Show I In estimating the cost of holding the Philippines against the will of the inhabitants In-habitants a comparison of expense accounts ac-counts in the matter of the Louisiana purchase and the present affair Is compared com-pared For the 1171931 square miles acquired by the Louisiana purchase we j 4 paid 12000000 we pay for the 120000 I square miles in the Philippines 520 mie PhlpIines 000000 In the first case the Cst err square mile was 10 23 In the latter it r i COj66 Now eisJLo the subseQuent cst talked of by the antiannexation I lets The estimated additional annual cost of the Hull bill Is 150000000 l I though the whole amount of the exports ex-ports and imports of these islands I amounts approximately y to 25000 000 which Indicates the possibility of a financial loss in the transaction asa as-a matter of fact the trade of the 1 islands under peaceful conditions can easily be quadrupled With perpetual I war there will be neither profit nor prestige but perplexity in alternating I to hold the islands against their Mill |