The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-01-01


ufacturers club OF
81. Louis by Hon. Lorrin A. Thurston'
ex-mlnister from Hawaii. In the FOL
lowing iorcible language:
Il submit TO you that no one In THIS
country has a more direct Interest Ia
annexation than the manufacturer
Up TO i've years ago the United states
developed and progressed while paying
very little attention to lts foreign &c
lations and lis foreign commeree. II
prosperity and development are TO CON
tinue. you must find markets beyond
the present boundaries Of the union
for both your agricultural and your
manufactured products Where are
you to.hnd these markets. In England
and Europeg Perhaps. 10 a limited e1-
tent: but they produce the same man
ufactures that you do. They are your
natural competitors. not your natural
customers The one great undevel-
oped natural market Of the world sor
the products OF the United States are
the islands In. and the countries Dor
derinG upon the Pacific Ocean. Near
~ afty years ago william H. Seward
said. on the moor OF the United States
senate. that the Pacific Ocean. its h.
lands. liz shores and the vast regions
beyond. will BE- the chief theaier Of
events In the worlds great hereafter"
This prophecy IL being rapidly full
nlled. but ten years ago the Paeihe
coast Of Siberia was an Ice bound viii
derness. and vladivostock an unknown
village. Today vladivostock IL . city
OF 5000 people. with vharvss. dry
docks and warehouses. and With forsi-
hoatlons equal 20 any port In the
world. The Pacific terminus Of the
Trans-Siberian railroad 20 ST. Peters
burg. Il is the growing center Of a
commerce. the variety and volume Of
which can not be fOFetold. This rail.
road IL being pushed by all the mighty
psver Of the Russian government. aud
IL opening vast forests. mineral. coal
and agricultural lands. while the
country IN being systematically settled
up by the tTansplantinE Of whole VII
lagos Of Russians 90 favorable looali-
ties Along the line. For a hundred
years Russia has vainly sought an
open road 20 the sea by way OF the
DaFdanelles. She IL nov achieving
that object by way OF the Pacific
wiihinsths past yeaT Ehe has ohtAlnc
the right % way from China for a
second terminus TO her railroad at Port
Arthur. a port that Is never frozen up
Therein IL ioreshAdoved the ABSORB
ton Of Northern China. for the Rus
sian bear never lets 70 IL grip. Three
years ago Japan was a comparatively
unimportant group Of Islands, with bat
little foreign power or trade. To-day
u h an International nation. with ar
already strong navy, which h being
added to al a rate second only 10 thai
OF England. while her lines Of subsi'
dried steamers are running 20 the foui
quarters Of the globe. her commerce q
increasing by geometrical progression
and her i3.0oO.O00 Of people hAy,
awakened 10 the possibilities OF IN,
future. with the shaking M whitl
China has received from Japan %,
100000 900 Of people must soon opel
10 western methods and commerce
The Australian colonies and the hun
dreds OF Southern Pacific Islands. nos
all under European control. are rapldil
developing Into International powc
and greatness These and the Soutl
American republics are the gruat un
developed and unoocupicd markets q
the world 10 which Americans mus
send their products u this country .
90 progress and prosper. Nearly "
OF this commerce must cross the "a
clhe. What has all this 10 do wit
Hawaiian annexation? Il has jus
this 10 do with a. From Hong Kon
10 the isthmus OF Darien Il Ia $50
miles: AZ far a. from san Franclsc
across the continent. the Atlantic. IN
Mediterranean and Turkey TO a
boundary Of Persia. from the Aleutla
islands on the north 10 the Frenc
colony Of Tahiti. a thousand mil,
south OF the equator. the distance
$500 miles: a. far a. from Greenlan
to 500 miles south Of the Amazon riy
er In all this vast AREA there IA bu
one spot where food. fuel and waite
can b. obtained. and that Is Hawai-
Il has this 10 do with Il. that the W
cifc ls 10 wide that no nation has
naval station near enough 10 the "a
clhc coast to be available a. a ma
base OF operations against u or u
commerce. II means that no haiti,
ship now built or building. IN eth,
the American or japanese navy. ca
cross the Pacific between Yokoha n
and san Francisco without recoallnl
because they cannot carry fuel enouE
TO get across Il means that with ".
wall In the possession Of any hOstll
power there would be- established
naval base OF supply and repair viii
In Eve days steamlng distance OF q
Pacific coast Il means that wit
other nations shut out Of Hawali.th,
are pushed back the entire length ,
the Pacific. a distance 40 great as
be prOhlhitlvc OF hostile naval oporl
lions and thereby securing Immunity
the Pacific coast and its commerc
Already six Of the seven trans-Paclf
steamship lines make Honolulu a va
station As soon as the Isthmlan cat
al h completed. thereby opening u
,he countries Of the Pacific to the trad
Of the Mississippi Valley and the Gu
States. all Of that vast and grown
tide Of commerce will how past III
vail. Can the United States AFFORD
take any chances % TO any other eour
try obtaining control OF Hawaii. II
strategical key OF the Pacific. the con
mercial crossroads" OF the Pacific. ca