The Washington times., 1902-09-23
RECIPROCITY WITH CUBA MADE
APPOINT OF NATIONAL HONOR

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| there can be no other like It,
Porto Rico. Hawaii, and the Philip
pines have relations of varying intimacy
to us; and they have either been ad-
| mitted within our economic system OF
have been given some of the benefits
thereof. Cuba, though independent. also
stands in a peculiar position towards 'is
and should receive in similar fashion a
measure of benefit from and partial in
clusi6n within our system.
Cannot Change Conditions.
| The questions that ordinarily concern
US as OF prime weight in tariff matter
do not come in here as Of primary i'm
/ portance. We cannot chose what the ar
ticles are which Cuba shall export.
| Doubtless very many of us would prefer
| for reasons connected with our own
policy that her inhabitants were en-
gagged in different industries from those
which they, as matter of fact. now
| follow; just as doubtless others of our
people would prefer that the market
offered by Cuba was one for other things
than those which she actually demands.
But We can neither determine the wants
nor the productions of Cuba.
I'VE must accept them as they are.
and we must remember that in dealing
with this island, especially now. that
we are about to build the isthmian
canal, and our interests in the west
Indian waters have. become so great that
we must shape our policy with far
sighted regard for the future, and for
the interests and honor of the nation
as a whole. do not believe par
ticle of harm will come to any Ameri-
can interest from the adoption OF
reasonable measure of reciprocity with
Cuba. | am certain that the adoption
of such a measure will be in the inter-
est of our people as whole.
Must Prove Friendship.
above, all, while fully acknowledging
the high-mindedness and moral SINGER
iiy of those of my associates with whom
on this point 1 differ. 1 yet feel most
strongly that by our consideration tf
generous and far-sighted public pol
icy, we are bound to prove to Cuba that
our friendship with her is of contin-
uing character. and that we intend 20
aid her in her struggle for the mater
|Sal well-being which must underl1e
healthy national development.
II speak in the presence not only or
the men who fought in the Spanish war
and in the Philippine war, which was
its aftermath, but in the presence of
the veterans who fought in the great
war: and more than that l speak here
in a typical city of the old Northwest
of what is now the Middle West. in
typical State of our United States. You
men of Michigan have been mighty IN
war and mighty in peace. You peiong
to country mighty in war. and migny
in peace-a country of great past
whose great present is but an earnest
of an even greater future. The world
has never seen more marvellous pros
perity than that which we now enjoy,
and this prosperity is not ephemeral-
Changes Unavoidable.
I've shall have our ups and downs.
The wave at times will recede. but the
tide will 20 steadily higher. This coun-
try has never yet been called upon TO
meet a crisis in war or crisis in peace
to which it did not eventually prove
equal. and decade by decade its power
grows greater, and the likelihood of its
meeting successfully any crisis becomes
even more assured. l preach the gos-
pei of hope to you men of the West,
who in thought and life embody this
gospel of hope; this gospel of resolute
and confident belief in your own pow
ers. and in the destiny of this mighty
Republic.
"I believe in the future-not in
spirit which will sit down and look for
the future to work itself out-but with
"a determination each of us to do his
part in making the future what it can
and shall be made. We are optimists
We spurn the teachings of despair and
distrust. We have an abiding faith in
the growing strength. the growing fu-
ture of the mighty young nation still IN
the flush of It's youth, and yet already
with the might of giant which stands
on a continent and grasps an ocean with
either hand.
Bound to Succeed.
'Succeed-of course we shall succeed.
How can success fall to come to race
of masterful energy and resolute char
acters. which has continent for the base
OF its domain and which feels within
its veins the thrill that comes to gen
erous souls when their strength stirs
in them. and they know that the future
is theirs? No great destiny ever yet
came to any man whose people were
laggards or fainthearted. No great des-
tiny ever yet came to 3 people walking
with their eyes to the ground and their
faces shrouded in gloom. No great des-
tiny ever yet came to people who
feared the future. who feared failure
more than they hoped for success. With
such as these we have no part
I'VE know there are dangers ahead,
as we know there are evils to fight
and overcome. but We feel TO the full
the pulse of the prosperity which we
enjoy Stout of heart we see across the
dangers the great future that lies be-
yond. And we rejoice as giant refresh
ed, as strong man girt for the race;
and we go down into the arena where
the nations strive for mastery, our
heads lifted with the faith that to us.I
and to our children and our children's |
children 1t shall be given to make this |
republic the greatest of all the peoples |
of mankind"
The President delivered another |
speech at the same place this morning
He went to the convention of the Span
ish War Veterans, and talked soldier |
talk for half an hour to the delegates. |
Mayor Maybury made the welcoming |
address to the President and the veter-
ans at the armory. The President |
said