Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-12-07

We have no moral right 20 condemn
the highly.skilied labor. which we have
systematically evolved. TO lnnction and
starvation. or to remit u back to the
rude tasks " she farm. we are In honor
pound 20 give u. 20 far AZ this lies
within the power of far-sccing foreign
policy the ccumcnlcal market which IL
hnF challenged and deserved 10y proving
It's ability TO undoracii lie foreign rivals.
mat which may be fairy doCfibrl
as morally obligatory aud q ccunomi-
caily wise Will also be presently nc
knuwledged 60 be fiscal necessity. The
time u close at hand when We shall
cease TO be able 90 meet n large part
or the requirements " the Federal
government by means OF cuntums duties
levied upon imports from foreign lands
We shall ccnre 10 draw adequate rcven-
Ne from this source because American
manufacturers are rapidly acquiring
She power Of answering almost all
American dcmandH not only for the
comforts but also for the Injuries Of
highly civilized life. Az We shall. com
rcquently, he compelled % make good
the deficit IN our public Income by i'm.
rfliH" HNHiHH fWNa Wulu uur NATIVE
products. II will behoovc us TO assure
..ts. ..t....t llssa.Dtt utttuuW luI tnr H,4l.
plus of those products, not only BY re-
tanning our hold upon existing markets.
but by creating new ones.
IN On quarter 81 the earth can we
more reasonably expect an immensely
Increased demand fur our commodities
than In the Celestial Empire. Evnn now
the volume u our trade with china rep
rcrenta more than one-scventh Of the
whole foreign commerce ~ that cnun-
Try. our Imports from the Middle King
dom have. indeed, grown but slowly,
hut our exports ahither have been aug
mented by i2s per cent In ten years. and
are over 70 per cent greater than the
exports thlther from Germany The
value Of the cotton cloths sold by Us %
CHINA In 1897 amounted 10 nearly VI
Boo .OO0. or nearly one-halt the entire
valuation 1T the cotton cloths sent
abroad from the United States. The cN-
port Of Kerosene oil from THIS country
90 the Middle Kingdom has more than
trcblcd In value during the past ten
years. In 1897. II amounted 90 t'aeg,oyp.
The exports " our wheat -four 70 emma
reached value In 1881 % ti.i0OVVo. ana
our exports ~ chemicals. dyes, atc.'
were appraised nj an additional million.
when the spacious and dcnHely pcoplcd
nfra OF china IN covered. nH II viii he
al no distant date. with vast network
n railways. there VII be an
enormous demand for steel ralls;
locomotives and rolling s.Sohs, ~,
Of which our mnnuih,iurr
viii be able 10 supply more cheaply
than any ~ their European compeu-
tgrH. n follows shat. uur tNde WIN
he Middle Kirgd0m being already con.
siderable. and Offering the promise ~
airnaft imltieaa expansion. We nave
next 90 Euglard. m1si Co i"sc ny fhe
partition Of china amarg prucctlonls.
piwerH, and most g. gain by insisting
1pnr freedom ~ access 60 her markets.
Tho magnitude ~ our itccresi. present
aud future. IN the fate - Chin would,
iaksu hy HHclf. suffice to warrant a
departure from our past policy ~ alont-
ness. and wonld justly ~ IN ad1ptlng
a program ~ cooperation with fueh
u,her maritime nations ~ are deeply
concerned In upholdlng Chln1's terri.
tnrlai Integrity and a complete llbaty
VI trnfiic wfh her inhahltarih The
ratlou.. between which and ourselves
thcre may be- said o. exist 4 solidarity
~ interests az regards the Middle
Kingdom, are obviously Grtat britain
and Japan. and g h probable that, f1nn
ar late. Germany Will b. Included IN thc
M. NJ onr VI she four ulWcrr named.
with she possible exception ~ Great
nflsaln. IN strong enough. Hinglc-hand.
"a, 10 .hwari the ambitious designs Of