Scandinavia. and other countries. Now. let us for a moment consider. If it is incumbent upon us in order to safeguard American interests to deny admission to the comparatively intelligent labor of European countries when it knocks at the entrance of our ports. when it is necessary to enact drastic legislation- upon immigratbn for the purpose of keeping the high standard of American wagos protected. as it is by impost duties. would it be well to reach out 6.000 miles beyond our western coast. and. by the contemplated policy of imperial destiny. make the Philippines American soil and the inhabitants. to the number of millions. competitors of American labor without any protective duty to intervene? I am not ready to sacrifice the wellbeing of our people for the glittering bauble of Philippine sovereignty by the acquirement of the faroff archipelago. Beyond question the incorporation of 10.000.000 Filipinos. with their peculiar surroundings. the cheapness of labor and of living. to enter into competition in American markets (without restriction) with the labor of the citizen of Maryland.
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