The Washington weekly post., 1899-06-06
Send Them Printing Presses.

| ''Then let the editorial associations of
| the United States, as many of such or
/ ganizatiOnS as there are States. resolve
| at the next cOnvOcatlon 10 establish in
| every region of those islands q printing
| press, to be supported by people of this
| country until it can become self-support-
| ing. Each of these State editorial asso-
| Citations sending out 10 those Islands at
| least one editor and two reporters and
| enough typesetters, down will go the ig-
| norance and superstition of those islands.
| as certainly as the Spanish feet under
CerVera sank under the pounding of our
American battle-ships, and into their
every port viii so intelligence and love
of free institutions as certainly as into
| the harbOr OF Manila went Admiral Dewey
on that famous morning when he was
not expected. Hoes printing press
Nothing can stand before its lombard
menL Editors of American newspapers
and publishers Of American books, Take
the ordination for such magnificent SER
vice Eloquence on yOnder Capitol Hill
cannot meet the exigency. Epigrams of
political platforms or in State Legiela
lures VIII not hasten the desired consl,m
nation one week or one hour or one mo-
ment
Nhen Cubans and Porto Rioans and
FInplhos see the E.orning and evening
He%sPapets thrown into the dcoryays
and haWked along the streets af
havana and Santiago ana Manila, those
fLo cdnndt read, BY the force OF curios-
Il! VIII leGrA 10 read, SO that they NAV
know what information is being scattered
ana that which may be missionary enorr
al the start, and carried on by Aniericans
stHt Io-lA 10 90 Inc work, VIII soon be
cone by educated natives. Porto RIcaa
ecllors! Porto RiCan repOrterst Porto
Rican typesetters! Porto Rican publish
ers! IL was { great mercy 10 take those
Islands from under the heels OF desUOI-
ism, but II viii be d mighIier mercy 10
emanclpate them IrCm ignorance and deg
radduon- Tne expansion of the knowl-
edge and intellectual qualification OF an
those isiandy regions is the desire OF ali
Intelligent Americans. Awake all yolI
schools and colleges and universities and
printing presses 10 your opportunity
Door Is Open tn Chr.stisntfr.
still further. here is a wide-oUen door
for Christianity. First OF all, We have the
attention Of those people The hea,hen
nations are for the most part sopslfic.
The American missionaries heretofore
had great difficulty in getting heathendon
10 listen. They excited some comment ny
their attire, so different was the parting
OF Ine hair and the shape OF the har and
the cut OF the coat ana the formation OF
the shoe Of the eTangelizers: bur the
questions constantly arose in regard n
the missionary: Who Is he? What Is he
here ioT?' and then the in;errogator world
relax into the previous stupid Indifference
But that condition OF things has pass.d
The guns Of our American navy have
awakened those populations They do not
ask who We are. They have found out
They are how listening 10 what American
civilization ana our Christian religion
have 10 say on any subject Now is the
tine, while their ears and eyes are MIDI.
open, "a tell them OF the rescuing ar
saiyaDle and inspiriting power OF the eos-
pei OF Jess Christ, the Saviour Of tce
world. The steam printing press which
secular education pants there nav be
used and will be used TO print religious
newspapers and tracts aud sermons and
mighty discussions OF questions temporal
aEd eternal
The comfortable homes Of those pousl-
lat!oHE. when Christia nized, standing 80
BY side with the degraded nuts Of thos.
who remain pagGns. will De revolutionary
for good. The Porto Rican and tie FiIj-
plno viii come cut from his uncleanssd
and iOw-rOOfei. and unlnvitiaz kennel and
say 10 his neighbor Of beautiful hour
Eold: Why cannot | have things as yOu
have them And when he nnds thai IN
Is the Bible, with It's teachings on family
life and personal purity ana exalted prsn-
ciple an9 The church OF God that Proposes /
she reeIincaIion OF ali evil and the i'm
plantation II all good, he viii CRY out |