The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-04-13

aims of Filipino independence, or enter
the employ or be employed by any per-
son opposed to the aims of Filipino in
dependence, the Philippine people will
hold all parties concerned therein as
inimical to the good government of the
islands and dangerous enemies of their
country.
COPIED FROM OLD RESOLUTIONS.
"These are the main features of the
plan. Its principles and even its Ian
guage, so far as applicable, are copied
from the Virginia non-intercourse reso-
lutionsigned by George Washington,
Thomas jefferson, Patrick Henry, Rich
ard Henry Lee, Edmund Pendleton,
Benjamin Harrison, Peyton Randolph,
Robert c. Nicholas and one hundred
other names of the most worthy char
acters who represented Virginia in the
matter. l lay it down in the case now at
issue, that no American can righteously
object to the Filipinos following the ex-
ample of our most exalted patriots and
fathers of the American Republic, but
the nations Of King George condemned
them, and perhaps some American tory
will now directly assault the conduct Of
George Washington in the premises.
"The Philippine plan is simply a gi-
gantic labor union, whose members and
their countrymen will refuse to produce
for the masters who have enforced them
to submit to a foreign yoke.
POSSIBILITIES OF THE BOYCOTT.
The possibilities of trade with the Phil
ippines have been made the basis of nu-
merous and weighty reports by govern
ment officers, economists, business men,
and newspaper correspondents of this
country. Some are pessimistic, but the
majority are Of the opinion that there Is
| a great future in commercial trade with
the archipelago. Acre for acre, the
Philippines are probably the most pro-
life group of islands in the world.
Hemp, sugar, copra and tobacco are
the most important of the products ex-
ported from the islands. but the possi-
bilities of the development Of other re-
sources are unlimited. Gold abounds,
1t is a great lumber country, and there
are innumerable stuffs of a mineral and
vegetable nature that are found there in
profusion unequaled nowhere else on the
| face of the earth.
Records of imports and exports are in
complete. The most trustworthy table
shows that the exports from the Philip
pines in 1897 amounted to SAL ,312, ,4S0.
| Estimates of imports hold that about
| $17,000,0O0 worth of goods were bought
| from other countries. China led in
| trade, with Great Britain next, Germa-
ny, Spain and France close behind, and
| the United States away down on the list.
TRADE WOULD BE VAST.
1 Experts have declared that, with the
] proper trade regulations, this country
could control the output of the Philip
! pines and sell the natives everything
| they want which they would have to
| buy abroad. 1t has been estimated that
/ the trade in hemp exported from Manila
| to this country, and kerosene oil sent
| from the United States to the Philippine
| islands, would amount to from s20,000,-
to 100000 900 annually within the next
| five years.
The advocates of the boycott assert
| that it would not be difficult PROPOSE
ton, as the United States have never
controlled much trade in the islands,
while England and the continental coun-
| tries have tough for it. The boycott
would have the support of every other
| country having anything to sell TO or
buy from the Filipinos.