The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1901-12-06

| mere and there We have gone too ranidIv
IN giving them local self government. IT
ON this side that our error, il any,
mas been committed. No competent oh.
| server sincerely DESTROYS of finding on,
tne Facts and Influenced only by a de-
sire Tor the welfare OF the natives can
ssssrt that We have not gone far enough.
1 We nave gone 70 the very verge of safety
IN Fastening the process. To have taken
q single step farther or faster in advance
would nave been folly and weakness and
/ might well have been crime We are ex-
remely anxious that the natives shall
snow the power OF governing Themselves.
We are anxious first for their sakes and
next because II relieves us of a great bur-
den. There need not be the slightest fear
OF our not continuing to give them all the
liberty for which they are fit
| The only fear is lest in our overa nxietv
We give them a degree of independence
ior winch they are unit, thereby inviting
reaction and disaster. AS fast as there is
any reasonable hope that in a given dis
urict the people can govern themselves
ser government has been given in that
district There is not a locality fitted 6pr
self government which has not received
IL but IL may we'll be that in certain
cases il will have to be withdrawn be-
cause the inhabitants show themselves
unnt TO exercise il. Such instances have
already occurred. in other words there
is not the slightest chance of our failing
70 show sufficiently humanitarian spirit.
The danger comes in the opposite direc-
ton.
There are still troubles ahead in the is
lands The instruction has become an
anair or local banditti and marauders
who deserve no higher regard than the
or1gands OF portions Of the old world.
encouragement, direct or indirect, to
these insurrectos stands on the same foot
ing as encouragement to hostile Indians
IN the days when We still had Indian
wars. Exactly our aim is to give to
the Indian who remains peaceful the
fullest and amplest consideration, but to
nave IL understood that we will show no
weakness IL he goes on the warpath so
we must make IL evident, unless we are
false to our own traditions and to the de-
mands OF civilization and humanity, that
while We will do everything in our power
for the Filipino who is peaceful we will
take the sternest measures with the Fill
Pine who follows the path OF the insurrec-
TO and the ladrone.
The heartiest praise Is due to large
numbers Of the natives Of the islands for
their steadfast loyalty. The Macabebes
have been conspicuous for their courage
and devotion to the flag. / recommend
that the secretary of war be empowered
To take some systematic action in the
way OF aiding those OF these men who
are crippled in the service and the fami-
lies of those who are killed
Philippine LcgisIation.
The time has come when there should
be additional legislation for the Philip
pines. Nobhing better can be done for the
islands than II introduce Industrial enter
prises. Nothing would benefit them so
much as throwing them open to indus
trial development. The connection be-
tween idleness and mischief is proverbial
and the opportunity 20 do remunerative
work Is one Of the sureSt preventives of
war. OF course no business man will go
into the Philippines unless il is to his in
terest TO do 50. and ii is immensely to the
interest OF the islands that he should go !
in. 1t is therefore necessary that the
congress should pass laws by which the
resources OF the islands can be developed |
SO that franchises tfOr limited terms of |
years. can be granted to companies doing
business in them and every encourage |
ment be given to the incoming of business l
men of every kind.
Not to permit this is to do a wrong TO /
the Philippines. The franchises must be /
granted and the business permitted only i
under regulations which will guarantee /
the islands against any kind of improper |
exploitation. But the vast natural wealth |
Of the islands must be developed. and the /
capital willing to develop it must be given /
the opportunity. The field must be thrown /
open TO individual enterprise, which has /
been the real factor in the development of
every region over which our flag has
flown. IL is urgently necessary to enact
suitable laws dealing with general trans
portation. mining, banking. currency.
homesteads and tie use and ownership Of
the lands and timber. These laws will give
free play 10 industrial enterprise. and the |
development which will surely |
follow will afford - the people OF the |
islands the best pruU of the sincerity OF
our desire 10 aid them
4 af w 10 L
the crying need of a cable TO Hawaii and |
the Philippines, TO be continued from the |
Philippines to points in Asia We should |
not defer q day longer than necessary the
OF such a cable. 1t is de- |
not merely for commercial but |
Sor political and military considerations
Either the congress should Immediately
provide for the construction of a govern |
ment cable or else an arrangement should |
be made by which like advantages to
those accruing from a government cable |
may be secured to the government by |
contract with a private cable company.
The Isthmian Canal.
No single great material work which re-
mains to be undertaken on this continent
is of such consequence to the American
people as the building of a canal across
the isthmIs connecting North and South |
America. It's importance to the nation is
Dy 10 means limited merely to its mate |
-ial effects upon our business prosperity. |
md yet with view TO these effects alone it
would be to the last degree important for |
is Immediately to begin il. While its ben
eficial effects would perhaps be most |
marked upon the Pacific coast and the |
gulf and south Atlantic states, it would |
also greatly benefit other sections. II is
a work which ii is for the |
interest of the entire country to begin and |
complete a 5 soon as possible: il is one of |
hose great works which only a great ma |
ion can undertake with prospects of sue
,ess and which when done are not only
permanent assets in the nations material
interests. but standing monuments to its
ability.
L am glad to be able to announce to you