Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-08-16

at any time without QifnculIy.
1t is not necessary to own people In or
der to trade with them. We carry on
trade to-day with every part of the world,
and our commerce has expanded more
rapidly than the commerce of any Euro
pean empire. We do not own Japan OF
China, but we trade with their people. We
nave not absorbed the republics of Cen
trail and South America, but we trade
with them. IT has not been necessary TO
ada or the nations of Europe in order to
trade with them. Trade cannot be per-
manently profitable unless 1t is voiun-
cost of securing it and retaining it must
be taken out of the profits. and the profits
are never large enough to cover the ex-
tended but for the fact that the expense
Is borne by all the people. while the prof
its are enjoyed by the few
Evils of Imperialism.
Imperialism would be profitable to the
army contractors; 1T would be profitable
to the shipowners, who would carry live
soldiers to the Philippines and bring dead
soldiers back; il would be profitable to
those who would seize upon the franchises,
and it would be profitable to the officials
whose salaries would be liked here and
Iaboring man and to the vast majority of
those engaged in other occupations, it
would bring expenditure without return
and risk without reward.
Farmers N laboring men have, as a
which place the tax upon all consumption.
pay more than their fair share OF the ex-
penses of government: Thus the very peo-
perialism will be injured most by the mil
itary burdens which accompany it.
farmer share in common, the laboring man
will be the first to suffer if oriental subjects
to suffer if American capital a our
shores to employ oriental labor in the
Philippines to supply the trade of China
violence which the military spirit %arouses,
and the first to suffer when the methods
of Imperialism are applied to our own
~overnmen
It is not strange, therefore, that the labor
organizations have been quick to note the
approach of these dangers and prompt to
protest against both militarism and i'm
perialism.
The pecuniary argument, though more
effective with certain classes, is not likely
to be used so often or presented with SO
much emphasis as the religious argument.
gospel were urged against the Fflipinos
only, 1t would be a sufficient answer to say
that a majority of the Fflipinos are now
member of one branch of the Christian
church; but the principle involved is one
serious consideration.
The religious argument varies in positive
ness from a passive belief that Provldence
their good and our glory, to the exultation
of the minister who said that we ought to
understand who we are" and tina every
bullet sent, every cannon shot and every
flag waved means righteousness"
NO eating GOSSIP.
We cannot approve of this doctrine In
one place unless we are willing to apply
blood of the hand it will ultimately reach
Christianity, if planted under the American
flag in the far-away orient, will sooner or
later be transplanted upon American soil.
If true Christianity consists in carrying
out in our daily lives the teachings of
Christ, who will say that we are command
with wi h the iie't sWor wrsn fkn1 who You'd Sou 9f deeisre
the Divine will must prove his authority
either either, by Holy Writ or pr, by evidenes ct a
We into all the world and preach the Gospel
to every creature" has 10 Calling gun at
Samaria and the people refused to receive
Him, some of the disciples suggested that
fire should be called down from Heaven
buked them, and said: Eye know not hi
manner of spirit We are of; for the Son of
but to save them" Suppose He had said:
w will thrash them until they under
stand who we are" how different would
Compare, if you will, the staggering. bull
lying, brutal doctrine OF imperialism with
Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thy
SELF
Love, not force, was the weapon of the
Nazarene; sacrifice for others, not the ex-
ploitation of them, was His method of
the human heart. A missionary
recently told me that the stars and stripes
recognized our flag as a flag that had no
blood upon it. Let it be known that our
missionaries are seeking souls instead of
sovereignty; let it be known that instead
of being the advance guard of ~conquering
to t5m upiifft, ' hsyin are th gGrh iein ner GRIT 20 ab nelp w aRS
truth and their feet shod with the prepare
ton of the Gospel of Peace, wearing the
breastplate of righteousness and carrying
the sword of the Spirit; let it be known that
they are the citizens of a nation which
respects the rights of the citizens of other
" a tim &c n n fl1I ~ a G ~ Tho WIGHT
of its own citizens, and the welcome given
to our missionaries will be more cordial
than the welcome extended to the mission
aries of any other nation.
The argument, made by some, that 1T
was unfortunate for the nation that it
had anything to do with the Philippine
islands, but hat the naval victory at Ma
Mia made the permanent acquisition of
We won a victory at Santiago, but that
did not compel US to hold Cuba. The she'd
ding of American blood in the Philippine
islands does not make it imperative that
We should retain possession forever; Amer
ican blood was shed at San Juan hill and Ell
ised the uba Independence. The fact
that the American flag floats over Manila
does not compel us to exercise perpetual
sovereignty over the islands; that flag
waves over Havana to-day, but the pres
ident has promised to haul it down when
the flag of the Cuban republic is ready to
our flag in the orient give way to a
flag representing he idea OF self-govern-
SANNN NAS AAd6 ~ AAAS CpooA1S
should become the flag of an empire.
An Honorable Solution.
There is ar easy, honest, honorable solu-
ton of the Philippine question. 1t is set
forth In the democratic platform and it is
with confidence to the Ameri-
people: This plan l unreservedly in
1orse. If elected, I shall convene congress
n extraordinary session as soon as l am
and m an imme-
late declaration of the nations purpose,
irst. to establish a stable form of gov
we are now establishing a stable form of
government in the island of Cuba: sec
md, to give Independence to the Filipinos.
lust as we have promised to give indie
pendence to the Cubans: third, to protect
the Filipinos from outside interference
as we have protected the republics of
and South America, and are, by
he Monroe doctrine, pledged to protect
results in the exploitation of the ward by
guardian. An American protectorate |
age of our strength, without making it
he victim of our greed. For thFee-quar-
been a shield to ~neighboring republics
yet it has imposed no pecuniary bur-
len upon us. After the Fflipinos had aid
ID Us in the war against Spain, we could
lot honorably turn them over to their
.ormer masters: we could not leave them
% be the victims of 1.-The ambitious de-
;igns of the European nations, and since
We do not desire to make them a part of
Is, or to hold them as subjects, we pro-
1OSS TIE O11S ALTERNATIVE, namely TO give |
hem independence and guard them
against molestation from without
When our opponents are unable to de-
end their position by they fall /
pack upon the assertion that 1t is destiny, |
Ind insist that we must submit to it, no
how much 1t violates moral pre-
septs and our principles of government.
is a complacent philosophy. It OBJ
fterates the distinction between right and
wrong and makes individuals and nations
he helpless victims of circumstances.
Destiny is the subterfuge of the in
who, lacking the courage to
oppose error, seeks some plausible excuse /