Let us not try to deceive any portion of the American people about this treaty.. If we are going to take the Philippine Islands. and if a treaty is to be enacted. let us contemplate beforehand exactly what it means. and assume and honorably bear its inevitable consequences. It means the utter destruction of all tariff laws if Congress shall do its duty between the Filipinos and us. it means thb utter abrogation of all immigration laws between the Filipinos and us. and the Chinese. the Japanese. the Tagalos. the Negritos. and all the curious and nondescript tribes of the Philippines. with all that they produce in those islands. and with all that their cheap labor may manufacture in those islands. established by greed and foreordained by this treaty to come into the market places and the marts of the United States on exactly the same basis. under the same protection. and with all the benefits which accrue to all American workmen of any race. of any State. or of any Territory. I would add. Mr.
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