The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-09-23

| started and a just and efficient govern
ment instituted. Then we turned the new
| government over to the hands Of those
whom the people had elected as its ser
| wants and babe it God-speed on its jour
| ney of independence. But neither our
duty to nor our interest in the island have
| come to an end with the establishment
| Of its independence. Cuba's immediate
proximity to the United States rendered
its well-being Of such interest to us that
| we were forced to interfere in its inter-
| est by force Of arms.
: For the same reason its future well
| fare cannot but be matter of grave
concern to us. We do not desire Cuba
| to stand toward any other nation in the
| same relations Of intimate friendship and
| alliance that we desire to see it adopt
toward us. 1t must therefore be in a
| certain sense a mai If our International
| political system and 1t accepted this po-
| sition when 1t accepted the Platt amend
| ment. But 1t Is out Of the question for
| us to expect that It will assume such a
position toward us with regard to inter-
national politics without at the same
time sharing somewhat in the benefits
of our economic system. 1t was for this
| reason that President Mckinley urged
| and that I have since urged and shall
| continue to urge. the need of establish
| tTk CLOSET TeldtiJHS Will SGpd ny IoSA-
| procity.
Reciprocity Urged.
I'VE urge reciprocity because it is for
our interests to control the Cuban mar
| ket, because we are bound to place the
| Cubans on a peculiar standing econom-
ically when they consent in our interests
as well as their own, to assume a pecu-
| liar status internationally and because
| II Is fitting for great and generous re-
| public to stretch out a helping hand to-
| ward her feebler sister just starting to
| tread the path Of independence. The case
| stands by Itself and there can be no
| other like 1t. Porto Rico, Hawaii and
| the Philippines have relations of varying
| intimacy to us land they have either
| been admitted within our economic sys-
tenn or have been given some of the ben
| eflts thereof.
CUBA, though independent. also stands
in a peculiar position towards us and
| should receive in similar fashion a meas
ure of benefit from and partial inclusion
within our system. The questions that
ordinarily concern us as d. prime weight
in a tariff matter, do not come in here
as of primary independence. We cannot
choose what the articles are which Cuba
shall expect. Doubtless very many of us
would prefer for reasons connected with
our own tariff policy that her inhabi-
tants were engaged in different indus
tries from those which they. as mat
ter 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 it actually
demands. But we can neither determine
the wants nor the production of Cuba.
No Harm Will Accrue.
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 we must shape our
policy with a far-sighted regard for the
future and for the interest and honor of
the nation as a whole. | do not believe
a particle Of harm will come to any
American interest in the adoption of a
reasonable measure Of reciprocity with
cuba. I am certain that the adoption Of
such measure will be in the interest OF
our people as a whole.
Above all. while fully acknowledging
the highmindedness and moral sincerity
OF those of my associates with whom
on this point 1 differ. l yet feel most
strongly that by every consideration of a
generous and farsighted public policy we
are bound to prove to Cuba that our
friendship with her is of a continuing
character and that we intend to aid her
in her struggle for the material well-be-
ing which must underlie healthy natural
development.
81 speak in the presence not only of the
men who fought in the Spanish war and
in the Philippines war which was It's
aftermath, but in the presence of the
veterans wo fought in the great war and
with more than that l speak here In a
what is now the middle West, in typi-
cal State of our Union. You men of
Michigan have been mighty in war and
mighty in peace. You belong to country
mighty In war and mighty in peace-a
Country of a great past, whose great
present of but al even greater future.
THE world has never seen more mar
velous prosperity shan that which we now
enjoy, and this prosperity is not ephe-
neral. We shall have our ups and downs.
The wave at times will recede, but the
tide will go steadily higher. This country
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 it's power grows
greater and the likelihood of its meeting
successfully any crisis becomes even
more ASSN ed.
The Gospel of Hope.
Il preach the gospel of hope to you
men of the West vino in thought and life
embody this gospel of hope. this gospel
of resoltue and confident belief in your
own powers and in the destiny of this
mighty republic. | believe in the future
not in a spirit which will sit down and
look for the future to work itself out
but with determination each of us to
do his part in making the future what
1t can and shall De. We are optimiats
We spurn the teachings of despair and
distrust
I'VE have an abiding faith in the grow
ing strength. the growing future of the
mighty young nation still in the flush
of it's youth and yet already with the
might of giant which stands on con.
tinent and grasps an ocean with either
hand Succeed? OF course we shall sue
ceed How can success fail to come to a
race of masterful energy and resolute
character which has a continent for
the base Of it's domain and which feels
within its veins the thrill that comes Ia
generous souls when their strength Sits
in them and they know that the future
is theirs.
mo great destiny ever yet came to
nation whose people were laggards or
faint hearted. No great destiny ever yet
came to a people walking with their eyes
on the ground and their faces shrouded in
gloom. No great destiny ever yet came
to a people who feared the future. wh5
feared failure more than they hoped for
success. With such as these we have no
part, We 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.