The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1897-07-15

SAOA0A AOPAy
"The coastwise commerce of
the United States, the largest
in the world, is one of the re-
suits of our new maritime spirit
and the commerce up the great
lakes is greater than the coast
wise commerce, though it has
all come up, or that worth talk
ing about, in the last fifteen
years. In the heart of the
American continent exists the
sailor spirit as it used to be on
the North Sea, the Baltic, and
the Mediterranean republics.
Minnesota has a Norwegian
born United States Senator,
Knute Nelson"
"Is there anything objection
able in the ruling Hawaiian
population?"
ut is the only ruling popula-
ton which appeals to us as un-
Objectionable. It is of American
stock, Christian origin, and
pure self-government. It has
our Constitution, Bible and
history. No people that I ever
read of have been truer to the
land of their fathers origin, adj
herring to us who ourselves re-
belled against our fathers
Senator Davis, is the world
not on the eve of a vast per
manent subdivision among the
few ruling nations? Have not
the old national forms ceased
to restrict the family move
ments of man as the parti-na-
tons have been devoured by
the greatimperial movements?'
"That is the appearance of
things. Germany's compul-
sorry unifcation under Prussia
has fastened the regovernment
of the world; the German fam
lily has boldly entered the lists
and completes with England
and France in colonies. The
cession of He1igoland a few
years ago, off the mouth of the
Elba, by England to Germany
was analogous to our guardian
ship of the Hawaiian Islands.
England bought Crete. Rus
STA has gathered under her
wing almost a zone of people
from the Baltic to the Pacific,
and never appeared to more
advantage than now, when she
is pushing China into civiliza-
ton and given Russian financ-
es the health of her expansion
of territory. A great nation is
coming out on the Pacific from
Russia in the place of Man
chooria. It's harbor, open all
winter is in line with the COM
merce whichs will pass from
South America through the
Islands,"
"Honolulu may become a
sort of a Singapore or Straits
Settlement?'
That is so. It is the cross
roads of the Pacific, from the
mouth of the Nicaragua Canal,
from Callao and Valparaiso
and the Strait of Magellan to
Port Arthur, Japan and Russia.
Also from San Francisco to
Australasia Also from Ameri-
ca to middle Asia"
"You regard the Pacific Ocean
as the future ocean of COM
mercer"
Eyes. Japan has become a
civilized nation. China is be-
ing forced into new lines, and
will be an open nation. Corea
has come into the theatre of
trade. Russia is about to
emerge at the end of a long
line of railroad into the Pacific.
England has come in from In
dia, France from Siam. I think
the mightiest trade of the earth
is to be on the Pacific. It is
necessary to our overdone cities
on the Pacific coast. It is also
necessary to the American in
terror which produces super
abundant breadstuffs and food
and has many mouths of rail-
roads to the Pacific. The dis
satisfaction west of the Mis-
souri, is the result of the want
OF outlets to more teeming pop
ulations. We raise more food
than there are mouths to feed.
The Pacific Ocean is our great
est pool of trade"
How large is the Pacific
ocean,"
ut is one-third of the area of
the globe and one-half OF all
the water. It is 10000 miles
wide at the equator, but at our