The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-09-23

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sembly. do,
mo other oriental country in the pos
session of an alien power indeed, has any |
country at all, save only Japan, been CIV
en- any such measure Of self government
and personal freedom we have already CIV
en- to the Filipinos. -
lone of the most important recent
measures has been the providing of
cable for the Philippines, this being
necessary both from a. commercial and
from a military standpoint. It is only
just to the representative to congress
from Detroit to say that we owe more
to him than to any one man the fact that
this cable is to be laid down upon terms
absolutely satisfactory to the government
and which guarantee to the people of this
country that their every right to and
interest in the cable shall be amply safe
guarded. . IL p
The Pledge to Cuba.
with Cuba the matter Is different. We
pledged ourselves solemnly at the out
break of the war with Spain to give to
Cuba independence. The world at large
sneered at the pledge and even some Of
our own people scoffed at the thought that
we intended to keep 1t. But We have kept
it in good faith and with deep regard
for the welfare of the Cubans. We did
not turn Cuba loose to sink into welter
of anarchy. We at first administered tho
affairs of the island until order had been
brought out Of chaos, until the cities had
been cleaned, the courts purified, an edu-
cational system started and just and eff
cient government introduced. Then we
turned the new republic over to the hands
Of those whom its people had elected as
its servants and babe it Godspeed on its
journey Of independence. But neither our
uety to nor our interest in the island has
come to an end with the establishment of
jndanan6ancn Cnha'S
proximity to the United States rendered
its well-being of such interest to us that
we were forced to interfere in its interest
by force Of arms For the same reason its
future welfare cannot but be matter of
grave concern to us. We do not desire
Cuba to stand toward any other nation in
the same relations to intimate friendship
and alliance that we desire to see it adopt
toward U.S. 1t must, therefore, be in
certain sense a part of our international
political system, and it accepted this
position when it accepted the Platt
amendment, But it is out Of the question
for us to expect that it will assume such
a position toward us with regard to in
ternational politics without at the same
| time sharing somewhat in the benefits Of
| our economic system.
Reciprocity with Cuba.
ut was for this reason that President
Mckinley urged and that 1 have since
urged and shall continue to urge, the
need of establishing closer relations with
Cuba by reciprocity. We urge reciprocity
because it is for our interests to control
the Cuban market. because we are bound
to place the Cubans on a peculiar standing
economically when they consent in our
interests as well as their own to assume
a peculiar status internationally and be-
cause it is fitting for a great and gener-
GUS republic to stretch out a helping hand
toward her feebler sister just starting to
tread her path Of independence.
THE case stands by itself and there
can be no other like 1t. Porto Rico, Ha-
wall and the Philippines have relations
of varying intimacy to us; and they have
either been admitted within our economic
system or have been given some Of the
benefits thereof. Cuba, though independ-
ward us and should receive in similar
fashion a measure Of benefit from and
partial inclusion within our system.
1.-The questions that ordinarily concern
us as of prime weight In a tariff matter
do not come In here as of primary impor-
lance. We cannot choose what the ar
ticles are which Cuba shall export. Doubt
less very many Of us would prefer, for
reasons connected with our own tariff pol
icy, that her Inhabitants were engaged
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 Cube
was one for other things than those Which
she actually demands. -
But we can neither determine the
wants nor the productions Of Cuba W.
must accept them they are and W.
must rem ember that, in dealing with thi:
island. especially now that we are abou
to build the iSthmian canal, and our in
terests in the West Indian waters have
"a
policy with a far-sighted regard for thu
| future and for the interest and the HOMO
of the nation as a whole. l do not be
lieve a particle of harm will come to an!
l American interest from the adoption Of {
reasonable measure Of reciprocity witt
Cuba am certain that the adoption o
| such a measure will be in the interest o
: our people as a whole. Above all Will
fully acknowledging the high-mindednes
and moral sincerity Of those OF my Easso
ciates with whom on this point I differ
} yet feel most strongly that by ever
, consideration of generous and far-sight
r ed public policy we are bound to prove t.
Cuba that our friendship with her Is o
a continuing character and that we In
tend to aid her in her struggle for tn
material well-being which must underli
healthy national Development
=, The Tide Of Prosperity.
. '"The world has never, seen NOR
! marvellous prosperity than that whic
,, we now enjoy, and this prosperit
> is not ephemeral. We shall have our ur
and downs The wave at times will reced
l but the tide will go steadily higher TIL
country has never yet been called upo
y to meet a crisis in war or a crisis TN peac
i, to which it did not eventually prove equa
1 and decade by decade its power grow
wreater and the likelihood Of its meetin
s successfully any crisis becomes even moi
e assured. preach the gospel Of hope
s you men Of the west, who in thought an
s life embody this gospel of hope, this go.
1 pei of resolute and confident belief in yol
r own powers and in the destiny of tn
= mighty republic. ~ -'.s. -, -
81 believe in the future-not in a spir
,. which will sit down and look for futul
= to work itself out-but with a de
J., termination each Of us to do his part
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