New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-10-22

trouble than we foresaw when we plunged into
the wa that entailed q The call TO lut,.
when once plainly understood is cali Aueri-
cans never fan 20 answer. while 20 calls o, IN
terest they have often shown themselves In
crodulous or contemptuous
Bur The Constitution ne revere was also or
dained ''to promote the general welfare" ana
hc is untru 70 - purpose who sluarlers OPP
portunities. Never before have they been show
cred upon Us in such benniering profision
Arc The American people 20 rise - the &C.
casion. are they 20 De as great as their country
or snail the historian recctl that 81 this IN
eXampei crisis. they were controlled rs tmii
IDEAS and sho-t-sighted We've. and so proved M.
equal 20 the duty and the opportunity which
Unforeseen circumstances brought 70 their doors.
The two richest arcAipeiasoes IN the world are
practically at our disposal TIE greatest ocean
on the eloh. has been rut IN our hands the
ocean that is - bear the commerce OF the Tven-
teth Century. In tho face ~ this prospect ball
We prefer. with the teemins population that
oentur, IS t. bring us. to remain a 'h aerne'-nE
nation. living of It's own fat-3 hermit nation
as Mr. Senator Davis ha. asSci' For our FIRST
Assistant Secretary ~ state. NJ JILL was r.aht
whom he said that not 70 entor tho open door
IN Asia mean, the perpetual isolation 90 this
continent
Ave ve 70 10 discouraged ny the cry that the
row possessions arc worthless Not Will" w.
remember now often and un-
HAVE THEY d.r what circumstances we
AM VALUE? have heard that cry before
iial, th. psl'ic men ~ tho
period denounced Louisiana as worthless. En'-
neut statesmen made merry in Congress over
The idea that Orelon or Washington could he ~
any use. Daniel Webster. lr rho most solemn
and authoritative tones Massachusetts has ever
employed assured his follow Senators that IA
his Judgment California was not worth Dlar
Is ii said that the commercial opportunities I'm
the orient or ~ least 80 the Philippines. are
overratodr 80 IL used 20 be said NJ the sand
nirh Islands Duf what does our experience
show Before their annexation even. but after
we had taken This iltto archipelago under our
prote ton ard into orr commercial system. our
ocean tonnage SD that trade became nearly
double heavy as with Great Britain. Why
Because while We have lost the trade # the At
lautic. superior advantages make the Pacific
ours. l. If said that elsewhere on the Pacific We
can 10 as well without controlling political
influence as with II? Look again Mexico buys
our products at the rate If 81 % FOR each IN
har'tant. South America AT the rate Of 80 cents.
Great Britain al the rate a. SO =; Canada at
the rate o. So and the Hawaiian Islands a. the
rate NJ $50 81 for each inhahitant. Look AZ the
trade % the chief city On the Pacific Coast All
Mexico and Central America. all the western
parts Of South America and n Canada. are as
near a. Houolulu-and comparison Of tho htue
Sandwich Islands in population. with any Of
them. would Doe ridiculous. Yet none II them
bought as much salmon in San Francisco as
Hawaii. and 10 countries bought more save
England and Australia. 80 countries bought as
much barley. excepting Central America, and
even in tie staff - I've. the California -four
which all the world buys. only five countries
outranked Hawaii in purchases in san Fran
cisco
so doubt q part of this result IS due 10 the
nearness u Hawaii 70 our markets and her dis
lance from any others capable Il competing with
US. and another part 20 a favorable system u
reciprocity. Nevertheless. nobody doubts the
advantage our dealers have derived n the pro-
motion ~ trade. from controlling political rcia-
tions and frequent intercourse. There are those
who deny that trade follows the flag but even
they admit that it leaves X the nag does And.
Independent OF these advantages. and ckonins
by mere distance, we still have the better Of any
European rivals in the Philippines. Now. as
sumo that the Filipino would have far fewer
ana would do far loss work for the means to
crafty them Admit. too that with the open
door" our political relations and frequent inter
course could have barely 18th ~ q sixth Of
the effect there they have had in the Sandwich
Islands Roughly cast W even that result. and
saw whether n is value which the United
states should throw away as not worth consid
ering,
and the greatest remains behind. For the
trade in the Philippines VIII he but a drop IN
the bucket, compared to that Of China for which
they give US an unapproachabe toothold. But
let Il never be forgotten that the confidence Of
Orieutals goes only 70 those whom they recog-
ME as strong enough and determined enough
always 20 hold their own and protect their
rights The worst possible Introduction for the
Asiatic trade would be an irresolute abandon
r1ert u our foothod because it was too much
trouble ~ keep. or because some Malay and half
breed insurgents said they wanted US away.
Have YOU considered for whom We hold these
ADVANTAGES IN trust? Thy beione not merely TO
tho seyenty-hve millions now
TIE FUTURE within OUT borders. hut 70 all
who are 20 extend On. fortunes
and preserve tho virtues OF the Republic in the
coming century. Their number cannot increase
ln the startling ratio this century has sh 'wn-
= the, dll the population Of the United States
81 hundred years hence would he over twelve
hundred millions That ratio is impossible, hnt
nobody gl.es reasons why W. should not in-
crease half a- fast suppose We Do actually In
crease only onc-fourth as fast in The Twentieth
century ae in the Nineteenth. TO what height
,,ei,ld not the three hundred millions of Amer
jeans whom even thai ratio foret...s bear up the
seetbine industrial activities * The Continent