| Show IMPERIALISM I AND LABOR ABOR Many people doubtless are to understand why our imperial rulers are so s determined to deny to the Porto poro the rights enjoyed by b other oter American Americ citizens why this Republican can cn congress congrao c prefers to sot set et aside the tile constitution rather than give to t this impoverished little island tree freer fre commer commercial cial Intercourse with the tha rest rt of the United States and why SQ great t a hub hubbub bub luI should be raised over 50 small an affair Thara Thero rh ia Ie much more moro in this question than titan appears upon the surface The Te Th f tate te of the whole imperial fabric fabrio raised by b Mr hangs bangs upon upi the tle set net settlement st of or this Porto P Rican tariff Once It is admitted a h that the Porto possess po any constitutional cons rights that th the th e constitution oems applies a pue to t all al cf tf the pee poo pe pie and goe with the flag then all trade barriers barrier against the Philippine will be thrown down this country be b deluged d H e with w th the th products of ot 00 and American labor will wil be brought Into direct direct competition with wih the cheapest c pet labor on earth Dem Democratic Democratic leaders foresaw and pointed pointe out this danger at at the very Inception of the imperial They hey warn warned the f i oter that once ane sov sovereignty ov were assumed over the Philip PhIip Philippines Philp pines there t ere would be no possible e escape from fron these the coolie products except by b setting aside ahle the tM constitution of the th tb United States State and that this career of o t would laad to the crucifixion of American labor That is JS why organ organIzed oran labor throughout th the thu nation is lin lining ln ing lug up on the Democratic side in this th struggle against imperialism The Te American Am American workingman was S quick q lck to real realize Inc ize the threatened danger and d is pray praying pry ing ilS today todar that t qt provIdence may stay the imperial hand hand that is misdirecting the affairs of or state staten It n matters matr not to what extent the the Re lIe Republican publican congress tramples the constitution const in Its It desire to establish a 3 rule for Porto Rico Rc that will il exclude the coolie coole labor of or the tho Philippines There Tere Is la not a lawyer in the whole McKinley retinue who does doe not know that any law that that imposes a tariff tax tn against territory over oer which American Americ sovereignty sovereignty I extends would remain in force just juat the tho of or time time required require to car carry carO carr ry O r It I into the tha supreme e court curt And Ami Am the purpose I rn S io II ir enacting tariff legislation leb laton against Porto orto Rico that tha t Is knon T Tb be b unconstitutional o I is not n t only onlY because cans the trusts demand It i but to also als make mak maka a partisan an showing in n the direction dle ton of protecting the American laborer Il r r in the hope that the overturning of that law by Ity the supreme court may be delayed until after the presidential ejection This ia is one reason why the thc th Porto Itlean problem has filled fled the th Imperialists with ith such deep distress and why wh they are willing to trample under uner foot the fundamental law of the land lad rather than th n grant Tree free fre trade to this island |
