The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-10-02


buy in these markets. II the opposition tell YOU
that commerce depends upon cheapness anu
quality, answer that every town In Missouri
rcfutcs that statement. Cheapncss and quality
have something to do with securing markets,
but convenience and advertising have more. The
finest stock Of goods in Missouri at the lowest
price may be brought to any county; but II the
owner Of those goods does not put them In store
at a convenient place in convenient town. ana
then docs not tell you about thcn you never
will bry them. Germany, today, Is taking Eng
lands trade away In the Orient for these very
reasons; First, because Germany is getting pos
sessions, as England has done; second, because
Germany lets the people know about her goods,
while England rests upon her old reputation; and
third, because Germany makes her goods as the
people want them and not as Germany wants
them, while England makes her goods as England
wants them and not as the people want them
Stepping Stones.
Apply this reasoning to the Philippines. They
are In the midst of occania They are nearer
India than Kansas City is to New York. They
are nearer China than Kansas City is to San
Francisco. They are ncxt.door neghbor to all
Asia. They arc part Of Asia. The Asatics
deal only with the people they know. This is
even true of ourselves But 1t Is peculiarly
Enthusiastically true of the Asiatics. The
Philippines will make lis known, are making us
known, TO the hundreds OF millions Of purchasers
OF American flour, American cottons American
woolcns, American machinery, throughout the
awakening East The Philippines are stepping
stones to the most sought for market in the
world. In the same way Cuba and Porto Rico
are the stepping stones to the second most
sought for market in the world, the market OF
South America, whose neighbors they arc, and
whose blood, and whose speech, and whose faith
the same.
All these markets are sought for with deadly
rivalry by England, Germany, France and Rus
sia. All these markets have not been vigorously
sought for by us before, because our own mar.
kcts and Europe consumed our surplus. All
these markets the American people must now
secure because our own markets and the markets
Of Europe no longer consume all our surplus
All these markets the Republican party proposes
to secure, and all these markets the opposition
to the government proposes to abandon And so
again l say this Is an American campaign 1t
is struggle between this nation ana our pco-
pie and their interests on the one side and ev-
cry commercial ration Of the world and the in.
tcrcst of their people on the other. The Re-
publican policy is policy Of commercial re-
treat.
Objections Met.
Why cannot the republic hold possessions and
ao'h'hister government over 'he'n: in's " w.,
mas sot 10 pe occup'eu ny ..'i,.,u ;n a,'a" u. H.,
government o' ,,oe',y anu '"" 10, sos su"s " H.
highest mission to which civilized mankind can
lay its hands And If We are not fitted to do
our part in spreading civilization over the earth
because are republic. then n republic is
hot ntteo LOT the h'shes, "enie't'.h' ~. W
c'ii'"ea government 10 you oei'e'e -, ,"". ,
Is trne! 10 you oehe'e 'n"' our i.p"'lie ao.s ,''.
ho' he us !or any career Vi p'o'Pe'i.y' vi uu'.
OF siosy "i,ch circumstance may or.' W .,,. o,si
na'ions VI '"e "'''i' w. W.; ~.
that washington anu i'a'',l.oh pl'',,so' ,,le Al,
puphc "',ose oo"''u'ries 'ene'son "uns III ''. .,s
uhexpiored "iiaerness' 'he ,epuD'ic Mhose o.lS
continuous policy has been the advancing domln.
ION OF the tiag' thc hepuphc 10 cast ou' :, o'
whose Diooa ,he poison Oh separation, anu VI,
Visloh' m'iioii martyrs 70 "a''o"".! u.u nv
.he "ePuo,,c "ric'' nus h,1' 'o'e's" n.'o.. a'.s'
'ore,sH '"'ioi "''o he'.i h'o"" ue'e"'' W. -.
puong "mch mas eve" ',iui"P''eo over .'e'' a,i a.,
estaoished the ''h'hcrta'ity Oh 'f'e na''on' 'lle
rep"nlc, the powers Oh WHOSE soVe''''"en, '",s
eHuaied always an" everywhere Tue "e.FsSi'es VI
the occasioh-that hepuohc Is eap"'ie vi au-
"'iS,erihe government o'c' peoPl.s viz N"1s'
pendcics which command for the American people
the markets OF maEkind; ana OF keeping thc
stars ana etfipes ABOVE those Hioraita's Oh co"-
mercial' naval ana mii,tary power whence
America may anu VIII ruie the ocean highways
OF the world.
Question of consen+
II thc opposition tell you tfat we cannot gov
eh people without 'heir consent ash u'eh,
ny what authority we govern ana Ior huhoreo
years nave governed the ina ine a"e.itah
patriotS oi i,'o were oh'y we i'aloi''y ol .'e
people OF th, colohe'' ana s'iohs minority
We're 'rue 10 tte bfi'is'' nag anu h'hs. anu seI
ana NOT washington ana talh'itoh anu 'ehc'soi'
not ohiS uht"ri 'he nag OF Il new go'erh"'e''.
without the consent o' t'ie tories, nut s,'o. ana