The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-07-26
MARSHALL REDIvlVUS.

Volcano Marshall is stirring up Ma
Mia In the old familiar way. He Is
convinced that the Filipinos are lice
and nits" and that their removal" by
the liberal use of gunpowder. is the
only way in which to make the Philip
pine Islands a fit place for white men
who do not want to spend all their
time In scratching. Having access to
the columns of widely-circulated pa
per, Mr. Marshall has given his views
a publicity almost equal to those OF
Hell Roaring" Jake Smith. the mill
tary reformer who proposed. with
Marshali's hearty applause. to turn Sa-
mar into -1howling wilderness"
But there are timid and conservative
souls in Manila as everywhere else and
one of these writes to the Manila Times
Is Il. not time to, call a halt? I ask
thinking BUSINESS mem to consider the
propriety of bringing this gentleman
to time, by suggesting to THE Manila
American" the inadviSability of allow
ing the columns of an important COM
mercial paper to be occupied with Of
fensiye TRADES of abuse of the natives
of these. islands-
without going into the subject OF thel
merits or dement's of the native; let
flim be good. bad or Indifferent, we
must look to commercial interests
In view of Mr.. MarshalPs crusade,
I would like to ask If any capitalist at
home would entertain for moment
any idea of investment over here, If
he thought that there was no security
for life or limb, nor for property; and
that what labor Is to be had Is In every
sense unreliable, that industries can
only exist, and civilization advance, by
the wholesale slaughter of the only
class of laborerS now Obtainable.
1t Is all very well to rant about -ex-
terminating these unfortunate people
because our ancestors exterminated |
many of the Indian tribes OF North |
America. Conditions here are not what |
they were there III every naive couio
be slaughtered, and the whole archf- |
pelagc rendered a "howling wilder
ness" in the sense that Mr.. Marshall
but not in the sense In /
which believe our admired General
Smith intended in Samar. does any
sane man suppose that these Islands
would become populated by wholesale
from Anglo-Saxon or
Saxon countries. as were the Western
prairies cited by Mr.. Marshall.
Apart from the material inadvisa-
bility of such propaganda as is being
carried on by volcano Marshall, We
nave the moral standpoint. We set
ourselves up on pretty high stills as
the most advanced OF all nations In
protecting weak and down-trodden
people. Now would it, ask, become us
to attempt any policy of exterminating
a people we are governing against their
will? II Lot, then why encourage or
even allow such advocacy in the com
mercial press? Is it not our plain duty
10 constantly keep before US the gen.
.ral Improvement of the people and To-
cai industries. and thus help ourselves
rs well as them, for this, after all,
especially the latter, is usually the
prime object OF most public benefac-
.ors' whether they be nations or
whether they be individuals, and let US ]
DC honest and admit that in this case /.
{ Is Ours. So when both can be obtain
ID at the same time, why not adopt a
policy OF improvement of the race and
lot policy of "damnation' of our /,
,oantrymen and humiliation of the /
lborigine.
But we hardly think that mere pro- !
ests will avail. Mr.. Marshall has a
eady smile and glad hand, but he Is ,
esIly an Exterminator and either he 9
II the Filipino must go. If he stays, I
hen the sanguinary campaign will :
proceed until the places that once t
new the humble islander only know 9
lis epitaph.