The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-05-28
nRIGAND REPTRLIrs.

Senior Don Juan Morales, coffee export
er, Rio Janeiro, Brazil, has been in Min
neapolis. He submitted to an interview
in the Minneapolis Journal, and said:
81 find that as result of the daveIOn-
ments in national policy that have fol-
lowed the wa with Spain, leaving this
country with Cuba, Porto Rico and the
iPhllippines as annexed possessions, there
is general feeling of apprehension
among the Latin peoples of the CONT
nent."
Apprehension of what? Why. of
spread eagle brand Of patriot
ISM" says Mr.. Morales, which
takes no account of people other than
those populating the cities of the North"
North America). His complaint is a bit
ter one of the imperialistic press OF
them he says:
I'm UNFORTUNATELY os;tdately there, are. many news
generous or broad views towards the peo-
pies inhabiting the new world other than
those OF their own race; they are filed
with greed. a mania for conquest and
with inhuman contempt for all who diffar
from them in traditions, religion and IAN
gu9ge. such utterances are caught up
and made much of in Latin America
where there is no means of Judging Of
their relative merit Thus a minority OF
american Journals placed in the hands Of
Soutnern reactionists render the task of
the liberals in promoting harmonious ra
fcult" 'eiS o'I-
Harmonious relations between the
United States and the South American re-
publics never have been and never will
be difficult to maintain so long as Mr.
Morales and his kindred can export coffee
into this country free of duty and at the
same time be permitted to buy their iron
and steel and cotton goods in Europe. But
how much does the Don imagine thar
monious relations to be worth TO the
people Of the United States? Does he
know that in half century there has
trade against u.s. in our dealings with
Latin America. was less than $780,
100000 in gold? Does he know that there
has never been year in fifty years when
the Monroe doctrine has brought us one
dollar in trade or given us a pound of
ocean freights to carry? Does he know
that in fifty years there has never been
a year when the United States has sold to
South America a twelfth part of their to-
| tai importations of merchandise. or car
ried 20 per cent of what we did sell them?
Sentiment is sentiment, and business is
business Greed" is a harsh name for
citizen of any South American nation
to use towards a United States Journal
list. For the integrity Of those southern
and mainly brigand republics has been
maintained for a hundred years by the
sovereign eye of this northern republic
in its Monroe doctrine, the while Europe
has been doing all the greed" business
in buying and selling to them.
Latin America may be suspicious that
these Northern Americans have at last
awakened to their annual shortage, and
these Northern Americans may have
| awakened to their own interests.
Whether they have or not, South Ameri
can republics will not be partitioned
among the European powers, nor will the
government at Washington forever per
nit the trade favors to be all upon one
side. If we must buy Brazilian coffee
Brazil ought to buy our merchandise If
she win not. then Porto Rico, Cuba and
the Philippines can grow the coffee for