Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1901-12-07

the tariff duties on Cuban imports intr
the United States.
In dealing with the Philippians peo-
pie we rc;Ssk 81 both pef1ence and
strength, furbearance and stead9ast Es0
olution. Our aim is high. We do. non
/ desire to do: for the iafantleYs nGraly
what has elsewhere been done FOR trOp-
lie peoples by even the best foreign
governments. We hope 10 do f0r them
what has never before been dOna Tor
any people Of the tropics to make
them fit for self government after the
4 fashion of the really free nations.
The only fear is lest In our oyeran1-
iety we give them degree Of in1e-
Ependence for which they are unflt,
thereby inviting reaction and disaster.
AS fast as there rs any reasonable hope
that in given district the people can
govern themselves self government
has been given in that district. There
Is not locality fitted for self govern
ment which has not received II. But It
may well be that in certain cases 1t
will have to be withdrawn because the
| Inhabitants show themselves unfit to
exercise it; such instances have already
occurred. in other words, there Is not
the slightest chance Of our falling to
show sufficiently humanitarian spirit.
The danger comes In the opposite difee-
/ tion.
Troubles Ahead Yet.
There are still troubles ahead in the
islands. The instruction has become
an affair of local banditti and maraud-
ers, who deserve no higher regard
than the brigands Of portions of the
old world. Encouragement, direct or
indirect, to these insurrectos stands on
the same footing as encouragement to
hostile Indians in the days when we
still had Indian wars.
The president declares that the time
has come for additional legislation for
the Philippines. He says:
1t is necessary that the congress
should pass laws by which the re-.
sources Of the islands can be developed,
so that franchises (for limited terms Of
years. can be granted to companies do
ing business in them and every eneour-
agement be given to- the incoming OF
business men of every kind. It is ur
gently necessary to enact suitable laws
dealing with general transportation,
mining, banking, currency, homesteads
and the use and ownership Of the lands
and timber. These laws will give free
play to industrial enterprise. and the
commercial development which will
surely follow will afford to the people
of the islands the best proofs Of the
sincerity Of our desire to aid them.
The Cable and the Canal.
l call your attention most earnestly
to 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 day longer than
necessary the construction of such
cable. 1t is demanded not merely for
commercial but for political and mill
tary considerations. Either the con-
gress should Immediately provide for
the construction of a government ca
BILE or else an arrangement should be
made by which like advantages to
those accruing from government ca
bic may be secured to the government
by contract with a private cable com
pany.
No single great material work which |
remains to be undertaken on this con-
tfnent is of such consequence to the
American people as the building of
canal across the isthmus connecting |
North and South America. Its impor- |
lance to the nation is by no means linn |
tied merely to it's material effects upon |
our business prosperity, and yet with
view to these effects alone it would be |
to the last degree important for us i'm
mediately to begin it. While it's bene-
fetal effects would perhaps be most |
marked upon the Pacific coast and the
gulf and South Atlantic states, it would /
also greatly benefit other sections. 1t
Is emphatically a work which it is for
the interest of the entire country to be-
gin and complete as soon as possible.
am glad to be able to announce to
you that our negotiations on this sub
Iect with Great Britain, conducted on
10Th sides in a spirit of friendliness and
mutual good will, have resulted in
ny being able to lay before the SEN
tie treaty which, if ratified. will en-
lble us to begin preparations for an
sthmian canal at any time and which
to this nation every right
hat it has ever asked In connection
With the canal. 1t specifically pro-
,ides that the United States alone shall
10 the work of building and assume
he responsibility of safeguarding the
anal and shall regulate its neutral use
y all nations on terms of equality 4
Without the guarantee or interference
f any outside nation from any quarter.
The Monroe Doctrine.
The Monroe doctrine should be the
ardihal feature Of the foreign policy
f all the nations Of the two Americas,
$ it is of the United States. The Mon
oe doctrine is declaration that there
aust be no territorial ACKNOWLEDGMENT
y any non American power at the ex-