The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-28

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win you, ssy. then, that I am 4 dreamer
t a&Sa ss nd 5r yOn CO tel p Better. lay "a. am IA a
dreamer when I say that There will be in tho
inanstriesi Icries q MOI nsoi'I
use their powerful influence on the Congress-
OF TIE United States to persuade II at the
earliest possible day to build this canal ZAP;
PLEA FOR HAWAII.
There 10 a treaty pending in the United States
Senate, to-day for. tho annexation of tho
nsSS men, a nstf / a@ h ,aps Poins 10 sentiS neG SHsa,
to Y iSss as ,S bunting sn.; t %5 %a5 + &. t Pc you s ySS:
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not ratified by the unitcsd Stat States senate in less
than a year the Hawailan Islands will DO under
the protectorate of Groat Britain.
Your Nicaragua Canal, which is certain to DO
built would more than tenfold increase the
into It's. western mouth. In the hands Of an
enemy. your canal would not be worth a cont;
with a naval Ds Sfs snd co osHIosS station sI Ssi there cur we e SouId
protect hat canal ana our entire Western coast
Now. viii you help us in the senatei
two or three votes, and il you will help us we
Gentlemen, 4 I were 2 dictator With s absolute ,sS
Islands. / would aid in tho construction
Of a railroad from our southern border
sSMn s 70 nssfa df lines ru fS China / ~G and i fs1S1lis sn
Australia, and to every commercial port In
South America, and Then. by reciprocal treaty
done, I would participate largely in the trade Of
the Orient, and I would take entirely the trade
American States by the FREQ admission Of all
our goods into them IApplsnsGI Tho. u,,
never anything worth purchasing yet that
does not have its price: Costly , Not SO
profit from year to year and decreasing in
demand at home from year to year; cutting
s sssr to ~1 yssr Of anSS oSS na ilnss aesgfaain w9r ans rd ,sS@
Ing them to the condition OF the work.
men q Europe, Why, gentlemen, tina. is 50
life q the Republic itself. lcries of Hear.
workmen Of America. of our ind uslries, of our
country, 1 bid you g~oispeed in this crusade
upon which you have entered. IGrcat applause
Senator Frye was followed by Charles Emory
Smith OF Philadelphia, who said in part:
speech OF Charles Emery smith.
The, past half century has been tho age Of in:
e esteSl Hp astivityt. F For sP ffty years nU AND ' mo rst the o1
genius and energy OF man have been unlocking
the occult and my 'terious forces of nature and
applying them to the development Of the in
herent resources and embryotic possessions Of
the nations. IT has been the era Of steam and
tions of that fruitful period are the marvel of
history. In the nfty years from 1910 to, 1890
300 pei, cent; Within tho same time the
tripied; but the mighty tide Of its manufacture
expanded eighteen fold. This advancing and
amazing power Of production under modern ap:
fort. and luxury; It has exalted the humanities
greatly increased capacity of consumption has
followed this magical advance, but It has not
ton. and the economic problem OF the world to-
day is the distribution OF the surplus.
are struggling for empire and trade. They are
scanning the whole horizon for new fields of
conquest; colony and In this strenu-
GUS rivalry for enlarged are we to
stand with folded hands and let the prizes slip !
We cannot enter upon aggression and conquest.
But we shall not renounce the right OF com.
mercial aspiration. and we shall let the whole
world understand that We aim at tho peaceful
%trilmPhs of friendly intercourse and reciprocal
one.dfth Of all the wealth of the world. In the
treasures .; Of off, our n.o domain i and in the brain and
magnificent strides who can measure tho sweep
Of our supremacy In another hundred years .
These fabulous figures show both our unequalled
power OF production and our unparalleled capac-
other people md we use more. Our greatness
has been within ourselves. The field of for
have yet to conquer. 1t is a triumphant vindi.
cation Of the American policy that II has first
tries. that then it has given them unchallenged
that now it has fortified and equipped them to
enter into the worlds arduous competition.
And SO. with all the superiority Of our position.
with one arm outstretchod to the East and the
being tho only great ind ustrial power that is
DEMONSTRATING we boldly embark upon the
career of commercial extension.
SHALL WE STAND OR GO FORWARD
What are the requisites in this lofty national
enterprisei The first is that our ruling states
manship shall have a true conception. of tho
derstanding OF the practical methods Of realizn-
ton. High. national policy and broad CONNER
the flag the world around. and it is for states
manship to carry forward the fiSg, not in mill.
d dfRs national assertion. in COMMANDING
moral power, and in direct material intercourse.
We have come to a point IN our national devel.
shall accept and move on to the plain op;
portunities before US or whether we shall
Shall we turn our backs on the opening vista OF
enlarged influence and shut ourselves up within
face outward and onward For one let me be
counted among those who believe that our re.
public has a noble and not yet fulfilled mission
ofhumane achievement and commercial ascon:
dancy among the nations OF the earth. and that
1t Is purblind folly and faulty which would
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in the fulness OF time the vision Of greatness
dawns before her
The end we aim at is clear; the means are
within our reach. A merchant marine which
shall revive our early prestige on the, sea; a
navy which shall command respect for the voice
Of our authority; commercial lines which shall
run direct to the pivotal ports; the isthmian
canal which shall be the focus Of continental
transit and trade; all these we must have. and
over all the browning genius Of reciprocity.
Reciprocity is the polar star Of com;
logic of free trade. but tho logic of mu-
tual concessions and advantageous cx-
changes. 1t is not an open door and no return.
but 1t is fair play for what Others have TO sell in
acknowledgement Of fair play for what we have
to sell. Its principle. rightly understood. is
automatic. 1t Is the despair OF Lord Salisbury.
who confessed that England had stripped her.
self of the weapons; il Is the proud and endur-
ing distinction of a great American statesman;
and, Joined to correlatire measures, it is the
sure kew with which we shall unlock the door
Of foreign trade and complete the prominence
of the republic.
Central and South America invite us with
their millions Of people and their thousand
millions Of foreign commerce.. We take more
than q quarter Of their exports and furnish only