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Pastimes : Let's Talk About Our Feelings!!!
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To: nihil who wrote (56834)10/3/1999 6:27:00 PM
From: Dayuhan  Read Replies (1) of 108807
 
Surely you don't think it complete coincidence that the Spanish-American war brought all of the world's major producers of cane sugar under American control, and that the attorney for the Sugar Trust just happened to be promptly appointed Secretary of War, with the responsibility of administering those acquisitions? If the Trust had had its way, we'd have taken Cuba as well.

The political machinations of the sugar trust in the later half of the 19th century are complex enough to write a book about. Someone did in fact write a book about them; I don't buy the entire thesis, but the research is of excellent quality. Somewhere in this chaos I have a copy; I haven't time today - will be headed to Angeles, to Manila, and back to here in a short while - but perhaps when I return I'll dig it out and provide citations.

Did you really believe that McKinley had never heard of Manila until Dewey snatched it, and that he prayed all night before deciding to keep the country?
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