The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-10-13
A FEW FACTS.
Prof. MeGhee Expresses His Opinion.


Plutocrat, plutocrat! Aristocrat,
aristocrat. Free and unlimited coin
age of silver at the ratio of 16 to l.
Imperialism, Imperialism, These are
the claims of class of politicians
that are now trying to get themselves
into Office even at the risk of stamped
ing business, ard wrecking every
thing that was established by Thos.
Jefferson, and other great thinkers OF
this country. Four years ago these
demagoges ratified and jingled silver
and beloved forth their sophistry
from every platform in the land. They
howled themselves hoarse in their
effort to bring forth that mathematical
monstrosity-freea and unlimited coin
age of silver at the ratio of l6 to /
a double standard. They told us that
it was utterly impossible to increase
the volume of money in this country
without the birth of this monstrosity.
We told them that a single standard
was the only thing that would main
tain stability in our currency and
keep both metals circulating. Exper-
ience has shown that we were right
and that our volume of money has
been increased over s400, 600, 900, and
that an abundance of both gold and
silver is now in circulation.
But Imperialism is the terrible men,
ace to our republic now. 1t is going
to ruin US just as the single standard
in our monetary system was going to
bring a runious condition to our
people four years ago.
Yes, the administration is going to
bring destitution to both the inhabi-
tants of the Philippine Islands and
to our own American farmers and
mechanics.
For years and years, we have been
hunting a market for our surplus
products. We have found it in
Asia. We are going to feed the
starving millions in China, Japan,
Siam, Formosa, Borneo, Siberia,
Java and the Philippines on the best
bread and meat ever produced in the
world. We are going to teach the
natives of the Orient how to make
life worth living, just as we have
taught the 10000, GOO of human souls |
in Japan now to i1ve. Talk about OPP
pressing the Filipinos. Yes, Uncle
Sam is going to Cypress them. OPP
press them by putting the American
spelling book into their hands, by
putting the American reader into their
hands, by putting the American geo.
graphy into their hands, and best of
all by putting the American history
into their hands and giving them
American teachers to instruct them. |
We will teach these sonculots to wear
clothes and teach them how to make |
that garden spot of the world produce
a hun dred fold more of just the things |
that we want and need and have been |
irving to exchange our surplus for
for fifty years.
We have opened great oceanic |
highway to the Orient. Our great
American ships have direct route TO |
the great hungry nations of the world. |
Loaded with wheat. corn. pork and |
beef they leave the harbor at San
Francisco, proceed to Hawaii, a dis !
tance of 2000 miles, and there they |
know that they are at home under the
protection of our own flag: thence to
Wake Islands distance of 1852 miles:
thence to Guam a distance of 123i
miles, and there again they can enter |
one of the best harbors in the world J
and it belongs to the great Republic |
of the U. S.: thence to the Philippines
a distance of 1454 miles, and here We
come to one of the most valuable of !
our island territory. Here, the trans
formed inha abitants, the Americanized
habitants-for we are going 10 trans
form them-will salute our flag, and |
with JOY unload our products such a
part as they need, and our ships will
on to China with the balance.
Is there an American farmer who is
going to vote to close this great high |
way? Is there an American farmer |
who is going to vote to, in any way, !
check our progress or shorten the
great step forward which we have
taken? Is there an American who is |
going to interfere in any way with |
tie effort to civilize and educate a
semi-barbarous and ignorant people |
and to give them the best government
the world has ever known?
J. S. MEG HEE.