The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1902-06-12
Tardy Tribute to Originality.


the floor of the United States Sc
nate. characterized that gallant
and veteran volunteer soldier d
the Civil War. now Btigadier.
General Wheaton, as "a charity
hoy who had been educated a,
Government expense. thereby in
sulting every voluntee. as we'll as
every regular officer in the United
States Army, he has been recog
nized as q man whose intellectual
discernment and magnanimous ma
ture compel attention for his every
noteworthy utterance. A few
days ago Dubois made speech on
the Philippine question, and our
only apology for 50 long continu-
ance in apparent obliviousness OF
his utterances consists of the more
pressing claims Of the Oregon cleo
ton.
Dubois opposes retention Of the
Philippines, but he displays an
originality Of thought equal to tina,
Of his reference to Wheaton. The
beaten path Of "anti.imperialism."
which commiserates the Philin-
pines for their inevitable sorry fate
in American hands, he eschews,
and in its stead he blszes out a
new and untried trail. His objec-
tion to the Philippine accession is
thus epitomized:
The feature Of the bill which
permits corporations to take up
5ooo acres Of land IN the Philip.
pines for agricultural purposes
ought to be stricken out, because
under Il the richest lands ultimate.
y will fall into the hands Of the
great syndicates. thus encourage
ing tremendous production Of
cane, sugar, cotton and tobacco.
Agricultural development will in
duce industrial activity, and manu-
fact0ring establishments will
spring up and compete with as not
only for the trade of the islands,
but also for China and the Straits
Settlements, and eventually, owing
to cheap labor, would compete
with our own manufactured goods
IN oil parts Of the world.
The danger that menaces the
islands. therefore. is that they will
Be- too prosperous. American
capital will open their. mines, work
up their timber, develop their
lands, build railroads. establish
factories. The result will Be
Tremendous production ''agri-
cultural development industrial
activity manufacturing .estab-
lishments. This Is a doctrine
that has been advanced in favor OF
the retention OF the islands, bu,
never before, we believe, In favor
Of their abandonment. So far as
Ne can recollect. Mr.. Dubois is the
sole patentee Of this new brand Of
anti.imperialism, and We urge him
TO take steps to protect his rights.
He trembles not 50 violently for
the Philippines, however, as Tor
the United States. So prosperous
and thriving : community as Mr.,
Dubois foresees in the archipelago
must react upon the United States
with Stupendous and disastrous
force. We might endure bang,
rupt colony whence came no profit.
and whittier we could send nc
goods. but we could never survive
the infection OF territory that paid
It's own way and actually made q
market for our goods. The same
ruin that empire in Canada, Aus.
tralia and South Africa has
brought to Great Britain would
speedily engulf US. The farther
the islands went ahead the farther
this country would be set back.
The awful havoc bound up with
I aourishing territory supplying
rs tropic goods and taking -four
and manufactures must thus be