| Show PHILIPPINES PHILIPPINES PHILIPPINES PHIL PHIL- TARIFFS TARIFFS' AND THE B By L L. L A. A Hollenbeck After Atter the Spanish-American Spanish war warthe the tho Philippines became a part of United United UnIted Un Un- States territory Immediately th the Filipinos clamored for independence from this country and amI most of the democrats were ere for immediate independence independence inde inde- while most of the republicans republicans cans were for holding the Philippines The writer was ever eer in fa favor or of 1101 holdIng holding hold hold- 1 Ing them Latel Lately the situation is changed somewhat We have a n high tariff on sugar and the hl high h tariff people are coming in competition with Philippine sugar and many of ot those that were ere for holding the islands arenow are arc now ov for letting them go while those for letting them go are now for holdIng hold hold- holding Ing the islands that is there is ia a partial partial partial par par- shifting of ot sentiment The Filipin Filipin- Filipinos os themselves are changing their attitude attl atti- tude and they want the free American American Ameri Amen can markets so they prefer to remain in lathe the United States In 1910 congress passed a resolution resolution resolution tion d declaring it was the purpose of ot the American people to withdraw American sovereignty ty over oyer the Philp Philp- pine Islands but Is contended with powerful arguments backed up b by Federal Federal Federal Fed Fed- eral Supreme Court decisions that congress has no power t w sovereignty and that only the people of the several states can do that We should retain the Philippines because a n great nation tha thas territory in a athe al althe althe the zones of the earth are the really great nations and they will so remain because the they have haye access without prohibitive tariffs to all the products of the earth Of cour course e selfish interests interests interests inter inter- ests like flke the sugar interests want the get rid of ot them they want a I high tax on sugar so that nInety Die and one-half one per cent of the people will wUl have haye to pay more for their sugar than it is worth while only one half of one per cent is bettered by the high tariff Of course in Utah and Colorado we would get the principal benefit of ot a sugar tariff while in the theother theother other oiher states some people would get a n great benefit on other tariff rates but the whole public would have to pay it and the west would lose more on the tariff profits of the east than it would gain from benefits received on sugar Germany fought a Q great war wary in its efforts efforts efforts ef ef- forts to expand its empire Into tropical tropical tropical cal Africa and from the laws of off trade she was right and the high tariff tariff tar tar- iff ift crowd would throw throwaway away the PhilIppines Philippines Philippines Phil Phil- with a wave of the hand what hat the statesmen of Germany were willing willingto to risk the runt of their empire to ob ob- tain tall A gerat nation grows by expansion expansion sion lion and not by contraction |
