The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-05-04
We Cannot Hold
The Philippines
Continued from Six. Page.)


their enterprise and intelligence.
The 100000 people who inhabit the
hihppines never brought to Spain any
trade commensurate with the expense OF
governing them, and merely by substi-
tuting our flag for that of Spain we can
not alter the conditions inherent in their
situation and convert those people into a
thriving busy, productive community
The leopards spots do not thus change.
In speech delivered by my colleague
in this chamber on February %, in this
yea", in his efforts to show that the
Philippines have already become an i'm
portant market for the products OF the
South especially the products of the cot
TIN mills OF that section, and that their
purchases of Southern products during
the past fiscal year give promise Of great
extension in our trade there in the near
future, ne said:
For the first time since the Ameri-
can occupation of the Philippines the
United States in the month of May last
headed the list of nations sending mer-
o!i1 l.dise to the Philippines. The exports
into Manila during the month of May
were valued at s2,46O.4 31. While I have
not had an opportunity to examine the
report with the view of ascertaining the
character of the exports which we sent
to that country l am satisfied that a
majority of the items represent South
ern products"
Manifestly, the statement made in this
speech to the effect that the United
States exported to Manila during May
1861. products valued at 81. 460, 431 is a
clerical mistake for our total exports to
the islands for the eleven months ending
May 81, 1901, including gold ana silver
were only $z''ozo4o' but MI. Iresideht'
we did export TO Mania during the month
OF May, lSol pofoucts 10 the Value OF
$3.50 8@2, and II Is True that that was
moro than any otner nation exported to
that country during That month
Great Britain was the next largest Ak
porter in that month the amount ex-
ported By her being $i5I al But the
exports e Great Britain TO The Philip
pines during he eleven months ending
with May, 1901, more than doubled ours
OCi. EXPORTS 70 the Philippines for the
month Of May were evidently abnormal.
End are accounted for by the needs at
iuat time of our army, as ONE of tho
items--mCre shan Jbird Of the WAelc
amount-uas $4,000 Of gold coin.
strdcts ct reports FOR the month follow
ing he would have seen that our exports
10 The islands during the month of May
aid not sustain his argument. and thaT
the proportions 10 which they attained
m mat month were ABNORMAL, for our
exports for he month of June only
amounted to $685.. $40, being less than one
half of those for the month of May,
Of prit oin cd
If he had followed up the abstract of
our exports for May, he would have
found that no considerable part of them
came from the South. He would also
have found that in that month the
United States only exported to the Phil
ippines s6.107 worth of raw cotton. not
as much as some farmers in North Caro-
lima annually produce. He would have
FOUND that the "hole~ohlIeu STATES eA-
ported Ihel ing 'he' iion'n only
$o'9le worm Vi manufactures VI oo''oii,
not enough 10 Keep many Oh .ne sliiali
COTTON idcIories III NorIh Caloiina run
hlng month.
he "ouiu aiso nave louhu ina. 'he
Whoie united states eApoi'eu " 'nese
lsiahas Turing the eieFen iiioiiths enuins
May o. iSol, only szi,ooo worth vi ia"
cotton and S93'l4f worth OF the manulac-
lures of cotton, and he would nave
found that large part OF our exports 10
these ISLANDS, ooth Ior May anu tne hsc"i
year l9Ol, consisted OF liquors, peef-ah
American, and not Pnlllpplne beverage.
When the fact that during tnls time
we nal quartered IN Mania an army Oh
over oo,oOo american sololers' spending
something like S5,ooo,ooo per month' is
nr11 hat hn ont q ~