Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1901-11-14

CVhuhiic5 III htdItdL6liy anu WUutQ EbTIdlDlY
Eeet the opposition Of the protected
would necessarily follow before the
public mind could be brought to under
stand and accept 1T, hut | do not doubt
that the time will come when this meas
ure, or some modification of it, will
be adopted by every North American
State and dependency. L 10 not ven
tnIe to suggest It's extension to the
South American republics for the
present. Obviously its immediate effect
would be to unite the countries aoced-
ing to 1t into commercial union or
Zollyerein with an aggregate popula-
tion of something like no. 0O0. 600 of
people, about 30, 900. 0D0 Of whom, now
living outside Of the United States,
would henoeforth cell their raw mateli-
ais and natural productions to us and
buy most Of their manufactured goods
and provisions from ps. III this arrange.
nent were at the same time connected
with a stipulation On our part that the
United States would respect the politi-
cal Independence and the territorial in
tegrity OF the States entering into cCm-
meroial union with us, would it not also
end their apprehension Of conquest and
benevolent assimilation, and to man
kind at large amount to solemn dedi-
cation Of the entire continent forever to
the cause Of peace? Would 1t not greatly
enrich Us as we'll as our commercial
allies, and at the same time become a
better common defense against the
European coalition with which we are
now SO frequently threatened, than any
number OF batt.eships we could build
or any army We could raise and put in
the fieldY
i leave these suggestions with you for
what they are worth. They will surely
afford you food for reflection, and
whether they are now or shall ever be-
cpme practicable they will at least serve
to indicate the spirit in which think
We should deal with Mosico. Central
America, aud the adjacent tropical
islands.
Before treating that subject in de-
tnil, wish to clear away certain mis-.
conceptions which many of you have
doubtless formed in reference to the
climate aud RESOURCES OF Cubs. Porto
Rlco and the other islands of the
Greater and Lesser Antilles, and to their
adaptability to the requirements Of the
white race. Many writer's and notably
Ben iamin Kidd, in these later days lay
it down as an indisputable proposition
that the white man cannot maintain his
social efficiency uninpaired in tropical
countries, and therefore they complioate
all discussions as to wbat shall be done
with those countries by another 'inuis
putable proposition" that they must be
given up to oolored and inferior races,
unfit for self-governmeut, and con-
sequently destined to pass under the
arbitrary control OF tine white govern
ments OF the temperate zone, Both Of
these propositions l deny. Speaking
| from my own observation and some
what extended study Of the question,
/ have net the slightest doubt that the
white man can and does maintain his
social efficiency unimpaired, at least in
all insular tropical countries and
especially in the Greater and Lesser
Antilles. He is just as prolific,
vigorous, and industrious, class for
claes, in those islands as he is In the
90 lntry from which hB comes, and
there is absolutely no reason why be
shouldn't be. In the first place, the
climate and Temperature OF Cuba and
Porto Rico are at all times better and
more equable than In any OF our States
in the Mississippi Valley south of tie
Ohio and the Missouri Rivers 1t il
warner and more balmy in winter an6
cooler and more agreeable in summel
10 those islands, than IL is in Tennessee
Arkansas, Louisiana, Texas, Missis
sippi, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, OF
South Carolina, aud no one can proper
claim, since the war of the rebellion
and the economic reconstruction tina
followed the abolition of slavery, tina
the white man has physically degene
| rataI tni nf nm Ctuto
5y why WEST INDIES SUFFER.
If, then, you ask what il the matte
with the West India Islands-wny ar
their people living in such poverty an,
distress, my answer is that they are al
! afflicted with the same disease, The
are ell suffering from economic an,
, commercial Encouragement rather tha
, from bad government or social in
: efficiency. And this disease whethe
10 the English, French, or SpHnis
: islands, IS not only identical, but come
I primarily from the same cause, namely
the fact that all colonizipg countrie
/, fell originally into tho fundamenta
error Of treating their colonies a
having heen planted for the benefit G
/, the people at home rather than for tina
!. OF the colonists themselves,
: The time at my disposal this ever
= ing will not permit me to follow thi
Z phase of the colonial question further
J, but before leaving it | must say tina
: : bad as colonial governmeut-and pal
tioularly Spanish colonial government
!, has always been, it is not the whol
: nor the principal cause OF tie dt
pressiuu nnd unhappiness prevailing /
4 tropical colonies throughout the worlt
!, So long az outfee was worth 40 cents
pound, which was frequently the cas-
!. 10 Uuha. Ssnto Domingo, Hayti, Port
: Rico and Jamaica during the 18th cer
{ tury, ana SO long as sugar was grst
= luxury, worth from 80 cents down to
!. cents pound, as IL was in all tt
i West India Islands at various times ii
the battle of Waterloo, it made Z
. difference to the inhabitants of thoi
!, islands what taxes or contribution
y we're exaoted OF them nor what priv
= legss we're denied them by the hon
70 Royernments. They we're rich an
: prosperous, and did not feel the il
y equalities OF their situation. 81
!, with the march of modern scienc
an accident, all unobserveu
. them, but big with their fate. al
- destined after the lapse OF a half ce
! tury to bring forth economic chang
:, such as no man dreamed OF then, AZ
2 not many understand even now. Il
= deed, am within the limits of tru
u when say that the incident in que
tion was the chief factor in the mo
far reaching and destructive CONNIE
,s cial war of modern times. | refer to Il
ID fact that one Marggrnf, great GERM
4s chemist, discovered in the year II
n that the substance which gives swee