The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-09-15

application or new Inventions to universal
use. The result has been an increasing In.
terdependence Of agriculture and manu-
factures.
Republican Reciprocity.
On the subject of reciprocity the pres.
ident says:
our opponents assert that they believe
in reciprocity. Their action on The mos,
important reciprocity treaty recently ne
out TINS assertion. Moreover, there can be
no reciprocity unless there is a substantial
tarln; tree trace and reciprocity are not
compatible. We are on record as favoring
arrangements for reciprocal trade reia-
lions win other countries, these arrange
ments 10 be on an equitable basis of peLetit
TO both the contracting parties. The re-
publican party stands p.eaged to every
wise and consistent method OF increasing
the foreign commerce OF the country. That
II has Kept its pledge is proven by the fact
that wnlle the domestic trade Of this coun-
try exceeds III volume the entire export
and import trade OF all the nations OIL 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
OF the proposition to reduce the size Of
the army the president says &
III our opponents Should come into pow.
er they could not reduce our army below
its present size without greatly impairing
its efficiency and abandoning part OF the
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 i'll 1896 and 1870,
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 to the ma
tional honor in the future" N
He reviews the administration of the gov
eminent finances and srefutes the charge
that the government 10 administered ex
says:
DO our opponents grudge the $50, 1000. 600
paid for the Panama canal?, Do they in
To o the hf
to put stop to the irrigation policy? or
to the permanent census bureau? or to
immigration inspection? Do they intend to
tend to cut down the navy? or the Alaskan
telegraph system? Do they intend to dis
mantle our coast fortifications? If there
in national expenditures it must be IN such
matters as these. The department of agri-
culture has done service Of incalculable
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 to the
Philippine islands, and after speaking OF
the folly of such a promise says:
1T may we'll be that our opponents have
no real intention of putting their promise
into effect II this is the case. Il, in other
words, they are insincere in the promise
they make. it Is only necessary to say again
that it is unwise to trust men who are false
in one thing to deal with anything. The
hamper them In continuing our policy in
the islands; and only by continuing UNI
changed this policy can the honor Of the
the islands subserved. IT,. on the other
hand, our opponents came into power and
attempted to carry out their promises to the
Filipinos by giving them independe and
Withdrawing American control from the
islands, the result would be frightful
calamity to the Filipinos themselves, and
in Its larger aspect would amount to an
low; and the most violent anarchic forces
would he directed partly against the civil
government partly against all forms Of
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 cravenly aban-
doned.
During the last five years more has been
done for the material and moral well-being
Of the Filipinos than ever before since the
ICED man. We have opened before them a
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 1t. while
for the first time in nth their history their per
guaranteed, They are being educated:
they have been given SCHOOLS; they have
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for; they have been given courts in which
they receive justice as absolute as 1t is in
our power to guarantee. Their individual
happiness are now by act OF congress
jealousy safeguarded under the American
flag; and If the protection Of the flag were
the islands would Be plunged back under
some form of vicious tyranny. We have
given. them more self-government than
steps to increase it still further BY pro.
viding them with an elected legislative
assembly,: and surely we had better await
the result Of this experimentation 1t is q
make promises which as nation we might
be forced to break. or which they might
interpret one way and we in another 1t
may be asserted without fear Of success
full contradiction that nowhere else in re-
cent years has there been as fine an exam
pie Of constructive craftsmanship and wise
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 prof1ted most by our presence in the
islands; but they have also been Of very
great advantage to us as nation"
s&a Conclusion.
In conclusion the president says:
"Our 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
ai Of peope Tnder oondons
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
ministration and legislation under which
THIS es%nry durng the as
and in honorable repute among the ma
lions. 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.