The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-01-31
SEATTLE. TUESDAY. JANUARY 81.


ciseo, declares that the Voice 81 tbs
American farmer is sottdly against sx-
pansion and quotes extensively from
agricultural Journals OF the United
States to sustain its claim, From the
excerpts reprinted in the Rural Press 1t
would appear that there Is determined
effort being made by thw agricultural
journals Of the country 10 prejudice
their readers against the policy of ex-
pansion.
The chief cause for alarm Is the fear
that free trade with the newly acquired
territory win work great injury 10 the
American farmer. This cry was first
raised by such Observation-Disclosures
anti-expanstop papers ga the spring
field Republican. the New York Even
ing Post and the Boston Transcript. As
these papers have always advocated a
policy OF free trade for the United
States. the effort. they are making 10
scare the farmers into opposing the
peace treaty aud a policy of expansion
by holding up n deftly constructed
scarecrow labeled free trade, may be
looked upon with some doubt as to their
sincerity.
There Ia considerable unaduitera,ed
demagogy IN son,e of the arguments
advanced To urge the farmers into OPP
posing the peace treaty The Rural
New Yorker uses the fact that Admiral
! Dewey secured at one time meat sup
ply from Australia 10 argue that hence
forth our troops In the Philippines win
be fed by the Australian farmers E.v-
cry intelligent American farmer knows
that had the United States government
possessed the necessary transports ali
OF pewey's supplies woald have been
sent from this country. The govern
nent Is now calling for bids for the con
struotion of a large cold storage plant
at Manila. where IL Is proposed lev keep
fftuttttsstt tff <tSttfIIIAh &9tltff&
in the Philippines.
The free admiss! IN Of tobacco. sugar
aud rice to this country will no doubt,
affeet the market price of these articles
To some extent. hut wilt they be adj
mitted free II lies with congress TO
determine this. The Hawaiian islands
and Porto Rico ar. already Il part az
the United States. What will BE- done
with the products from those islands ?
The reciprocity treaty with fiawail al
mittea sugar free 10 this country long
before the islands were annexed. with.
oat seriously affecting osr farmars
3 Our trade with the Orient. which will
enormously expand with the acquisition
~ the Philippines Is already taking q
large proportion az tho wheat raised in
the Pacific coas. states. while the de-
mand Tor raw and manufactured Amer
team cotton Is steadily tnervaslns. II tbs
American farmer Wiz give American
expansion fair trial BE- wgll find shai
he Is benefited instead ~ harmed hy il
The introduction q American law,
and American Ways into Our newly -ac-
ouired territory viii speedily change tbs
labor conditions whieh have hgretssfors
obtained there. a number az the axrt.
cultural journals ssll th-lr readers thal
there Will he an i8aux ~ cheap labor
freHa somewhere not definitely specified
The type cf iaho.er found ln G,,aha wa
not be apt 10 Sc; up enosgh energy "a
migrate to ths Uatfel States in search
Of work Like ,hs native ef she Phn.p
pines. work Is net hes strouR forte anl
II VIII be q loaw slate }eeoee the iah..,
market eg tass country wln l~ snvaie.
~ the Inhabitants Il eur trop.eal pss
sessions
The farmers ars aleo tolA shAt "a,
cgea door pe1scv means srve trade In shs
PhillpViaes fjtser the 5aurnals wA.
are Spreading THIS report are as.r.xes,
sseoragt e. ,hey are prexamlns uros
she iSfrsanCe 81 their yca3eTs Il hai
been e~tisined ever ard eTer Arain thA
tie ''oEsa 5ooF'' sgseanS ssuapsv fsat ~.
trade - xAo islands Wli hs free TO q.
nations Ga ike terms. ( ngysss ca,
is9noss s2Sa duties a. e assssz Aasss al,