the excerpt below to answer the question. SUSH 14a There is no reason whatever why we cannot administer the Philippines in a manner satisfactory to their people as well as to ourselves....They are near the center of the great lines of commerce from the East to the West....The whole world sees in China a splendid market for our native products-our timber, our locomotives, our rails, our coal oil,...and numberless other articles... The Philippines are a foothold for us in the Far East. Their possession gives us standing and influence. It gives us also valuable trade both in exports and imports. Charles Denby, "Shall We Keep the Philippines?" in Forum, November 1898 Which of these actions is BEST supported by the excerpt?

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