A history of the American nation . osperity. The yearsproved to be momentous ones inAmerican history; before the endof the century the old continentalUnited States had taken on newduties and cares; a new era hadbegun. The first thing that was doneby McKinleys administration was to provide for more revenue and rhore protection. Two daysafter his inauguration the Presi-dent summoned Congress to meetin extra session. In his first mes-sage he called attention to the fact y^ r~%^ *^// /^that for some years past the ex- ^^^^^^ ^ u*.<,j^^^^ penditures of the Government had ¥ exceeded the receipts,
A history of the American nation . osperity. The yearsproved to be momentous ones inAmerican history; before the endof the century the old continentalUnited States had taken on newduties and cares; a new era hadbegun. The first thing that was doneby McKinleys administration was to provide for more revenue and rhore protection. Two daysafter his inauguration the Presi-dent summoned Congress to meetin extra session. In his first mes-sage he called attention to the fact y^ r~%^ *^// /^that for some years past the ex- ^^^^^^ ^ u*.<,j^^^^ penditures of the Government had ¥ exceeded the receipts, and said that there was an evident neces-sity for the prompt passage of a tariff bill which would provideample revenue. Congress soon passed an act known as theDingley tariff bill, which very materially increased the duties. William McKinley was born in Ohio, was a soldier in the war, leavingthe army with rank of major; was a representative in Congress from 1877to 1891, and was afterwards governor of Ohio. 514 The IMPERIALISM AND THE WHITE MANS BURDEN 515 The insurrection in Cuba, which had caused trouble in theUnited States and anxiety to the previous Administration, wasstill in progress, and was daily producing more andmore restlessness and uneasiness among the peopleof America. Many persons felt, naturally, a sympathy with apeople who were fighting for their independence from a nationwhose colonial policy had consisted, from the beginning, inextorting as much as possible from the colony for the sake ofthe mother country, with little regard for the needs or therights of the colonists. Moreover, the people of the UnitedStates were shocked by the methods used in the suppressionof the rebellion, which were cruel in the extreme, entailing un-told misery not so much upon the soldiers in arms as on thewomen, children, and other non-combatants. A large portionof the whole island was laid waste, its commerce destroyed,while tens of thousands of its citizens died of
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