Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-10-25
GossIr or WARRINGTON.

one OF aoke Smiths favorite notions ls
particularly apropos Just now. While Mr.
Cleveland Is voering his foreign policy IN
the direction OF greater America, that
is. greater America IN diplomacy. In
prestige, In policy. II not in actual terri
tory this axle, virlle minister from
Georgia comes along with u ;astincaton
for the whole business, With Great Brit
ain. everyone knows political, territorial
and commercial acquisition have always
gone hand IN hand. Probably the so,iish
demands of British trade have done more
to ciyil,zc the world than all the mis-
sionArics IN existence. Wherever there is
q British trader. there YOU may be sure
will soon appear u British fiag and q
British gun. and presently a British post,
with morn flags and guns, ana IN n short
time one flnds n new Britain there, trad
Ing. suhduing. acquiring, oivilizlng.
Hoke Smiths idea Is not this exactly,
hut IL reaches the same end In another
way. lie would have us set ourselves up
rs the manufacturers OF the world. To
open up markets you must establish re-
lauons, and relations are not possible
without respect, and sclf-nssortlon and
big guns to back II up bring icrpact Mr.,
Blaine used 10 put It his way "iiiplo-
macy hlazeb the way for nution's COM
mcrco, but there Is no diplomacy without
guns" uokc Smith thinks the time has
come 10 MNigotate policy, and Tor our
merchants aud manufacturers. under It's
cover, TO go forth seeking commercial
conquest, lie wants to know why we
shouldn't slipplant England In the mar
kots OF Central and South America. and
Germany, too. and all the remainder Of
EN-.
"Takc cotton goods. for example After
tho cotton crop OF the South leaves our
shores" gays Mr.. smith, "thc enormous
slim of 500 900 represents the value that
Is added 10 II by manufacturing pro-
cesses Much OF this new value of the
cotton product comes Out Of our own
pockcts-that is. we sell England the raw
material and buy the finished goods back
from nor. Another part comes ont OF tho
pockets Of our Central and South amer
team neghbors. Why shouldn't we get
both original and added values for our
selves2' asks Holso Smith. why
shouldn't we do both the cotton raising
and the manufacturing not only Tor our
own markets, but for all the markets OF
American" Pertinent inquiries.
az wrote TO a friend OF mine at Dalton
Ga, FOR some statistics said Secretary
Smith. "He replied by saying their cot
ton factory had been running ton years
and had paid an average OF 10 per cent
a. year. All through the South cotton
mills can be erected cheaper than In Eng
land, cheaper than IA New England. The
ground costs little. you can make brick
anywhere, and the lumber can nearly al
ways be cut within u few miles OF tho
site Take two plants OF the same ca
pacity, one I'm England and one IN Beorgin,
and the latter Will represent much
smaller Investment The cotton II grown
at the door. Figures which / have col
lectCd to show that the cost Of tho raw
material to the Southern manufacturer is
Q per cent less than to the English manu-
facturer and . per cent loss than tho
cost in New England. Here 10 your rront
In this ono Item. | do not say" com
oluded Secretary Smith, "that NO should
move the cotton factories OF New Eng
land to the South, but do say We should
from New England aud the South move
on the worlds mnrketH and capture
them. ''-Chlcago Times-Herald.