Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-05-25
THE THING TO 30.

I lic future fiscal course of the Unit
cd States in its ncwly-acquired posses
&. nS is II question of absorbing inter
EST outside our own country Great
81 itain is particularly concerned to
know I" what extent. if any. the eco.
nUmiC policy which had made Amer
ica the most cnvicd among he nations
Cf he earth is going To bc modified i'll
reference Ia new territorial conditions.
and new trade possibilities: III short,
l',W wide the open door IS to be- In
Il recent issue the Newcastle journal
deals with the question mt considerable
length in its relations to British pros
poets and probabilities. The writer is
duly impressed with the magnitude of
ihc events of the pas, year and is
moved 10 say that
The rapid extension of the trade of
the United States of late wears. and
j'Ic prodigious accecration of It's rate
nf progress dllrin" and since the naval
var with Spain. are most cNtraordi-
Lazy facts in the modern history of the
NoIld'S trade. Like I'LL similar facts
:hey have naturally excited t,c,ings of
Iv.dc and cNultaion in th. United
states.
The determination Of the United
States 10 enter upon Il career uf trade
conquest has not been misunderstood
ny thc commercial interests of the Old
World. They evidently appreciate the
fact that Il new era of vast importance
is at hand. They see the full Signii-
C:lncc of the fact that the waterway
connecting the TWO oceans is To he ib-
solutely under the control OF Tie Unit
r'i States. on this point the Newcastle
journal remarks:
\ committee of the Scnl," has de-
oiGeG that the flag of the States shall
wave over the canal when il is fin
lSiicd. and The new Walerwa% will add
e7c' mously To the prestige and power
as well as To the trade ana commerce.
shat are certain tu follow n, auncya-
ton of Hawaii ANA he Philippines.
7 hc United States will then enter into
direct rivalry with Great Britain. Rus
S':. Germany. Efiliicr China ANA ia
0an in The Far East, IN III. v.lsi Pa
ciiic area estimated hy Lar1sseur in
1so: To contain al leas, population
of 800 00UOO.00O; while ON the shores |
Ncashed by the waters TO he connected !
with the Atlantic by the Nicaragua |
Canal there is population of about |
SIS 100000 less than bali of which |
dwells in China. and more than
quarter of which * occupied by the |
:'sian dependencies of Gre.it Britain. |
If the passage from the At |
lLntiC tG the Pacific is controlled |
jointly by Great Britain and the Unit |
ed Statcs. the British Empire ana the |
cc.onies. especially our australian |
colonies. who are watching tn. onward |
progress of lite United States with the |
deepest interest, would no doubt share
largely the benefits of the !iada cer-
tain TO be developed in the Far East.
But if the Nicaragua Canal is 10 be a
of the Inicd States-forti-
fed OH its sides and at both ends, and
ratrollcd by United States war YES
sells: and if Hawaii and the Philip
l'iAes are to be shut to our trade. like
Cuba and Porto Rico. by high Tariffs
the prospects will he very different
for the future of our trade in the Pa
cific and in its scaboard
Or the whole. the outlook is not
cheering from the British viewpoint,
aged to hope for Il very large share in
aged hope fof very large share in
the commercials roundup. They are
afraid thar, once hayia. tasted the
fruits of n tremendous prosperity, The
people will not rake kindly
10 diet made up OF the m,ldy chest
nuts of FREQ Trade. The journal"
says:
There Is no symptom of and ten
tency, in Congress or the Stnate, to
change the fiscal policy of the United
States, and rs far as can be guessed
from the Language of the American
press and of American public men, the
'boom" that has followed the new
Tariff. after Il brief squirt of Free
Trade in the Wilson Tariff of the
Cleveland regime. has confirmed the
opinion held in many influential quar-
tcrS tl.at from 1S13 TO 1898 Free
Trade policy has generally resulted in
lean years. while the varioSs returns
TO Protection III iSi3, 1S46-'42 1S6O-'6o.