The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-09-11

tfcn. AS far as the man who cuIu-
Yates the land, or the man who trans
ports It, we do not fear anv comment
tor but we have no market except to
carry our surplus to Europe. That
market alone fixes our prices: we don't
The small surplus of one-ffth of all tha
grain we raise makes the value for +be
whole
NO" we must. as a nation, find new
people TO trade with: we must as a
l1ation' find people who will buy our
pfooucts; people who have heretofore
no' pougnt our products; we must have
more tnan one customer, and we can
VIII briefly suggest how we NAV IF
thls country would encourage the mn
building OF a merchant marine to carry
our products to the markets where +be,,
Will bring the most money. roIoh+
say that a ship of five thousand ton.
capacity, leaving the Pacific coast av-
cry day in the year, would carry 5oo
oOo tons annually across the Pacific
ocean TO Asia, What would It cost7
"A bonus of 81 per ton would ins7,ra
the building Of ships as fast as tbe
shlp-yards could turn them out. Two
ooIars per ton would amount to s3 oon
VOO per year. Now tell me- Uhetbe-
money spent in that way would henaAt
Minnesota and the entire nation 90
much as to spend a million dollars ror
building dam between MinnAhnbo
Falls and the university 90 that +bo
boys may have a place for a boat raoo.
or in idle efforts to lath and nIos+o,
the bottom Of rivers called navfgahIa
which hoe
noat noated In ten years? Then again.
let US look back and see how it would
alIecI the government in case of war
IN case the government called for
transports, would they have to go ana
puy every old worn-out boat on the
hlgh seas and pay price which would
Dulld additional and better shiDs IN
thelr place to carry our product at their
prices and make US pay for it? How IA
! that to be brought about? Our dis
ungulshed senator. in an address thar
l saw published in a newspaper on. nv
way back from the Pacific ocean a dav
or two ago, alluded to this point.
WORK FOR THE NATION
Inc government can establish. and
ooes establish, our commercial relations
with other people. The state. and tha
states statesmen, cannot do It. Thev
frequently try to make us believe thar
they can, but I am sure they are ouita
poWerless. The nation must do II and
1t must be done through the efforts or
the representatives Of the people of
the nation and Of the nation. If we
were to have what he should have 2
merchant marine that is worthy the
nd
must set about it in way that will
bring success; that will insure success.
1t will cost little. The amount that
mentioned, $4,000 900 a year. for ten
years, would not amount to any more
than that river and harbor bill which
has paid so many political debts and
done so little good. Three millions of
dollars is a small sum for this nation
to pay for the benefit that would come
to the people.
Now, why do I say to take the prod
ucts Of the Pacific states and carry
them to Asia. 1 say that, If the sur
plus wheat from the Pacific coast was
carried to Asia, in place of being car
rled to Europe, and there compete with
the agricultural products Of the states
east of the Rocky mountains. YOU
would advance the price of wheat from
10 to 20 cents per bushel 1t would
reduce the exports to Europe from the
United States from 100000. 900 bushels
to 60,000,000 or 10000, 900 a year, and
that 60000,0O0 or 5000, 900 from the At
lantic states is held until the foreigner
sends his order here to buy it. Not so
with that from the Pacific coast 1t is
gathered together and loaded on ships
and sent on a four months voyage
10 Europe to find a market, and. when
1t arrives, 1t is sold at auction for what
1t will bring. The ship cannot wait
TO hnd customer A man goes into
any exchange in Europe and what does
he see? The first thing, Oregon and
California to arrive, 10000, ,000," and he
is not in a hurry to send over here to
buy in advance. The Pacific coast
exports effect the price over the en-
tire country, more than twice the num-
Der Of bushels would lying in Duluth
Minneapolis, Buffalo, New York Of Chi
cago 1t is forced to go there. They
know it as well as we do, and they buy
1t at their own price. If we can take
it to Asia and find new people to eat
1t, we will have have taken one step in
the history of the world The nation
that has controlled the trade Of the
Orient has held the purse strings Of
the world
CARRY THE AMERICAN FLAG
Sometimes we may feel that our ma
tion's destiny is directed by a superior
power and intelligence more and above
that of the human mind. If the pres
ent war has done nothing less than
manifest the patriotism; than bring to-
gether the people of the nation, nd to
bring the nation to a point whece it
has been compelled to cast off it's fet
ters, it may be placed wisely at the
time, but they apply no longer. What
would fit 100000 Of people, 100000 of
emancipated colonists, will not fit 75,-
900 600 of people, who are the equal of
any other rs, 600 of people of the
world, ,anG whether you are Republicans
or Democrats, every one Of you feels
an interest in the success Of our coun-
try Let it be understood everywhere
among you that you will not support