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foreign countries (including Spain), compared with 

 the imports from the United States, were in the 

 ratio of thirty-three to one. This fact indicates 

 the volume of trade awaiting a market nearer 

 (China excepted) by thousands of miles than any 

 I have named. Eoughly speaking the imports into 

 the Philippines are some ten millions, while the 

 exports will be about twice as much. But this is 

 nothing. Mr. John Foreman, in his book entitled 

 "The Philippines" (London, 1899), says that the 

 possibilities of development are so great that the 

 next generation will look back with astonishment 

 at the statistics of to-day. If Mr. Foreman proves 

 a prophet, San Francisco will be one of the five 

 great cities of the world. She has a harbour that 

 can be entered by any ship afloat, at any time of 

 the tide, and at all seasons of the year ; a harbour 

 vastly superior to New York harbour; a harbour 

 with an anchorage of seventy-nine square miles ! 

 New York has an anchorage of nine and a half 

 miles. 



Let us make, however, no mistake. The West, 

 intellectually and morally, has proven itself both 

 wild and woolly. The healthiest sign of a vigor- 

 ous recovery is the recognition of this by the people 

 themselves. Cold feet may be quickly warmed ; a 

 swelled head is not so easily treated. For the 

 present the Pacific Slope is — so to speak — in 

 the corner. Our nurses, the great capitalists, have 

 their eyes upon us, but we must be careful. It 

 is time for us to put aside childish things, the 

 swaddling-clothes of conceit and ignorance, and 

 to assume instead the toga of manly modesty. 



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