The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-09-09

uonGAS,s SUBSTANTIAL VISION.
Il takes . striking statement to at
tract public attention Senator Nor
gan, OF Alabama. has . happy faculty
Of ssseseing the sttention Of the public
for any subject In which he n interested
with sentence.
There are few people who know that
less than sixty years ago the site OF
Hongkong was barren rock. and that
now Il ranks ~ third. II not second.
among all the great shipping resorts Of
thu world. This astounding change has
been made solely through the Oriental
trade built up by Great Britain. Sen
ator Morgan sees In the city VI Manila
the basis Of an equally vast commerce.
for the United States. A. Southern
man his mind naturally reaches out In
the direction OF benefits for ths South
ern states; and a. II In In the South.
chiefly. that opposition 10 retention Of
the Philippines has arisen, his conciu-
sious viii have = most revolutionary In
fluence.
The distinguished senator. who has
held his present position solely through
his independence In thought and HE
courage In expressing II. makes . pow
erful argument In favor not only Of re-
tainirg the islands. but Of building UP
the Industries OF the Southern states
Liverpool has been built up on Ameri-
can cotton at the expense of American
growers, while Manchester has thrived
at the expense Of American spinners.
Senator Morgan says that Manila offers
the key for escape from the commercial
thraldom which has enabled Liverpool
TO Ok the price OF cotton grown In Ala
bama and Texas. Cotton and cotton
goods win be shipped west to the IN.
cifc. carried to Manila and distributed
from that port up and down the Aslatic
coast without paying toll TO Liverpool
or Manchester.
Great Britain gro~s no cotton. Thu
raw material all comes from this coun-
try. II furnishes profit tn the shipper
across the Atlantic. prof, 10 the r.iy-
erpool broker. profit to tho railroad
between Liverpool and Manchester, .
profit to the manufacturer at that place.
millions OF dollars Of wages to English
labor. and then IL makes more profl,
for the Wholesale dealer. the railroad
from Manchester 10 Liverpool, and for
the ships which carry II halfway around
the world 20 Honskons.
With the opportunities opened up %
US. We shall ship our American raw cot
ton 10 American mills: thence by an
American railroad from the mills 90
Seattle. thence To Manila. an American
port. and sell our products direct. saw
ing much In transportation charges and
brokers' commissions And. wha, il
even better. everything WI. be done by
American labor. 80 tina, We keep not
only the transportation charges paid %
English railroads and shippers. tha com-
missions paid 90 English brokers. anu
the profits paia u English oanufac-
iarefs. bat we SHALL keep the whole
amount with u., because the v.iue et
cotton as a commercial article "a due en-.
tireiy - labof
While cotton gsows So freely IN the
South and s,nator Morsan's .rpeal r.
chiefly e. the growers. the past exp RI
ence Is TIA, the manufacture ~ cotton
Is dome In colder climate Win the
trend Of travel switched from the A.
lantic 10 the Pacific coast. ther,. "a a
prospect tina; the grea' cotton goods
center will he In ihe nslghborha,,l II
Puget sound. The raw material viii i've
shipped Tram the felas u she port and
the benefit ef the tong haul wifi Re se,.
in the minimum az sgelSh, charges.
Senator Morgan saws that hss is ~
fantastic dream. ~ course q is not. II
beautiful city and great CONNER.
csal center such as fangk0ns can D.
hoiis up on q bavren rock In half a
century. there Is rsa reason why Manila
should nos become equally Important.
not only ~ stselg. hat as the door
through which = vast ,ras.'c shall
stream to ard frons the United States.