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...revenue laws of this country would raise, on the statement of the Porto Ricans, nearly three times as much as is necessary for the expenses of the government. Furthermore, it would place the burden of taxation on those least able to bear it, while the wealthy producers would escape comparatively free. For the sake of obtaining free markets by inclusion within our customs boundaries we must face unjust taxation...
...policy advocated by the affirmative, moreover, is politically wise. It is a measure of conciliation, inasmuch as it is what the Porto Ricans themselves earnestly desire and expect. Leaving out the question of legal right to deny our new subjects these things, is it politically wise to do so? 'I am not declaring,' says Edmund Burke, 'whether you have the right to make your people miserable, but whether it is not to your interest to make them happy...
...Finally, the policy of including Porto Rico within our customs boundary is politically wise, because it follows a line of successful precedent and is in keeping with the spirit of American governmental ideals. The policy of a territorial government with equal treatment for all has met the varying conditions in Louisiana, Florida and Hawali. Now we are asked to break faith with the Porto Ricans and abandon these principles...
...include Porto Rico within our customs boundary is economically advantageous to the island; it fulfills our national moral obligations, and it is politically wise in that it upholds the highest spirit of American institutions, of American civilization, and of American governmental ideals...
...problems we put a construction upon the Constitution not only fallacious but certain to work the most disastrous results in the future. We might thus argue from the point of view of the United States, but we prefer to lay special stress on the evils inclusion would bring to Porto Rico...