Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-09-05
Denver News.

going at the campaign with as much
energy and perseverance as though
they were leading forlorn hope in-
stead of victorious army of voters.
The Democratic campaign handbook
will be out in few days. 1t devotes
considerable space to the dangers of
Imperialism and militarism. 1t has
also chapter on industrial matters
and calls special attention to the fact
that the last Congress, with its clear
Republican majority in both houses,
did absolutely nothing in the way of
labor legislation. The report of the
official committee of the American Fed
GRAFTON of Labor gives some caustic
comment on this point.
The Bureau of Statistics looks like
an adjunct of the British home office.
Its weekly bulletins are devoted to adj
miring reprints of British opinions in
regard to our policy in various direc-
lions. Now, it is the report Of the Brit
ish consul at Havana, which Is quoted
to the effect that for the past two years
the Cubans have been importing nearly
all their food, liquors and clothing in
stead of utilizing the agriculturing and
manufacturing facilities which the ISL
and affords. The British consul goes
on to say that there has been no large
amount Of tools, Industrial machinery
or material for public works intro
duced and that the greater amount of
the excess importation was covered by
the sales of railway rights and cigar
factories to British capitalists last year.
The report concludes that Cuba is
about to pass through period of great
poverty and cannot expect to recover
until 1t has adopted a policy of cult
waiting Its lands and raising its own
food supplies. This gives an interesting
side light on the willingness of the adj
ministration to haul down the flag in
Cuba and get out, leaving the natives
to their own resources.
We took Cuba impoverished by a long
and bitter guerrilla warfare. Our postal
frauds and municipal mismanagement
of every sort have already drained the
island Of revenues. In the last two
years Cuban revenues have been used
by constituencies carpetbaggers In
stead of being expended in public i'm
provements, and the restoration of in
dustry to its normal state Mckinley
will haul down the flag in Cuba and
leave Its impoverished and starving ma
tives to the mercy of British capitalists.
Verify the hand of the Imperial Will
lam has been heavy upon the unfortu-
nate Cubans.
The Bureau of Statistics Is dissemin-
nting this information from British
sources in order to prepare the country
for the announcement of general dis
tress in Cuba. Each week brings some
new fact which shows that imperialism
has been anything but beneficial to our
Colonial subjects"
Surgeon General Sternberg reports to
the War Department that there are
10000 lepers in the Philippines, and
that bubonic plague is raging in Manila
That is one side of the question. Here
is another: The War Department ad-
mits total expenditure of $lS6,67S,OO
in carrying on the Philippine war. Our
entire exports to the Philippines last
year were only little OYER two mill
ions and half, and most of that con-
sisted of supplies for our army. Obvi-
ously the Republican contention of
commercial advantage from holding
the islands is not sustained by the
facts.
AT least As per cent. of our army Is
incapacitated by wounds or disease,
The death list grows alarmingly. The