| Show CO A AM U I The pending hearing before the tho United States Supreme court for tor the ot of the Ita status tUB of the In ot of the newly newl acquired islands touches touchet one or of the Important questions or of the lie hour It is III one In which h every citizen In this country Is interested The cao out or of the contention ot of a 11 United States soldier returning trout the Philippines that he had a aright right to home a number ot of file dill rings free of duty and a similar claim or of It a Porto Rican that disc from that IslAnd should be treely admitted to title country countr The argument for the defense defell Is that the Islands by the treaty Ireat ot of peace have become nn an Integral portion ot of the United States State and as a such a oh are entitled I I to extended to every or part or of the country hy by the ConstitUtion To lIIl this It Is II replIed that Is foreign until Its status has been changed b by Congressional and that the cue cus custom tome tom duties have no applIcation to such ceded territory until It Is Ie formally incorporated In In the Union I nut hut there are other questions In In this Spain It Is pointed out hiss has tor or ten years 11 tile this right to Import goods into the Philip Philippines pines on OD equal terms with American goods It If there la Is no duty on our ox ex ports portA and Imports to those thOle islands merchandise will also be tree each and oon she he can ship any amount to the United Stales Statu tree free ot of duty provided It Is 11 sent ent to Manila anUa first fiut and that whether hether It is I goods or of her own manufacture or ot of make The great questIon Involved Is whether er en the ConstItution follows the lie AC On the ot of the Supreme court e urt on this principle a great many Interests depend the decision one way I or another will be fraught with tar far reaching |
