The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-05-27

washington, May "a temperate
and carefully prepared speech was de-
livered in the senate today on the Phil
ippine bill by Senator Dubois, of Idaho.
He confined himself almost entirely TO
a discussion of the commercial and in
dustrial aspects of the Philippine cues
ton. his purpose being to show that Ii
would be a disadvantage to the people
OF this country TO retain the Stands.
This governments activity IN the Phil
ippines also would serve to arouse
China from her lethargy and, once
aroused, the dragon would devour the
trade Of the world. He reviewed at
length the agricultural OF
Japan and China with a view TO show
ing that. with their advantages o. cheap
labor, they would be able to control the
markets of the Orient, including the
Philippines. He cOntended that little
advantage in holding the Philippines
would accrue TO the people OF the Unit
ed States, except possibly to the CAPT.
talists who would go into the islands
and obtain, under CONCESSIONS, great
tracts of land, which they would de-
vote to the cultivation of sugar, tObac-
co and cotton, to which the and was
peculiarly we'll adapted. These products
eventually would come into COMPETE
ton with the same products in this
country, the result being detrimental to
both American capital and labor.
senator Debois expressed the fear
that with the cheap Labor available in
the Philippines, our retention of the ISL
ands would result seriously to Ameri-
can labor as well as to the American
manufactures. Manufacturing ulti-
mately would spring upin the islands
and their products would come into
competition directly with the products
of this country in the markets of the
world.
An earnest and fOrcible reply to Sena-
tor Dubois was made by Senator Bev-
eridge, of Indiana, who commended that
the development of China's
would be of advantage in trade n
to the United states as the
Industrial development of other nations
had been. The argument Of Senator
Dubois, he insisted, was refuted by all
the facts, as it had been demonstrated
that our exports had increased rapidly
to those countries In which internal
development was increasing, as thereby
the people of those countries were the
better able to purchase from the United
States. This would be as true of
China. as 1t had been of other nations.
Japan had had recently a wonderful de-
SelOpIlenl anu along Will lldl uSNSlOp-
ment our exports increased from about
s., 1000, 900 a year to more than $29,000,-
OOO a year. This would be true of
China. The exports 10 hin from out
side countries DUN to about $23O,-
100000 a year and he believed that 1t
would be possible easily for the United
States to secure half Of that trade. The
Philippines, he maintained. were q door
to the Chinese trade.
House of Representatives.
The house devoted the day to private
pension bills and to a few other minor
measures. During the pension debate,
MI Loud, of California. criticised the
special legislation of this character as
a disgrace. Several emphatic responses
were made to Mr.. Loud by Messrs. Sui
Ioway, of New Hampshire, Sulzer, Of
New York, and Miers, of Indiana. In
all los private pension bills were passed.
The hose adjourned until Monday in
order to participate in the ceremonies
of the unwilling of the Rochambeau
statue tomorrow