The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-09-17

lonial commerce. That and the excellence
or our goods and products will give the
monopoly of these markets to the American
people. And them. the factories, and mills,
and shops Will call again to their hearts of
fire the workingmen of the Republic, to re-
ceive once more the wages and eat once
more the bread of prosperous times; then
the farmer will find at his door once more
the golden home market of those who work
and meat, and butter, and eggs, and gar
ments of WOOL and who have once more
70 ana nay Better II avs Wages ea
labOring man in the Union. 1t means high
er prices for every item the farmers of this
ment for every dollar of moldy capital in
the land. 1t means all this, tomorrow, and
all this forever because it means, not only
the trade of these prize provinces but the
beginning of the commercial empire of the
Republic.
GREAT FACT OF THE FUTURE.
The commercial empire of the Republic!
That is the greatest fact of the future. And
that is why these islands involve consid-
erations larger than their own commerce.
The commercial supremacy of the Republic
means that this Nation is to be the SOW
ereign factor in the peace of the world.
For the conflicts of the future are to be
conflicts of trade-struggles for markets.
commercial wars for existence. And the
golden rule of peace is impregnablity of
BOS4liOiA etIlu 1HflilClDILlly OF pFepdTdllOn DO
we see England, the greatest Strategist of
history, plant her flag and her cannon on
Gibraltar, at Quebec, the BermudaS Van
er-everywhere-until from every point
of vantage her royal banner flashes in the
sun So Hawaii furnishes us a naval base
in the heart of the Pacific; the Ladrones
another, voyage further into the region
of sunset and of commerce. Manila, anoth-
er, at the gates of Asia--Asia, to the trade
of whose hundreds of millions American
merchants, American man lfacturers, Amer
lean farmers have good right those
OF Germany, or France, or Russia, Eng
land; Asia, whose commerce with England
alone amounts TO hundreds Of millions of
dollars every year; Asia. to whom Ger
many looks to take the surplus of her fac
tories. and foundrieS. and mills; Asia,
whose doors shall not be shut against
American tr6del Within two decades the
bulk OF Oriental commerce will be ours
the richest commerce in the world In the
light of that golden future our chain of
neW-WOn stations rise like ocean SentinelS
from the night Of waters-Porto Rico a
nobler Gibraltar; the Isthmian canal a
greater Suez; Hawaii, the Ladrones, the
Philippines, commanding the Pacific! All!
as our commerce spreads, the flag of lib
erty will circle the globe and the highways
of the ocean-carrying trade of all mankind
be guarded by the guns of the Republic.
those who, under God began this career of
sacred duty and immortal glory; or, shall
we risk it to those who would build a dam
in the current of destiny's large designs.
We are enlisted in the cause of American
supremacy. which will never end until
OF the world; until American citizenship has
become the lord of civilization and the
stars and stripes the flag of flags through
out the world
No wonder that in the shadow of coming
events, so great, free silver is already a
memory. Men understand to-day that the
greatest commerce Of the world must be
conducted with the steadiest standard of
value and most convenient medium of ex
change human ingenuity can devise. Time
that unerrMg reasoner has settled the sill
yer question. Profit is an unanswerable
argument. In a year or two thousands of
Democratic investors will be making for
tunes developing our island interests tens
of thousands OF Democratic farmers viii be
selling their pork and beef and wheat to
the teeming millions that will pour into the
Antilles and the gardens of the Pacific and
to the home market our foreign trade will
create; tens Of thousands of Democratic
workingmen will be at work In our factories
and not Democrat of them will consent
10 be paid in any money but the best Sill
yer is to-day as innocuous as fiat paper
SILVER FTATIsM.
And why should not free silver be as dead
csition in different form. If the govern
ment stamp can make piece of silver
which you can buy for IS cents pass for
100 cents. that stamp can make piece of
paper worth a fraction OF a cent pass for
100 cents. Free silver is the principle of fiat
money applied to metal And the American
people have learned the falIacy of nat
money. II the government can create value
out OF nothing, why is all taxation not abol-
ished2 II revenue can he turned out Of q
printing press or stamp machine why have
laflH Tor either revenue or Drotectfon9
II the government can fix the ratio befwee,,
gold and silver al Is to BY law. when il Is