The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-05-11
Trade wmh.ihc Orient.

From the New Haven Register.
- Tn tssse OF peace 1T Is Wise to pre-
pare for war. and the axiom has been
borne in upon our respective faculties
by the necessitafed expenditure OF
$50. 900. 900 and more i'm sudden prepa-
ration for wal when wal was already
imminent. II In not, herhaps. 50 sim
pie a matter to prepare for peace i'm
lime of war. but. at least. peace. may
be sped on it's way toward US by wag-
ing vigorously the war in hand. and IL
does no harm. even amid the heat and
the turmoil of war. to max plans that
may become reality with the advent OF
peace. Our trade kings look askance
at the enormous expenditures for war.
and would be glad to replace the
nightly outlay by a corresponding in
come. They sigh for new worlds to
conquer. or for wilder excursions into
the worlds where they already nave a
foothold. 1t is this Napoleonic wish
that makes them cast longing eyes to
the far east.
Admiral Dewey Is evidently playing
into the hands of American manufac-
lures I'm this matter OF securing trade
in the east. BY his exploit at Manila
he seems to have swept. from the Pa
cific all the vessels nat would natur-
ally desire to obstruct or destroy our
trade in that quarter. n the door
sti'ufh Cooif ot 'Itu " american
enterprise. One Of our European con-
suls. who has made careful study of
the case N gagged its splendid pos
sibilities. says:
The east has more than half the
human race 20 clothe and feed, and no
nation has opportunities like our own.
With lines Of steamers from San Fran
cisco. Seattle and Portland. with a ca
nal via Nicaragua or Panama, and
communication from the gulf and At
lantic cities. we must participate as
no other power can i'm the
ella splendor promised for the oming
century. IL coarse cotton can be spun
and woven in the South. IL Alabama
can make iron rails as cheap or cheap
er than England. IL Europe buys our
machines. locomotives. tools. agricul-
tural implements. etc, we must carry
these products to the east"
A necessary preliminary to the ac-
QUESTION by American manufacturers
OF their fair share of eastern trade is.
OF course. the establishment of sample
rooms at Calcutta, Bombay. Picking.
Shanghai. Yokohama. Toxic and other
commercial points. Extensive mailing
OF circulars is a good thing. 81 far as
II goes. but the establishment of ware
houses for American exhibits is vastly
better, and the expense. IL is calcu-
lated. would be only moderate. This
plan has been tried in South America.
with results that promise large acces-
sions to American trade. and IL occurs
TO the Boston Transcript that IL the
scheme is hopeful in South America,
1T ought to be immeasurably more so
in the east. where the markets are
practically unlimited even now. and
where they can be developed To much
greater extent by the ingenuity of our
manufacturers. There r. the need.
Here is the great source Of supply and
the birthplace OF sound. Industrial
ideas. All that is required is to ad-
Just In the best way the media be-
tween supply and demand. This way
our consuls are helping us to find. and
II Will soon be open unless we OBJ
struct 1t by short-sighted economic
conditions"