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'No arc u great AMI prosperous NATION
Uere lnn eight millions " people w tne
'ropirs. differing ,rtv much from our own
reorlr and yat with q rapacity i9r dfvelop-
,ncn, that inst flee out making the exCer1-
MON, NJ educating them and ~ leading mem
on IN governmental practice TO eee " they
Ultimately cannot safely walk alone
No have already done a great deal tor
tho Etlipinoz We have organized u good
po,erntner' here. 81" rave given thetn
Sarti1I rspre-ontaiion q u and We expect
~ alye them large ep%reSentation next
,car hy tha election hy 4 popular assembly
uhich shsi ha one branch NJ the legislature;
ne have been cduCa'tug and al, now eidu
eating In the English language q hall million
- ~ voiih Of tho Islands, we have intro
d,cai health law and have enforced them:
we have suppressed ladronism. Whlch
vras he hane Of The Islands In Spanish
dave, We nave eliminated the question oil
friara' lands. hut We have not, que 10 causes
heyond our control. been able to bring about
a peno1 OF great prosperity there, and, OF
ColrSe. in hard times il Is difficult to con-
vince the people that the Government IA
not in some way responsible Tor TINS
We have given the Islands a good, sound
gold standard currency, we nave gwen
mem extended telegraph and mai COM
munications and we are Just now about to
begin with Government encouragement,
ME construction Of ONE seven or eight
hundred miles OF railway.
at is the duty of the citizen to look at
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to understand that we are not in the Philip
mines for the purpose Of making trade.
tu, that We are there 70 discharge the high
oct duty that one nation can toward an
other people.
tween the Philippines and the United States
will increase to such proportions al TO make
that particular trade useful to both coun-
tries. But we cannot base our conduct
or action on such a motive, What we
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national duty, a drty which is the greater
because Of our prosperity and ability to
charge It,
This policy has been sustained in two
national elections and the question then
arises, What are the duties of the other citi-
zens of the United States who have here
tofore held aloof from such a policy and
denounced il? 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 Cove rnment entered upon? Why should
the anti-imperialists, so called, attempt to
make wha, We do in the Philippines now a
failure? Is it not a small policy and an
unpatriotic one? In the beginning the at
titude of the anti -imperiallsts and their
extreme statements and their apparent re-
joicing at American defeats undoubtedly
continued the war Of the instruction a
number of months and probably a ear
beyond what it 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
where it ought to be--ln Manila"
Mr.. Taft declared that the present con-
dition Of the islands is remarkable, con-
sidering the many ohetructions in building
up the Philippine Government, the dread
fl 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 mine or gives him political
rights. The Pendulum must swing in favor
OF the islands and prosperity must come.
1t will be greatly aioed 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 90 not know That it will come
ultimately | am confident. That il ought
to come at once | am sure. When it does
come the people Of the islands will realize
how, mulch 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
complaints and criticism from the Filipiuos,
But their attitude ought not in the slightest
degree to affect ours or TO take from us the
sense Of obligation that we should put them
on their feet"
Mr.. Taft held that the educated ella rs in
he Philippines was not now capable of
Governing the islands, because there was
nuch dissension and there would be war
are among the various factions before the
american soldiars could get away il thew
Fere ordered withdrawn. The ideas Of
Z wen the educated classes on Governmental
policies were very crude. Then the speaker
"A continued:
x The Filipinos in favor Of Independence,
Ire not the practical Filipinos, not the
men who have progressed industrially or
Who have laid up property, But the I'M
ertainty of the policy of the United States
reference to the Government of the
lands, the fear that the opposition party
|ere may gain control, nal es these practi-
al Fllipinos wary in expressing themselves
For fear they will suffer if the United Sta er
q ONES to abandon the islands.
1t is supposed that if the Democratic
" arty comes into power it will give up the
stands and turn them over to the control
the people that inhabit them. | venture
o predict, although prediction is danger
pus that the Democratic party, should it
gone INTO power, would not assume this
responsibility but would proceed on prac-
lcally the same ines as have been fol-
lowed up to this time, Such a result would
PIE desirable, because then it would be
hown that both political parties were in
aVor OF the policy which has been insti-
n,ted there and would unite the people Of
me country in a great and successful effort
ISor the benefit of humanity