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Show "This war is the most unfortunate unfortu-nate thing that ever happened to. your country,'' remarked Dr. McCarty the other day. He is on eminent traveler who has visi-ited visi-ited every important nation on earth and has studied national affairs to some extent. He thinks that imperialism will be our ruin. The taking and keeping of these colonies will be the worse trouble we ever had. We believe he is right and think that those who are howling for imperialism are not working for the best interests of the country. We are not alone in this matter for the Orange juda Farmer has sounded a note of warning and does not want to see the country's interests sacra-iiced sacra-iiced and particularly the farmers made to suffer. Imperialism means ruination to the tobacco and sugar industries and means simply: Shall the American people pay the American farmer.?, laborers labor-ers and capitalists from 150 to 200 million dollars annually or shall that money be paid to colonial colo-nial trusts whose free admission into this market would ruin these industries? Imperialism will lead to this, Do the farmers want it? |