The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-10-28

barous people but learned people: a
| people who have had national vitality
| sufficient to keep them as an organized
nation since long before the Christian
era, even prior to the time when Abra-
| ham was shepherd"
Again let me read to you from a speech
delivered by Judge Grosscup Of Chicago.
| speaking of the Philippines, he says:
II see behind them In the horizon to-
ward which we are headed, looming up
| from the Pacific in mountainous inter-
est and opportunity, against which the
hand speck. something more than islands,
nothing less than continent Within
| Asia lie the interest and the opportunity
| that by their largeness dwarf every
other prospect" And speaking Of the OBJ
| jects Of our foreign policy which should
engage our attention and command our
| every energy here is what he says in
| unrivalled eloquence:
1T is in that quarter that we will find
situation open to American enterprise,
ture, and eventually a people and insti-
tutions ready for a. graft from the tree
Of Anglo-Saxon civil liberty. Outside Of
those countries that are already Euro
pean dependencies the population Of Asia
numbers 4oO,ooo0oo souls. They are in
many respects not only civilized but high
ly civilized; they are accustomed to gov
eminent and social order, but with all
this they have up to the present time
lived almost apart from mankind. The
breaking of the seal upon their ports is
to us Of Europe and America the dis
coVery Of new continent. In the ma
ture OF things great results must follow.
The discovery of America broke up the
deepest fountains of European life; the
opening up of country peopled only by
savages has stirred every corner Of Euro
pean enterprise, but here in the far east
swinging inward are doors that will ad-
init us to one-half of the desirable ter
| ritory and one-third Of the population of
the earth. 1t is a land without railroads,
without manufactures, without cities
built on modern lines, without fields cul-
tlvated by modern implements. It bids
for every character of American enter
prise Looked at from every material
point Of view
The Invitation Opened
is one that no enterprising people can
afford to decline.
The breakup in the current of
A Asdat life is at hand, The
people of China are already beginning
With ours and to reach out for some of
the physical aids that we are ready to
offer. In time will come a change of
clothing, Of houses and methods of trans
terial side of human life. Ships laden
with these from the western world are
entering their ports. Railroads will soon
carry them in all directions throughout
the interior Telegraphs will everywhere
quicken intelligence as it quickens the
means Of thought. Rice will to some ex-
tent give way to bread, sandals to leath-
er foot wear, and the national dress to
modern clothing; modern civilization will
eventually gather these people in, and
feed, and clothe. and build them anew At
the ratio obtained in Japan the world
ought In Is years to have with China a
trade of more than $4,000, ooo." And fur
Their on:
"But commerce. however enternr,sinp
ought not to be left to shift for itself.
Government should always give to it the
aid of its presence and moral force. The
Importance of this cannot be over-esti-
mated. Physical presence, the power that
noWs from personal contact is the force
that dominates everywhere. This has
| proved itself over and over again. Ma
tons impress themselves upon the peo-
pie Of other nations after the same man
ner. They take on relations with each
| other by physical contact. A nation that
| seeks trade and influence must make
itself seen and felt The physical pre-
sence of a nation to the people Of foreign
power it yields within the sphere Of
| their observation. A harbor in the Phil
| 1rpines well garrisoned and sovereignty
| over the islands or part Of them. would
NC U1lG PHYSICAL omOOQlmenC OIL America
in Asiatic waters.
A vast continent lifts out Of
| the sea upon which to lay, by the hand
| of commerce, the foundations of that
| to the English speaking race its great
ness at home and coming primacy over
| the affairs of mankind"
Haze r. 0--
Fellow citizens to every idea and word
which have here read from these two
| great American citizens, I give my ear
nest, undivided, absolute adherence. These
are the problems of the hour. These are
| the objects, the attainment of which in
| the immediate future must command the
brain and energy Of our people and their
| lawmakers. What folly now to talk
about changing our standard of values.
| to fall out of the grand procession Of the
great commercial nations of the world as
| they advance to occupy this imperial COM
mercial domain. Here is our opportunity,
here is our duty to ourselves and pos.
| terity. Through the splendid policy Of
protection, through it's. great training
school, we approach our Industrial and
commercial manhood. Within we are
strong and rich and powerful. We must
the near future must be, nay is now, the
great commercial arena wherein the great
ccmbatants will strive in peaceful and
friendly contest. We must fling wide
the doors to that commerce by building.
owning and controlling the great inter-
oceanic canal guarded by outposts al
ready ours and connecting with outposts
soon to be ours stretching to the Orient,
and giving evidence there of our visible,
tangible, potential presence. We must
build and operate great lines Of mer-
chant ships, build them in our shops,
by our own workmen, out Of our own
| materials, man them with our own SAIL
ors and load them with our own mer-
chandise. We must back them with our
wealth and protect them with our navy.
Unrivalled in our internal commerce and
carrying trade we must be unrivalled in
our external commerce and carrying
trade. The flag and victories of peace
must follow the flag and victories Of
our recent war. We must so reform and
reconstruct our banking system as t.
utilize our unique and commanding posi-
ton and gain our share in the great ex-
changes of the world and to that end
we must forever discard every thought
of rotten and debased money. While
we may rejoice in the coming together of
the great English speaking peoples, while
we may hope for and believe in the
coming primacy Of Anglo-Saxon civili-
cation over the affairs of mankind" we
need to form no political alliances. To
he ~1e ~