The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-09-17

serious spirit, taat they have no Intention
~ permitting folly or lawlcssuess 10 mar
t.e extraordinary material Wen-being
which they have attained AZ home. nor
So Of permitting their nag to be dishon-
cred abroad.
Trust Problem H. Dinicuit.
One q the serious problems with which
~ are confronted under the conditions
~ cur modern industrial civilization Is
tHat presented by the great business com
l.uatons which are generally known IN
car the name Of trusts.
The problem Is an exceedingly difhcult
one and the difficulty Sc imm, nsely aggra-
81 ted both by honest hut wrongheaded at
ticks on cur whole industrial system in
t. effort 90 remoV, some Of the evils
G. INJECTED with %. and by the mischievous
aIgtce OF men who either think crookeily
a. who advance remedies knowing them
S he Ineffective. but desming that they
riy. by darkening counsel. achieve for
mselves a spurious reputation Tor Wis
CON- No good whatever is subserved by
lscriminate denuuc alton Of corpora
d us generally. ana o. all forms Of in
d8strial combination in particular; and
when this public dsnunciation ls accom-
rmled by private membership Ia the great
s..porations denounced tho eject Is. OF
.orse. 20 give an air Of insincerity 10
f.. whole moveme nt Nevertheless. there
~. r,al abuses and there Is ample reason
far striving 20 remedy these abuses \
crude or lll-considercd ,nort 10 remedy
ta.m would either be absolutely without
,a.et or else would simply DO damage. :
says ~ L. Not imperialism.
rhe simple truth r. that there IS moth
ir even remotely resembling Imperial
im or "Nliitarism" involved IN the pres
.f development OF that policy OF expan-
SION which has been part Of the history
o.. America from the day wheu she became
ration. The words mean absolutely noih-
.eas applied 20 our present policy IN she
philippines. for this policy is only nm
r.rlausnc in the sense that Jererson's pol
..y On Louisiana was imperialistic. oniy
military In the sense that Jackson policy
toward the ssminoles or Clusters toward
e.. sioux embodied militarism, and there
GO more danger of les producing eVll
results AZ home now than there We ~
interfering with freedom under Jener-
sen or Jackson. or in the days OF the IN
uan wars on the plains. our army Is
r.ativoly not as large as II was IN the
aars OF Wayne: We have not one regular
SIR every thousand inhabitants. Ihere u
- more danger 81 a draft than mere y
u, tba r.-introduction OF slavery.
MouIa Require larger Army.
The only certain way OF rendering lt
necessary for our republic 60 enter on
,.raer ~ ,.Nflhtarism" would he 70 ah1n-
aan the philippines 20 their own trlot3.
ana al the same time either 90 guaranic"
> stable government among these trin'f
a. 90 guarantee them against OUTSIDE m
reference. 4 far larger army Wou'd w.
required 20 carry ou' any such policy ihAn
sin be- required 20 secure order uha'r
fae American flag. while the presence or
This fog on tho islands Is really the onN
possible security against outside agsffs-
aan The whole argument against Pres
Idsnt McKinley's policy In the philippine
becomes ateurd when " is conceded th't
we should TO quote the language 81 IN"
Kansas city platform, give 70 the fhil-
fppines first a stable form OF government
they are NOW entitled to independence.
they are also entitled 10 decide for them
elves whether their government shan h'
stable or unstable civilized or savage, or
whether they shall have any government
af an. while Il Is. Of course. equally cvi-
d,nt that under such conditions We have M
ftsnt whatever to guarantee them against
outside Interference any more than We
have 10 make such q guarantee 10 the
case % the Boxers. (who are merely the
chinese aualogues % Aguinaldos toi-
lawef-) n we have a right Co establish
"a stable government In the islands i nee
essarily follows that IL is not only our
right bat our duty to support that gov
eminent until the NATIVES gradually grow
10 90 sustain n themselves. How else
will o. DE stabie7 The minuse we leave 4.
= ceases 20 be stable
To turn over the islands 10 Aguinnltn
and his followers would not be- 90 give
sef-government 20 the ISLANDERS under
20 circumstances would che majority thus
e4in self-government They would sim
IS he put ~ the mercy Of a syndicate n
'1iuesc hnlf breeds. under whom cofrup-
Ton would flourish Ear more freely than
ever IL nourished under Tweed. while .y-
f5nnical oppression would obtain 90 a de-
sroe only possible under such an oliglr-
tly."