The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-05-01
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could not cso1up ~ Ind hat heir honor a. =
reop.e requires that they iischarge IN"
d.fIos that ~ involves
Eve are y great and prosperous nation
Herr arc eight millions Of peopl" IN The
'rorlcA, Offering 'sfV much from our own
People. aud yet with = capacity for develop
Uen' ina jusiiteS our making INC eNleH-
mont ~ cdu.a'ing them and ~ leading ttlem
IN IN goverrmar al practice TO ere II they
Ultimately csunot eafelv walk alone
We have already done A great deal TOR
the Filiplnoa We have organized a good
government there; We have given them
rar'iaI re~prasentation 10 u and we expect
10 give them larger re~oresentation next
year nv the election by a popular assembly
which shall be one branch OF the Legislature
We have been educating and are now edu'
eating in the English language n half million
af the youth Of the islands; we have intro
duced health ave and have enforced them
we have suppressed ladronism, which
was the hane Of the Stands In spanish
DAYS We have eliminated the question OF
friars lands but We have not. due to causes
beyond our control been able 10 bring about
q period Of great prosperity there. and. Of
course. in hard times It is difficult 10 CON
vince the people that the Government Is
not in some way responsible for this.
We have given the Islands a good, sound
gold standard currency; sc have given
them extended telegraph and mail COM
munications and we are Just now about TO
begin, with Government encouragement.
the construction Of some seven or eight
hundred miles Of railway
this experiment from the right standpoint;
10 understand that we are not in the Philip
pines for the purpose Of making trade,
but that we are there 10 discharge the high
EST dnfV that one nation can toward an
other people.
IT Is very probable that the trade be-
tween the Philippines and the United States
will increase to such proportions as to make
that particular trade useful 10 both coun-
tries. But we cannot base our conduct
or action on such a motive. What We
do in the Philippines must rest on our
national duty. a duty which is the greater
because of our prosperity and ability 10
discharge it.
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national elections and the question then
arises. What are the duties Of the other citi-
gems of the I nited States who nave here
tofore held aloof from such a policy and
denounced it, Ought they not now TO hold
UP the hands Of the Government and to
assist in every way the experiment which
against their will and their express vote
the Government entered upon Why should
the anti-imperiaIists, 50 called. attempt to
make what we do in the Philippines now "A
unpatriotic cne2 In the beginning the at
titude OF the anti-imperialistS and their
extreme statements and their apparent re-
joiclng AZ American defeats undoubtedly
the war Of the insurrection a
number Of months and probably a year
beyond what II would have been had the
insurgents thought there was the whole
people behind the Government. Congress
has been generally wise to put the power
for the government OF the Philippines
WneT6 " ouRf' 10 nP--ln NllnlHt
Mr.. Taft declared that the present con-
dition Of the islands Is remarkable, con-
sidering the many INSTRUCTIONS in building
up the Philippine Government, the dread
ful agricultural depression there and the
consequent financial depression. He said
that there had not been a Period Of pros
perity since Uncle sam has been in the
islands. Then he added.
One must feed a sons belly before he
develops his mind or gives him political
rights. The pendulum must swing IN favor
Of the islands and prosperity must ~nme.
II will be greatly alued If free trade be-
tween the United States and the islands
should be established.
This sentence was wildly applauded, the
only interruption during the address. He
resumed
Whether this will happen in the Present
Congress do not know hat IL will come
ultimately | am confident. That it ought
to come at once | am sure, When it does
the people Of the islands will realize
how much America has done for them.
Until that time we must expect To be blamed
for everything in the share Of i'll that comes
the islands and we must expect to encounter
complai nts and criticism from the Filipinos.
But their attitude ought not in the slightest
degree to affect ours or to take from lis the
sense Of obligation that we should put them
on their feet"
Mr., Taft held that the educated class in
governing the islands, bNcause there was