New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-01-10
BEVERIDGE'S SPEECH.
AN ARGUMENT FOR HOLDING
THE PHILIPPINES.
GREAT VALUE OF THE ISLANDS POINTED
oUT-FoRM OF GOVERNMENT SUG-
GESTED- TO RE-
TIRE WITH HONOR.
TIRE WITH HONOR.

washington. Jan Sin anticipation of the speech
on the Philippine question by Mr.. Beveridge the
Junior Senator from Indiana, of which notice had
been given. the Senate galleries were crowded to-
day when the session opened. Mr.. Beveridge took
the of his address the following resolution.
which he offered few days ago:
Resolved. That the Philippine Islands are terri
Intention of the United States to retain them as
such and TO establish and maintain such govern
mental control throughout the archipelago as the
situation may demand.
Il brilliant audience which greeted Mr..
Beveridge when he began to speak. Every gallery
was crowded Forming fringe about the cham
Der were many members Of the House of Repre-
senta tfVes who had been attracted to hear the
first effort in the Senate Of the young Indianian
Throughout his speech Mr.. Beveridge commanded
the attention of his colleagues of the Senate and
of his auditors both the floor and in the gal
Esries. He spoke rapidly but with notably clear
eHunciati on. times with passionate force
and dramatic fervor. His speech in full follows
Mr. President 1 address the Senate at this
on beth sides have asked that give to Congress
ps=es and the Far East and the conclusions which
tncse observations COMPEL and because Of the
South Carolina and Georgia every word of which
VII cost and is costing the lives of American sol
i5 r President the times can for eandOT The
1e lie Cnited states as the Constitution ais
y1sEn And just beyond the Philippines are Chinas
either We viii not repudiate our duty in the
archipelago. " VIII not abandon our opp0rtu-
part IN the mission of our race. trustee, under
viii tloye forward TO our work. not bowling out
& me SAVES MnipPea 10 IlelF @ 1p'
and thanksgiving to Almighty God that He has
lad in the regeneration of the world.
This island empire is the last land left in all
abandon it, the blunder once made would be ire
error can be corrected when we will; every other
progressive nation stands ready to relieve US
trade henceforth must be with Asia. The Pacific
facture all it needs-secure from its colonies the
most II consumes. Where shall we turn for con-
question China IS our natural customer. She is
nearer TO Us than TO Ensland Germany or Rpss +
future They have moved nearer to China by
Ph.lippines give Us base at the door Of all the
East Lines OF nayigation rom our ports to the
Asia. from all Oriental ports to Australia CON
are a self-supporting dividend paying fleet perna-
eny anchored at P8f eeete9 By the S A1d fB
Pacific is the Of the commerce Of the future
The Power that rules the Pacific therefore is
the Power that rules the world. And, with the
American Republic
CHINESE TRADE GREAT FACTOR.
China.s trade is the mightiest commercial fact
gnr 1s Of which e her neghbof had less than
10 per cent, Of which only little more than half
TO have 80 per cent and we will And China's for
sgn commerce is only beginning. Her resources
She has only $40 miles of railway; 1 have. seen
modern life already appearing along the line But
sle needs, and in fifty years will have, twenty
commerce then? That statesman commits crime
against American trade-against the American
American manufacturer OF machinery and cloth
msnd that trade Germanys Chinese trade is in
creasing like magic: she has established ship lines
soil Russia's Chinese trade is growing beyond be-
finish her railroad into Peking itself and she is in
physical possession OF the imperial province Of
Japan's Chinese trade is multiplying in volume
and value: she is bending her energy to her mer-
coast. But Manila Is nearer China than Yokohama
is The Philippines command the commercial sit
with China from San Francisco or NeW-York?
Slsco were closer 70 China than Network is to
American statesmen plan TO surrender this com
our soldiers lives have placed us. When history
comes 10 write the story of that suggested treason
TO American supremacy and therefore to the spread
Of American civilization. let her in mercy write
nothing
FERTILITY OF THE ISLANDS
But if they did not command China India the
Orient, the whole Pacific for purposes of offence,
themselves that we should hold them bs9 1
Sruised more than two thousand miles through
loveliness and wealth. / have ridden hundreds Of
Iation of vegetable and mineral riches. No land IN
America surpasses in fertility the plains val
Rice and coffee, sugar and cocoanuts hemp and
tobacco and many products OF the temperate as
OF the archipelago. have seen hundreds of bushei.
trees. The forests of Negros. Mpdanao, .Mindora
The %od Of the Phpphas dan su6D G&
the furniture Of the world for a century to come
At Cebu the Rev. Father Julio segrera told me thai
0 mes Of of c co8 P In ain chain are pFaccay
reliable men on the islands, confirmed the state
1nent, Some declare that the coal is only Ignite
but ship captains who have used ii told me that
Il is better steamer fuel than the best coal OF
IN ifs present form on the banks Of a Pbi1ipnInee
creek. 1 have gold dust washed out by crude
Philippine stream. Both indicate great deposits
at the source from which they come In of the
islands deposits Of copper exist untoucbed
The mineral wealth of this empire of the ocean will
partly on personal observation. but chiefly on the
Testimony Of foreign merchants in the Philippines
upon the unanimous opinions of natives and priests
And the mineral wealth is but small fraction of
the agricultural wealth of these islands.
ana me wood, hemp, copra and other products
OF the Philippines supply what we need and cannot
themselves afford will be immense. SPANS export
and import trade, with the islands undeveloped
developed viii be SIS 1000 annually; for who be-
neves that cannot do times as well as
6 larger and richer than New-York Pennsylvania
Illinois or Ohio Mindanao is larger and richer
GREAT FUTURE FOR MANILA
Manila. as a port of call and exchange will in
the time Of men now living far surpass Liverpool.
Behold the eXhaustless markets they command.
between Oceania and the Orient. and those States
themselves undeveloped and unspoiled of their pr-
as trade with ones neighbors; the Philippines
make US the nearest neghbors Of all the East.
those you know. This is the philosophy Of
al advertising The Philippines bring US per