The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-03-25
TRADE IN CHINA
Americans are Purchasing
There Just Now.
Shanghai 20 Make 10000 ~. 5. =
Untorms-chosp
and tho Open Door.
tsan Francisco Buils,iaJ

Cen. osis has Informed the War De-
partment that the troops under his
command are In immediate need of
10000 uniforms. tie also infoTms the
War Department that these uniforms
can be- obtained much more promptly
and at less cost In shanghai. China.
than in the United States. lie esti-
mates the saving to- the Government
by purchasing In China ut at leas; 90
per cent. This information wIll come
as a rude shock to our dreams OF COM
mercial conquest OF China. II Chinese
manufacturers can outbid Americans
by 50 per cent on q contract for 1000
uniforms for American soldiers. the
question will naturally arise az to the
ability OF American manufacturers to
compete with Chinese in their Own
markets. The material Of which uni
forms are made Is mostly wool and
cotton. This Is right in the line of our
cheapest manufactures. The wooden
and cotton mills OF New England are
working on short time. owing 10 the
scant demand for their products The
territorial expansion policy rests main
" upon the necessity Of the manufac-
turer OF the United States for a larger
market. And yet ut the outset We find
i that the nation whose markets we pro-
pose to supply Is prepared to uniform
our troops Mt so per cent Of the cost o:
Iuniforming them in the United States
At the Lord Bcrcsford symposium
Circuit Court Judge Morrow admitted
that the opcn-dOor policy advocated By
the British peer would be feature %
our Philippine Island policy. ~ th'
open door means anything. IL meant
; that IL any duties are imposed on i'm
ports into the islands they should b
uniform. Out Of this policy either q
two trade conditions could arise. II !
should be held that the islands are II
integral part OF the United States. fire.
trade between the islands and tn
United States would follow. II
should be held that the islands can b
governed on some kind OF a colonja
system which does not establish FIRE
trade between the islands and III
United States. the CPen-door polio
would require the same rate OF dutic
, on American imports as upon impoTt
from other nations. II VIC suppose tina
the islands will be annexed. the pru
ducts Of the islands and OF any good
that may be imported into them woul
enter the United States free OF duty. I
. we suppose the islands are not to-
annexed. but held as n kind OF depend
eney. the United States would hav
under the policy of the open door n
advantages in respect To- trade oVe
competing countries.
The policy OF annexation is not so
iously discussed. No advocate Of a
Ratification OF the peace treaty rctcFrc
to- Il as n feature OF the policy os a
administration. Senator Foraker =.
pecially disclaimcd any purpose on a
. part OF the administration to retail
permanent possession OF the island
The Senate resolution adopted in fu
: fillmeut OF agreements 10 secure vote
for the ratification Of the peace trca;
declares explicitly that the is,an,
shall not become an integral part
American territory. The inference
therefore. that the islands will be he
aS an American dependency to viii,
the open-door policy will be applied.