The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-04-27

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Value of the Philippines.
"Porto Rico is ours and its trade
will he, But more promising than the
acorirement of many such islands ia
the ACQUISITION bv MS under the terms
of the same treaty.. of the Philippine
archipelago. undoubtedly the most fer
tile and productive unexpIored land un-
der the sun. For 300 wears, under span
jsh dominion. more oppressive and
cruel than known elsewhere in the
world. treated as a mere sponge to ba n
squeezed by the hand of the oppres-
sOr. hurdened Inv taxation rho n,ost
Ingenious and intoIerabla without
railroads or highways: without any
Ia ahor-sayine n19nbinsry. a thi,.d of ;ts
prod,,ct rnttinr on the oround for rant
enues numbered nv Snanish officials.
vet in 1897 with rebellion rife accord
ing TO United States Commissjnner
Harden the exporte we've sal 24o mn.
the imports s17 342 oOO. balance in "a
yOr S23 999 600
Give the islands good government
protection 70 life and nronertv an ad
vancing civilization increasing intelli
gence. fair wages. honest collecting of
revenues railroads and hiphwavs inn
proved agricultural implements cable
communication with onr countrv and
telegraphic lines between them ana
who doubts that the commerce viii in
a few years he oIadrunindp Tha hnlir8
of If win he ours even with The onen
door, for we shall have the advantage
of England Germany and Franco in
distance and in freight rates. Under
present conditions those rates have
been since 1877 from Manila to the
United States little less on the aver
age than one-half those from Manila
to England and 10 per cent less from
our country to Manila than from Eng
land. The islands are marvelously rich
and productive; not more than one
quarter of the tilable land under cul-
tivatlon."
After mentioning the possibilities of
| the domestic trade of the islands. he
salQ:
But the value 10 us of the domestic
fl
cant compared to that regarded from
a. d coillheFclal SlfateSetfc point or view.
lheS front the entlre emma sea and
are oiliE TWO Gays san from hong
hohs: 'heN ihtroouce us TO the ORIENT
WIN WIN l.S seven OF elsht mlllloh OF peo-
non pIe ooo lom oaa illipoltS no" eNceeuils sl.-
;vvU'oGo,vGo aliil uhiiy N,lich aoFanc
ihs t'N,rt%a,loli ; VIII douple IN rev
sea.s. neS give US @ ior the nfst tiine
~ - en- NV. oto ',,oi al loice' hioss po
oman doo, in Cbi,,, VIZ nar a,t;,,ota
| the value in the future of such a COM
mandng position to our foreign com
merceo
Are we to fold our hands and allow
| this harvest to be gathered hv our RI
| walls? We have treaties with China,
| guaranteeing to us commercial rights
| and privileges equal to those of the
most favored nations Are we to sit
silently by and see our treaty rights
invaded. the doors closed against uso
! The nations of the earth are TODAY
| near neighbors. They all heard the
! thunder of Dewey's guns and recog-
nized this republic for the first time as
one of the great powers of the world.
| Are we alone of all these to ignore the
stupendous acto
Shall we forthwith surrender the
sovereignty to a native government
| There is not an intellipent man in the
world who is familiarized with the
| conditions: there is not an officer of
the United States with experiences
| there from Admiral Dewey down:
there is not an Investigator of the ISL
| ands and their peoples: there is moi a
writer who instructs rs from personal
| observation, who does not declare their
unftness for government There was
not a witness before our Paris commits