The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1899-06-30

and demand nor obscured the evils OF Q
gold standard.
Another problem OF government 's the
trust. To-day, the capitalization OF
trusts EQUALS all the gold and silver IN
the world. The trust principle Is TO
control the price Of whatever the trust
makes or handles. Those who have the
monopoly will gather in all the profits OF
those who do the toll III production.
The trust must go. 1t makes every
servant a slave and no mother son can
rise in the world without getting down
on his knees and begging the oppor-
tunity to toll. God forbid that mine
should 60 have to plead. Our imper''l
policy in the Philippines is prompted oy
the graspirg, commercial spirit * tie
trust. Syndicates want to exploit thts Be
islands. No white men can live there,
but the commercial spirit Of our nation
would keep an Amer can soldier to
watch every Filipino while the syndicate
exploited the land. Human flesh and
blood put up against game. property, al
IN the uame Of religion aid Christian
civilization. IL il in accordance with the
teachings OF the bible TO shoot the got.
pel into a weaker nation with u Ratling
gun! Why IN increase OF the army TO
one hundred thousand meI: Thirty
Thousand men were sufficient Tor this
nation OF seventy millions before adopt
ing an imperial policy. One hundred
thousand soldiers are now needed for a
nation OF 20 millions freemen aud ~
million SUBJ acts. This is the cost OF i'm.
perialism. Who will pay II? Those
who also furnish the men to carry out a
policy OF conquest and forcibls snnex
ton. The gun powder gospel does not
oiv,llze India. There are only o
hundred thousand people OF British
birth in that country Of 300 millions aud
it takes an army OF 5000 British aud
10000. native soldiers to protect them.
The tropics can never be settled with
white men and forcibls Christianity
tiuds no endorsement IN the New DE-
pensat,on. Imperialism aud gospel
don't 20 together. We are leaving the
principles OF the Declaration OF Inde-
pendence and the traditions OF one
hundred years when We adopt this policy
Of the Old World. Our opponents call i,
expansion, | call it %contraction; they call
It progression. Heretofore We have only
expanded in territory for ourselves.
This new policy is 20 make subject races.
The right OF the strongest 20 rule is not
found in the Declaration Of ~Independ-
ence. Imperialism and gospel don't go
together. Nor Is Mr.. Cages statement
that philanthropy and five per cent will
60 hand Ia hand" II the Philippines,
gospel. Such policy is a departure from
all the traditians OF past history. u re-
versal OF the purposes Tor which our
government was founded and 10 which
it has lived. A departure from the prin-
ciple OF government by consent Of the
governed, advocated and maintained b,
Washington, jefferson. Blaine aud the
immortal Lincoln. The question is not
so much whether we kill "a few Filipiuos
or all OF them in our attempt to c~iy.lize
them by force. We can do IL in time.
Blu. having done it what vii! be the
effect upon our own nation: Shall We
depart from those great principles ard
traditions that have made us u world
power and go back to the principles OF
the old monarchies that rule by force:
Gan We resist the temptation! We
should have treated the Philippines as
We treated Cuba. Said TO them rule
yourselves and We will help you rise.
Exercise q pr~otectorate over them aud
cay to all other nations, hands off,"