Omaha daily bee., 1902-05-24
DUBOIS FEARS THE DRAGON
Idaho Senator Deprecates Commercial Com
petition with the Orient,
THINKS BIG CHINESE TRADE NOT POSSIBLE
Believes United states Activity in
Philippines would Arouse CeIes-
tials from Their BetharEy
and Result UnprohtabIy.

WASHINGTON. May pa temperate
and carefully prepared speech was deliv-
cred in the senate today on the Philippine
bill by Mr.. Dubois of Idaho. He confined
himself almost entirely to a discussion OF
the commercial and industrial aspects OF
the Philippines question. his purpose being
to show that 1t would be a disadvantage
to the people OF this country to retain
these islands.
Whatever of profit there might be in
them, he said, would accrue to a few cap
~italists who. by their development Of the
resources OF the archipelago through cheap
labor, would come into competition with
the agriculturalists and manufacturers Of
the United States in the markets of the
world. This governments activity in the
Philippines also would serve to arouse
China from her lethargy and once aroused
the dragon would devour the trade Of the
world.
An earnest and forcible reply to Mr..
Dubois was made by Mr.. Beverage Of In
diana, who commended that the development
Of China's resources would be OF advantage
in trade and to the United
States, as the Industrial development Of
other nations had been.
HaIe's Bill Passes.
Mr.. Hale of Maine, from the appropria-
tions committee, reported a bill making
an additional appropriation for the present
fiscal year. AS the bill passed the house
1t carried an appropriation Of $s1 SOC, 900
and the committee added 9 $500. The
principal additions we're for printing for
the Navy and Interior departments. The
bill was passed.
Mr.. Stewart OF Nevada, chairman Of the
Indian affairs committee, offered a joint
resolution, which he said met some objec-
lions Of the president to the Indian appro-
priatton bill. The resolution provided for
the modification Of certain provisions Of
the Indian appropriation bill, relating to
the making of allotments to the Indians Of
the Spokane Indian reservation to the pay
ment to certain Indians of an amount aE-
~gregating S70,064, and to the settlement Of
the Indian lands. The resolution was
passed.
Mr.. Dubois then began his speech. He
said the republican policy was ito hold the
islands for all time as a colony and to ex-
plot them for the advantage and gain OF
our own people. The minority intend to
give the people an independent government
and to turn the islands over to them when
they have established their own govern
ment."
He was satisfied that there was great
danger to the white labor Of the United
States attendant upon the development OF
industrial activity by this government in
the Philippines and declared that the
United States could not compete with
Japan for the Oriental trade. China, too,
was also a menace, in his opinion, to the
supremacy of the United States in the Orl-
entail trade.
The large expectation OF -four from the
United States to the Orient he thought had
misled people to believing that We could es-
tablish there a large trade. This was an
idle dream. He believed it would be but a
short time until the wheat needed by China
would be raised by Chinese. .
&C.. Fears Land Monopoly.
Mr.. Dubois described that feature Of the
bill which permitted corporations to take
up 5000 acres of land in the Philippines
ought to be stricken out; he believed thai
under 1t the richest lands would ultimately
fall into the hands of great syndicates, thus
encouraging a tremendous production Of
sugar, cotton and tobacco.
The total trade Of the United states
with the Philippine islands he said wa
about 5 5000, 900 a year. We had spent more
money in the Philippines war than all the
trade OF the islands with the United States
would amount 10 IN a lou years ana every
day we remained in the islands our LOST
would be increased.
Mr. Beveridge declared that the whole ar.
gument of the Idaho senator had been made
for the purpose OF frightening the Ameri.
can people with the dragon OF China. Mr.
Dubois had maintained that when China
had adopted modern methods in the devel
opment of it's resources it would supply
not only it's own needs. but those of the
world. II 1t were true, Mr.. Beveridgt
held. then 1t would be true that the United
states ought not to encourage the devel-
opment Of any country. He urged that that
was not true.
japan had had, recently a most wonder
full development and along with that de-
velopment our exports had increased from
$40 0 900 a year to more than S2e, 200, 900
year. This would be true of China. The
exports to China from outside. countries
amounted to about $3.50. OO0, 900 a year and
he believed that it would be possible easily
for the United States to secure one-halt
Of that trade. The Philippines, he main
tained, were a door to Chinese trade.