The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-10-20

ed yearly amounting 70 auoaG 1oIg,vvv,-
900, while the exports are a high a.
1886, 000, 900. The imports from Great
Britain sm0unts to a. high as SITS ,o0O,-
900 yearly. Next comes Germany,
with $8,0e0, 900, and the United States
stands seventh in the list, with i'm
ports amounting to but 81, 600, 600 year
ly. The share of the United States in
the commerce Of India should be
larger. The most inviting fields is for
American manufactured products.
British manufacturers make study
and a specially of catering to the
wants Of the Indian trade. That Is the
secret Of their success"
Fred H. Smith delegate of the
Bridgeton, N. j., board of trade, Of
fered resolution. which was referred
to the committee on resolutions with
out discussion. The resolution de-
clares that the United States having
acquired the Sandwich Islands and the
Philippines, where there is a large
population of Chinese. 1t becomes
necessary to modify the Chinese re-
striction act.
Previous to adjournment DR.. Wilson
made the announcement that President
Mckinley would tender a reception to
the foreign delegates Of the congress
at 8 O'Clock on Sunday afternoon at
the White House, Washington. A
special train will be provided to take
the delega.es to the national capital
Oomparss the Com binations ofvvea1ra
to Labor Or9anIzatiops.
Cleveland, Oct. Ex-senator Hanna.
In speech before the Fifth District
Republican club last night, defined his
position regarding the trusts. On this
subject he said:
THE Democrats say am afraid to
talk about the trusts. That settles 1t.
I'm going to talk about them. This
combination of capital for one purpose
or another is not a political question
at all. 1t is business question, and
ought not to have been brought into
politics. When our industries were in
their infancy England and other coun-
tries came along and sold goods In
this country at less than the price
asked in their own. Then followed the
protective tariff law formulated by
that friend of the workingman, Will
lam Mckinley. Having secured this
protection, American manufacturers
went abroad. They are making rapid
strides and are successfully competing
with the whole world.
"It is evident, however, that they can
not continue to do 20 unless they have
combined capital. We ought to own
and control our own merchant ves-
sells. We then would be in shape to
make our own rates and compete with
other nations on an equal footing. We
have now reached the stage when we
are doing more exporting than i'm
porting. The last year was the first
year In the history of the country that
this was true. But we must look to
the future. We must stand prepared
for the changes that are bound to
come. This formation of combines Ia
simply an evolution in business meth
DDS. Should railways own their own
steamship lines there would be
marked change in the rates. All this
requires capital, and such a tremen-
dous amount that no ordinary corpora
lion could stand it. The so-calle1
trusts are not new. They have been
found In England and Germany as far
back as 200 years, ana are increasing.
Therefore, from business standpoint
If view, the formation of these COM
In one sense. Is one step
forward. The various labor organiza-
lions are a sort Of trust, and be-
ieve In them and always have. They
are for the purpose, believe, Of help
ing the individual members"