You miserable traders in revenue. you talk about what you have done for Cuba. you prate about your patriotism. You took by war the gem of the ocean from Spain and pretended that you did it in the interest of freedom. You have hedged that about with Platt amendments: you have coerced them into tariff discrimination against all of us to their injury and to your benefit. and yet you ask us to join with you in maintaining an opendoor policy of trade in the great markets of the Orient. and that in spite of your Chineseexclusion acts. your restrictive immigration and contractlabor laws. all of which you have coerced Cuba into adopting. Why should we not join in coercing the countries of the Orient into closing this open door against American manufacturers. and leave it open only to us? Why should we not retaliate on account of your miserable Cuban policy?
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