The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1898-01-09

ai,o, o. unr 81 the url lnitcf pufi"'iu u
our .,nmsr..,l aud unar,iai intrruat-' Il
followed three su,. osnl,o },s4ra ~ aim '-i
unrfc., i,pird d,gtr,sairi aud iis'Irh1h G
of ,uhOd,a., consequent upou tho I'm
pofulrd t,siliou uf Dur monetary haais
rh, naurHa rl,guvu hal defeated ,hr
-Ih,. faction uuI h, % majority Whioh
lid nut suria- to imn~iasrl, r"-t'rr con-
ni.pr N1l,n tiIr republican ia4t' -lmr
tnlo power aith ihc presidents d0,iara-
tiois, lu ft,na uf up.us munr, anI thr
ua~-tFv uf aun ral0ihn'i tn rutu~'h
tho ,rf,t.i. of 'f~ Wilson arl voyr ~
tu,I,r,l ,.lnn,lctpy rpf over tho So hulS
rnuuir, and frnm mii-.immrr fu thv ruh
uf th~ year ih-',, ha- hc,.n pnv rpnunuuus
toyt,pl ~ h,ssu,na rnpydouro i"p hn-
n-,n prpiiuus ga u,u Nvfaf- ~ a
Time Ngiru ihr failure pf tho crfral rrul,a
Va, f,tr-tui throughout i;ur,.s' p'Ir 'sHr.
,ost was ,nandaui. AMI 49, have been
,Uls m ,Npusf 20 hugh prl.er unpfr c.
,t,nt-l qwunu"a ~ Ne,ra, AMI r,rn A.
$3.50 JUS f'A 'Hf' ifNil'''' tAaf''
p,ur.su lf ,ou.umptipn Nrfr blr.k~i hy
large a,-umulauuu~ NJ unmafkrt~i pro.
duct most 81 n7,ioh have -inro bv7a dis
islsci ur 30 SOME recover, ~ i~irrr rierr.
by p,uaring thr way for profitable IN.
rrot-" ~ pru,iu,ion during the 'ominr
Nrlr
the home markets We hayr hrun favored
wi,h au rNtrorHnary lnrrras, .n our
rSpoft ra,ir lhc rhpmruts ~ mrr,hHn.
,iso fur Glr nrt eleven monrnr. of tho
yo,r having lmouuivi ,o pii en- o.
neairrt SsSs e"ool iu lN1 u1s. $4,000 tn
1885, J1o a0oo iu 1891 pnl So 'oo"o IN
iVl This large iuorWry In M, export
trade has hrru fvornhlc tu rlr fnreign
i-olI movement our met ,Nror,a OF The
metal during tho rlrycn montnH having
been bur HGoocH Thcvc nFurt hrw
ever Imp,rf,~uy rrpryrn, thc actual
..it., " tho foreign trtdr hulNurr. Tor
wr have huusht from other countries GER
nluy not I,'a man ST. 1ooON market
y4niu ~ our gs,uiVtlrB and have NJ times
beer lenders to Buripr TO IA" rNtrut of
81 O,ouo to itoUouoo a. q nou-' of prr.
venting lmportntioms ~ gold when W."
nad no nrc fnr ~ aad when London Hrr.
ln ana rugis could M nTord to spare IT,
Wow such operations n tumc nccdful viii
appear from the ftct o,1t ror thr eleven
muurhs. our exports or mcr''handiHr ana
silver bullion exceeded our imports by
s-25o0oUN
II Is not To bc inferred thnt me large
inv,usr IN our exports lH mainly the
effect NJ the unusual shipments Of bread
,turrr There haa also been an cxtraor-
diuury addition to our exports ~ manu-.
racturcs tndrr the pressure " rNroNt
hard times. our industries have hcen en-
thluI To 80 lar reduce pnr costs cf pro-
ductiou Nlthout at the came tlmc PUT
ting down wtgoa- -nhnt our ability TO
compete with uili,r countries has opened
go us % much Increased area Of foreign
markets Indeed the 1lgns ~ the times
have afforded clear Indications That at
hast wc hHvr attained an economy In pro-
auction which viii open now markets to
our Industrial plant ard thc rising ratio
~ the populntlon which must bo depend
rnt on manufactures. We may reason
ably expect that this expansion Of the cX-
pumH of manufactures VIII prove to be
hut In H. beginning ana that this branch
of trade viii next year exceed mat OF
1897 just ns the year cosrs events have
happened IN Eastern Asia which fore
shadow the carly opening OF the vlsl en-
pirc Of china to the marketing OF mnnu-
fncturcd products. To this country. i'm
paled towards manufacturing by new
natural drift Of It's rapidly Increasing
popullti tion thia lts Il most welcome fore
4hndowing Of nm expansion Of our trading
rotations with tho worlds greatest en-
asr, 1t lis to bc hoped that our govern
ment Will exercise the utmost vigilance
in guarding American interests panding
the struggle among the European powers
90 gain control of the hest positions for
forwarding uheir aggrNaSsve purposes. We
desire no foreign territory; but W. cannot
nfford that military governments shall he
permitted to Invade our established .relty
rights, or divide up China at their pleas
ure, or set up selfish policy Of excluding
others from THE best markets OF the em-