And now for the first time the American farmer. the American miner. and the American factory hand learns that trade does not follow the flag. but that capital does. and leaves dear labor at home to pay the tax as best it can to fly the flag in a foreign land. Where is the imperialist now? He has gone where he can practice imperialism. where labor is cheap. raw material abundant. and men must work. but shall not vote. The great valley of the Mississippi is listless and the plains of the great West seem bare. But they will reduce the acreage in wheat and seed to the sugar beet. For what? To compete with the contract coolie labor of tropical Hawaii. Puerto Rico. Cuba. and the Philippines.