Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1899-08-31

PO"oioH' n correspondent from Manila
said, "The only imperialists in all the
American forces now in these islands are
TO be found among the temporary govern
ment appontces, who see con ing within
their grasp large fat official plums and a
large percentage Of the well.pad army
officers, surrounded by their large retinue
OF cheap servants, la ante-bellum days
in the South"
1t is not true that II superior race gov
ernng an inferior one in the tropics, w hen
the superior race cannot take with it the
wives and children and create homes
there, will benefit such race by exam
pie. 1t is only exploited by schemcrs,
who stay in such countries until they
make sack, so as to be able to return
and live comfortably in their own coun.
Try.
Our exports to the Philippines have not
exceeded an average OF $3.50, 900 per year
Tor twenty years past. During the year
ending June so, 1898, we exported only
1927 900 worth OF goods to the Philippines,
while to the remainder OF the world we
exported 1890, 100000 worth. They
were less than 100 of one per cent OF the
total exports Of this country for the year
ending June 80, 1898.
Our imports from the Philippines were
from $4,000, 900 to $S,00O,0OO per annum,
according to tie kind OF money they are
valued in. These exports from the Phil
lpplnes-hemp, sugar, tobacco, etc.-all
bore, under Spanish rule, an export tax
to defray expenses OF administration,
which our constitution forbds. Moreover,
all interests OF value in the Philippines
are already controlled by the English,
Spanish. German and French, and the
Chinese, OF the latter OF whom there are
$4,000 in Luzon alone; besides the Fill.
pinos' rights, property titles, positions Of
vantage, etc. We do not need the Philip
pines to maintain the prestige OF our COM
merce in the Orient. Commercial growth
does not depend on territorial expansion.
The cant that Grade follows the flag" is
a shallow sophistry. Trade is determined
by fitness, price and transpo, tation. all OF
which may be summed up in the one
word-price.
The four leading colonizing nations,
Great Britain, Germany, France and
Spain, in the five years, 1898. 81 inclusive.
rs compared with the similar preceding
period, lost over 1900 million dollars OF
their export trade, while the United
States, without colo lies and very liza
tied tonnage, increased its export trade
with foreign markets over 270 million
dollars. And it is Il surprising fact that
the export trade Of Great Britain With
her colonies, protectorates and spheres Of
influence, decreased more than 200 mil
| lion dollars in this same time. This
should afford conclusive evidence that
| the commerce OF the world has inexora-
BILE laws of it's own.
! In the pursuit OF glory, expansion, be-
nevolent assimilation, or other high
sounding terms, in reality war Of exter-
mination OF the most indefensible charac-
ter in the records of civilization, we are
trying to hold large and active popula-
| ton by force, without visible plan or
purpose, or reason for SO doing. Thou
sands Of lives have been sacrificed, mil
lions Of property destroyed and millions
OF money expended in this unnecessary
invasion Of an unoffending peoples rights
There is no way better calculated to mis-
Interpret benevolent motives and inten-
tons than weapons OF war. Nobody ever
gets any hint OF benevolent intentions
from such things.
And yet, despite all the evidence con-
frming these facts, those who protest
against this distressing waste OF life, prop
ertv, treasure, and against the violation
OF the principles OF our government, are
glibly disparaged for treason" "sedi-
ton" AS a writer in the Dial Of July
10th very ertnently says:
"Not since the Gays Of the assault in
the United States congress on John
Quincy Adams and Joshua Giddings for
their grand defense Of the sacred right Of
petition, Las the pubic in this country
been so swayed by ignorant and servile
intolerance as during the past six months.
The press OF the country, with few
honorable exceptions, has worked itself
into such state OF mind as would be
gratefully appreciated by Caesar or a
Napoleon, and state of public opinion
has been produced which it requires con-
siderable courage to question"
And this has been peculiarly the case
on the Pacific Coast, where the material
adva ntages OF supplying ansarmy in the
Philippines have been eagerly seized up
on, while the consequent burdens OF
administration to the people at large not
yet realized; but the day OF reckoning
will come. The hopes of most OF those
who expect to gain something-money,
glory, prestige-will be disappointed.
"The cost OF conquest and maintenance