Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1904-09-15

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application Of new inventions to universal
use. The result has been an Increasing IN
Independence OF agriculture ana manu-
features"
Republican Reciprocity.
On the subject OF reciprocity the pres
sour opponents assert that they believe
In reciprocity. Their action on the most
important reciprocity treaty recently ne
out this assertion. Moreover, there can DC
no reciprocity unless there Is substantial
| tariff; free trade and reciprocity are not
compatible. We are on record as favoring
| arrangements for reciprocal trade rela-
tons with other countries. these arrange.
ments TO be on an equitable basis OF beneht
| 10 both the contracting parties. Inc re-
publican party stands pledged to every
| wise and consistent method OF increasing
| the foreign commerce OF the country. That
| Il has kept It's pledge Is proven by the fact
that while the domestic trade OF this coun.
try exceeds In volume the entire export
| and import trade OF all the nations OF the
world, the United States has In addition
| secured more than an eighth OF the export
trade Of the world. standing first among
| the nations In this respect.
or the proposition to reduce the size OF
| the army the president says:
III our opponents should come into pow
| err they could not reduce our army below
| its present size without greatly impairing
Its efficiency and abandoning part OF me
national duty. In short. In this matter, II
our opponents should come into power they
| would either have to treat this particular
| promise of the year 1904 as they now treat
| the promises they made In 1875 ana lsoo.
that is, as possessing no binding force; or
else they would have TO embark on policy
| which would be ludicrous at the moment,
and fraught with grave Danger 10 the ma
| tional honor in the future"
He reviews the administration Of the gov
eminent finances and refutes the charge
| that the government Is administered ex.
travagantly with facts and figures. and
| says:
"Do our opponents grudge the $4,000 600
| Maid for the Panama canal? DO they in
| tend TO cut down on the pensions 10 the
veterans of the civil war? Do they intend
| to put a stop to the irrigation policy! or
to the permanent census bureau! OF 70
| abolish rural free delivery? DO they m
tend 10 cut down the navy? or the Alaskan
| telegraph system? Do they intend to dis
mantle our coast fortifications? II there
is TO be q real and substantial cutting down
| in national expenditures II must be IN sucn
matters as these. The department OF agri-
culture has done service OF incalculapie
value to the farmers Of this country IN
many different lines. Do our opponents
| wish to cut down the money for this serv-
| ice? They can do It only by destroying the
usefulness Of the service itself"
Philippine Independence.
He refers to the promise in the demo-
| cratic platform to give independence 10 the
| Philippine islands, and after speaking OF
| the folly Of such promise says:
1T may well be that our opponents nave nave
no real intention Of putting their promise
| into effect. II this is the case, II, In other
words they are insincere In the promise
| they make. II Is only necessary to say again
| that II Is unwise to trust men who are raise
in one thing to deal with anything. the
mere consciousness OF broken faith would
| hamper them In continuing our policy In
| the Islands; and only by continuing UNI
changed this policy can the honor OF the
| country be maintained. or the interests OF
the Islands subserved. II, on the other
hand our opponents came into power and
attempted TO carry out their promises TO the
| Filipinos BY giving them independence and
withdrawing American control from the
islands, the result would be n frightful
| calamity to the Filipinos themselves, and
in its larger aspect would amount TO an
| international crime. Anarchy would foi-
| low; and the most violent anarchic forces
would be directed partly agains; the civil
government, partly against all forms OF
religious and educational civilization.
| Bloody conflicts would inevitably ensue In
the archipelago. and just as inevitably the
| islands would become the prey Of the first
power which In Its own selfish interest
! took up the task We had craven'y aban-
| doned.
During the last five years more has been
| done for the material and moral we l-beins
Of the Filipinos than ever before since the
islands first came within the ken OF civil
| tied man. We have opened before them Q
vista of orderly development In their own
Every effort Is being made TO fit the island
ers for self-government. and they have
already In large measure received IL. while
for the first time In their history their per-
' II uass NtEE Ntna he ~
guaranteed. They are being educated;
they have been given schools; they have
been given libraries roads are being huili
for their use: their health Is being cared
for; they have been given courts in which
they receive justice as absolute as II 10 IN
our power to guarantee. Their individual
rights to life. liberty and the pursuit OF
happiness are now by act OF congress
flag; and II the protection Of the flag were
withdrawn their rights would be lost. AND
the islands would be plunged back under
some form OF vicious tyranny. we nave
given. them more self-government tran
they have ever before had: we are taking
steps to increase It still further by pro.
vidlng them with an elected legislative
assembly: and surely we had better await
! the result Of this experimentation II 10 q
I wholly new experiment In Asla-before We
make promises which as nation We might
be forced to break. or which they might
interpret one way and we In another. IL
may be asserted without rear OF success.
full contradiction that nowhere else In re.
cent years has there been as fine an exam
pie of constructive craftsmanship and wise
and upright administration as he's been
given by the civil authorities. aided by the
army, in the Philippine islands We have
administered them In the interest OF their
own people; and the Filipinos themselves
have profited most by our presence in the
islands: but they have also been OF very
great advantage to us as nation"
Conclusion.
In conclusion the president says:
sour appeal Is made to all good citizens
who hold the honor and the interest Of the
nation close to their hearts. The great Is
sues which are at stake and upon which
have touched, are more than mere partisan
issues, for they involve much that comes
home to the Individual pride and individual
wel-being OF our people. Under conditions
as they actually are, good Americans
should refuse, for the sake OF the welfare
Of the nation, to change the national pol
icy. We, who are responsible for the adj
mlnistration and legislation under which
this country, during the last seven years,
has grown so greatly in well-being at home
and In honorable repute among the ma
tions OF the earth abroad, do not stand
inertly upon this record, do not use this
record as an excuse for failure OF effort
TO meet new conditions. On the contrary,
we treat the record Of what We have done
in the past as Indictment 10 do even better
In the future. We believe that the progress
that we have made may be taken as a
measure of the progress we shall continue