The Savannah morning news., 1901-04-28
BEvERIDGE TALKS OF TRADE.
Advocates a Colonial Policy for
Market Purposes.

Des 10ines. IA, April Z7.-Senator Al
bert ! Beverage OF Indiana tonight de-
Evered the principal address at the an
nuaI meeting OF the Grant Club, the lead
snE social and political club OF the state,
on the subject The American Situation;
We VIII Fight Il Out on This Line"
Senator Beverage said:
There are txo points Of acute American
Interest and activity Al present and II l.
a fact 80 suggestive that il Is almost dra-
rnaSIe. that trese- TWO pozurs are Oh the
opposite side % the glo5s- When il Is
midnight IN TIE Philippines Il IS sunrise
sn Cuha and thus il Is that, even as
Stands the word today, American au-
thorify never sleeps
The Philippine Islands came TO US b.
conquest and purchase. They are equal
fn extent TO the four states which form
the heart OF the Mississippi valley, and
richer even than that garden spot. over
this dominion we are establishing order
and law more rapidly than the same
achievement ever vas accomplished any
where or at any time under similar cir
Gums tances. When this work is done
when the foundation Of permanent peace
IS finally laid. an orderly government
must be erected and then maintained.
This work is in our hands
In Cuba, as in the Philippines. the Amer
scan people viii take no counsel from
doubts and fears. No people ever chose
their leaders from among their faint OF
heart. Those who complain Of broken
faith in Cuba, impugn our purpose in
Cuba and deny our power 10 provide for
Cuba's safety and our own, will never
be commissioned BY the American people
20 devise ways and means for This prac-
fical. immediate and propinquitous prob
lem.
Our government of the Philippines as "a
possession and our assistance 10 Cuba as
q separate government under our protec-
fion, requires the use of power hitherto
unemployed. This has been called depar-
ture from precedent But ii is not depar-
4ure from precedent: It is the creation Of
precedent. Considered from the viewpoint
of the progress OF a people, this is for
tunate. because these developments OF
hitherto unused power show that the
American people are growing. Our ferti-
Sly of method is unexhausted We are as
sble TO meet new situations with new
methods to-day as our fathers were in
their day. The genius Of adaptabilhy and
courage Of conditions these are Ameri-
canisms
American Industrial evolution and
american international relations are in
Ssrwoyeu. And our International relations
demand the exercise by the American
government of that power OF the free
hand developed In our treatment Of the
Philippine and Cuban questions. We are
literally engaged in a worldwide war
of commerce. We are able to wage this
war successfully because we have develop
cd sudh skill among our working
men, such a quality OF manhood among
our laboring classes. and have produced
eiements Of industrial power all combined
and organized. We are given the advan-
aage OF every other producing nation.
For example. the immense capital and
wonderful Organization Of the great meat
packing com binations Of America enable
them to sail refrigerating ships TO every
port and feed the world with American
beef Of a quality aBd at a price with
which the inferior organizations of other
nations cannot compete This IS true Of
many OF the other principal lines OF trade
Therefore, other nations viii erect-are
erecting-tariffs against American prod
uctE. Free trade England will not much
longer remain free trade. within twenty
i've years every manufactured article
nnnering English ports viii pay a heavy
duty unless by reciprocal tarim arrange
ments We keep Great Britain's markets
open 70 our products. The same IA true
81 every other European nation: ana this
policy 81 seif-preseryatiOn viii be- applied
40 their colonies aiso. il f0iiows there
fore. that the American tariff muse meet
shese now conditions. But our farin VII
b. made 20 meet these new coDdiiions
along che hines Of international reciprocity
But no matter what tarin policy Ia pur-
Euod. our European markets must com
gar0fiYfly diminish. That is. while they
VIII increase. they vii noi Increase in
proportion 90 their growth iu tne past
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