Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-10-10

time combating that argument. 1t is
too late now to think of turning back.
There are two points left to settle. We
must either keep the Philippines or
dispose of them. If we dispose of
them we must do so in one of two
ways. We must either sell them or
give them away.
Do you want to give away the Phil
ippines to some other country? Dol
you want to let France, or Germany
or. England, or some of the other ma
tons, have the Philippines? No,
there is none you would like to see
own the Philippines! Well, then, we
will keep the Philippines. If we keep
the islands we must plan to do one of
two things: We must either plan to
take them in as states, or we must do
differently from anything we have ever
done before. Are you ready to take
the Philippine Islands into the union
as states? You don't know. Look for
a moment at northern Europe and con-
/! slider that there accusatorial trial is in
progress. Go to southern Europe.
| Inquisitorial trial. Look at the Drey-
| fus trial in France. 1t was conducted
on this plan and was so outrageous
that the whole civilized world was
ready to wipe France off the map.
| France, however, is the best among
| the countries of southern Europe lin
this particular. Spain is the worst
Go into Asia, where the Malays live.
They are worse than Spaniards; are
without knowledge and without laws.
Now people the Philippines with Ma
lays and let the cock-fighting, bull
/ fighting Spaniards stand over them
for 300 years and you have the Fiji
pinos. Are they ready for self-govern-
ment? Well, they may be, but l don't
know. However, have my opinion
about it. We must teach them, and
for that purpose we have sent 1000
teachers to the Philippines. After
their work begins to show we can tell
more about the self-government mat
ter.
We Are Waking up.
l say we are waking up. We are do
ling business fast. Last year we paid
over $20000O,O00 for transportation.
OF this amount foreign vessels receiv-
ed 80 per cent, only per cent going
to our own boats. Can we afford this?
], In South America, and we ought to
, have the South American trade, Ar
!, Igentina receives imports amounting to
, S116 100000, $11, 100000 come from the
United States. Other countries are
like Argentina What are we to do?
Suppose you are manufacturing goods
) and want to send some to Argentina.
, You send them to any of our ports,
but you find that you must send them
first to Liverpool and thence across
again to South America. We have no
: line ships to South America. If you
wish to send the goods directly you
must risk sailing vessel or else char
: ter tramp boat.
!, Four Ships Across Atlantic.
Four ships of our own travel cross
the Atlantic ocean. A few others cross
, the Caribbean sea- and few more
! leave the Pacific coast, but there are
, not more than fifteen in all which bear
!. the Stars and Stripes. In 1860 we
! carried in our own boats three times
4 as much as now, and now We have
four times the amount to carry that
9 we had then. There is something
= wrong in this.
+ We have the best coast and lake
+ trade. And why? Because we allow
!. no other nation to engage in this line
9 of trade in our waters. Past Detroit
g floats more tonnage than past any 9th
q err port in the world. And ever.
!, ounce of this is under the Stars an6
j, Stripes, and every ounce of it is above
the hull Of a thoroughly American
q made ship. The freight rates here
:, are the lowest in the world. TIL
: United States helped build the trans
= continental railroads. The govern
- ment supported the enterprises unit
= companies were formed which wer'
= strong enough to support the roads o
. themselves. We have freight rate
that are one-fourth the amount of thos
in Europe; we have the coast and lax
!. trade of the world.
l. Must Start Transatlantic Lines.
} Now we must start out on trans
IS oceanic lines. "Ah," you say, "bu
e now you are talking about the Payne
: Hanna subsidy bill, and l am agains
n that" But l am not talking abou
a that bill. l don't whether or not it i
d the best. But suppose there was t
lg be war in which part was taken
+ some country whose ships carry Amel
N lean imports and exports. What woul
S. we do for ships? We must begin t
s prepare for the future. 1t is time t
le look ahead. We must get hold of tt
IS Pacific trade. We have but per ce1
Of of that trade now. In China, Franc
lie and Germany have representatives COZ
Sc Quoting banks. In South Americs
It. German and English business house
have branch offices. The United State
has neither banks in China nor bus
p, ness houses in South America
N Canal Is Needed.
mt I'll tell you what we must do. W
lie must cut the Nicaraguan or the Pal
ay ANA canal By the way, l noticed tt
at day that new treaty had been mad
III with England in which that countr
"a says, You may build the canal an
,ir have absolute control of it." A sh
Oh starting from Liverpool can east
Sc beat a ship from New York by goin
he around the Horn, and if the lEnglis
st vessel makes the trip the other wa
if via the Suez canal, she has 1000 mill
Of an advantage. If we cut the can
IS through the isthmus we can get
W. Hong Kong from New York in lie!
es time than the English ships can g