The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-06-03

working directly against the interests Of
| the Pacific coast by such agitation.
ITO you business men OF New York. l
say that the business men of the Pacific
slope are looking for your hearty and ef-
fectiye support in the development Of
commerce and trade in the Pacific and in
the holding Of the possessions which have
legitimately come into our possessions be-
lieve that You Will appreciate that the
prosperity Of the entire country is to be
considered when framing your policy, and
not that of the east alone You Of the
east-you of New York, Boston, Balti-
more, Philadelphia and New OrIeans-wiH
have Cuba and Porto Rico al for your
selves. We Of San Francisco, Los Angeles,
San Diego, ortland, Tacoma and Seattle
contend that you should at least approve
OF our having some interests and oppor-
tunities in the Philippines and in China,
for We recognize that all may be lost if
You do not join US in our efforts to ad-
vance and protect our interests in the Pa
cific.
The cotton manufacturers Of the south
nave millions Of invested capital practical
~ dependent upon the market of Man
chura being kept open. AT the present
moment we have nothing but an old
treaty with power that is breaking I'd.
10 protect such vested interests. We have
no understanding with Russia, and Man
churia is practically Russian, with the
anomaly Of the greater portion of the
trade American. We hope Russia will
forever maintain the open door for she
wants our good afvor, as much as we
desire hers, but we have no positive I'M
derstanding that she win respetc the chi
nese treaties
The raw cotton which the south is
sending to Japan and which she may send
to other ports in China is only a light
measure Of what may be sent in the
future. At the same time it is remarka-
Die that among the most popular manu-
fdctured cotton products in China today
are those which come from the southern
mills. The demand for this line Of goods
IS already large, but the best judges ot
Asiatic trade say that there is no reaosn
why it should not reach into scores of
millions.
IF there is a market there which rep
resents the astonishing condition of do
in large quantities both raw and
cGttons from the same Sec
ton without conflicting or competing with
each other, certainly the south should
do all in its power to hold and protect -
1t is a conservative estimate to say that |
the southern states should, within the
lltAl ilIlcCIl years. 90 d business Oh -
0O0000 per annum in cotton, if the mar |
lkets of China are not closed against them |
Briefly summarized, our policy in China |
should be directed first to the preservation |
Of the integrity of the empire with no |
further alienation of territory; second, |
freedom of trade throughout all China |
commonly called the open door, as out |
lined in the old treaties. or third, in |
the unavoidable deliminations Of spheres |
ri inf clo +Ioa
markets to the products of the United /
States.
eve should stand for the integrity Of |
China because we have much to lose and |
nothing to gain by its breaking up. If |
we retain the Philippines we shall be |
strong in the south, but we must have, |
under the conditions of China divided, a |
port in the north if we would properly |
our position in the Pacific and |
far east"