The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-08-15
JOHN Bull 5 solution
Of the Easiest Way to Garry
the White Mans Burden
IS ALL SECRETARY ROOT
Will Have to Guide Him in
the Work Before Him.
IS ALL SECRETARY ROOT

| at home to guide him. he must iool
abroad, and to no nation can he turn 70
a practical system Of colonial government
but Grea. Britain, for Great Bhitian alon'
OF AL the great nations Of the earth hal
learned the secret of governing alien races
ailc governing them well.
| Do colonies pay?
Great Bhitian ought to know. She gov
eras 50O.OOO.OO1 people occupying an ares
| OF Il ,25G, 9O0 square miles. Her co.onle'
! are peopied by races which have ATTAINED
| the highest degree of civilization and by
| those among the lowest in the scale OF
humanity The British empire is patch
work OF Caucasion, Monaghan, Indian
Ethiopian, and Malayan. It's religion IL
! protestant, catholic, Jewish, Mohamme-
dan, Brahmin. Its subjects range from
rajahs to slaves. It's flags float from arc
tic to tropic, and the points farthest
north and farthest south on the known
and habitat globe are under the shelter of
the Union Jack.
How does Great Bhitian acquire her
colonies?
Somewhereout in thewild waste OF wat
ers of the Pacific ocean a tropical island
covered with a jungle of forests and peo-
pied by naked savages passes through
centuries unnumbered without the i'm
press of a white mans foot. Its people
lived in grass huts and subsisted on CO.
coanuts and plantins.
They knew nothing OF any other island
or any other people. until by some chance
Il nv IN mr. al
blown from the usual highway Of the sea
by an unusual storm.
The chance discovery once made known
the island with its mysterious forests and
strange people became an object of sclen>
tihc curiosity. 1t Is put under the micro
scope and studied as a naturalist studies
an insect. Books were written about 1t.
A round-shouldered specialized member of
the royal Geographical society gravely
announces the island has never been
claimed by any flag. A British cruiser
visits the spot, the Union Jack is run to
the top of palm tree-John Bull builds
a wharf and sits down and waits for
trade.
This tropical island at once becomes the
object of all the stolid energy of the Brit
ish empire 1t Is explored, surveyed, meas
ured, turned inside out, and photographed
Biologists break It into bits with little
hammers and carefully inspect the pieces.
Naturalists go over 1t with a microscope.
Commercial agents wearing goggles and
cork helmets write exhaustive reports up
on 1t.
Then the ministry appoints a governor,
who is forthwith established on the island
The governor takes a few relocated SOL
diers and builds a town-first theh bar
racks, then a custom house. He intro
duces sanitary sewerage and establishes
schools. The government subsidies line
Of steamers at fancy prices to make regu-
lar trips to the new possessions. Capital
Is invested. railways built, factories err
ected, colonists arrlve-and the next year
the island Is given an alphabetical place
In Whitaker's alrnanack, and the clehks
in the office of the secretary for the COL
onies complies statistics for 1t.
For 800 years Great Britain has been
collecting colonies IN just this way. 1t is
true there are the wars whit the natives.
Savage tribes do nor take kindly to the
restraints OF civilization. They prefer
their grass huts and cocoanuts. But
since the beginning of time civilization has
swept savagry aside. 1t Is the destiny OF
the human race. and the ignorant saw
age who seeks by deed Of violence to i'm
pede the wheel OF progress Is crushed.
II Secretary DOT proposes 10 take leaf
from the history OF the colonial admins
tration Of the British colonies he will
readily learn the first principles of John
Bulls success. They are few and easily
Enumerated.
First John Bull exacts no revenue from
shilling or a sixpense to his treasury.
True he taxes them oderately. but the
money he collects from them he spends on
them The revenue they contribute Is ex-
pended o ninternal Improvements, edu-
cation and civil administration. Railroads
are built. jungles cleared. swamps drain
ed, arid plains irrigated. and streets paw
ed. Schools and colleges are erected ana
maintained. hospitals built. museums and
art CALLERS supplied. and libraries estab-
lished wherever the condition OF civilza-
ton will warrant. The coloniets pay their
taxes cheeTfully because they spend them
themselves.
In the second place-and Secretary Root
Will find here a point worthy OF careful
appreciation-John Bull never interferes
with the religion. caste or racial privil-
eyes of his subjects. They are christian
or pagan. Mohamedan or Brahmin. fetch
worshIpers or adorers of the sun, as they
choose. He does not force his own faith
upon them II they have a religion he re-
spects Il. protects It, and in many cases
fosters IT,
A third point will impress Sterceray
Root ana bring him face 10 face with a
serious problem john Bulls colonies are
practically Independent OF commercial re-
straint Free trade Is his shiboolesh In
Fiji az well as in Great Britain. no bur-
densOnae port charges. no obnoxious ton
mage dues to prevent absolute freedom Of
commerce.
Again. the colonists are permitted to
govern themselves as nearly as possible.
In every colony where the conditions are
sufficisntly advanced there Is a native leg
tslature elected By the people. The laws
are. OF course. administered BY q governor
general appointed BY the cro~n. but he
employs native councillors wherever pos-
ssSse. There are native Judges or the
bench Natives III most OF the clerkzhips
Ia the several administrative departments
Natives are admitted 20 tbearmy ana en-
ployed as polka The native ais . large
part CT the Affairs Of the colony. His
sense Of justice and fairness = appeaIea