The morning journal-courier., 1908-07-29

putto Hllppftp tpu (ltp lllc tHlttu ptutcs | as will protect domestic interests, The admission of 350,OOO tons of sugar from the Philippine Islands in for eign importation of l,60V000 tons, will have no effect whatever upon the domestic sugar interests of the United States, and yet such an importation from the Philippine islands, not likely to be reached in ten years, will bring about the normal state of prosperity ln these islands In reference to sugar culture,
 The same thing is true of similar limitation on the importation of tobac- co. It Is not well for the Philippines 10 develop the sugar industry 10 such Ia point that the business of the islands shall be absorbed in It. because It makes society in which there are wealthy landowners, holding very large estates with valuable and expensive plants, and a large population of un- skilled labor. In such community there Is no farming or middle class tending to build up a conservative, self-respectng community, capable of There are many oth- Ter products, notably that of Manila hemp, to which the energy of the isl- ands can be, and Is being, directed the cultivation of which develops the class of small and intelligent farmers.
 Niisconceptlon as to Annual Cost of
 Philippines.
 One msconcepton of fact with re- spect to our Philippine policy Is that 1t is costing tho people of the United States a vast annual sum. The ex- penses of the war in the Philippines from 1898 to 1902 involved the gov ernment in an expenditure of less than s175 ,000,O00. This was incident to war. The fact is that since the close of the war in 1902, and the res- toration of order in the islands the extra cost of the American troops of the regular army in the islands, to- gether with that of maintaining about
 1000 Philippine scouts as q part of the regular army, does not exceed
 s6,000,C00 annually. This Is all the
 expense to which the United States
 has been put for five or six years last
 past The expense of the civil gov
 ernment in the islands since its es-
 tabllshment have been met entirely
 from the proceeds of taxes collected
 in the islands, with but one notably
 generous and commendable exception
 when the congress of the United
 States appropriated sS,0O0,o0O In 1902
 to relieve the inhabitants of the
 islands from the dangers of famine
 and distress caused by the death from
 rimderpest of three-fourths of the cat
 tie of the islands.
 Veterans in Country's Wars.
 Both platforms declare, as they
 should, in favor of generous pensions
 for the veterans of the Civil and Span here of q body of veterans of Ohio, and
 to etlioss my thanks for the honor , they do me in coming. l am lacking in
 one qualification of all republican Pres idents since Lincoln. that of having
 been exposed to danger and death or
 the field of battle in defense of oul B country. I hope that this lack will mol lldht llit Ntl'tHllN lIllllh dill any lNHs , deeply thrilled by the memory of their f great comrades gone before-Grant o Hayes, Garfield, Harrison and McKin ley, all sons of Ohio, who left records f refecting glory upon their state and nation, or that my sympathies with the 1 valor and courage and patriotism of I those who faced death in the country's
 cricoc ara on,. 1aue parpoct nnd girpnr,
 than they would be had I the right tC
 wear button of the Grand Army ol
 of the veteran association of any o
 our country's wars
 The Rights and Progress of the Negro The republican platform refers tc , these amendments to the constitution
 that were passed by the republica,
 party for the protection of the negro
 The negro, in the forty years since h 9 was freed from slavery, has made re . markable progress He is becoming } more and more valuable member of th, l communities in which he lives. Tn, education of the negro is being ex | banded and improved in every way l. The best men of both races, at tf
 north as well as at the south, ought {,
 rejoice 10 see growing up among tn, f southern people an influential clemen q disposed to encourage the negro in hi' l hard struggle for industrial independ S ence and assured political status. Tn Q republican platform adopted as Chi s cago explicitly demands justice for al
 men without regard to race or color
 and just as explicitly declares for tn | enforcement, and without reservation d in letter and epirit of the Thirteenth n Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendment :, to the Constitution. It is needless L :. state that l stand with my part |, squarely on that plank in the platform if and believe that equal justice to al o men, and the fair and impartial en "a forcement of these amendments Is il o keeping with the real American splrl <. of fair play
 l. Army and Navy.
 n MT Mckinley and Mr. Roosevelt !; and the republican party, have con l. stantly advocated policy with respet '- to the army and navy that will kee e this republic ready at all times to de IS Mend her territory and her doctrines J. and to assure her appropriate part i W promoting permanent tranqullit IT among the nations. l welcome frol e whatever motive the change in tn # democratic attitude toward the main , tenance and support of an adequat '- navy, and hope that in the next pla o form the silence of the present pla l. form, in respect to the army, will | l. changed to an acquiescence in Il Il maintenance to tho point of etIicienc ,e in connection with the efficiently rt
 organized militia and the nation, A, volunteers, for the proper defense (
 the country in times of war, and tn
 discharge of those duties in times