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Show AN OPPORTUNITY. j Now that the Danish West Indies are about, to come into the possession of the United States, congres should do something handsome for the islands. Vfe should let the people of the new-possessions new-possessions know that it is not to be a one-sided bargain, that we do not seek to reap all of the benefits. Congress can do much to promote trade between the islands and the states and to foster commerce within the islands. It can give them many of those advantages which we enjoy ourselves our-selves and which we have imparted to Cuba, the Philippines and the Hawaiian islands. If we can bring prosperity to our new islands, as the islanders seem to think we can, wc will have established estab-lished an outpost as strong almost in affection as in the fortifications and naval stations we have planned. |