Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-04-09
CUBA,

CUBA.
you have made a particular effort In
your exhibition to get into touch with
the West Indies. This Is wise. The
events Of the last four years have
shown US that the West Indies and
the isthmus In the future occupy far
larger place In our national policy than
IN the past. This Is proved by the ne
quotations for the purchase Of the
Danish islands. the acquisition OF Porto
Rico. the preparation for building an
isthmian canal and finally by the
changed relations which these years
have produced between US and Cuba.
As a nation we have an especial right
aud take honest pride In what we have
done for Cuba. Our critics abroad and
at home have insisted that we never
intended to leave the island. But on
the goth Of next month cuba becomes
a free republic and we turn over to the
islanders the control Of their own gov
eminent II would be very difficult
to find a parallel In the conduct Of any
other great state that has occupied
such a position as ours. We have kept
our word and done our duty Just as an
honest individual In private life keeps
his word and does his duty.
''Be Il remembered moreover, that
after our three years occupation OF the
island we turn II over to the Cubans
I'm a better condition than il ever has
been In all the centuries Of Spanish
rule, This has q direct bearing upon
our own welfare. Cuba is so near to us
that we can sever be Indifferent to mis-
government and disaster within its linn
its The mere fact that our admins
tratlon In the Island has minlmized the
danger from the dreadful scourge Of yell
low fever, alike to Cuba and to our
selves, is sufficient to emphasize the
community of interest between us. But
there are other interests which bind
up together
OUR POLITICAL RELATIONS.
"Cubas position makes It necessary
that her political relations with us
should differ from her political relations
with other powers. This fact has been
formulated by us and accepted by the
Cubans In the Plat amendment. II
follows as a corolary that where the
Cubans have thus assumed position
OF peculiar relationship TO our political
system they must similarly stand In a
peculiar relationship to our economic
system.
WE MUST AID CUBA.
I'VE have rightfully insisted upon
Cuba adopting toward us an attitude
differing politically from that she
adopts toward any other power and IN
return. as a matter Of right. we must
give 90 Cuba a diflerent-that Is. a bet
ter-position economically IN her rea-
lions with US than we gave or give TO
other powers. This Is the course die
tated by sound policy. by a wise and
far sighted view OF our own Interest.
and by the position we have taken dur
ing the past four years. We are a
wealthy and powerful country. dealing
with a much weaker one and the con-
trast In wealth and strength makes Il
all the more our duty to deal with Cuba
as we have already dealt with her, in a
spirit Of large generosity.
WHAT EXPOSITION MEANS.
"Ths exposition is rendered possible
because Of the period Of industrial
prosperity through which we are pass
ing. While material well being is
never all sufficient to the life OF a ma
ton, yet " Is the mefest truism TO say
that its absence means ruin We need
TO build a higher lie upon II as a
foundations but We can build little in
deed unless this foundation OF pros
perity T. deep and broad. The well
being which we are now enjoying can
De secured only through general busi-
mes prosperity. and such pros perity IL
conditioned upon the energy and hard
work. the sanity and tho mutual re-
spect OF all classes o. capitalists. large
and small, OF wage workers Of every
degree As r. inevitable In time of
business prosperity some men succeed
more than oihers.and Il Is unfortunately !
also inoritabie that when this IS the |
case some unwise people are sure 20 |
try 10 appeal 10 the envy and Jealousy |
OF those who succeed least n Is a
good thing when these appeals are |
made TO remember that while u Is DIFF |
fcult 10 increase prosperity BY law, Il |