. Review of reviews and world's work. M\l- TO HIKIW TIIK NKW KAI (A l> \»> THCU E* TKI) KOItTMK * i>K of rhilippinc )>ros|Rrily would lielp Americancotton-growers far more that it couhl injure.\merican sugar manufacturers. The methodsused meanwhile to prevent Congress from actingupon the recotnmemiations of Tresident Roose-velt. Secretary Taft. and tlie Thilippine Com-mission only serve to call the attention of theAmerican people to the dictatorial spirit of thesugar trust. We had a duty to jierform towardCuba that involved national good faith, and wehave even
. Review of reviews and world's work. M\l- TO HIKIW TIIK NKW KAI (A l> \»> THCU E* TKI) KOItTMK * i>K of rhilippinc )>ros|Rrily would lielp Americancotton-growers far more that it couhl injure.\merican sugar manufacturers. The methodsused meanwhile to prevent Congress from actingupon the recotnmemiations of Tresident Roose-velt. Secretary Taft. and tlie Thilippine Com-mission only serve to call the attention of theAmerican people to the dictatorial spirit of thesugar trust. We had a duty to jierform towardCuba that involved national good faith, and wehave even a higher duty to perforin toward theriiilippine Islands. The American sugar trust,meanwhile, would do well to abate its politicalactivities. Doubtless, in due time, it will en-deavor to control the Philippine sugar product,also. For it knows how to adapt itself to changedconditions, as it has shown at several memorablejunctures. 138 THE AMERICAN MONTHLY REl^/EIV OF
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