The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-01-10

uation, and who today appeared as
the chosen spokesman of the adminis-
tration:
I address the senate at this time he
Cause senators and members of tn" nous"
on both sides have asked that | give To
congress and tn" country my obscrNa-
tions In the Philippines and the Far Fast,
and the conclusions which those ubscrra-
tions compel: and because of the hurt
f'il resolutions introduced 10y the senators
from South Carolina and Georgia. every
word of which will cost and is costing the
lives of American soldiers.
Mr.. Pi csidcnt. the times call for cam
dor. The Philippines are ours forever.
"tcriitory belonging To the tnitod
States as the constitution calls them.
And just beyond the Phliprnrs are
thinas illimtahlc markets. We will lot
pudiatc our duty In the Archipelago We
will not abandon our opportunity in the
Orient We will not rcnouncc our pat
God. If the civilization of the world.
And We will move forward to our work.
rot bowling out regrets likes slaves
whir ped to their burdens. but with graft
tude for IL task worthy OF our strength.
and Thanksgiving to Almighty God that
lie has marked us as His chosen
people, henccforth To lead in the rcgcn-
Grafton of the world.
Philippines Command the Pacific.
This island empire is the last land left
in all the oceans, If it should prove u
mistake to abandon It. the blunder once
made would he irrctricvablc. If 1t proves
IL mistake to hold 1t, the error can he
corrected when We will; every other
progressive n"tion stands ready to re-
licVe MS.
But to hold it will be 10 mistake. Onr
largest trade hcnccf"rtl must be witt.
Asia. The Pacific Is our ocean. More
needs-secure from its colonies the most
it cons uncs. Where shall We turn for
consumers Of our surplus? Geographr
answers the question. China Is our nat
ural customer. She is nearer TO us than
~ Enclard, Germany or Russia the com
lnercial powers of the present and IN"
china by securing permanent bases on
her borders. The Philippines give u- II
base at the door of all the east. Lines of
navigation from our ports TO the Orient
and Australia. from the lsthmian canal
10 Asia: fr,m all oriental ports to Aus
trnlin. c,hv,rgn at ard separate from tn"
philippines. They. are II self -supportinT.
diridcnd-payinE fleet. permanently AN
chnred at n spot selected hr the strategy
of Providence commanding the Pacific.
And the Pacific is the ocean Of the com
will be conflicts for commerce. The pow
~ that rules the Pacific, therefore. Is
the power. that rules I've world. And:
with the Philippines, that power Is and
Value of China's Trade.
thna's trade is the mighticst com
n.crriii fact in our future. Her foreign
commCrc" WIS $2Ni, BOG IN 1891. of which
We her ncishbor, Lad less than II per
cent. of which only u little more than
half was merchand isc sold to china by
us. We ought to have - per cent, ara
we will. And Ckna's foreign commerce
is only beginning. Her resources, her
possibilities her wants-are all undevel-
,p'd. she has only three hundred ard
forty miles of railway: | have seen trains
loaded with natives ami all the activities
If modern life already appearing along
IT." line. i'ut she needs, and in fifty years
VIII have, 2U,WD miles Of railway. Who
can estimate her commerce then" Th It
stat, Sman commits Il crime against
American tradc-against the American
grower of cotton and wheat and tobacco
the American manufacturer of machlneiv
and clothing who fails 10 put America
where she may command that trade.
like magic; she has established ship lines
.hina;s very ' soil R"ssi"'s ' chimrsg ,'i trao" m
Is gre wing beyond belief; she il sp"ndin-
railroad into Pckin itself. and she Is i'm
rhNsic&' possession II the imperial prov
ince of Maj chnria. Japans Chinese trade
u multiplying in volume and value; she
is bending her energy to her merchant
marine. and is located along China's very
cm,sf: Eut Manila Is nearer China than
Yokohama is. The Philippines command
the commercial situation of the entire
East. Can America best trade with China
from san Francisco or New York? From
san Francisco, Of course But if San
Francisco w"rc closer to China than New
York is to PittShurg what then? and
Manila is nearer Hong Kong than Hav-
ana is t" Washington. And vet american
statesmen plan to surrender this CON-
mercia' thrup" Of the Orient whore Crov.
idenc" md our soldiers lives have nIacnd
MS. When history comes to write the
story of that suggested treason to Ameri-
can supremacy ard therefore ~ 'ha
spread OF American civilization. lot h.r
IN mercy write thnt those who so pro-
noSHd We're merely blind, and nothing
more.
Resources and Immense Size of the
Isle nds.
But if they did not command China.
Ihiia, the Orient, the whole Pacific for
PURPOSES of offcnse. defense and traGr,
the Philippines are 50 valuable in III, M
selves that We should hold them. | have
.ruisrG more man two thousand miles
thruu.h In" archipelago, every nom. mt
Il surprise 1T its lovcliness and wealth.
iaNe ridden hundreds Of miles on the
islands, every foot of The way Il revela-
tio!t OF vegetable and mineral riches No
lilld In America sLrpasses in fertility the
pains and Valleys Of I.uzon. Rice and
cofl," sugar ana cocoanuts, hemp ai.!
tobacco. and many products of the tenn
Icrat", az well ~ tropic zone. grow IN
Various sections of the archipelago.
have seen hundreds of bushels of Indian
corn lying in 4 road fringcd with banana
lI"es. The forests of Negros. Mindanao.
Mindorl, Pahian, ana parts of l.uzon arc
Invaluable and infect. The wood OF tho
IhilippihTS can supply the furniture of
the world 1pr d century to come. At
Ccbu. Rev. Father Julio Segrcr;l told me-
that f,r'y miles of Cebu's mountain chain
are practically mountains Of coal. Pablo
MALTA, one OF the most reliable men on
the sslards confirmed the statement.
Some declare that the coal is only lg-
mt; nut SLIP CAPTAINS. who have used 1t,
tnid me that 1t Is letter steamer fuel than
vD p.,t
Of pure sold picked VI in its present
form on the banks of u Philippine creek
] have gold dust washed out hy crude
Processes Of careless natives from the
sands Of Philippine stream. iotll in
dicate great deposits at the source from
which they come. In one OF the islands
great deposits OF copper exist untouched
The mineral wealth OF this empire of the
ocean will one lay surprise the world.
base this statement partly on personal
observation, but chiefly on the Testimony
of foreign merchants in the Philippines
who have practically investigated the
subject: and upon the unanimous opin-
Ions Of natives and priests. And the
mineral wealth Is but a small fraction
OF the agricultural wealth Of these ISL
And the wood. hemp. copra. ana othe,
products of the Philippines supply what
v" need and can not ourselves produce
And the markets they will themselve
afford will he immense. snain's ,ypor,
veloped, was sI2,175.5i0 annually. Our
trade with the islands developed will bo
sl25,Hoo COO annually; for who believes tla,
We can not do ten times as well as
Spain: Consider their imperinl dimcn,
sions. L.uzop - larcer and richer thar
' New New York, Pennsylyania. Illinois, or
Ohio. Nindanao is larger and richer than
all New Eneland Manila. as a port o!
rall and exchange, will in the time oi
men now living, far surpass Liverpool
I,ehoid the eXhaustlcss markets they
command. II Is as II II half dozen of uui
states We're set down between ocean,
and the Orient and those states Them,