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Show Our Profitable, Territorial rurclinzcs. Wo havo bought out tho Danish possessions pos-sessions in American waters, u proceeding proceed-ing to which some iieople object, but this ucqulriment of territory by bargain and snlo Is a 1 art of tho traditional policy pol-icy of tho United btatcs, und the re-suits re-suits havo In till cases heretofore been hfffhl) gratifying. Wo bought out tho Amerlcun possessions of Trance, Hpnln, und Itussla, and ln the llrst two cases the purchases were vital to the growth of Atnerltuii Institutions, whllo In the third euse thoio has been u large and evident profit in furs and gold If we could have got possession of Canada by thu same niothol It would huvo been better for nil panics ton. ccrned ut least all on this continent Canada cannot keep her children nt home In spite of her inagnllliint re-soutces, re-soutces, because the )oum; nnd entet-prlslng entet-prlslng persist In becoming illlrcns uf ' the States which now hold moro na-tlve-botn Canadians than Can ida does Only lm iglnatlon can estimate wbnt development would take pluta in the Dominion If It were made u part of tho gieat republic of the houth. Tho wonder won-der 1 that all Ciitndlan do not realize this as do I'tof (ioldtvln Smith and nth-tr nth-tr annexationists. Our litest putchase gives us moro effective ef-fective control than ever of the Clulf of Mexlto I'lvo million dollars for three islands Is a good ileal more, proportionately, propor-tionately, than we pall for Alaska As a matter ot fart, though, Alaska wus a dear purchase ns computed with the 113 000 000 wo exchungod for tho mag-nlilcent mag-nlilcent terrltor) wc got fiom Napoleon We must reinimber that teal estate always al-ways Imptoves In value In a good neighborhood neigh-borhood borne da) In the not distant future no doubt the historian will tntee back to the acquisition of tho I'lilllpplpes und mtrvel ut the practical wisdom with which suth disposition wus made nt it rnther unwelcome pi lie of wur lhat will be when the Pacific Hade hns de-veloied de-veloied be)ond that on the Atlantic, as far seeing st Jents of the situation uie now picdlitlng, and when a tide of wealth Is pouring Into America from the Orient by way of I'tigot sound und Ban I'runilsrn People will then rsnllze what a great vantage ground wus seemed se-emed to us by Dewey a victory, and Manllu that Imperial clt), can sa) , Tha sornud doorwa) of the worlds wldo trade Ts mine to looso or bar. |