The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-09-12

advance. Porto Rico formerly bought
practically everything she consumed of
foreign countries. now she buys every
thing she consumes from Us. Hawaii
formerly bought practically everything
she consumed from foreign countries:
now she buys everything she consumes
from US. And Just so the Philippines.
whose purchases from other nations now
amount 10 S5o,o0o0oo VIII also buy In
the course OF time everything her peo-
pie consume from us. Our Oriental trade
is the only remaining outlet on the globe
where We may dispose OF our surplus
PRODUCTS. That trade which now con-
sumes upwards OF $4,000 Co worth Of the
products Of English f,ctories alone every
year must be captured for the American
factory and farm. And 10 capture that
trade trade IS the policy Of the admins
tration Since we acquired these ISL
ands American exports TO Asia and
Oceanica have risen from $500 coo 10
500 90. 90; while our exports 30 Europe
have fallen in the last six months. cur
exports to the Orient at the same time
have rapidly increased. The surrender
OF the Philippines would mean tho sur
render Of our progressive policy IN the
Orient II any Engiishman advocating
the abandonment OF England's CONNER
cial footholds in the far east. you would
brand him a traitor 20 English prosper
ity And just SO. the surrender % the
Philippines IS treason 70 the commercial
supremacy. of the republic in the coun-
tries that border on the Pacific ocean.
And 10 give them up would mean, not
their abandonment. but their surrender
20 our commercial rivals. For now
could We prevent Germany. or England.
or Japan from taking what We ourselves
surrender? And with their policy of ac-
auiring commercial foothold. who doubts
that the flag Of one of these great pow
ers would rise over the Philippines tne
moment we left them. IN the American
dictionary there ls no such word as SUIT
render. we have not yet learned how to
sound the retreat in the conflict of srmT.
or Of trade
Answered by Events.
The argument of Philippine expenses
has been answered by events The day
Of Philippine expenses is past. The Phil
Ippine government is supported exclus-
lively by Philippine revenues. The cost Of
suppressing the insurrection has already
past The period Of outlay has ended.
the period OF profit has begun
Senator Eeveridge then examined OBJ
jections OF anti-imperialists. we 30 not
denv them liberty We instruct them in
liberty. Liberty is not phrase. it q
reality savagss left 90 themselves do
not know liberty Liberty manifests Itself
Ia Just institutions Equal laws are the
liberty we have given the Pfiipinos ini-
rartiaI courts are liberty. We have given
them 60 the Ftipinos. Free education r.
liberty. we are giving u - the FiipinoH
more rapidly than we gave 81 90 our
selves We are instr1cting our Malay
wards o. regulated methods ~ indus
trv-thelr greatest need. Contact Elth
the civilized world is liberty We are
bringing th4 Fiii1inOs into human touch
with the advanced people ~ the earth
Cultivated fields. happy homes. highways
of conn n1uricaflon-fhes are ranifcsta-
lions II liberty American laws have
q boIished serfdom and given 20 every
Filipino Who viii take g. land and
home u his ovr we are weaving net
work = highways throughout tne izi-
q rds which make people Il the neiEh-
boring province who yesterday were 81
st-anaerr and enemies. today associates
ana friends we are Welding scores -
tribes snt9 a consolidated people ard ~
are -4vinE them the English foag1e-fhs
great commercial Iang4a~s - the World
Hardy e wear - cisn government has
passed ard Ve have sdranced fr> people Z
- or Paclfr rosscsslors farther 10 aH (
.he s1o@taatiai berents - noevty ard .