Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-02-10
JOintless Mating
ENDLESS VARIETY.

drawn into closer knship with California
then just entering ou path Of prosperity
and greatness, whose rapidly OF develop
nlcut the world Inns never seen equNllcd
Hence the movements toward Intimate
commercial relations between the two
countries, which. after the progressive
negotiations of 1896, 1867 and 1859.
eliminated iu the existing reciprocity
treaty Of Jan. so. 1873, which gave 10
the United States In Hawaii and TO
Hawaii iu the United States trading
rights and privileges in terms denied to
other countries
have spoken Of the Pacific coast line
given 10 the American Union 10y the
ccssiou Of California In lSlS ns little iu.
terior IN extent and superior In NATURAL
wealth To the Atlantic SeOhoard of the
original Union. Since that time our
domuiu on the Pacific has been vastly
increased 10y the purchase of Alaska.
Taking San FrnuriscO as the commercial
center on the western slope, II line drawn
north. uOrthwpstwurdly to the Alputiun
group, marks our Pacific border almost
to the confines of Asia. 4 corresponding
line drawn enthusiastically from san
Francisco To Honolulu marks the natural
liuit of the ocean belt within which our
trade with the Oriental countries must
How, ana is moreover, the direct line of
communication between the United
| Stntcs and Australasia. Within this
hfll HOS tue f0llultItlUl uOulNlu OF our
! western coast.
| have had recent occasion 10 SIT forth
| the vitality intrcgnl Importance Of our
Pacific possessions in u circular letter
addressed ON the 9th Of June Inst to
our representative in Europe, touching
tbc necessary guarantees of the pro-
| posed Panama cauul as a purely Ameri-
eau waterway TO he treated B u part
Of our own cunst line. The extension
| Of commercial empire westward from
those states h. no less yitully impor-
! tuut to their development than their COM
muuicatiou with the eastern coast boy
| the isthminu channel, And when we
| survey the stupcndous progress made
! by the western coast during tlr thirty
| years of It's national life as q part of
| our dominion, its enormous increase of
! population, It's yUSt resources Of agri-
! culture aud mines and its hOuudless
! enterprise, IT'S not easy 10 set limit 10
! It's commercial activity or forcsec a
| check To It's maritime supremacy In the
! waters Of the Orient so long as those
| waters Afford as now, q free aud upu-
! trail scope for our peaceful trade.
! Ina thirty years the United States has
! acquired legitimaLely dominant in
! tucnco In the North Pacific, which il
! can never consent To see decreased by
! the intrusion therein of any element of
| Influence hostile 10 It's own. The situ-
! alton of the Hawaiian Islands. giving
! them the strategic control of the North
! Pacific brings their possession within
| the range OF questions of purely Amcri-
| cam policy us much 80 as that of the
| lsthmus itself. Hence the necessity. ~
| IN orr existing tp'uty relations, of draw
| ug the ties of intimate relationship be-
| tween us aud the Hawaiian Islands so
! u3 10 make thcm practically a part of
! the American system without dprOga.
! ton Of their absolute independence. The
I tt.tift Vt Ian q
! Hawaii the sugOr-rnising field of the
! Pacific slope, and gives 10 our mnnu-
! tucturvrs therein the same freedom as
! in California aud Oregon
| That treaty gave TO Hawaii It's first
! great impetus I'm trade and developpd
! that activity of production which has
! attracted the enger attention of Euro
! pruu powers, anxious to share I'm the
! prosperity and advantages which tho
| United States have created in mid
! ocean From 1877. the first full wear
! preceding the conclusion of the rrcipro.
! city treaty 10 1850 the Imports from
! Hawaii 10 the United States nearly
! doubled, increasing from $3.50, 385 In
| value To- Si,6O6444, and In this same
| pcTud the exports frOm the United
| Statgs 20 Hawaii rose from $l,272,949
ia. S-u2t, TO la word, Hawaii Is by
wise nnd henehcient provisions OF the
treaty, brought within the circle of the
! domestic trade Of the United States.
and our interest Ia is friendly neutrality
| iN AKIN 90 that We feel In the guaranteed
| independence of Panama On the other
! hand, the interests OF HnwnU must
inevitably turn toward the United States
| h the future, as IN the present. as its
! naiurnl aud sole ally In conserving the
/ dominion of both in the Pacific trade.
! Your own observation during your resl.
| deuCr no Honolulu has shown Won ia,
| vitality of the American sentiment which
! TINS state of things has irresistibly do.
| Noloped In the islands | view TINT
/ sentiment as the logical recognition ~
! The needs of Hawaii as member of
lhe American system of states, rather
thnn blind desire for protectornte or
/ Wlib.HlH annexation 10 the American
rus government has on previous oc.
| eaAohs been brought face To face with
I'VE Question of protectOrate over tie
iiaWauan group II has us often as
| VI NrosN been SCI aside Ia the interest of
| hu'h oommercu union and such reci
! Pfwlty. 81 benefits as would Give 10
| li0Wnh The highest advantages ana M
'ht same time strengthen it's indellen.
1Vht rAlstence as sovereign state.
~ this | have summed no he whole
disp9N'ion OF the United States to.
/ NgluH linWnh iu lbs present condition
me policy of this country with regard
20 me Pacific is the natural coinplenent
20 ils Atlantic policy. The history nj
I nNr Nprupean relations for tfty wears
| SHOWS The Jealous coueprn t,-itT ,,.if.t