaining an independent
form Of government covering so vast a
and Georgia. Every extension OF our bor-
der line was met by similar argument, and
when the Oregon country was under dis
c curslon u the forties senator with be,
remote land could ever be Incorporated
and held az an integral part Of the United
States; that II would require ten months
in congress to go to and from the national
capital, and that the contemplated annex
alton would prove topheavy construction,
foundation of the national fabric.
But one by one new states were nodded
from new territory, and the republic, built
In na to na pGpe ben s @
link was rtveted In the chain of states
binding the. Atlantic and the Pacific, the
once struggling republic, fresh in the vigor
all its members, stood before the nations
Of the earth model government founded
on the rights OF all its people, secure in
m the promise Of their posterity.
.
Remove the Firebrand First.
TN the Philippines 65.000 American sol-
diers today are standing in the trenches
against the onslaught on our national au-
t inc tv Il tn y ne needless now te recount
tack. There Is room for patriotic differ
ence on expansion Of our boundary lines
and the subsequent control of territory
any American citizen, whatever may be
his political opinion. to know that our
boys are being killed, our ftag is being as
sailed. and our authority is being dehed.
ut seems to me there. is one proposition.
however, which should commend itself tn
the Judgment of everyone who applies the
proper standard oa TO Ms conntrys duty and
assault upon Its flag. from whomsoever 1t
may come, and whatever may be the con-
dltions prompting such attack. These who
a burdensome asset should be accorded full
sincerity of motive and honesty of purpose
In the expression of their opinion; but in
none the less heartily in the patriotic eff
fort of those who hold a contrary view
to sustain the government In Its declared
policy Of removing the firebrand from the
hand Of the revolutionist before treating
with him concerning his future state.
Enect OF withdrawaI.
Picture in your imagination the effect
Of the immediate withdrawal of the strong
Phiippines e and Tie Establishment asI f out a of
existing conditions of government
which would have none other than the
trsal raSy which it would
anarchy begin? How long would it be
before tribal strife and selfish faction
would burst into the fierce fury of mad
foundation of civilization and progress
which has been firmly planted on the ISL
ands, and which. under the guiding hand
pie into the broad path of peace and
prosperity?
Ine fractlcal SlQes
"This brings me to a very practical fea-
dustrial development of no section of the
country has been more marked during
the last few years than In the South.
but where the manufactured cotton prod
uct now divides the scepter. Until a few
years ago the South grew the cotton for
se Rn this
Liverpool, with iron and relentless hand,
has fixed the price. of, cotton for the
humiliation and despair. and too often In
poverty and want. But conditions have
changed. For the first time the cotton
manipu1ators, and the price of the staple
has been fixed, not abroad, but on the
cotton mills, dotting the hillsIdes and tho Z.
valleys, at the very doors or the farm
houses, have offered market which. In
South Carolina alone, has taken three
and which, in other states, has increased
local consumption in like. proportion.
ga nosns e erop s of eSttSn ON at only
for the raw material; and this year the
farmer who got less than 7 cents for his
cotton had only himself TO blame for SELL
ing 1t too early. Ten million bales of cot
ton in the manufactured state. means
10 81 100000. We have not yet
feacneu the point WHtTe even Il larger per
cent. of the crop is manufactured In the
vicinity Of the cotton field: but with the
phenomenal development of Aslatic de-
mand for cotton goods, and the steadily
increasing facilities of the South to sup
ply 1t, we can reasonably expect an out
come which, at no distant day, will fall bu.
les OF our country of practically the total
output Of American bales: and, figuring
only upon the increased demand sufficient
to Justify a modest wardrobe of not more
than one cotton suit to each Filipino we
have m this item alone a return which
would very soon meet the cash cost OF the
lnoalculable wealth to the cotton industry
of our country.
Vision of the Republic.
After while II will all be over Peace
vii, DO won and then orr real work will
begin. The school teacher will suppiant the